#230 Oh, You Poor Thing!
Streetwise Hebrew
TLV1 Studios
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๐๏ธ 16 October 2018
โฑ๏ธ 9 minutes
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Summary
What do we say to a friend who's in bed with high fever? And to someone who got a minor scratch? And to that one person who keeps on complaining but has no right to complain? Oy misken!
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New Words and Expressions:
Misken Juanito - Poor Juanito - ืืกืื ืืืื ืืื
Misken Jerry, shamat ma kara lo? - Poor Jerry, did you hear what happened to him? - ืืกืื ืโืจื, ืฉืืขืช ืื ืงืจื ืื?
Oy misken/miskena/miskenim/miskenot - You poor thing - ืืื ืืกืื, ืืกืื ื, ืืกืื ืื, ืืกืื ืืช
Oy miskenon/miskenonet sheli - Oh my poor little thing - ืืื ืืกืื ืื/ืืกืื ืื ืช ืฉืื
Oy, miskenonet sheli, lehavi lach marak? - Oh you poor little thing, shall I get you some soup? - ืืื ืืกืื ืื ืช ืฉืื, ืืืืื ืื ืืจืง?
Miskenchik, miskenon, miskeni, miskenoni - Poor thing (m.) - ืืกืื ืฆโืืง, ืืกืื ืื, ืืกืื ื, ืืกืื ืื ื
Miskenonet - Poor thing (f.) - ืืกืื ืื ืช
Miskenoni ktana - Poor thing (f.) - ืืกืื ืื ื ืงืื ื
Ba li lihyot miskenoni ve-lo lalechet machar la-avoda - I feel like being miskenoni and not go to work tomorrow - ืื ืื ืืืืืช ืืกืื ืื ื ืืื ืืืืช ืืืจ ืืขืืืื
Oof miskenoni sheli - Oh no, my poor thing - ืืืฃ ืืกืื ืื ื ืฉืื
Oi miskenoni - You poor thing (sarcastically) - ืืื ืืกืื ืื ื
Seโadia ha-misken - Poor seโadia - ืกืขืืื ืืืกืื
Hitstanen ha-misken - The poor (rabbit) got a cold - ืืฆืื ื ืืืกืื
Miskenoot - Poorness - ืืกืื ืืช
Tacharut miskenoot - Poorness competition - ืชืืจืืช ืืกืื ืืช
Lehitmasken - To pretend to be miserable - ืืืชืืกืื
Nu dai lehitmasken - Come on, stop complaining - ื ื, ืื ืืืชืืกืื
Hitmaskenoot - Pretending to be a poor thing - ืืชืืกืื ืืช
Maskin/a (Arabic) - Poor (Arabic) - ืืกืืื, ืืกืืื ื
Playlist and Clips:
David Broza - Ha-isha she-iti (lyrics)
Joan Manuel Serrat - La mujer que yo quiero
Shlomo Makoa - Sโeadia Ha-misken
Ha-shafan Ha-katan - Children song (lyrics)
Matsav Ha-uma TV show - Miskenoot
Jane Bordeaux - Rotza Livkot (lyrics below clip on youtube)
Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | This is T.L. V. 1. |
| 0:10.0 | Streatwise. |
| 0:11.0 | Hebrew. |
| 0:13.0 | Shalom, it's me Guy with Street-wise Hebrew. |
| 0:16.0 | These days, I'm sorting out my schedule for 2019. |
| 0:20.0 | If you want me to give a talk at your university Hebrew class, cultural center, shul, home, talk to me. |
| 0:28.0 | I always want to meet listeners and do cool things around the world involving contemporary Hebrew. |
| 0:33.5 | One of my most requested talks is how to curse drivers in Hebrew. |
| 0:38.2 | Another one is my virtual walking Hebrew tour |
| 0:41.3 | through the streets of Tel Aviv which includes all |
| 0:43.6 | kinds of Hebrew expressions examples. Now on to today's podcast episode. Six months |
| 0:49.6 | back I got a message from listener Tali Kellertine of Toronto Canada. |
| 0:54.0 | Hi Tally, who wrote, I just finished watching Fouda on Netflix and it struck me how similar |
| 1:00.3 | the Arabic and Hebrew words are for quote poor thing. |
| 1:05.0 | Misken might be a fun episode if it hasn't already been done. |
| 1:09.0 | Tally we haven't done an episode on Misken, poor. What a wonderful suggestion to Darba. Stay tuned for the Arabic |
| 1:16.2 | part towards the end of our episode today. Misken Juanito |
| 1:27.0 | Misken Juanito, poor Guanito. |
| 1:31.0 | It's a song translated from Spanish to Hebrew, |
| 1:33.0 | Misken, mem samhkaf-nun. |
| 1:36.0 | That's poor, not in terms of money. |
| 1:38.0 | That's a different word. |
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