#236 The Streetwise Center for Hebrew Learners
Streetwise Hebrew
TLV1 Studios
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๐๏ธ 4 December 2018
โฑ๏ธ 10 minutes
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Summary
Gather = lerakez. Center = merkaz. Concentrated = merukaz. Coordinator = merakez. All these words share a common Hebrew root: ืจืื.
Put aside all possible distractions because today's episode is laser-focused on the root RKZ.
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New Words and Expressions:
Rikuz - Concentration - ืจืืืื
Yesh yetsirot retsinioyt she-mevakshot rikuz male be-ozniyot - There are serious works (of music), that demand full concentration, with earphones - ืืฉ ืืฆืืจืืช ืจืฆืื ืืืช ืฉืืืงืฉืืช ืจืืืื ืืื ืืืืื ืืืช
Ehad mi-kol asara yeladim sovel me-hafraโat keshev ve-rikuz - One in every 10 children suffers from ADD Attention deficit disorder - ืืื ืืื ืขืฉืจื ืืืืื ืกืืื ืืืคืจืขืช ืงืฉื ืืจืืืื
Mahane rikuz - A concentration camp - ืืื ื ืจืืืื
Lerakez - To gather, to assemble - ืืจืื
Merakez - He gathers / Coordinator - ืืจืื
Rakaz - Coordinator - ืจืื
Merkaz - Center - ืืจืื
Merukaz - Concentrated - ืืจืืื
Ani be-emtsa mashehu, ani lo merukaz - I am in the middle of something, I cannot focus right now - ืื ื ืืืืฆืข ืืฉืื, ืื ื ืื ืืจืืื
Amart she-ani tamid merukaz be-atsmi - You said that I am always concentrated on myself (self-centered) - ืืืจืช ืฉืื ื ืชืืื ืืจืืื ืืขืฆืื
Gel super merukaz - Super concentrated laundry gel - ืโื ืกืืคืจ ืืจืืื
Lehitrakez be-mashehu - To concentrate on something - ืชืชืจืื ืืืฉืื
Titrakez โretsachโ - Try hard to concentrate - ืชืชืจืื ืจืฆื
Titrakzi (f.), titrakzu (pl.) - Concentrate! - ืชืชืจืืื, ืชืชืจืืื
Ani rotse she-ha-shavuโa nitrakez be-ze - This week Iโd like us to focus on this - ืื ื ืจืืฆื ืฉืืฉืืืข ื ืชืจืื ืืื
Lehitmaked - To focus - ืืืชืืงื
Moked sherut lakochot - Customer service center - ืืืงื ืฉืืจืืช ืืงืืืืช
Merkazi - Central - ืืจืืื
Ha-tahana ha-merkazit - The central bus station - ืืชืื ื ืืืจืืืืช
Playlist and Clips:
Mati Caspi - Shirim be-mitz agvaniyot (lyrics)
Hafraโat keshev ve-rikuz - ADD - TV1
Machane rikuz - Concentration Camp
Nadav Guedj - Ulai Nedaber (lyrics on YouTube)
Jel Merukaz - Concentrated gel commercial
Anahnu ba-mapa - Titrakez, concentrate, imperative, masculine
Zaguri Imperia - Titrakzi, concentrate, imperative, feminine
Nestea - Titrakzu, concentrate, imperative, plural
Ha-tahana ha-merkazit - The Central Bus Station (Kan TV)
Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | This is TELV1. |
| 0:10.0 | Street-wise. |
| 0:11.0 | Straight-wise. |
| 0:12.0 | Hebrew. Shalo, it's me Guy with Street-wise Hebrew. |
| 0:16.0 | These days I'm sorting out my schedule for 2019. |
| 0:19.1 | If you want me to give a talk at your university Hebrew class cultural center shool home talk to me I love |
| 0:26.4 | meeting listeners and being involved with all things related to contemporary Hebrew |
| 0:30.7 | wherever in the world they may be. |
| 0:33.0 | One of my most requested talks is how to curse drivers in Hebrew. |
| 0:37.0 | Another is my virtual walking Hebrew tour |
| 0:40.0 | through the streets of Tel Aviv, which includes many examples of Hebrew expressions. |
| 0:45.0 | Feel free to write me Guy at TLV1.F. |
| 0:49.0 | Mark Berman emailed me to ask if I could talk about Rickus, concentration, leetra kes, to concentrate. |
| 0:58.0 | Ray-Antov, great idea to Darabamark. |
| 1:01.0 | Yes, she wrote wrote, readse in yot. |
| 1:04.0 | She me vaksho |
| 1:05.0 | chotri kuz my lebe of the yot. |
| 1:08.0 | Yes she'd see wrote gee o'nio. |
| 1:12.0 | Yes she'd see rots in yot. Yes, Yatsi rot Reziniot, there are serious works, meaning works of music. |
| 1:18.0 | She may vakshot rikuz mallet, the demand full concentration, Boesniot with earphones, Matikaspi. |
| 1:27.9 | So Rikuz Reshyudkaf Vavzain is the PL noun concentration. We often hear it in this context. |
| 1:36.1 | And I'm not sure if I'm she's been in a chukhuhladiim, |
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