#238 Learning from Israelis' 2018 Music-Listening Habits
Streetwise Hebrew
TLV1 Studios
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๐๏ธ 25 December 2018
โฑ๏ธ 14 minutes
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Summary
What can we learn from the music-listening habits of Israelis in 2018?ย Lots of interesting uses of Hebrew words and phrases!
The internet music service Spotify just published data on the most popular music listened to by Israelis in 2018. We take a look at these songs and revisit our archives in order to remind ourselves when and why we used these songs in previous episodes.
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Spotify Music Lists:
https://open.spotify.com/playlist/37i9dQZF1DX7Ey5mhiAT5Z
https://open.spotify.com/playlist/37i9dQZF1DXbt72Q24ypTa
New Words and Expressions:
Kmo shnei meshuga'im - Like two crazy people - ืืื ืฉื ื ืืฉืืืขืื
Ani mode - I thank - ืื ื ืืืืย (episode #100)
Mami ze nigmar - Honey it's over - ืืืื ืื ื ืืืจย (episode #121)
Hu gamar - He finished - ืืื ืืืจ
Habibi - My darling - ืืืืืย (episode #117)
Yesh od anashim ba-reshima - There are more people on the list - ืืฉ ืขืื ืื ืฉืื ืืจืฉืืื
Bo'i, tni li yad ve-nelech - Come, give me your hand and we'll go - ืืืื, ืชื ื ืื ืื ืื ืืย (episode #184, episode #78)
Al tevatri - Don't give up - ืื ืชืืืชืจื (episode #175)
Al tagid - Don't say - ืื ืชืืื
Halomot tovim - Good dreams - ืืืืืืช ืืืืืย (episode #199)
Pesek zman - Time out / time off - ืคืกืง ืืืย (episode #48)
Lehafsik - To stop - ืืืคืกืืง
Hafsaka - Break - ืืคืกืงื
Sa le'at - Drive slowly - ืกืข ืืืย (episode #186)
Sa (m.), se'i (f.), s'oo (pl.) - 'Go!' - ืกืข, ืกืขื, ืกืขื
Lifrok - To unload, to unpack - ืืคืจืืงย (episode #212)
At poreket kartonim - You're unloading, unpacking cardboards - ืืช ืคืืจืงืช ืงืจืืื ืื
Lahzor bahazara - To come back - ืืืืืจ ืืืืจืย (episode #227)
Kor'im li ba-shchuna malkat ha-shoshanim - They call me in the neighborhood the queen of roses - ืงืืจืืื ืื ืืฉืืื ื ืืืืช ืืฉืืฉื ืื
Arba lifnot boker lo nirdemet - 4am, I cannot fall asleep - ืืจืืข ืืคื ืืช ืืืงืจ ืื ื ืจืืืชย (episode #179)
Arba'a haverim - Four friends (m. pl.) - ืืจืืขื ืืืจืื
Arba haverot - Four friends (f. pl.) - ืืจืืข ืืืจืืช
Misken - Poor - ืืกืืย (episode #230)
Nu dai lehitmasken - Stop complaining - ื ื, ืื ืืืชืืกืื
Lo yoda'at ma kore li - I don't know what's happening to me - ืื ืืืืขืช ืื ืงืืจื ืืย (episode #36)
Ma kara? - What happened? - ืื ืงืจื?
Ani ma'amin she- - I believe thatโฆ - ืื ื ืืืืื ืฉ...ย (episode #158)
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Playlist and Clips:
Omer Adam - Shnei Meshuga'im (lyrics)
Omer Adam - Mami Ze Nigmar (lyrics)
Omer Adam - Tel Avivย (lyrics)
The Idan Raichel Project - Bo'iย (lyrics)
Eyal Golan - Tslil Meitarย (lyrics)
Eyal Golan - Halomotย (lyrics)
Arik Einstein - Pesek Zmanย (lyrics)
Arik Einstein - Sa Le'atย (lyrics)
Tuna & Nechi Nech - Olam Meshugaย (lyrics)
Eden Ben-Zaken - Ad she-tahzor ba-hazaraย (lyrics)
Eden Ben-Zaken - Malkat Ha-shoshanimย (lyrics)
Yuval Dayan - She'erioth shel Ha-hayimย (lyrics)
Yehudit Ravits - Arba Lifnot Bokerย (lyrics)
Jane Bordeaux - Rotza Livkotย (lyrics on YouTube)
Sarit Hadad - Kshe-ani Itcha Ani Kmo Dagย (lyrics)
Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | This is T.L.B. 1. |
| 0:07.0 | Street-wise. |
| 0:11.0 | Chalo. It's me Guy with Straight-Wise Hebrew. |
| 0:16.0 | The Internet Music Service Spotify just published data on the most popular music |
| 0:21.0 | music listened to by Israelis in 2018. |
| 0:24.4 | As a fun way to close out the year, we will highlight some of the Israeli |
| 0:28.6 | artists that topped the charts. |
| 0:30.8 | I'm sure you will recognize some of these because many were featured in previous |
| 0:35.3 | episodes. If it's all a blur to you, don't worry, I'll review what episode they were in and in what context. We'll have extra fun featuring the new music |
| 0:45.8 | never heard before and learning a thing or two along the way. All links appear on |
| 0:50.9 | the show notes including a Spotify link for the whole list. |
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