#240 How Embarrassing!
Streetwise Hebrew
TLV1 Studios
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๐๏ธ 22 January 2019
โฑ๏ธ 11 minutes
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Summary
โEize bushotโ (ืืืื ืืืฉืืช) is what we Israelis say when we witness an embarrassing event. Remember the time your mother commented on a Facebook photo of you? ืืืื ืืืฉืืช!
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New Words and Expressions:
Lama ani tsricha lehitbayesh? - Why should I feel ashamed? - ืืื ืื ื ืฆืจืืื ืืืชืืืืฉ?
Ze lo busha lihyot atsuv - One shouldnโt be ashamed for being sad - ืื ืื ืืืฉื ืืืืืช ืขืฆืื
BuSHA! - Shame on him/her/them - ืืืฉื!
Ha-israeli ha-mechoโar - The ugly israeli - ืืืฉืจืืื ืืืืืขืจ
Ha-im la-orchim ha-ele ein tipat busha? - Donโt these guests have a drop of shame? - ืืื ืืืืจืืื ืืืื ืืื ืืืคืช ืืืฉื?
Hu asa li bushot - He embarrassed me - ืืื ืขืฉื ืื ืืืฉืืช
Al taโase/taโasi/taโasu li bushot - Donโt embarrass me - ืื ืชืขืฉื/ืชืขืฉื/ืชืขืฉื ืื ืืืฉืืช
Hityashavti la ba-makom - I (mistakenly) sat in her place - ืืชืืืฉืืชื ืื ืืืงืื
Eize bushot - How embarrassing - ืืืื ืืืฉืืช
Titbayesh lecha - Shame on you - ืชืชืืืืฉ ืื
Titbayshi lach - Shame on you (f.) - ืชืชืืืืฉื ืื
Titbayshu lachem - Shame on you (pl.) - ืชืชืืืืฉื ืืื
She-yitbayshu - May they be ashamed of themselves - ืฉืืชืืืืฉื
Ani beโemet smecha she-bat - I am very happy you came - ืื ื ืืืืช ืฉืืื ืฉืืืช
Zo beโaya she-harbe nashim sovlot mimena - Itโs a problem many women suffer from - ืื ืืขืื ืฉืืจืื ื ืฉืื ืกืืืืืช ืืื ื
Aval hen mitbayshot ledaber aleha - But they are ashamed to talk about it - ืืื ืื ืืชืืืืฉืืช ืืืืจ ืขื ืื
Al titbayshu - Donโt be shy - ืื ืชืชืืืืฉื
Lehitbayesh be-mashehu/be-mishehu - To be ashamed of someone of or something - ืืืชืืืืฉ ืืืืฉืื/ืืืฉืื
Biyush - Shaming - ืืืืฉ
Laโasot shaming, levayesh mishehu - To shame someone - ืืขืฉืืช ืฉืืืืื ื, ืืืืืฉ ืืืฉืื
Al tvayesh ah? - โDonโt shame us, hey?โ - ืื ืชืืืืฉ, ืื?
Bayshan, bayshanit - Shy - ืืืืฉื, ืืืืฉื ืืช
Bayshanut - Shyness - ืืืืฉื ืืช
Playlist and Clips:
Arik Einstein - Ze Lo Busha Lihyot Atsuv (lyrics)
Ha-israeli ha-mechoโar (The Ugly Israeli), TV10
Arik Einstein & Shalom Hanoch - Tafasti Rosh al ha-bar (lyrics)
Mili Miran - Ho, marganit (lyrics)
Further listening: Ep. 143 fadiha
Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | This is T.L.B. 1. |
| 0:10.0 | Street-wise. |
| 0:11.0 | Hebrew. |
| 0:13.0 | Shalom, it's Niga with Streetwise Hebrew. |
| 0:16.2 | I read the newspaper story about a woman who sells fancy clothes and mink furs just next to |
| 0:21.8 | our Telvie studio in Tel Aviv. In the article she says, |
| 0:25.8 | Lama Anitsri-Rihr Lehi-Baeish, why should I feel ashamed of selling expensive things? |
| 0:32.0 | I realize then that we never talked about this verb Lehit |
| 0:35.8 | Bรกesh or to feel Bousha shame. These are words we use very often so let's learn them. The Lobushal Liot Atsove, one shouldn't be ashamed for being said. |
| 0:57.0 | The lobushayot Atsove, one shouldn't be ashamed for being said, literal translation, it's not a shame to be said. |
| 1:09.0 | Zellow Boucha, Liot at suv. |
| 1:12.0 | The word Boucha can be a standalone sentence all on its own. |
| 1:16.4 | For example I can tell a friend that the person who sat next to us at the hotel during breakfast |
| 1:22.1 | started Bly Bousha packing sandwich. the hotel during breakfast started bleuusha packing sandwiches and put them in his bag to eat later. |
| 1:27.6 | When my friend responds with a disgusted facial expression, I'll follow up in agreement and say, Bouscha. |
| 1:35.2 | It of course means shame on them. |
| 1:37.7 | And you can find plenty of examples on Facebook and Twitter where people condemn basically anything and everything. |
| 1:44.0 | Intonation, use your dramatic skills here. |
| 1:48.0 | Bouscha. Bouscha! |
| 1:50.0 | Bouscha! |
| 1:51.0 | Bouscha! Bushah. This is a woman whohimah erept Busha. |
| 1:54.0 | I have shir le had a shitadranit, |
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