#242 What a Hunk!
Streetwise Hebrew
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๐๏ธ 19 February 2019
โฑ๏ธ 11 minutes
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Summary
Lachtoch (ืืืชืื) means 'to cut,' like when we cut onions. But in slang, this word and its root ื.ืช.ื can be used in many ways to mean many different things. Fromย 'breaking up'ย to 'you clean up nice,' or 'a hunk' and 'a hottie.'
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New Words and Expressions:
Lachtoch - To cut - ืืืชืื
Eich hotchim batsal? - How do you cut onions? - ืืื ืืืชืืื ืืฆื
Eich lachtoch batsal bli dma'ot - How to cut onions without tears - ืืื ืืืชืื ืืฆื ืืื ืืืขืืช
Ani hotech la-rochav dak dak dak - I cut it to the width thinly - ืื ื ืืืชื ืืจืืื ืืง-ืืง-ืืง
Ani ose kama hatachim - I make a few cuts - ืื ื ืขืืฉื ืืื ืืชืืื
Hatach, hatachim - Cut, cuts - ืืชื, ืืชืืื
Hituch - Cutting - ืืืชืื
Hituchei ets - Wood carving - ืืืชืืื ืขืฅ
Oto hituch dibur - We speak the same way - ืืืชื ืืืชืื ืืืืืจ
Hatachta mukdam - You left early - ืืชืืช ืืืงืื
Ki avar alecha yom kashu'ach - Because you had a rough day - ืื ืืื ืื ืืื ืงืฉืื
Hatachti mi-sham - I am out of there - ืืชืืชื ืืฉื
Nira li ani hotech/hotechet - I am out, I think I am going to make a move - ื ืจืื ืื ืื ื ืืืชื/ืืืชืืช
Bo'i pashut nachtoch - Let's just be decisive (and break up) - ืืืื ืคืฉืื ื ืืชืื
Nire' li she-ani hotechet mimeno, bishvil ma lechakot? - I think I am going to leave him, why should I wait? - ื ืจืื ืื ืฉืื ื ืืืชืืช ืืื ื, ืืฉืืื ืื ืืืืืช?
Ani hotechet ve-dai - I am cutting it and that's the end of it - ืื ื ืืืชืืช ืืื
Lifnei she-hu ya'ase et ze - Before he will do it - ืืคื ื ืฉืืื ืืขืฉื ืืช ืื
Ha'im gever amiti haya omer li she-ze lo mat'im lo ve-hotech? - Would a real man tell me he's not into me and cut out? - ืืื ืืืจ ืืืืชื ืืื ืืืืจ ืื ืฉืื ืื ืืชืืื ืื ืืืืชื?
O she-ze gam beseder lahtoch le-lo hoda'a? - Or is it also ok to bail on me without a message? - ืื ืฉืื ืื ืืกืืจ ืืืชืื ืืื ืืืืขื?
Ata yachol lachtoch mi-Allenby - You can cut through Allenby Street - ืืชื ืืืื ืืืชืื ืืืื ืื
Hu hatach oti ba-kvish - He cut me off on the road - ืืื ืืชื ืืืชื ืืืืืฉ
Lachtoch mishehu - To stop someone in mid sentence - ืืืชืื ืืืฉืื
Nechtachti ba-gilu'ach - I cut myself while shaving - ื ืืชืืชื ืืืืืื
Lehechatech - To be cut - ืืืืืชื
Nechtachti ba-etsba - I got a cut on my finger - ื ืืชืืชื ืืืฆืืข
Haticha - Piece - ืืชืืื
Hatichat shamayim - "A a piece of sky" - ืืชืืืช ืฉืืืื
Hatich - Hunk - ืืชืื
Haticha - Attractive woman - ืืชืืื
Hatichat zevel (hat'chat zevel) - (You) piece of trash - ืืชืืืช ืืื, ืืช'ืืช ืืื
Hitchatachti - I groomed myself - ืืชืืชืืชื
Aval at lo ba-inyan - But you're not into me - ืืื ืืช ืื ืืขื ืืื
Ma kara hitchatachta? - Why are you all dressed up? - ืื ืงืจื ืืชืืชืืช?
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Playlist and Clips:
Lahakat Pikud Merkaz - Anachnu Me-oto Ha-kfar (lyrics)
Nofar Salman - Boom Ba-levย (lyrics in YouTube description)
Lior Porat - Nechtachti Ba-gilu'ach
Lea Shabat - Hatichat Shamayimย (lyrics)
Lior Narkis - At Lo Ba-inyanย (lyrics)
Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | This is T.L.B. 1. |
| 0:07.0 | Street-wise. |
| 0:11.0 | Hibro. |
| 0:12.0 | Chalo. It's me guy with Street-wise Hebrew. Shalom. |
| 0:14.0 | It's me Guy with Street-wise Hebrew. |
| 0:15.0 | Today I like to talk about Lachtorch to cut, which in slang has many meanings. |
| 0:21.0 | Our route is Chhet Taf Kaf. |
| 0:23.7 | Let's start with a literal meaning. |
| 0:26.0 | Lior, an I a realach, a lot of him, a call, |
| 0:29.6 | a nijotek, a frugal, a chef, a chef, a chef, a chef, a girl. |
| 0:40.0 | This is Victor Glogger, a chef who explains Echlachtor but Salle, Blyde Ma'ot, how to cut onions without tears. |
| 0:48.5 | I just love his Argentinian accent in Hebrew. |
| 0:51.5 | By the way, I loved your city, dear Porteios. We recently had a |
| 0:54.8 | listener meet up there yes in Buenos Aires and had a lot of fun. Now back to |
| 1:00.0 | Victor. |
| 1:01.0 | Anichotech, La Roach. |
| 1:03.0 | D'A, da, da, |
| 1:05.0 | my blile for the |
| 1:06.0 | that's all, we're chia, me le mala, |
| 1:10.0 | me le mala, |
| 1:11.0 | that ne'e, that he was. a few things he said a few on I was going to go on I was |
| 1:15.0 | a she came to him |
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