#245 Coupons & Cupcakes: Foreign Words in Hebrew
Streetwise Hebrew
TLV1 Studios
4.9 โข 988 Ratings
๐๏ธ 12 March 2019
โฑ๏ธ 8 minutes
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Summary
How does the Hebrew language integrate foreign words into its vocabulary? And how do we Israelis manipulate English words, like coupons and cupcakes, in order to make them sound natural alongside native Hebrew words? Guy explains.
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New Words and Expressions:
Shipur dramati - A dramatic improvement - ืฉืืคืืจ ืืจืืื
Globalizatsia - Globalization - ืืืืืืืืฆืื
Democratizatsia - Democratization - ืืืืงืจืืืืฆืื
Interpretatsia - Interpretation - ืืื ืืจืคืจืืฆืื
Diktsia - Diction - ืืืงืฆืื
Ha-medina ha-modernit - The modern state - ืืืืื ื ืืืืืจื ืืช
Kayom yesh ba-olam yoter demokratiot ve-pahot diktaturot - Today in the world there are more democracies and less dictatorships - ืืืื ืืฉ ืืขืืื ืืืชืจ ืืืืงืจืืืืช ืืคืืืช ืืืงืืืืจืืช
Milhama klasit - A classic war - ืืืืื ืงืืืกืืช
Klasa - โClassโ - ืงืืืกื
At hevet et ha-klasa - You brought class - ืืช ืืืืช ืืช ืืงืืืกื
Kulam yoshvim kacha be-klasa- Everybody is sitting in style - ืืืื ืืืฉืืื ืืื ืืงืืืกื
Cupcake-im - Cupcakes - ืงืืคืงืืืงืื
Couponim - Coupons - ืงืืคืื ืื
Radiatorim - Radiators - ืจืืืืืืจืื
Tipim - Tips - ืืืคืื
Homoโim - Gays (m.) - ืืืืืืื
Lesbiot - Lesbians - ืืกืืืืช
Homo-iyoot - โGaynessโ - ืืืืืืืืช
Ha-akademia la-lashon ha-ivrit - The Academy of the Hebrew language - ืืืงืืืื ืืืฉืื ืืขืืจืืช
Zlolet - Junk food - ืืืืืช
Tikunai - Handyman - ืชืืงืื ืื
Ugonit - Cupcake - ืขืืืื ืืช
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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 me Guy with Street-wise Hebrew. |
| 0:16.0 | A few episodes ago I asked where you listened to the podcast and many of you answered back. |
| 0:21.0 | Alex wrote, I have been traveling around recently and since |
| 0:24.4 | October I've been listening to her podcast near the Taj Mahal, the |
| 0:28.6 | pyramids of Giza and in the tropical jungle of Cape Verde. |
| 0:33.2 | Wow, to Darba Alex, that's extraordinary. |
| 0:36.2 | Thanks for taking the podcast on your journey. |
| 0:38.9 | Jonathan, who listens from New York, |
| 0:41.3 | Shalom Jonathan, wrote me this intriguing email. |
| 0:44.0 | I am listening from the top of a ladder on a TV set in New York City. |
| 0:50.0 | We are filming a new show about the life and work of the choreographer Bob Foss. |
| 0:54.8 | I love your podcast. |
| 0:56.4 | Wow, Jonathan Todagh. |
| 0:58.1 | I've all Tizahaire, be careful on that letter. |
| 1:00.4 | Tizaire in a sullam Shamb. |
| 1:02.0 | Jonathan is a scenic artist who lived in Israel as a teenager. |
| 1:06.5 | What about you? |
| 1:07.5 | Tell me a bit about yourself. |
| 1:08.8 | Why do you learn Hebrew? |
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