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๐๏ธ 28 January 2014
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Relationships are hard. Here are some Hebrew slang terms to express your undying love โ or lack thereof โ with your significant other.
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Tafur aleyha โ Sheโs made to measure for me โ ืชืคืืจ ืขืืื
Ha-job ha-hadash tafur alai โ The new job is cut out for me โ ืืโืื ืืืืฉ ืชืคืืจ ืขืืื
Tfira โ Sewing โ ืชืคืืจื
Mechonat tfira โ Sewing machine โ ืืืื ืช ืชืคืืจื
Zamin โ Available โ ืืืื
โHa-manui eino zamin kaโetโ โ The subscriber is not available right now โ ืืื ืื ืืื ื ืืืื ืืขืช
Panuy โ Vacant, free โ ืคื ืื
Hu lo panuy โ Heโs taken โ ืืื ืื ืคื ืื
Lefanot lachem? โ Could I clear your table? โ ืืคื ืืช ืืื
Ha-manui eino banui le-ahava โ The subscriber isnโt built for love โ ืืื ืื ืืื ื ืืืื ืืืืื
Paโal past participles: Sagur, shamur, patuach, tafur, banui โ ืกืืืจ, ืฉืืืจ, ืคืชืื, ืชืคืืจ, ืื ืื
Sichat yahasenu leโan โ โWhere does this relationship go to kinda conversationโ โ ืฉืืืช ืืืกืื ื ืืื
Zo lo at, ze ani / ze lo ata, zo ani โ Itโs not you, itโs me โ ืื ืื ืืช, ืื ืื ื / ืื ืื ืืชื, ืื ืื ื
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Chen Aharoni โ Tafur aleyha (lyrics)
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0:00.0 | This is T.L. B. One radio. |
0:05.0 | Great, great mixture. |
0:07.0 | This is still V1. |
0:09.0 | This is Tel Aviv. |
0:10.0 | It's a beautiful city. |
0:11.0 | Great Radio.L. V. V. V. 1. |
0:15.0 | This is T.O. V. 1. Streetwise Hebrew. |
0:27.0 | Hebrew. |
0:28.0 | Shalleh. It's me Guy from Streetwise Hebrew. |
0:31.0 | Today we're talking about relationships. |
0:33.2 | That's Chen Aharoni who sings Tafur Aleha. What's Tafu. |
0:40.8 | Anit-Tafuah Alejha? So Litpo or Litfoo in colloquial Hebrew is to sew. |
0:46.7 | Tafu is the participle, the third form of the verb, just like Lichtov katov. |
0:52.1 | So Tafu is sown. |
0:54.5 | Alejha, on her, literally, so she's made to measure for me. |
0:59.7 | Tafu alai is not only for love issues. |
1:03.0 | A job hadash to fur alai. |
1:05.0 | A job hakahadash tofu alai. |
1:07.0 | The new job is tafur alai, cut out for me. |
1:10.0 | Tafu alaia humbugger, this hamburger is tofur al-A-Hambour gers, this hamburger is to-fural-a, sown for me, so made-to-measure for me. |
1:17.5 | Tfira is sewing. So this is a Paal verb that behaves just like Lichttov, that tiva, katov. |
1:24.4 | Katov. And I love amo. |
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