#251 Drink Up
Streetwise Hebrew
TLV1 Studios
4.9 โข 988 Ratings
๐๏ธ 30 April 2019
โฑ๏ธ 8 minutes
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Summary
Shtiya means drinking, but it could also means beverages. In the last Israeli elections, political pundits spoke about shtiyat kolot, โvotes drinking.โ What does it mean, and how did this saying make the jump from army slang to civilian slang?
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New Words and Expressions:
Shtiya - Drinking, beverages - ืฉืชืืื
Hu shata - He drank - ืืื ืฉืชื
Lishtot - To drink - ืืฉืชืืช
Shata-Lishtot; Ratsa-Lirtsot; Bana-Livnot
Efo ha-shtiya - Where are the drinks? - ?ืืืคื ืืฉืชืืื
Ma lehavi? - What should I bring? - ?ืื ืืืืื
Falafel plus shtiya 20 shekel - Falafel plus drink for 20 shekel - ืคืืืคื ืคืืืก ืฉืชืืื 20 ืฉืงื
Shtiya kala - Soft drinks - ืฉืชืืื ืงืื
Yesh shtiya kala? - Are there any soft drinks? - ?ืืฉ ืฉืชืืื ืงืื
Mashkaโot, shtiya - Beverages - ืืฉืงืืืช, ืฉืชืืื
Shtiya charifa - Alcoholic drinks - ืฉืชืืื ืืจืืคื
Mechonat shtiya - Beverage vending machine - ืืืื ืช ืฉืชืืื
Kampeyn neged shtiya - A campaign against drinking - ืงืืคืืื ื ืื ืฉืชืืื
Im shotim, lo nohagim - If you drink, you donโt drive - ืื ืฉืืชืื, ืื ื ืืืืื
Ma nishte, kafe o te? - What will we drink, coffee or tea? - ?ืื ื ืฉืชื, ืงืคื ืื ืชื
Ma tishte/tishti/tishtu? - What would you like to drink? - ?ืื ืชืฉืชื/ืชืฉืชื/ืชืฉืชื
Ma ba lachem lishtot? - What do you feel like drinking? - ?ืื ืื ืืื ืืฉืชืืช
Ma shotim? - What are we drinking? - ?ืื ืฉืืชืื
Tishtu mashehu? - Would you like to drink anything? - ?ืชืฉืชื ืืฉืื
Tishte, ata meโabed nozlim - Drink, youโre losing liquids - ืชืฉืชื, ืืชื ืืืื ื ืืืืื
โShtiyat kolotโ - When one political party absorbs the votes of another - ืฉืชืืืช ืงืืืืช
Lishtot le-mishehu mashehu - To steal something from someone - ืืฉืชืืช ืืืืฉืื ืืฉืื
Shatu li et ha-sakash - Someone took/stole my sleeping bag - ืฉืชื ืื ืืช ืืฉืงโืฉ
Mi shata li et ha-sakash? - Who took/stole my sleeping bag? - ?ืื ืฉืชื ืื ืืช ืืฉืงโืฉ
โAchlu li, shatu liโ - Always excuses/complaints - ืืืื ืื, ืฉืชื ืื
Ze mei shtiya? - Is this drinking water? - ?ืื ืื ืฉืชืืื
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| 0:00.0 | This is TELB1. |
| 0:10.0 | Street-wise. |
| 0:11.0 | Hibro, chalom. It's me a guy with Street-wise Hebrew. Chalo. |
| 0:13.0 | It's me Gai with Street-wise Hebrew. |
| 0:15.0 | In the last Israeli elections, lots of political analysts talked about |
| 0:20.0 | shiat collot. |
| 0:21.0 | Kolot are votes. |
| 0:23.0 | Stiyya means drinking. |
| 0:25.3 | So what did they mean when they said, |
| 0:27.1 | Stiyat Kolot? |
| 0:29.9 | Stay tuned, we'll find out soon. |
| 0:32.6 | Shata means he drank. |
| 0:35.1 | The root is Shin, Taf, he. |
| 0:37.8 | When he is the last letter of the Shorish, |
| 0:40.6 | things tend to get interesting. |
| 0:42.3 | There's a high likelihood that the |
| 0:43.9 | infinitive will end with oat, vav taf. Lishtot means to drink just like |
| 0:50.4 | Ratza, he wanted Lirzot to want but now he built live not to build the noun is |
| 0:59.8 | shtia shin taf yud yud, yud, hey. |
| 1:02.8 | Schia could be the action of drinking, but it also means a beverage or drinks. |
| 1:08.1 | Ephoha shtia, where are the drinks? |
| 1:10.8 | Mallehavi, what should I bring? |
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