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Streetwise Hebrew

#252 Anyone Seen the Remote?

Streetwise Hebrew

TLV1 Studios

Israel, Tlv1, Religion & Spirituality, Language Learning, Education, Language, Judaism, Hebrew, Streetwise

4.9 โ€ข 988 Ratings

๐Ÿ—“๏ธ 7 May 2019

โฑ๏ธ 8 minutes

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Summary

Shlita (ืฉืœื™ื˜ื”) means control. So why do some people graffiti ืฉื•ืœื˜ or ืฉื•ืœื˜ืช on walls? And how do we say, โ€œwhere's the remote?โ€ in Hebrew?

Guy takes control of the situation and explains.

Listen to the All-Hebrew Version of this Episode

New Words and Expressions:

Efo ha-shalat? - Where is the remote? - ?ืื™ืคื” ื”ืฉืœื˜

Shalat rachok - Remote control - ืฉืœื˜ ืจื—ื•ืง

Shalit - Ruler, leader - ืฉืœื™ื˜

Le-shlita muhletet be-mezeg ha-avir - For complete control of the weather - ืœืฉืœื™ื˜ื” ืžื•ื—ืœื˜ืช ื‘ืžื–ื’ ื”ืื•ื•ื™ืจ

Lishlot - To control - ืœืฉืœื•ื˜

Shlita - Control (n.) - ืฉืœื™ื˜ื”

โ€œSholtim be-mezeg ha-avirโ€ - โ€œControlling the weatherโ€ - ืฉื•ืœื˜ื™ื ื‘ืžื–ื’ ื”ืื•ื•ื™ืจ

Bo neโ€™abed shlita - Letโ€™s lose control - ื‘ื•ื ื ืื‘ื“ ืฉืœื™ื˜ื”

Ha-kol be-shlita means - Everything is under control - ื”ื›ืœ ื‘ืฉืœื™ื˜ื”

Hi sholetet ba-pratim - She knows all the details - ื”ื™ื ืฉื•ืœื˜ืช ื‘ืคืจื˜ื™ื

Hi sholetet ba-homer - She knows her stuff inside out - ื”ื™ื ืฉื•ืœื˜ืช ื‘ื—ื•ืžืจ

Hu sholet be-tsarfatit - Heโ€™s fluent in French - ื”ื•ื ืฉื•ืœื˜ ื‘ืฆืจืคืชื™ืช

โ€˜Adam sholetโ€™ - โ€˜Adam rulesโ€™ - ืื“ื ืฉื•ืœื˜

Hishtaltut - Taking over, gaining control - ื”ืฉืชืœื˜ื•ืช

Lehishtalet al mashehu - To gain control of something/cope with something - ืœื”ืฉืชืœื˜ ืขืœ ืžืฉื”ื•

Hu ma-ze mishtalet - Heโ€™s so dominant - ื”ื•ื ืžื”-ื–ื” ืžืฉืชืœื˜

Shtaltan/shtaltanit - Dominant - ืฉืชืœื˜ืŸ/ืฉืชืœื˜ื ื™ืช

Shtaltanut - Being too dominant - ืฉืชืœื˜ื ื•ืช

Nu, tishtalet kvar al ha-balagan ba-bayit - Come on, gain control of your mess at home - ื ื•, ืชืฉืชืœื˜ ื›ื‘ืจ ืขืœ ื”ื‘ืœื’ืŸ ื‘ื‘ื™ืช

Tishtalti al ze kvar - Cope with it - ืชืฉืชืœื˜ื™ ืขืœ ื–ื” ื›ื‘ืจ

Playlist and Clips:

Abba - Mamma mia

Shalit Luv Muammar Gaddafi

Sholtim be-mezeg ha-avir - Commercial 1

Sholtim be-mezeg ha-avir - Commercial 2

Elad Levy & Lihi Benin - Leโ€™abed shlita (lyrics)

Hishtaltut be-lev yam

Transcript

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0:00.0

This is TELV1.

0:10.0

St. Louis. Streatwise.

0:12.0

Hibro. Shalo. It's me guy with Streatwise Hebrew. Shalom, it's me Guy with Street-wise Hebrew.

0:15.0

Joshua Marouff from New York wrote to ask,

0:18.0

what is the difference between Shollett and Michtalet?

0:22.0

Josh today's episode will answer your question. Our route is

0:26.3

Shin Lamette, who Shalat means he controlled, ruled, governed.

0:33.0

Look at me now.

0:35.0

Will I ever learn?

0:37.0

I don't know how.

0:39.0

But I'm suddenly to lose control.

0:42.0

There's a fire within my soul. Yes, I promise to teach you how to say to lose control.

0:49.0

Perhaps the most important word that stems from this Shoresh is Shalat,

0:54.0

Shilath, remote control. Efra Shalat, where is the remote?

0:59.0

Very handy.

1:00.0

Do you know where your Shalat is because I can't find ours?

1:03.2

The formal term is Shalat Erhok

1:06.7

a thing that can control something,

1:09.3

a hok far, but we usually just say Shalat, just like in English where the control from remote control

1:17.4

is dropped.

1:18.4

Simulev Shalat, Shin Lamette, could also be read as Schelet, sign, which is not related to control.

1:27.0

Schelet, Schelet means ruler or leader, usually not in a democratic regime.

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