#254 Come On, Don't Be Irritating
Streetwise Hebrew
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๐๏ธ 21 May 2019
โฑ๏ธ 11 minutes
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Summary
In order to say "that's irritating" or "I'm irritated" in Hebrew, we first need to learn the root ืข.ืฆ.ื, which gives us the word ืขืฆืืื (nerves).
Now imagine this scenario... you're at the office, hard at work. You ask a colleague to grab you coffee from the kitchen. But walking over to the other side of the office is the last thing they want to do. So they give you that look. You know the look. What do you say now?
Hebrew slang to the rescue! Guy explains the proper usage of ื ื, ืื ืชืขืฆืื (nu, al te'asben).
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New Words and Expressions:
Atsabim - Nerves - ืขืฆืืื
Eize atsabim - How irritating; What a bummer - ืืืื ืขืฆืืื
Eize atsabim itcha - You're irritating - ืืืื ืขืฆืืื ืืืชื
Eize basa - What a bummer - ืืืื ืืืกื
Hu hataf atsabim - He got angry - ืืื ืืืฃ ืขืฆืืื
Hu hataf alai atsabim - He got angry at me - ืืื ืืืฃ ืขืืื ืขืฆืืื
Ole li al ha-atsabim - It gets on my nerves - ืขืืื ืื ืขื ืืขืฆืืื
ha-muzika ha-zo ola li al ha-atsabim - This music is getting on my nerves - ืืืืืืงื ืืื ืขืืื ืื ืขื ืืขืฆืืื
Hu/hi olim li al ha-atsabim - He/She gets on my nerves - ืืื/ืืื ืขืืืื ืื ืขื ืืขืฆืืื
Ha-yamim ha-arukim ha-atsuvim - The long sad days - ืืืืื ืืืจืืืื ืืขืฆืืืื
Atsuv - Sad - ืขืฆืื
Yom sheni - atsbani - Monday, I am nervous - ืืื ืฉื ื, ืขืฆืื ื
Atsbani - Restless, nervous, anxious, worried; irritable, jumpy - ืขืฆืื ื
"Atsban" - Nervous, irritated - "ืขืฆืื"
Al tihye atsban, al tihye atsbani - Don't be nervous, irritated - ืื ืชืืื ืขืฆืื, ืื ืชืืื ืขืฆืื ื
Atsbanut - Restlessness, Nervousness - ืขืฆืื ืืช
Dika'on - Depression - ืืืืืื
Le'atsben - To irritate - ืืขืฆืื
Mi itsben otcha? - Who irritated you? - ืื ืขืฆืื ืืืชื?
Wai, mishehu mamash itsben otcha - Dude, obviously someone rubbed you the wrong way - ืืืื, ืืืฉืื ืืืฉ ืขืฆืื ืืืชื
Me'atsben - Irritating (pi'el) - ืืขืฆืื
Me'utsban - Irritated (pu'al) - ืืขืืฆืื
Hit'atsben - Became annoyed - ืืชืขืฆืื
Al tit'atsben, ze lo shsave et ze - Don't get irritated, it's not worth it - ืื ืชืชืขืฆืื, ืื ืื ืฉืืื ืืช ืื
Al tit'asben, avalโฆ - Don't get angry at me, but.. - ืื ืชืชืขืฆืื, ืืื...
Ze ma-ze me'atsben - It's really irritating - ืื ืื-ืื ืืขืฆืื
Ma me'atsben otcha? - What irritates you? - ืื ืืขืฆืื ืืืชื?
Nu, al te'asben - Come on, don't be irritating (m.) - ื ื, ืื ืชืขืฆืื
Dai, al te'asbeni - Stop it, don't be irritating (f.) - ืื, ืื ืชืขืฆืื
Ani lo mit'asben - I am not getting annoyed/mad - ืื ื ืื ืืชืขืฆืื
An'lo mit'asben - I am not getting annoyed (sl.) - ืื 'ืื ืืชืขืฆืื
Hu hit'atsben alai - He got mad at me - ืืื ืืชืขืฆืื ืขืืื
Hi hit'atsbena al mashehu - She got irritated by something - ืืื ืืชืขืฆืื ื ืขื ืืฉืื
Ma ata mit'asben? - What are you getting angry about? - ืื ืืชื ืืชืขืฆืื?
Ma at mit'asbenet mimenu bichlal? - Why do you even get mad by him? - ืื ืืช ืืชืขืฆืื ืช ืืื ื ืืืื?
Im atem mit'atsbenim be-kalut - If you get irritated easily - ืื ืืชื ืืชืขืฆืื ืื ืืงืืืช
Al titspu ba-sirton ha-ze - Don't watch this clip - ืื ืชืฆืคื ืืกืจืืื ืืื
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Playlist and Clips:
Arik Einstein - Ha-yamim Ha-arukim Ha-atsuvim (lyrics)
Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | This is TELB1. |
| 0:11.0 | St.L.C. Streatwise. |
| 0:12.0 | Hibro. Shalom. It's me guy with street-wise Hebrew. |
| 0:13.0 | Shalom, it's me Guy with Street-wise Hebrew. |
| 0:15.8 | Today we're going to talk about what happens when we are irritated by something or when |
| 0:20.6 | there's something irritating. |
| 0:22.6 | But before we get there, we have to start with a zabim, nerves. |
| 0:27.2 | The showish is ain, sadik bet, aise-a-sabim, literally what nerves meaning how irritating or what a bummer. |
| 0:37.4 | You can say to a friend Eze at Sabim Itra, Ease at Sabim Itra, Ease at Sabim Itra or Itach, meaning what your friend just did or said is very irritating. |
| 0:47.6 | Eza at Sabim it's literally what nerves with you? Eza Azabim is very close to Easeh Basa, |
| 0:57.0 | what a bummer. |
| 0:58.0 | I spoke about Basa on episode number 108. |
| 1:02.0 | Two useful expressions with at Sabim nerves. Who |
| 1:07.0 | hataf at Sabim? He got angry. Who hataf alai at Sabim? He got angry at me. Who kataf alai at Sabim he got angry at me. |
| 1:14.0 | Uchataf is he grabbed or he snatched, but in this context it means caught like to catch the flu. |
| 1:22.3 | Uchataf chapat, uchataf at Sabim. |
| 1:26.0 | Ole l'lle al-sabim, it gets on my nerves. |
| 1:32.0 | You can say this about anything that irritates you. |
| 1:35.0 | Amuzica Azo or Ali al al-A-Sabim. This music is getting on my nerves. |
| 1:40.0 | A person who or he or limly al-ha-sabim. |
| 1:45.0 | Can him show us |
| 1:47.0 | as Rheim lainu ha-a-me |
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