#259 Shalom Stranger
Streetwise Hebrew
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4.9 โข 988 Ratings
๐๏ธ 25 June 2019
โฑ๏ธ 9 minutes
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Summary
How do we greet a stranger in the elevator, in Hebrew? How about a neighbor from our building? Could we perhaps just look down and not say anything at all?
Guy presents a concise guide to Israeli elevator etiquette 101.
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New Words and Expressions:
Ze yachol lehechashev lo menumas - It might be considered impolite - ืื ืืืื ืืืืืฉื ืื ืื ืืืก
Hagana atsmit - Self defence - ืืื ื ืขืฆืืืช
Shalom - Hi, hello - ืฉืืื
Shalom, shalom, hopa! Ma itcha, ma ata ose po? - Hey, hey! Whatโs going on, what are you doing here? - ืฉืืื, ืฉืืื, ืืืคื! ืื ืืืชื, ืื ืืชื ืขืืฉื ืคื?
Hi - Hi - ืืื
Ahlan - Hi - ืืืื
Ma kore? - Whatโs happening? - ืื ืงืืจื?
Ahlan, ma kore? - Hi, how are you? - ืืืื, ืื ืงืืจื
Hi, ma kore? - Hi, how are you? - ืืื, ืื ืงืืจื
Boker tov - Good morning - ืืืงืจ ืืื
...Kertov - Kertov - ืงืจืืื
โBoker!โ - Morning! - ืืืงืจ!
Tsohorayim tovim - Greeting used around 1pm - ืฆืืจืืื ืืืืื
Aahar tsohorayim tovim - Good afternoon - ืืืจ ืฆืืืืจืืื ืืืืื
Erev tov - Good evening - ืขืจื ืืื
Laila tov - Good night - ืืืื ืืื
Hi-oosh - Hi (cutsy) - ืืืืฉ
Playlist and Clips:
Shokolad-Menta-Mastik - Emor Shalom (lyrics)
Shem-tov Levy - Hitโorerut (lyrics)
Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | This is T.L.B. 1. |
| 0:07.0 | St. wise. |
| 0:11.0 | Streat wise. |
| 0:12.0 | Chalong. It's me Guy with straight. Street-wise Hebrew. |
| 0:13.0 | Shalom, it's me Guy with Street-wise Hebrew. |
| 0:16.0 | On our last episode in my few words in Hebrew, I said this. |
| 0:20.0 | Anishome al-Eilze, I call me now come out by the al-anashim, and I'm sure I'm going from home to and she's |
| 0:23.0 | to me chalom I've had to go to me |
| 0:25.0 | ganbahrets, |
| 0:26.0 | but I'm sure I'm Gila, |
| 0:28.0 | chalom, and kirtov, |
| 0:29.0 | lachinim, |
| 0:30.0 | and chakinim, she pukinb, |
| 0:31.0 | lyremy, |
| 0:32.0 | lochayam, but kain. and I'm going to be irishilahim but me as she'll |
| 0:34.0 | and she's whom |
| 0:35.0 | and she's of my whom shall be |
| 0:36.0 | h I said that I feel people less frequently say hello to one another when they meet neighbors |
| 0:46.0 | or strangers in the elevator and I wanted to know if that's also the case where you live. |
| 0:51.3 | Here are a couple of replies that I received from listeners. |
| 0:54.3 | Ilana, originally from Paris, who now lives in LA, wrote, |
| 0:59.2 | Bedeclal be Paris, and a shim shagarinboe or two bignan, ome rimbochertove ere of two. There are clear in the same gareimbo to be in |
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