#268 No Thanks!
Streetwise Hebrew
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๐๏ธ 3 September 2019
โฑ๏ธ 9 minutes
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Summary
Sometimes people offer us things that we simply donโt want. Telemarketing? No thanks. A leaflet about a new yoga studio around the corner? No thank you. What about an offering of a slice of cheesecake baked by your friend when you're on a diet?
How do we decline an offer (politely or impolitely) in Hebrew? On this episode, Guy supplies you with a toolkit for those moments when you need to decline an offer.
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New Words and Expressions:
Alonim - Leaflets - ืขืืื ืื
Lo, toda - No, thanks - ืื, ืชืืื
Toda, lo meโunyan/meโunyenet - Thanks, I am not interested - ืชืืื, ืื ืืขืื ืืื/ืืขืื ืืื ืช
Sori, lo karega - Sorry, not right now - ืกืืจื, ืื ืืจืืข
Slicha, lo! - Sorry, no! - !ืกืืืื, ืื
Lo matโim - Not โfittingโ, not interested - ืื ืืชืืื
Amarti she-ze lo matโim - I said that I wasnโt interested - ืืืจืชื ืฉืื ืื ืืชืืื
Lo rotse, lo rotsa - I donโt want - ืื ืจืืฆื
Slicha, ani be-pgisha - Sorry, I am in a meeting - ืกืืืื, ืื ื ืืคืืืฉื
Lo toda, shalom! - No thanks, shalom! - !ืื ืชืืื, ืฉืืื
Lo toda, bye - No thanks, bye - ืื ืชืืื, ืืื
Lo meโunyan, lo meโuneyent - I am not interested - ืื ืืขืื ืืื, ืื ืืขืื ืืื ืช
Lo matโim li/lanu - Not interested - ืื ืืชืืื ืื, ืื ืืชืืื ืื ื
Slicha, ani be-emtsa mashehu - Sorry, I am in the middle of something - ืกืืืื, ืื ื ืืืืฆืข ืืฉืื
Ani mevakesh/mevakeshet lo lehitkasher elai yoter - I ask not to call me again - ืื ื ืืืงืฉ/ืช ืื ืืืชืงืฉืจ ืืืื ืืืชืจ
Lo toda, tihye bari/tihyi briโa - No thanks, be well - ืื ืชืืื, ืชืืื ืืจืื/ืชืืื ืืจืืื
Slicha, anachnu lo meโunyanim - Sorry, weโre not interested - ืกืืืื, ืื ืื ื ืื ืืขืื ืืื ืื
Slicha, dai - Sorry, thatโs enough - ืกืืืื, ืื
Nudnik - Someone who is a nuisance - ื ืืื ืืง
Takrit - Incident - ืชืงืจืืช
Mamash toda, aval ani lo ochel/ochelet mutsrei halav - Thanks so much, but I donโt eat dairy products - ืืืฉ ืชืืื, ืืื ืื ื ืื ืืืื/ืืืืืช ืืืฆืจื ืืื
Sori, ani tivโoni - Sorry, I am vegan - ืกืืจื, ืื ื ืืืขืื ื
Ma-ze sori, ani shomer, toda raba - So sorry, I am keeping a diet - ืื-ืื ืกืืจื, ืื ื ืฉืืืจ, ืชืืื ืจืื
Nu, haticha ktana - Come on, just a small piece - ื ื, ืืชืืื ืงืื ื
Asur li - I am not allowed, I must not - ืืกืืจ ืื
Ze nirโe mehamem - It looks amazing - ืื ื ืจืื ืืืื
Slicha, yesh li kvar mashehu - I already have something - ืกืืืื, ืืฉ ืื ืืืจ ืืฉืื
Ani lo yachol, slicha, mamash toda al ha-hazmana - I canโt, sorry, but thank you so much for the invitation - ืื ื ืื ืืืื, ืกืืืื, ืืืฉ ืชืืื ืขื ืืืืื ื
Hayiti met lavo, aval anโlo yachol - I would die to be there, but I cannot make it - ืืืืชื ืืช ืืืื, ืืื ืื โืื ืืืื
Hayiti meta lavo, aval anโlo yechola - I would die to be there, but I cannot make it - ืืืืชื ืืชื ืืืื, ืืื ืื โืื ืืืืื
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| 0:00.0 | This is T.L.B. 1. |
| 0:10.0 | St. W. |
| 0:10.0 | St. W. |
| 0:11.0 | Why? |
| 0:12.0 | Shallow. It's me guy with Strywise Hebrew. Shalo, it's me Guy with Street-wise Hebrew. |
| 0:15.0 | Sometimes people offer us things that we simply don't want, they try to sell us stuff on the phone, |
| 0:21.0 | they might be distributing leaflets as we pass by on the street. |
| 0:24.4 | They might invite us to come into the restaurants. |
| 0:26.9 | Maybe a friend offers us a piece of cheesecake he made, but we don't eat dairy products. |
| 0:31.8 | Or maybe someone makes a pass at us. |
| 0:34.4 | How do we decline these offers politely and perhaps a bit less politely if you know what I mean? |
| 0:41.4 | In today's episode I'll provide you with a |
| 0:43.8 | toolkit for these moments where you need to refuse this or that and which |
| 0:48.3 | might come in handy in Israel where people tend to be assertive and direct. |
| 0:53.0 | Let's start with a lot of the |
| 0:55.0 | nizbatic varma speak |
| 0:58.0 | bechai a bechai achai |
| 1:00.0 | a litts let's start with the easy ones, someone handing out leaflets in the street and you don't |
| 1:08.6 | want to take one. You can say Lottodah, no thanks, and if they're pushy. |
| 1:14.1 | Todal Lomunyan. |
| 1:15.1 | Thanks, I'm not interested. |
| 1:17.1 | Lomunianet, feminine. |
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