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Streetwise Hebrew

#272 Take a Look Around You

Streetwise Hebrew

TLV1 Studios

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

4.9 โ€ข 988 Ratings

๐Ÿ—“๏ธ 8 October 2019

โฑ๏ธ 11 minutes

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Summary

The Hebrew words ืกื‘ื™ื‘ (saviv), ืกื‘ื™ื‘ื” (sviva), ืžืกื‘ื™ื‘ (misaviv), ืกื‘ื‘ (sevev), all come from the ืก.ื‘.ื‘ root. They also come in very handy in spoken Hebrew. So today, Guy explains the many words and phrases that stem from this interesting root.

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New Words and Expressions:

Saviv โ€“ Around โ€“ ืกื‘ื™ื‘

Tistakel kama lirdim mi-saviv โ€“ See how many hot guys there are around โ€“ ืชืกืชื›ืœ ื›ืžื” ืœื™ืจื“ื™ื ืžืกื‘ื™ื‘

Tavo mi-saviv โ€“ Come from the other side โ€“ ืชื‘ื•ื ืžืกื‘ื™ื‘

Habet saviv โ€“ Look around you โ€“ ื”ื‘ื˜ ืกื‘ื™ื‘

Sviv ha-habayit yesh gina โ€“ Around the house thereโ€™s a yard โ€“ ืกื‘ื™ื‘ ื”ื‘ื™ืช ื™ืฉ ื’ื™ื ื”

Mi-saviv la-bayit yesh gina โ€“ Around the house thereโ€™s a yard โ€“ ืžืกื‘ื™ื‘ ืœื‘ื™ืช ื™ืฉ ื’ื™ื ื”

Ani omedet ba-maโ€™agal u-mabita svivi โ€“ I stand in the circle and look around me โ€“ ืื ื™ ืขื•ืžื“ืช ื‘ืžืขื’ืœ ื•ืžื‘ื™ื˜ื” ืกื‘ื™ื‘ื™

Tistakel (โ€˜stakel) misvivcha โ€“ Look around you (m.) โ€“ ืชืกืชื›ืœ ืžืกื‘ื™ื‘ืš, โ€˜ืกืชื›ืœ ืžืกื‘ื™ื‘ืš

Tistakli (โ€˜stakli) misvivech โ€“ Look around you (f.) โ€“ ืชืกืชื›ืœื™ ืžืกื‘ื™ื‘ืš, โ€˜ืกืชื›ืœื™ ืžืกื‘ื™ื‘ืš

Tistaklu (โ€˜staklu) misvivchem โ€“ Look around you (pl.) โ€“ ืชืกืชื›ืœื• ืžืกื‘ื™ื‘ื›ื, โ€˜ืกืชื›ืœื• ืžืกื‘ื™ื‘ื›ื

โ€˜Stakel rega, โ€˜stakli shniya โ€“ Have a look โ€“ ืกืชื›ืœ ืจื’ืข, โ€˜ืกืชื›ืœื™ ืฉื ื™ื™ื”

Ovdim misaviv laโ€™shaโ€™on โ€“ Weโ€™re working around the clock โ€“ ืขื•ื‘ื“ื™ื ืžืกื‘ื™ื‘ ืœืฉืขื•ืŸ

Sivuv โ€“ A round โ€“ ืกื™ื‘ื•ื‘

Shaโ€™ashuโ€™onim โ€“ Gameshows โ€“ ืฉืขืฉื•ืขื•ื ื™ื

Sivuv rishon โ€“ first round โ€“ ืกื™ื‘ื•ื‘ ืจืืฉื•ืŸ

Nitsachta et ha-sivuv, yihye lecha yitaron ba-sivuv ha-ba โ€“ You won this round, youโ€™ll have an advantage in the next round โ€“ ื ื™ืฆื—ืช ืืช ื”ืกื™ื‘ื•ื‘, ื™ื”ื™ื” ืœืš ื™ืชืจื•ืŸ ื‘ืกื™ื‘ื•ื‘ ื”ื‘ื

Sivuvim shel ha-rosh โ€“ Turns of the head โ€“ ืกื™ื‘ื•ื‘ื™ื ืฉืœ ื”ืจืืฉ

Sivuvim shel kaf ha-regel โ€“ Spins of the foot โ€“ ืกื™ื‘ื•ื‘ื™ื ืฉืœ ื›ืฃ ื”ืจื’ืœ

Yatsati le-sivuv im ha-kelev โ€“ I went around the block with the dog โ€“ ื™ืฆืืชื™ ืœืกื™ื‘ื•ื‘ ืขื ื”ื›ืœื‘

Miko, taโ€™ase sivuv โ€“ Miko, spin around โ€“ ืžื™ืงื•, ืชืขืฉื” ืกื™ื‘ื•ื‘

Taโ€™ase/Taโ€™asi sivuv โ€“ Take a look around โ€“ ืชืขืฉื”/ืชืขืฉื™ ืกื™ื‘ื•ื‘

Ani ose sivuv ve-chozer / ani osa sivuv ve-chozeret โ€“ I am going round the block and am coming back โ€“ ืื ื™ ืขื•ืฉื” ืกื™ื‘ื•ื‘ ื•ื—ื•ื–ืจ/ื•ื—ื•ื–ืจืช

Eich she-galgal mistovev lo โ€“ What goes around comes around โ€“ ืื™ืš ืฉื’ืœื’ืœ ืžืกืชื•ื‘ื‘ ืœื•

Lehistovev โ€“ To turn around, to wander around โ€“ ืœื”ืกืชื•ื‘ื‘

Mistovevet ba-olam โ€“ Wandering around in the world โ€“ ืžืกืชื•ื‘ื‘ืช ื‘ืขื•ืœื

Delet mistovevet โ€“ Revolving door โ€“ ื“ืœืช ืžืกืชื•ื‘ื‘ืช

Efo ata? Stam, mistovev โ€“ Where are you? Nowhere special, wondering around โ€“ ืื™ืคื” ืืชื”? ืกืชื, ืžืกืชื•ื‘ื‘

Tistovev rega (โ€˜Stovev rega), Tistovevi rega (โ€˜Stovevi rega) โ€“ Turn around for a sec. โ€“ ืชืกืชื•ื‘ื‘ ืจื’ืข, ืชืกืชื•ื‘ื‘ื™ ืจื’ืข

Hu mesovev oti โ€“ He spins me around โ€“ ื”ื•ื ืžืกื•ื‘ื‘ ืื•ืชื™

Hu mesovev oto al ha-etsba ha-ktana shelo โ€“ Heโ€™s got him wrapped around his finger โ€“ ื”ื•ื ืžืกื•ื‘ื‘ ืื•ืชื• ืขืœ ื”ืืฆื‘ืข ื”ืงื˜ื ื” ืฉืœื•

Hu mesuvav al kol harosh โ€“ Heโ€™s crazy โ€“ ื”ื•ื ืžืกื•ื‘ื‘ ืขืœ ื›ืœ ื”ืจืืฉ

Hi mesuvevt al kol harosh โ€“ Sheโ€™s crazy โ€“ ื”ื™ื ืžืกื•ื‘ื‘ืช ืขืœ ื›ืœ ื”ืจืืฉ

Sviva โ€“ Environment, surroundings, milieu โ€“ ืกื‘ื™ื‘ื”

Ha-misrad le-haganat ha-sviva โ€“ Ministry of Environment- ื”ืžืฉืจื“ ืœื”ื’ื ืช ื”ืกื‘ื™ื‘ื”

Sevev shemot/hekerut โ€“ When everyone in the group says their name in turn โ€“ ืกื‘ื‘ ืฉืžื•ืช/ื”ื™ื›ืจื•ืช

Playlist and Clips:

Omer Adam feat. Arisa โ€“ Tel Aviv (lyrics)

Ehud Banai โ€“ Zmancha Avar (lyrics)

Hanna Aharoni โ€“ Ani Omedet Ba-maโ€™agal (lyrics)

Matan Ajami โ€“ Misaviv La-shaโ€™on (lyrics)

Ba-sivuv ha-ba โ€“ On the next round (Gameshow)

Miko, taโ€™ase sivuv โ€“ Make a turn

Shmulik Kraus โ€“ Eich Ha-galgal Mistovev (lyrics)

Alon Olearchik โ€“ Hi Holechet Ba-drachim (lyrics)

The Idan Raichel Project โ€“ Delet Mistovevet (lyrics)

Jane Bordeau โ€“ Rokdim Tsmudim (lyrics)

Transcript

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0:00.0

This is TELV1.

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St.C. wise.

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Streatwise.

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Shiloh, it's me Guy with Streetwise Hebrew.

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Before starting this week's episode, I want you to know that I'll be participating in the Limud conference

0:22.0

that will take place in Stockholm, Sweden in mid-November 2019.

0:26.8

My talk is about gender in modern Hebrew and how Israelis curse drivers in colloquial language so if you're around come to say hey

0:34.6

check out Limud.se that's L-I-M-U-D dot-S-E for details. Okay on to today's episode. This is a little bit more than a little high, high.

0:56.0

This the Kelle Kamal Lyrdim misaviv.

0:58.5

See how many lyrdim hot guys there are misaviv around we sometimes overlook the Hebrew words we come

1:06.8

across most often and don't give them the attention they deserve let's take

1:10.9

misaviv which we use a lot in spoken Hebrew. The main door is closed.

1:16.0

Tovo Misevieve come from the other side. Seems like a fairly ordinary word, Misevive,

1:22.0

but if we break it down, we get me from saviv round, from around, literally,

1:30.4

and this showesh, Samh Betbeth bet is present in so many words

1:34.4

that I just had to talk about it today

1:36.8

so buckle in because this route is going to take us places.

1:46.0

A nahmukan and simple erega a bet savi.

1:50.0

Habt saviv means look around you. Imperative masculine, fancy language. In a sec sec we'll learn how to say it in a less formal way.

1:57.0

Saviv is around, its smichord form, saviv plus a noun, becomes sieve.

2:04.0

Sviv habait Yashgina.

2:07.0

Around the house there's a garden, a yard.

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