#279 Boys and Girls! It's Story Time
Streetwise Hebrew
TLV1 Studios
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๐๏ธ 17 December 2019
โฑ๏ธ 12 minutes
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Summary
The Hebrew word ืกืืคืืจ (sipur) means a story. Though in certain situations ืกืืคืืจ could also mean a matter, a thing, or a mess.
The root ืก.ืค.ืจ acts a bit funny in some of its verb formats. No need to worry because on this episode Guy explains it all.
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Ze haya sipur shel horef - It was a winter (love) story - ืื ืืื ืกืืคืืจ ืฉื ืืืจืฃ
Sipur ahava - Love story - ืกืืคืืจ ืืืื
Haya li sipur ito/ita - I had a (love) story with him/her - ืืื ืื ืกืืคืืจ ืืืชื/ืืืชื
Eize sipur achshav - What a mess - ืืืื ืกืืคืืจ ืขืืฉืื
Festival mesaprei sipurim - Storytelling festival - ืคืกืืืื ืืกืคืจื ืกืืคืืจืื
Lesaper sipur - To tell a story - ืืกืคืจ ืกืืคืืจ
Saper ma nishma, saper eich haya - Tell me how you're doing, tell me how it went - ืกืคืจ ืื ื ืฉืืข, ืกืคืจ ืืื ืืื
Saper, sapri, sapru - Tell (Imp., m., f., pl.) - ืกืคืจ, ืกืคืจื, ืกืคืจื
Al tesaper la - Don't (m.) tell her - ืื ืชืกืคืจ ืื
Al tesapri lo - Don't (f.) tell him - ืื ืชืกืคืจื ืื
Al tesapru lahem - Don't tell them - ืื ืชืกืคืจื ืืื
Ma ata mesaper / ma at mesaperet - What are you telling, what do you have to say, what's new? - ืื ืืชื ืืกืคืจ/ืื ืืช ืืกืคืจืช
Ma hu m'saper? - What's new with him? - ?ืื ืืื ืืกืคืจ
Haya li sipur im X - I had a problem with X - ืืื ืื ืกืืคืืจ ืขื ืืืฉืื/ืืฉืื
Haya li sipur im hevrat hashmal - I had an issue with the electricity company - ืืื ืื ืกืืคืืจ ืขื ืืืจืช ืืฉืื
Haya li eize sipur ba-avoda - I had some kind of an issue at work - ืืื ืื ืืืื ืกืืคืืจ ืืขืืืื
Sipurim, sipurim, sipurim - They always got storiesโฆ - ืกืืคืืจืื, ืกืืคืืจืื, ืกืืคืืจืื
Ha-sipur supar - The story was told - ืืกืืคืืจ ืกืืคืจ
Mesupar - Told - ืืกืืคืจ
Mesupar sheโฆ - It is told that - ...ืืกืืคืจ ืฉ
Mesupar al rabbi X, sheโฆ - It is said that rabbi X... - ...ืืกืืคืจ ืขื ืจืื ืืืงืก ืฉ
Lo ye'uman ki yesupar - It's unbelievable - ืื ืืืืื ืื ืืกืืคืจ
Tisporet - Haircut - ืชืกืคืืจืช
Ani tsarich/tsricha lehistaper - I need to get a haircut - ืื ื ืฆืจืื/ืฆืจืืื ืืืกืชืคืจ
Histaparta? Histapart? - Did you get a haircut? - ?ืืกืชืคืจืช
Lispor - To count - ืืกืคืืจ
Sfira - Counting - ืกืคืืจื
Nispar - It was counted - ื ืกืคืจ
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| 1:15.4 | The various forms of the route Samich Pei Resh, Le Sapir, Le Hystapir, Lispel, Liso, et cetera. |
| 1:23.0 | Raiontov, Elin, A to Darba. |
| 1:25.0 | So today I'd like to talk about Sippur story |
| 1:28.0 | and to explain some things about its root, |
| 1:31.0 | some of |
| 1:33.7 | some of Peresch, which takes on different bignanim verb formats. I'm not ever there. Then I'm no lee, |
| 1:44.0 | hale limb of sander. |
| 1:47.0 | Yeah, I'm a simple |
| 1:50.0 | shall hoorhe, |
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