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Streetwise Hebrew

#286 Hamburgers & Configuration: Foreign Words in Hebrew

Streetwise Hebrew

TLV1 Studios

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

4.9 โ€ข 988 Ratings

๐Ÿ—“๏ธ 3 March 2020

โฑ๏ธ 12 minutes

๐Ÿงพ๏ธ Download transcript

Summary

Whatโ€™s ืœืงื ืคื’ (lecanfeg) in Hebrew? Whatโ€™s ืœืกืžืก (lesames)? And what do we Israelis mean when we ask you to give us your โ€˜mailโ€™?

Guy explains what happens to foreign words when they start feeling comfortable in their new Israeli home.

Ruben's Pronunciation Course: https://tlv1.fm/happy6

Listen to the All-Hebrew Version of this Episode

New Words and Expressions:

Homoโ€™im - Gays - ื”ื•ืžื•ืื™ื

Ha-homoโ€™im ve-ha-lesbiot tsaโ€™adu ha-yom be-tel avivโ€™ - The gays and lesbians marched today in Tel Aviv - ื”ื”ื•ืžื•ืื™ื ื•ื”ืœืกื‘ื™ื•ืช ืฆืขื“ื• ื”ื™ื•ื ื‘ืชืœ ืื‘ื™ื‘

Hamburger, Hamburgerim - Hamburger, hamburgers - ื”ืžื‘ื•ืจื’ืจ, ื”ืžื‘ื•ืจื’ืจื™ื

Radiatorim - Radiators - ืจื“ื™ืื˜ื•ืจื™ื

Snob, Snobit, Snobim, Snobiyot - Snob - ืกื ื•ื‘, ืกื ื•ื‘ื™ืช, ืกื ื•ื‘ื™ื, ืกื ื•ื‘ื™ื•ืช

Mail, mailim - E-mail, e-mails (also: E-mail address) - ืžื™ื™ืœ, ืžื™ื™ืœื™ื

โ€œIm mishehu mishtalet lanu al ha-mailโ€ - โ€œIf someone takes over our emailโ€ - ืื ืžื™ืฉื”ื• ืžืฉืชืœื˜ ืœื ื• ืขืœ ื”ืžื™ื™ืœ

โ€œHu yachol lehishtalet lanu al ha-hayim dei be-kalutโ€ - โ€œHe can take control of our life quite easilyโ€ - ื”ื•ื ื™ื›ื•ืœ ืœื”ืฉืชืœื˜ ืœื ื• ืขืœ ื”ื—ื™ื™ื ื“ื™ ื‘ืงืœื•ืช

Kuger, kugeriyot - Cougar, cougars - ืงื•ื’ืจ, ืงื•ื’ืจื™ื•ืช

Milfiyot - MILFs - ืžื™ืœืคื™ื•ืช

Lecanfeg - To configure - ืœืงื ืคื’

Cinfug - Configuration - ืงื ืคื•ื’

Leshadreg - To upgrade - ืœืฉื“ืจื’

ืดWatsโ€™ep li ve-eredืด - Whatsapp me and Iโ€™ll come down - ื•ื•ื˜ืกืืค ืœื™ ื•ืืจื“

Pableki - Make it public (F.)! - ืคื‘ืœืงื™

Sames li hodaโ€™a - Send me a message - ืกืžืก ืœื™ ื”ื•ื“ืขื”

Lesames - To send a message on the cellular phone - ืœืกืžืก

Simasti/Ani mesames lecha et ha-mispar - I sent/ I am sending you the number on sms. - ืกื™ืžืกืชื™/ืื ื™ ืžืกืžืก ืœืš ืืช ื”ืžืกืคืจ

Histamasnu - We sent each other messages - ื”ืกืชืžืกื ื•

Histamasnu kol ha-laila - We corresponded via messages all night - ื”ืกืชืžืกื ื• ื›ืœ ื”ืœื™ืœื”

Shivuk, Marketing - Marketing - ืฉื™ื•ื•ืง, ืžืจืงื˜ื™ื ื’

Playlist and Clips:

Paul Taylor - Stand up, Franglais

Homoโ€™im

Mail, mailim

Kugeriyot ve-milfiyot

Eich lecanfeg router?

Erez Lev - Haim Be-toch Masach (lyrics)

Histamasnu

Ha-tikva 6 - Ha-ivrit Ha-chadasha

Transcript

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0:00.0

This is T.L.B. 1.

0:07.0

Street-wise.

0:11.0

Chatham.

0:12.0

Shalom, it's me guy with street. Streetwise Hebrew. Shilh.

0:13.0

Shilh. It's me Guy with Streetwise Hebrew.

0:16.3

We use lots of foreign words in Hebrew.

0:18.3

I know from my own experience that when learning a new language, I want to speak it as purely as possible

0:24.4

without incorporating any foreign words.

0:27.0

But to you

0:29.0

Merle is only the English.

0:31.0

Well, pressing, footing, brushing, zapping, lifting,

0:34.8

relooking, relooking, a relooking.

0:37.4

It's why, Rolooking?

0:38.5

We're a Rol looking.

0:40.5

If was a looking at the the base.

0:43.0

But the king exists, but the king exists,

0:44.0

but the king exists,

0:45.0

but the king exists,

0:46.0

well, stand up comedian Paul Taylor, who is English but grew up in France,

0:51.0

said here that what drives him crazy is that the French

0:54.9

incorporate English words but give them brand new meanings like how they took

1:00.0

the word footing and gave it the meaning slow running or in other words jogging but

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