#286 Hamburgers & Configuration: Foreign Words in Hebrew
Streetwise Hebrew
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๐๏ธ 3 March 2020
โฑ๏ธ 12 minutes
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Summary
What's ืืงื ืคื (lecanfeg) in Hebrew? What's ืืกืืก (lesames)? And what do we Israelis mean when we ask you to give us your 'mail'?
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
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New Words and Expressions:
Homo'im - Gays - ืืืืืืื
Ha-homo'im ve-ha-lesbiot tsa'adu ha-yom be-tel aviv' - The gays and lesbians marched today in Tel Aviv - ืืืืืืืื ืืืืกืืืืช ืฆืขืื ืืืื ืืชื ืืืื
Hamburger, Hamburgerim - Hamburger, hamburgers - ืืืืืจืืจ, ืืืืืจืืจืื
Radiatorim - Radiators - ืจืืืืืืจืื
Snob, Snobit, Snobim, Snobiyot - Snob - ืกื ืื, ืกื ืืืืช, ืกื ืืืื, ืกื ืืืืืช
Mail, mailim - E-mail, e-mails (also: E-mail address) - ืืืื, ืืืืืื
"Im mishehu mishtalet lanu al ha-mail" - "If someone takes over our email" - ืื ืืืฉืื ืืฉืชืื ืื ื ืขื ืืืืื
"Hu yachol lehishtalet lanu al ha-hayim dei be-kalut" - "He can take control of our life quite easily" - ืืื ืืืื ืืืฉืชืื ืื ื ืขื ืืืืื ืื ืืงืืืช
Kuger, kugeriyot - Cougar, cougars - ืงืืืจ, ืงืืืจืืืช
Milfiyot - MILFs - ืืืืคืืืช
Lecanfeg - To configure - ืืงื ืคื
Cinfug - Configuration - ืงื ืคืื
Leshadreg - To upgrade - ืืฉืืจื
ืดWats'ep li ve-eredืด - Whatsapp me and I'll come down - ืืืืกืืค ืื ืืืจื
Pableki - Make it public (F.)! - ืคืืืงื
Sames li hoda'a - Send me a message - ืกืืก ืื ืืืืขื
Lesames - To send a message on the cellular phone - ืืกืืก
Simasti/Ani mesames lecha et ha-mispar - I sent/ I am sending you the number on sms. - ืกืืืกืชื/ืื ื ืืกืืก ืื ืืช ืืืกืคืจ
Histamasnu - We sent each other messages - ืืกืชืืกื ื
Histamasnu kol ha-laila - We corresponded via messages all night - ืืกืชืืกื ื ืื ืืืืื
Shivuk, Marketing - Marketing - ืฉืืืืง, ืืจืงืืื ื
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Playlist and Clips:
Paul Taylor - Stand up, Franglais
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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