#294 A Gazillion Stuffed Eggplants

Streetwise Hebrew

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🗓️ 12 May 2020

⏱️ 12 minutes

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Summary

This is the second episode on the Hebrew word מלא (malé), meaning full. Derived from מלא is the slang word מלאנתלפים (malantalafim). What does it mean and how do we say "a stuffed eggplant"?

Guy gives a full explanation.

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New Words and Expressions:

"Shesh-esré mal'u la-na'ar" – The boy has reached the age of 16 – שש עשרה מלאו לנער

Mal'u + le-mishehu + age

Mal'u lo shloshim – He turned 30 – מלאו לו 30

Mal'u li arba'im – I turned 40 – מלאו לי 40

Mal'u la shesh – She turned six – מלאו לה שש

Hu ben 40 – He is 40 – הוא בן 40

Hu chogeg 40 – He is celebrating 40 – הוא חוגג 40

Hu higi'a le-gil 40 – He reached the age of 40 – הוא הגיע לגיל 40

20 shana mal'u la-hatima al heskem ha-shalom im yarden – 20 years since the signing of the peace treaty between Israel and Jordan – 20 שנה מלאו לחתימה על הסכם השלום עם ירדן

Memalé makom – Substitute, stand-in – ממלא מקום

Lemalé – To fill – למלא

Makom – place – מקום

Lemalé tofes – To fill out a form – למלא טופס

Temalé et ha-tofes – Fill out the form (m.) – תמלא את הטופס

Temal'i et ha-tofes – Fill out the form (f.) – תמלאי את הטופס

Tsarich lemalé et ha-tofes – You need to fill out the form – צריך למלא את הטופס

Madrich le-milui tofes – Manual for filling out a form – מדריך למילוי טופס

Bitu'ach leumi – Israel's national social security – ביטוח לאומי

Miluy – Filling – מילוי

"Be-zman she-ha-batsek mitkarer" – While the dough is chilling – בזמן שהבצק מתקרר

Ani osé et ha-miluy – I am making the filling – אני עושה את המילוי

Hatsil memula – Filled eggplant – חציל ממולא

Hatsil memula be-basar – Eggplant stuffed with meat – חציל ממולא בבשר

Hatsilim memula'im – Stuffed eggplants – חצילים ממולאים

Memula'im – Stuffed vegetables – ממולאים

Galbi malan – My heart is full (Ar.) – גלבי מלאן – قلبي ملان

Malan (Ar.) – Full – מלאן – ملان

Malantalafim – Gazillion – מלאנתלפים

Malan (lots) + ta + alafim (thousands)

Shvatalafim 7000 – Seven thousand – שבעת אלפים

Shmonatalafim 8000 – Eight thousand – שמונת אלפים

Tik 1000 (Tik elef) – Case no. 1000 – תיק אלף

Sherut milu'im – Reserve service – שירות מילואים

Hayal miluim / milu'imnik – Reservist – חייל מילואים, מילואמניק

Avoda be-misra mele'a – Full time job – עבודה במשרה מלאה

Mishehu she-malé me-atsmo – Someone who is full of himself – מישהו שמלא מעצמו

Mele'ah me'atsma – Full of herself – מלאה מעצמה

Playlist and Clips:

Gabi Shushan – 16 Mal'u La-na'ar (lyrics)

20 shana mal'u la-hatima al heskem ha-shalom im yarden

Milui tofes

Miluy – Filling (food)

Hatsil memula – Filled eggplant

Galbi Malan (Ar.) – My Heart is full – قلبي ملان

Malantalafim – Gazillion

Sherut milu'im – Reserve service

Ariel Horovitz – Sigal Nahmias (lyrics)

Tik 1000 (Tik elef) wikipedia

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Investigations_involving_Benjamin_Netanyahu#Case_1000

Transcript

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0:00.0	This is TLC1.
0:10.0	Streatwise.
0:11.0	Chatham.
0:12.0	Shiloh, it's me Guy with Street-wise Hebrew.
0:16.0	This is the second episode dedicated to Malay, Memlamid Aleph, which means full.
0:22.0	If you haven't listened to Part 1, episode number 293, please do so and then come
0:28.0	back to this one. She's remand all the way to say the shest raman ulan a arveli bohama
0:39.0	who kat of shirim in shahrharvail a hachachshma Khaqhaqhaqhaqhaqatma.
0:45.0	She's a sre malu lana-, means the boy has reached the age of 16.
0:57.7	The structure is usually, Maluu, were completed, literally. Leichihu to someone and then the age
1:06.7	maluolosh losh imhoshim mal ulli arba im malula shes this way of referring to someone's age is considered fancy Hebrew. Usually you would say
1:18.2	who bin al-Bahim who hogeg-G-Arbahim who he g-leg-Igil-arbaim so we're less likely to use Malu al-A-L-A-Bahim when speaking with people and more likely to hear it on TV like here. Berlin, 20 years since the signing of the peace treaty between Israel and Jordan.
1:45.3	This is taken from a 2014 news report, Ersseim Shannah 20 years, Malu, were completed. La Hat Hatima to the signing of the agreement.
1:56.2	Memale-Makom means substitute or standing.
2:00.2	Memale-Makom, we are in P. L. L. Malee to feel Macomb place, to fill place, to replace someone.
2:10.0	Something really handy for our listeners who are new to Israel, Le Mallet Toffes to fill out a form.
2:17.0	At the bank in a clinic you might be asked,
2:20.0	Temalee is a Toffes, Temali, at a a tofess fill out the form,
2:25.0	or Zareg le malaet at a tofess, you need to fill out the form,
2:29.0	or as a noun.
2:31.0	Amousad Labitua, Leumi,
2:33.0	Same,
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