#3 "Be Well" and Other Sign-Offs
Streetwise Hebrew
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๐๏ธ 24 August 2013
โฑ๏ธ 3 minutes
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Summary
Tihye bari means "be well". When do we use it, and what are the other ways to sign off a message in Hebrew?
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New Words and Expressions:
Tihye bari (m.)/Tihyi bri'a (f.)/Tihyu bri'im (pl.) - All the best, be well ("Be healthy") - ืชืืื ืืจืื
Ve-she-tamid tihye bari - May you always be healthy - ืืฉืชืืื ืชืืื ืืจืื
Tihye li bari - I oppose to what you're doing, but good luck nevertheless - ืชืืื ืื ืืจืื
Bai - Bye - ืืื
Yalla bai - Ok, bye now - ืืืืื ืืื
Lehitra'ot - See you, goodbye - ืืืชืจืืืช
Nihye be-kesher - Let's be in touch - ื ืืื ืืงืฉืจ
Nedaber - We'll talk - ื ืืืจ
Az nitra'e - So we'll see each other - ืื ื ืชืจืื
Bai beintayim - Bye for the time being - ืืื ืืื ืชืืื
Chao - Ciao - ืฆ'ืื
Neshikot - Kisses - ื ืฉืืงืืช
Tov (Tooooov) - Good - ืืื
Az yalla - Good, ok then - ืื ืืืืื
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| 0:00.0 | Shalom. It's me Guy from Streetwise Hebrew. How do you finish an email or a message in contemporary Hebrew? |
| 0:08.0 | Like on an online chat. |
| 0:10.0 | One of my French students wrote me on Facebook and ended his message with Tie-Barre, literally be healthy. |
| 0:17.0 | When I asked him why he said that, I'm not sick today, |
| 0:21.0 | he said he thought it was a good way to finish a message like |
| 0:23.9 | take care. So I decided to talk today about endings in contemporary Hebrew. |
| 0:28.9 | First, when can we use Teebari or for woman Teebria for plural? |
| 0:35.0 | So option number one be well if you speak to someone who is sick or is unwell and you wish them health |
| 0:42.2 | like in this song by Shalom Hanoh or is unwell and you wish them health. |
| 0:43.0 | Like in this song by Shalom Hanoch, |
| 0:45.4 | Baguul Haseh in this lifetime. |
| 0:47.6 | Good, Boana, Boana, |
| 0:51.6 | what it. Shetas. What is that is it a skill |
| 0:54.0 | your be yahaha |
| 0:56.0 | who lehisha and a gop she |
| 1:00.0 | and she to han |
| 1:02.0 | limbs or to echay. And she'll call, Limbs or two Ere. |
| 1:04.0 | Gamb be mad the vincasin. |
| 1:08.0 | She's amid, |
| 1:10.0 | Tishaerta new, |
| 1:12.0 | and she is a new, and she is. Tishetamid T'Amid I bari. |
| 1:17.0 | Veshet a phlea, sceia, sheh a yh a-yh a-ychre. |
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