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Streetwise Hebrew

#309 Hold This for a Second, Will You?

Streetwise Hebrew

TLV1 Studios

Language Learning, Judaism, Religion & Spirituality, Education

4.9 โ€ข 1.1K Ratings

๐Ÿ—“๏ธ 6 October 2020

โฑ๏ธ 12 minutes

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Summary

It's asked as a question but it's actually a statement: ?ืชื—ื–ื™ืง ืจื’ืข That's how we ask a friend to hold our bags while we run into another store to buy something. And how would we say, "I think highly of him" (or not so highly)?

Guy explains.

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New Words and Expressions:

Tachzik/tachziki/tachziku rega โ€“ Hold this for a sec. โ€“ ืชื—ื–ื™ืง/ืชื—ื–ื™ืงื™/ืชื—ื–ื™ืงื• ืจื’ืข

'Tachzik rega neshama' โ€“ Hold it for a sec., darling โ€“ ืชื—ื–ื™ืง ืจื’ืข, ื ืฉืžื”

Tachzik shniya โ€“ Hold it for a sec. โ€“ ืชื—ื–ื™ืง ืฉื ื™ื™ื”

Tachziku oti! โ€“ hold me, guys! โ€“ ืชื—ื–ื™ืงื• ืื•ืชื™

Tachziki/tachzik ma'amad โ€“ Hang in there โ€“ ืชื—ื–ื™ืงื™/ืชื—ื–ื™ืง ืžืขืžื“

Lehachzik yadaim โ€“ To hold hands โ€“ ืœื”ื—ื–ื™ืง ื™ื“ื™ื™ื

Lehachzik hazak โ€“ To hold tight โ€“ ืœื”ื—ื–ื™ืง ื—ื–ืง

Tachzik/tachziki/tachziku hazak โ€“ Hold tight โ€“ ืชื—ื–ื™ืง/ืชื—ื–ื™ืงื™/ืชื—ื–ื™ืงื• ื—ื–ืง

Lehachzik mi-mishehu โ€“ To think highly of someone โ€“ ืœื”ื—ื–ื™ืง ืžืžื™ืฉื”ื•

Ani machzik mimcha ish hagun โ€“ I respect you as a sincere person โ€“ ืื ื™ ืžื—ื–ื™ืง ืžืžืš ืื™ืฉ ื”ื’ื•ืŸ

Ani machzik mimech isha inteligentit โ€“ I see you as an intelligent woman โ€“ ืื ื™ ืžื—ื–ื™ืง ืžืžืš ืื™ืฉื” ืื™ื ื˜ืœื™ื’ื ื˜ื™ืช

[Ani machzik mi-someone + Noun]ย 

Davka mimena ani machzik โ€“ Actually it is her that I look up to โ€“ ื“ื•ื•ืงื ืžืžื ื” ืื ื™ ืžื—ื–ื™ืง

Hu ma-ze machzik me-atsmo โ€“ He is so full of himself โ€“ ื”ื•ื ืžื”-ื–ื” ืžื—ื–ื™ืง ืžืขืฆืžื•

Hi ma-ze machzika me-atsma โ€“ She is so full of herself โ€“ ื”ื™ื ืžื”-ื–ื” ืžื—ื–ื™ืงื” ืžืขืฆืžื”

Hu machzik me-atsmo minimum elohim โ€“ He thinks he's no less than god himself โ€“ ื”ื•ื ืžื—ื–ื™ืง ืžืขืฆืžื• ืžื™ื ื™ืžื•ื ืืœื•ื”ื™ื

Ani lo machzik mimeno mi-yode'a-ma โ€“ I don't think too highly of him โ€“ ืื ื™ ืœื ืžื—ื–ื™ืง ืžืžื ื• ืžื™-ื™ื•ื“ืข-ืžื”

Lehachzik mishehu katsar โ€“ To keep someone on a tight leash โ€“ ืœื”ื—ื–ื™ืง ืžื™ืฉื”ื• ืงืฆืจ

Af echad lo machzik otcha po be-koach โ€“ Nobody is keeping you here against your will โ€“ ืืฃ ืื—ื“ ืœื ืžื—ื–ื™ืง ืื•ืชืš ืคื” ื‘ื›ื•ื—

Machzik maftechot โ€“ Keyholder โ€“ ืžื—ื–ื™ืง ืžืคืชื—ื•ืช

Machzikeiย maftechot โ€“ Keyholders โ€“ ืžื—ื–ื™ืงื™ ืžืคืชื—ื•ืช

Eich lehachin machzikei maftechot be-tsurat perot โ€“ How to make fruit-shaped keyholders โ€“ ืื™ืš ืœื”ื›ื™ืŸ ืžื—ื–ื™ืงื™ ืžืคืชื—ื•ืช ื‘ืฆื•ืจืช ืคื™ืจื•ืช

Hu muchzak be-ma'atsar โ€“ He is in a police detention center โ€“ ื”ื•ื ืžื•ื—ื–ืง ื‘ืžืขืฆืจ

Ha-gav muchzak โ€“ The back is 'held' โ€“ ื”ื’ื‘ ืžื•ื—ื–ืง

Ha-beten muchzeket โ€“ The stomach is held โ€“ ื”ื‘ื˜ืŸ ืžื•ื—ื–ืงืช

Ve-hakol muchzak โ€“ And everything is "held" โ€“ ื•ื”ื›ืœ ืžื•ื—ื–ืง

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Playlist and Clips:

Tachzik rega, neshama (commercial)

Ha-hatser ha-achorit โ€“ Kol ha-optsiyot al ha-shulchanย (lyrics)

Mercedes Band โ€“ Tachziki Ma'amad

Daniel Salomon โ€“ Adifย (lyrics)

Maor Titon โ€“ Tachzik Hazak

Ania Bukstein โ€“ Af echadย (lyrics)

Machzikei Maftachot โ€“ Key holders

Yitzhak Klepter โ€“ Machzik Ma'amadย (lyrics)

Transcript

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This is TELB1.

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Street-wise.

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St. Why?

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Chalo, it's me Guy. Street-wise Hebrew.

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Shalom, it's me Guy with street-wise Hebrew.

0:16.4

Today I'd like to talk about verbs derived from the Shoresh

0:19.4

Ghette Zainkuf on the previous episode, episode number 308, we spoke about

0:25.4

Hazak strong as an adjective and adverb and went over nouns from its

0:30.5

root. Today we're talking about the verb system and in particular about

0:34.6

binyanim Hifil huff al-huff al. There is so much to cover that we'll need to dedicate our next episode to Piel pou al-it. Puyall, Het-PA-Ell. Let's kick things off with what is arguably

0:48.8

the most important usage of Hif-I-I-I-L. Say you're with a friend in a shopping mall, you're carrying many bags, and you suddenly

0:56.0

need to go to the bathroom, you turn to your friend, hand them the bags and ask, could you hold this

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for a sec?

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Or Israeli style, hold this for a sec or Israeli style hold this for a sec?

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How would you say that in Hebrew?

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I'm only

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the Israel,

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I'm fajafel be a bad achad the pregata of him bad a sna. Israel, to whom, fall off the day,

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the Prigata of him by the

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local I will it left to work at the

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work at the gmug.

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As the Azor, the whole is she is

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