#31 Train
Streetwise Hebrew
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๐๏ธ 11 March 2014
โฑ๏ธ 6 minutes
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Summary
Let's talk about trains in Hebrew. What's the root of ืจืืืช, and how is it related to horse riding? Also, what do we call the Jerusalem Light rail in Hebrew and in Arabic?
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New Words and Expressions:
Rakevet โ Train โ ืจืืืช
Karon shakket โ Quiet train car โ ืงืจืื ืฉืงื
Lirkav al ofanyaim โ To ride a bicycle โ ืืจืื ืขื ืืืคื ืืื
Nasati barakevet โ I went by train โ ื ืกืขืชื ืืจืืืช
Rokhev al sus โ Riding a horse โ ืจืืื ืขื ืกืืก
Rechiva al susim โ Horse riding โ ืจืืืื ืขื ืกืืกืื
Rekhev โ Vehicle โ ืจืื
Ha-Rakevet ha-kala โ The Light rail โ ืืจืืืช ืืงืื
Yeled katan โ A little child โ ืืื ืงืื
Ha-yeled ha-katan โ The little child โ ืืืื ืืงืื
Hayeled katan โ The child is little โ ืืืื ืงืื
Katar โ Locomotive โ ืงืืจ
Kitor โ Steam โ ืงืืืืจ
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| 0:00.0 | This is TELB1. |
| 0:10.0 | Street-wise. St. Wise. |
| 0:11.0 | Hebrew. |
| 0:12.0 | Shalom, it's me guy from street-wise Hebrew. |
| 0:15.0 | Let's see with Levanosim, |
| 0:17.0 | he has to be |
| 0:18.0 | my own the same |
| 0:20.0 | the Inna Zorh, so he now Kona le Rekeviz. |
| 0:24.0 | Anum we can't even see a manisia, |
| 0:26.0 | Vetodashibachatenisoa be |
| 0:28.0 | to Reykjavit Israel. |
| 0:29.0 | May we have your attention please. |
| 0:30.0 | The train is now arriving at. |
| 0:32.0 | Moudi in Kรคz. This is the last stop for this train. |
| 0:36.0 | Thank you for choosing to travel with Israel Railways. |
| 0:40.0 | This is the sound we hear on Israeli trains, which by the way are not the worse in the world as some Israelis think. |
| 0:46.0 | An Australian Hebrew student of mine asked me how he could get to a remote wedding hall near Rishon Litzion, a city near Tel Aviv. I told him to take the train, |
| 0:55.6 | Rakevet. It only takes 20 minutes or so, which he did, and he was able to walk to the wedding |
| 1:01.1 | hall and make an entrance. People often complain that trains are |
| 1:04.6 | too full during rush hour and then they run late, but my train commuter friend Maya |
| 1:10.2 | tells me service is only getting better and that they've recently introduced the quiet car |
| 1:15.6 | Coron Shachet in Hebrew where you're not allowed to talk on your mobile phone. |
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