#323 Laughing Out Loud in Hebrew

Streetwise Hebrew

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🗓️ 23 February 2021

⏱️ 10 minutes

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Summary

There are so many ways to say, "You've gotta be kidding me," in Hebrew. In this episode, we'll learn a few of them and learn how we write LOL in Hebrew.

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New Words and Expressions:

Lits'hok – To laugh – לצחוק

Tsochek mi she-tsochek aharon – He who laughs last, laughs best – צוחק מי שצוחק אחרון

Al titschak/titschaki alai – Don't laugh at me – אל תצחק/תצחקי עליי

Litshok al mishehu – To laugh at someone – לצחוק על מישהו

Ata tsohek alai? – Are you kidding me? – ?אתה צוחק עליי

Listhok im mishehu – To laugh with someone – לצחוק עם מישהו

Anachnu tsochakim itcha, lo aleicha – We're laughing with you, not at you! – אנחנו צוחקים איתך, לא עליך

Dai, nu, tsochakim itcha – Come on, I am joking with you – די, נו, צוחקים איתך

Ata tits'chak / At titschaki – You're going to laugh – אתה תצחק, את תצחקי

"Kama rachok hayitem muchanim lalechet kedei lehatschik?" – How far would you go in order to make people laugh? – ?כמה רחוק הייתם מוכנים ללכת כדי להצחיק

Mi matschik otach kamoni? – Who makes you laugh like me? – ?מי מצחיק אותך כמוני

Ze matschik oti – It makes me laugh – זה מצחיק אותי

Matschik t'atsmo – He makes himself laugh – מצחיק ת'עצמו

LOL – חחח

"Matschik me'od" – Not funny – מצחיק מאוד

Matschik ad dma'ot – Hysterical – מצחיק עד דמעות

Shofech, kore'a – Hilarious – שופך, קורע

Matschikan – Comedian – מצחיקן

Dai ya matschikan – Don't be silly – די, יא מצחיקן

Matschikonet – Comedian (f.), funny woman – מצחיקונת

Hu matschikul kaze – He's a funny guy – הוא מצחיקול כזה

Eize matschikul ata – You can't be serious – איזה מצחיקול אתה

Hitschakta oti! Hitschakt oti! – You gotta be kidding me / yeah, right – הצחקת אותי

Playlist and Clips:

Tsevet Havai Handasa Kravit – Tsochek Mi She-tsochek Acharon (lyrics)

Dani Sanderson – Al Titschak (lyrics)

Lehatschik

Haim Dadon & Dekel Vaknin – Mi Matschik Otach

Transcript

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0:00.0	This is T.L.B. 1.
0:07.0	Street-wise.
0:11.0	Hebrew.
0:12.0	Shalom. It's me Guy with St. Street-wise Hebrew.
0:13.0	Shalom, it's me Guy with Street-wise Hebrew.
0:16.0	Today we continue where we left off in the previous episode, talking about
0:20.0	Tsachak, Zadik Khet Kuf to laugh but our focus will be on verbs. In Paal
0:27.2	Litzhok means to laugh. Let's conjugate it. You get it? It? I'm going to be my mise she bla
0:45.0	for the echigaro
0:47.0	to wreck me she's and the gah kahadah
0:50.0	o'rah dah kahrahr Zuck me she said,
0:52.8	a hah aha,
0:54.3	Z the
0:53.7	me she to my gah ha,
0:56.3	the T to prepositions. Al-Tizhak al-I-Tizkah-Loh, Nizkah-Al-I, Al-Tizhak-I, don't laugh at me. Ritzchok al-Michihu means to laugh at someone, to mock someone, but at that so
1:37.6	hekalai could also mean are you kidding me so you'll have to listen for the contacts and intonation.
1:44.1	Litzhok immehahu, ima imme is to laugh with someone. So sometimes people say,
1:51.6	Anach,
1:53.0	it's a la-le-cha, we're laughing with you, not at you.
1:58.0	Another thing you can say with friends,
2:00.0	Dain-no, it- L'i-no, it-cha, come onSocquake mitcha.
2:03.0	Come on, I'm joking with you.
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