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#327 Shall We Meet Earlier?

Streetwise Hebrew

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Language Learning, Judaism, Religion & Spirituality, Education

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๐Ÿ—“๏ธ 6 April 2021

โฑ๏ธ 9 minutes

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Summary

Believe it or not, we Israelis aren't always running late. Some of us even tend to arrive ahead of schedule. Yes, you read that right! In Hebrew, we have a special verb which meansย to arrive ahead of time. Guy explains.

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New Words and Expressions:

Lehakdim โ€“ To be early, to show up early โ€“ ืœื”ืงื“ื™ื

Lif'amim anachnu makdimim โ€“ Sometimes we arrive ahead of time โ€“ ืœืคืขืžื™ื ืื ื—ื ื• ืžืงื“ื™ืžื™ื

Efshar ulai lehakdim tipa? Ze beseder im ani akdim tipa? โ€“ Is it possible to arrive earlier? โ€“ ืืคืฉืจ ืื•ืœื™ ืœื”ืงื“ื™ื ื˜ื™ืคื”

Yesh mashehu yoter mukdam? โ€“ Is there something earlier than this? โ€“ ื™ืฉ ืžืฉื”ื• ื™ื•ืชืจ ืžื•ืงื“ื

Hikdamti tipa โ€“ I'm here a bit early โ€“ ื”ืงื“ืžืชื™ ื˜ื™ืคื”

Ani makdim tipa โ€“ I am running a bit early โ€“ ืื ื™ ืžืงื“ื™ื ื˜ื™ืคื”

Ani akdim tipa โ€“ I'll be a bit early โ€“ ืื ื™ ืืงื“ื™ื ื˜ื™ืคื”

Tuchal/tuchli lehakdim tipa? โ€“ Would you be able to arrive a bit earlier? โ€“ ืชื•ื›ืœ, ืชื•ื›ืœื™ ืœื”ืงื“ื™ื ื˜ื™ืคื”

Yesh lecha tor be-eser, ata yachol lehakdim tipa? โ€“ You've got an appointment for 10am, would you be able to come earlier? โ€“ ื™ืฉ ืœืš ืชื•ืจ ื‘ืขืฉืจ, ืืชื” ื™ื›ื•ืœ ืœื”ืงื“ื™ื ื˜ื™ืคื”?

Yesh lach tor be-eser, at yechola lehakdim tipa? โ€“ You've got an appointment for 10am, would you be able to come earlier? โ€“ ื™ืฉ ืœืš ืชื•ืจ ื‘ืขืฉืจ, ืืช ื™ื›ื•ืœื” ืœื”ืงื“ื™ื ื˜ื™ืคื”

Hakdimu (takdimu) et ha-torim shelachem โ€“ Move your doctor appointments up the queue โ€“ ื”ืงื“ื™ืžื• (ืชืงื“ื™ืžื•) ืืช ื”ืชื•ืจื™ื ืฉืœื›ื

She-nakdim? โ€“ Shall we meet earlier? โ€“ ืฉื ืงื“ื™ื

Ha-yeshiva/ha-pgisha hukdema โ€“ The meeting was moved up โ€“ ื”ื™ืฉื™ื‘ื”/ื”ืคื’ื™ืฉื” ื”ื•ืงื“ืžื”

Lo amru lecha? โ€“ Didn't they tell you? โ€“ ืœื ืืžืจื• ืœืš

Ha-tisa hukdema be-eser dakot โ€“ The flight was moved up by ten minutes โ€“ ื”ื˜ื™ืกื” ื”ื•ืงื“ืžื” ื‘ืขืฉืจ ื“ืงื•ืช

Ata holech lishon mukdam โ€“ You go to bed early โ€“ ืืชื” ื”ื•ืœืš ืœื™ืฉื•ืŸ ืžื•ืงื“ื

Giluy mukdam โ€“ Early detection โ€“ ื’ื™ืœื•ื™ ืžื•ืงื“ื

Giluy mukdam shel sartan ha-shad yachol lehatsil chayim โ€“ Early detection of breast cancer can save lives โ€“ ื’ื™ืœื•ื™ ืžื•ืงื“ื ืฉืœ ืกืจื˜ืŸ ื”ืฉื“ ื™ื›ื•ืœ ืœื”ืฆื™ืœ ื—ื™ื™ื

Be-mukdam o bim'uchar โ€“ Sooner or later โ€“ ื‘ืžื•ืงื“ื ืื• ื‘ืžืื•ื—ืจ

Hakdama โ€“ Introduction, preface โ€“ ื”ืงื“ืžื”

Bli hakdamot meyutarot โ€“ Without further ado โ€“ ื‘ืœื™ ื”ืงื“ืžื•ืช ืžื™ื•ืชืจื•ืช

Ba-hekdem ha-efshari โ€“ ASAP โ€“ ื‘ื”ืงื“ื ื”ืืคืฉืจื™

Ta'ase et ze ba-hekdem ha-efshari โ€“ Please do it asap โ€“ ืชืขืฉื” ืืช ื–ื” ื‘ื”ืงื“ื ื”ืืคืฉืจื™

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Playlist and Clips:

Hakdimu et ha-torim shelachem

Nurit Galron โ€“ Ata Holech Lishon Mukdamย (lyrics)

Giluy mukdam โ€“ Early detection

Be-mukdam o bim-uchar โ€“ Sooner or later

Transcript

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This is T.L.B. 1.

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

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Before we begin, I remind you that I record each episode twice.

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version, I do switch to English in order to explain a difficult word or

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concept. The English version of the podcast, the one you're listening to right now, is free.

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and receive the full Hebrew script to follow along as you listen. Today I continue from where we left

0:52.2

off in the previous episode about the showish kuf

0:55.4

Daled mam this time in bignian hiffil lehakdim means to be early to to show up early. I know you might not believe it, but yes,

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Lifamim, anach nou makdimimimim sometimes we Israelis arrive a few minutes ahead of time. Ken Ken,

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let's start with a few day-to-day

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day-to-day examples of Lehach-dim.

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Efshawl like Leach-Dim Tippa, this is what you would ask the dental clinic

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representative you called on the phone to see whether your dentist is available a bit earlier than your currently scheduled visit.

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Ef-Shawla ich-Dim-Tipa, the Bessederi mani-Dimtipa, is it possible to arrive earlier?

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Is it possible to arrive earlier?

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When the representative tells you the available time slots,

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