#329 How To Appropriately Stress Hebrew Words

Streetwise Hebrew

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Language Learning, Judaism, Religion & Spirituality, Education

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🗓️ 27 April 2021

⏱️ 11 minutes

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Summary

This episode is all about the location of the stress we place on spoken Hebrew words and names, and what happens when we shift that emphasis around. Guy explains why the way Israelis and Americans say "Mazal Tov" differs so greatly, and how these shifts in stress play out in the spoken language.

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New Words and Expressions:

Ta'am – Word stress, emphasis – טעם

MoSHE – Stressed at the end of the word

MOshe – Stressed in the beginning of the word

Hat'ama – Accentuation – הטעמה

YAkov / ya-ah-KOV – Jacob – יעקב

BAruch / baRUCH – ברוך

YAniv / yaNIV – יניב

DAvid / daVID – דויד

Ashdod version of French names:

JACqueline, RObert, BAbette, MIchel, MOrris

French version:

JacqueLINE, roBERT, BaBETTE, miCHEL, moRRIS

MAzel toff (Yiddish) – Congratulations – מזל טוב

maZAL tov (IL) – Congratulations – מזל טוב

shiv'AH (IL) – Shiva – שבעה

SHIva (US) – Shiva – שבעה

ooGA – Cake – עוגה

OOga (child language) – Cake – עוגה

MashkanTA (formal) – Mortgage – משכנתאMashKANta (colloquial) – Mortgage – משכנתא

Playlist and Clips:

Laladin – YAkov (lyrics)

Ya'aKOV Eilon

Julie Andrews – Jewish Wedding Song

Itzik Shamli – Mazal Tov (lyrics)

Uga, Uga (lyrics)

Mashkanta – Mortgage 1

Mashkanta – Mortgage 2

Mashkanta – Mortgage 3

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Transcript

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0:00.0	This is TLC1.
0:10.0	Street-wise.
0:11.0	Hebrew.
0:12.0	Shalom, it's me Guy with Street-wise Hebrew.
0:15.0	Today I'd like to talk about the Ta-am in Hebrew.
0:18.0	The Ta-am, Tet A-Mem, is the placement of stress or emphasis of a word, for example in Moeshe, the Taam is at the end and in Mo'Shea, it's in the beginning.
0:31.3	Together we'll see how a small change in the Taam could mean a world of difference.
0:36.2	Taam, that a mam also means taste and flavor.
0:40.2	We also use the term Hataama accentuation. Yako, but there is another
0:53.2	me shanat, hamah him.
0:54.0	Shanha, hamah him.
0:57.0	Hamahihin.
0:58.0	Ulanko Iloi.
1:00.0	Yako Tuko.
1:02.0	Yaku. Yaku, but there is another way to say it. Ehlone? Erp, Sibano, fadab Khorab, Seder, in an alma trilim, and I do what have showed?
1:16.3	Ya Kove, this is the famous Israeli news anchor, his name is Ya Kove Elon.
1:21.8	So Ya Kove, that's the formal way. Yakov, that's the colloquial Hebrew
1:26.8	version. In ceremonies on the news when reading out loud formal text, names are usually stressed on the last syllable.
1:35.0	Moshe, Ya Kove, Baruch, Yaneve.
1:40.0	In spoken language, it depends on the person.
1:43.0	Some people are Moshe, Baruch, and Yaniv, for those who know them personally,
1:49.0	others demand to be called Moshe.
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