#337 Would You Turn On the Air Con?
Streetwise Hebrew
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๐๏ธ 13 July 2021
โฑ๏ธ 9 minutes
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Summary
Nothing pairs better with a hot and humid Israeli summer than ืืืื, air conditioning. So what should we say to the taxi driver who's got all the windows rolled down? And why did the air temperature in our trains make such big national headlines?
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New Words and Expressions:
Mazgan โ Air conditioning โ ืืืื
"Erkondishen" โ "air condition" โ ืืืืจ ืงืื ืืืฉื
"Efshar mazgan?" โ Could you put on the aircon? โ ืืคืฉืจ ืืืื
Ata yachol lasim mazgan 'vaksha? โ Could you put the mazgan please? โ ืืชื ืืืื ืืฉืื ืืืื 'ืืงืฉื
Yesh mazgan? โ Is there aircon? โ ืืฉ ืืืื
Efshar lehadlik mazgan? โ Could you turn the air conditioner on? โ ืืคืฉืจ ืืืืืืง ืืืื
Efshar lechabot et ha-mazgan? โ Could you turn off the air conditioner? โ ืืคืฉืจ ืืืืืช ืืช ืืืืื
Ha-mazgan hachi chadshani โ The most innovative air conditioner โ ืืืืื ืืื ืืืฉื ื
Mazgenei tornado, Mazganim shel chevrat tornado โ Tornado air conditioning units โ ืืืื ื ืืืจื ืื, ืืืื ืื ืฉื ืืืจืช ืืืจื ืื
Kar li ba-mazgan tamid โ I am always cold in the air conditioner โ ืงืจ ืื ืืืืื ืชืืื
"Ha-olam ktsat mitnahel lefi ha-banim" โ The world is run according to the guys โ ืืขืืื ืงืฆืช ืืชื ืื ืืคื ืืื ืื
Matkinei ha-mazganim โ The aircon installers โ ืืชืงืื ื ืืืืื ืื
Matkin โ Installer โ ืืชืงืื
Hatkana โ Installation โ ืืชืงื ื
Technai mazganim โ Aircon repairman โ ืืื ืื ืืืื ืื
Shalat โ Remote control โ ืฉืื
Mizug avir โ Air conditioning โ ืืืืื ืืืืืจ
Takala be-maarechet mizug ha-avir โ Fault in the air conditioning system โ ืชืงืื ืืืขืจืืช ืืืืื ืืืืืืจ
Yesh be-aya ba-mizug โ There's a problem with the mizug โ ืืฉ ืืขืื ืืืืืื
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Playlist and Clips:
The Minister of Transport about Mazgan
Noa Kirel & Agam Buchbut โ Etsel Ha-doda Ve-ha-dodย (lyrics)
Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | This is TELB1. |
| 0:07.0 | Streetwise. |
| 0:11.0 | Chatham, it's me Guy with Street-wise Hebrew. |
| 0:13.0 | Shalom, it's me Guy with Street-wise Hebrew. |
| 0:16.0 | It's summertime in the northern hemisphere, and more and more people around the world need |
| 0:20.9 | Mus-Gun, |
| 0:22.0 | Mus-Gun, air conditioning, |
| 0:24.3 | or as it was once called long ago in Israel, |
| 0:27.6 | Ere condition. |
| 0:29.7 | Let's listen to this Musgan commercial. The Masgan is Ilberter |
| 0:35.0 | the Khorif. |
| 0:36.0 | The Him |
| 0:35.0 | Toviater, |
| 0:37.0 | that we have to matter it's |
| 0:38.0 | Pithraivore. |
| 0:39.0 | This is a campaign by the Israeli Electric Corporation, |
| 0:42.0 | urging people to use them as gun not only |
| 0:45.0 | during summer but also in winter in order to heat up the house because the |
| 0:49.7 | electric company says it's more energy efficient than many other means of heating the home. |
| 0:56.3 | The word Masgan has also been adopted by Arabic speakers who use it nonchalantly |
| 1:02.2 | when speaking in Arabic. |
| 1:04.0 | Actually my Israeli-Palestinian friends tell me that when they go on holiday to Jordan |
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