#339 That Date Was Somewhat Successful

Streetwise Hebrew

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🗓️ 27 July 2021

⏱️ 8 minutes

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Summary

The Hebrew dictionary says that מוצלח means "successful, accomplished." But as Guy explains, מוצלח has some interesting nuanced uses that you really should discover.

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New Words and Expressions:

"Yossi, yeled sheli mutslach" – Yossi, my perfect boy – יוסי, ילד שלי מוצלח

Lehatsliach (Hif'il) – To succeed – להצליח

Mutslach – Good, excellent, perfect, successful – מוצלח

"Eich legadel yeladim mutslachim yoter" – How to raise outstanding children – איך לגדל ילדים מוצלחים יותר

"Ha-achayot ha-mutslachot sheli" – My perfect sisters – האחיות המוצלחות שלי

Hinne shuv achalti yoter midai – Here again, I ate too much – הנה שוב אכלתי יותר מדיי

Im lo hayiti kacha, ulai hayiti mutslachat – If I wasn't like that, I might have been a better person – אם לא הייתי ככה, אולי הייתי מוצלחת

Ha-date haya mamash mutslach – The date was really great – הדייט היה ממש מוצלח

Ha-date lo haya mutslach – The date was not great – הדייט לא היה מוצלח

Ha-yeshiva hayta mutslachat – The meeting was great – הישיבה הייתה מוצלחת

Ha-yeshiva lo hayta mutslachat – The meeting was not great – הישיבה לא הייתה מוצלחת

Ze lo seret mutslach – This movie is not great – זה לא סרט מוצלח

Zot taarucha lo mutslachat – This exhibition is not great – זאת לא תערוכה מוצלחת

Ze lo haya raayon kaze mutslach – It wasn't such an amazing idea – זה לא היה רעיון כזה מוצלח

Ze atar pachot mutslach – This website is not great – זה אתר פחות מוצלח

"Lihyot be-tik-tok ze lo omer she-hacheshbon mutslach" – To be on Tik-Tok doesn't mean that the account is successful – להיות בטיקטוק זה לא אומר שהחשבון מוצלח

Maavar mutslach! – Have a good move! – מעבר מוצלח

Misada mutslachat meod – A great restaurant – מסעדה מוצלחת מאוד

"Lo tsalachti et ha-perek ha-rishon" – I didn't get through watching the first episode – לא צלחתי את הפרק הראשון

Lo tsalachti et ha-sefer – I didn't get through this book – לא צלחתי את הספר

Playlist and Clips:

Ha-tarnegolim – Yossi, Yeled Sheli Mutslach (lyrics)

Yeladim mutslachim yoter

Ha-achayot ha-mutslachot sheli – trailer

Aya Korem – Hinne Shuv (lyrics)

Ep. 151 – Intensifiers and superlatives

Ep. 223 – Eich

Transcript

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0:00.0	This is TELB1.
0:07.0	Street-wise.
0:11.0	St. Why?
0:12.0	H-Hibro. Shalom, it's me guy with street-wise Hebrew.
0:13.0	Shalom, it's me Guy with Street-wise Hebrew.
0:16.2	On our last episode we spoke about Lehat's leach to succeed.
0:20.0	Today I'd like to talk about Mutslach, the huf-al of this Shorish,
0:24.4	Zadiklameth, Ghette.
0:26.0	The dictionary tells us that Mutslach means successful,
0:29.8	but as is often the case with Hebrew it's not that simple. Nakhach, and Lechavan alikikkar, Lechhemkham,
0:46.5	Ach al-Tiska.
0:48.5	Yossi,
0:50.1	Yossi, Yossi,
0:51.1	Yossi
0:52.1	Yossi Yossi Yellie Muzzlach.
0:54.0	Yelles cell in Muzzlach, a classic Israeli song.
0:58.0	In this context, Muzzlach means good, perfect boy.
1:01.0	If we think of Leatsliach, which is in Hifil and means to succeed, then its passive
1:07.1	brother Huf-al can be translated as succeeded or successful, but try to think of it more as meaning close to perfection.
1:16.7	When we say Mutslach, we usually mean good, excellent.
1:20.5	Yossi is a really good boy.
1:22.2	I mean a man. Yossi is a really good boy.
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