#35 Weary, Bleary-Eyed and Spent

Streetwise Hebrew

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Israel, Tlv1, Religion & Spirituality, Language Learning, Education, Language, Judaism, Hebrew, Streetwise

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🗓️ 8 April 2014

⏱️ 8 minutes

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Summary

How do you say I’m tired, beat, drained, knackered, and the like in colloquial Hebrew? And what do you say when you crash on a Tel Avivi couch?

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New Words and Expressions:

“Lifamim ani ayef” – Sometimes I am tired – לפעמים אני עייף

Ayefoot – Tiredness – עייפות

Ani ayef me’avoda – I am tired of work – אני עייף מעבודה

Ani ayef me-ha-chayim – I am tired of life – אני עייף מהחיים

Ayef met – Dead tired – עייף-מת

Ani shafuch – I am wiped – אני שפוך

Katav-katuv – Wrote-written – כתב-כתוב

Nishpachti al ha-sapa – I crashed on the sofa – נשפכתי על הספה

Ha-halon niftach – The window was opened – החלון נפתח

Ha-halon patu’ach – The window is open – החלון פתוח

Ani ma’uch tilim – I am so wiped – אני מעוך טילים

Lim’och – To mash – למעוך

Nim’achti kstat al ha-sapa – I crashed a bit on the sofa – נמעכתי קצת על הספה

Kamti hafuch ha-boker – I got up completely turned around this morning – קמתי הפוך הבוקר

Kamti hafucha , kamti me’ucha – I got up completely turned around (F.) – קמתי הפוכה

Kamnu hafuchim ha-boker – We got up completely turned around (Pl.) – קמנו הפוכים

Ani gamur – I am beat – אני גמור

Ani machuk – I am dead tired – אני מחוק

Ani karu’a me-ayefoot – I am exhausted – אני קרוע מעייפות

Ani mutash – I am exhausted – אני מותש

Lenaker – To doze off – לנקר

Nikarti kol ha-seret – I dozed off the whole movie – ניקרתי כל הסרט

Playlist and Clips:

Rami Kleinstein – Hanichi Li (lyrics)

Yossi Elephant – Shir Ha-debil (lyrics)

Moshe kam ma’uch

Fortisaharof – Hafuch (lyrics)

Episode no. 285 about karu’a

Transcript

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0:00.0	This is T.L.B. One radio.
0:05.0	Great, great mixture.
0:07.0	This is still V1.
0:09.0	This is Tille V1.
0:10.0	This is Tille V1. Great.
0:12.0	Ville.L. V. V. 1. 1.
0:15.0	This is T. V. 1. Streetwise Hebrew.
0:27.0	Hebrew.
0:28.0	Shalom, it's me Guy from Streetwise Hebrew.
0:32.0	Before we start, I'll remind you that you can see all the words and expressions I'm talking about
0:36.1	today, plus links to all the songs and the lyrics on TELV1.FM slash Street Wise Hebrew
0:41.9	on today's episode. Today we're talking about being
0:44.9	tired, exhausted, wiped in Hebrew. I'm
0:55.0	Lifamim Ani Ayef, sometimes I'm tired.
0:59.0	So Ayef, Ayef is tired and Ayef foot is tiredness. Ayef can come with preposition me,
1:06.2	Mimahata Ayef, what are you tired of in Hebrew from?
1:10.9	Anaeaeff me avoweda, an ayeyayayayaya of work, an iyayayayayayayayayayayayayayayayayayayayayayayayayayayayayayayayayayayayayayayayayayayayayayaya, so, dead, comes after the iF and describes how tired I am.
1:26.0	But there are some other options to say that you're tired and they are all in slang.
1:37.0	Anishafu. I'm wiped literally in Hebrew, spilled, like Lishah mauch, I'm wiped literally in Hebrew, spilled, like Lishpoch maim to spill water.
1:46.0	Anishafu, I'm wasted, that's the participle,
1:49.0	Paoul, like Saagoul, closed.
1:51.0	Many times we use this participle of Paal, it sounds like a uw, like katav katov,
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