#358 Nice to Meet You Too!
Streetwise Hebrew
TLV1 Studios
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๐๏ธ 22 February 2022
โฑ๏ธ 6 minutes
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Summary
How do you translate the wordย niceย to Hebrew? Well, it depends on the context. Guy explains when we can useย ื ืขืื and when we must opt for a more appropriate Hebrew word.
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New Words and Expressions:
Na'im โ Nice, pleasant โ ื ืขืื
Na'im lehakir โ Nice to meet you โ ื ืขืื ืืืืืจ
Nice to see you โ Tov lir'ot otcha/otach โ ืืื ืืจืืืช ืืืชื
Hi ma-ze nechmada โ She is such a nice person โ ืืื ืื-ืื ื ืืืื
Hu ma-ze nechmad โ He is such a nice person โ ืืื ืื-ืื ื ืืื
Mi ha-benadam hachi nechmad she-pagashta/she-pagasht ei paam? โ Who's the nicest person you've ever met? โ ืื ืืื ืืื ืืื ื ืืื ืฉืคืืฉืช ืื ืคืขื
Eize kelev yafe! โ Nice dog! โ ืืืื ืืื ืืคื
Wow, eize kef lishmo'a โ Oh wow, that's really nice to hear!' โ ืืืื, ืืืื ืืืฃ ืืฉืืืข
Eize yafe mitsidam โ It's soย nice of them โ ืืืื ืืคื ืืฆืืื
Eize hamudim! โ They are so nice โ ืืืื ืืืืืื
Meri'ach po mamash tov โ It smells so nice in here โ ืืจืื ืคื ืืืฉ ืืื
Nice (slang) โ Nice โ ื ืืืก, ื ืืืืืืืืืืืืก
Lo naim li levakesh kesef me-anashim โ I feel uncomfortable asking people for money โ ืื ื ืขืื ืื ืืืงืฉ ืืกืฃ ืืื ืฉืื
Sheyihye sofash naim โ Have a nice weekend โ ืฉืืืื ืกืืค"ืฉ ื ืขืื
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Playlist and Clips:
Na'im โย Episode number 153
Lo na'im met mi-zman inย Ep. 58ย
Sofash na'im inย Ep. 96
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. Shalo, it's a guy with street. Street-wise Hebrew. |
| 0:13.0 | Shalo. |
| 0:14.0 | It's me Guy with street-wise Hebrew. |
| 0:16.0 | Listener and patron Avic Cohen from Miami, who is currently studying in an international program |
| 0:21.2 | at Barilan University in Israel, asked me to talk about different |
| 0:24.8 | translations of Nice in Hebrew, Cool Idea, and to do for your support, Avi. |
| 0:31.7 | I dedicated episode number 153 to Naaim, nice and it's showes |
| 0:37.9 | noon a mime so be sure to check it out by the the way, when I reference these older podcast |
| 0:44.1 | episodes, I feel that worth reviewing alongside the new episode, even if you've |
| 0:48.9 | already listened to them in the past. Very often in language learning we are taught something only to forget it sometime |
| 0:56.4 | later and therefore we need to be reminded of it once again. Repetition is a very handy tool. The great thing is that usually we don't need to learn |
| 1:06.2 | it all from scratch and we are likely to remember it better the second or third time |
| 1:10.8 | around. This is a great tool, use it. So today we'll conduct our |
| 1:15.4 | episode a bit differently by highlighting 10 common uses of the word nice in |
| 1:20.9 | everyday English. Together we will see whether we can use the Hebrew word |
| 1:25.6 | Nฤim or whether we need to use a different word altogether. Let's begin. |
| 1:30.9 | Miss Paakhat, nice to meet you is nayimle hakir, |
| 1:35.0 | but nice to see you when you already know the person is |
| 1:39.0 | Tovli rototach. |
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