#360 I Need to Inquire About This

Streetwise Hebrew

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🗓️ 15 March 2022

⏱️ 9 minutes

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Summary

I need to make some בירורים, inquiries about someone, לברר a few things about him. This is Guy's second episode dedicated to the root ב-ר-ר.

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New Words and Expressions:

Daber barur – Speak clearly – דַּבֵּר ברור

Daber barur, ata tsarich kesef? – Speak clearly, do you need money? – דַּבֵּר ברור

Lashir barur – To sing with good diction – לשיר ברור

Levarer – To inquire – לברר

Shalom, ratsiti levarer im ani yachol lavo machar bimkom ha-yom – I wanted to check whether I could come tomorrow instead of today – שלום, רציתי לברר אם אני יכול לבוא מחר במקום היום

Ratsivi levarer, shilamti online, aval lo kibalti mail ishur – I paid online but I didn't get a confirmation email – רציתי לברר, שילמתי אונליין, אבל לא קיבלתי מייל אישור

"Tevarer ba-kabala, ulai hem mats'u et ha-kartis shelcha" – Check with reception, perhaps they found your card – תברר בקבלה, אולי הם מצאו את הכרטיס שלך

Tevarer im ha-hevra – Check with the company – תברר עם החברה

Tevarer im Michael – Check with Michael – תברר עם מייקל

Tevareri itam – Check with them – תבררי איתם

"Ken, berarti, ze yihye bet cafe" – Yes, I inquired, and it's going to be a cafe – כן, ביררתי, זה יהיה בית קפה

"Ani kvar mevareret ve-hozeret elayich" – I'm checking and will get back to you – אני כבר מבררת וחוזרת אלייך

Berur – Inquiry (n.) – בירור

Ha-nose be-verur – This topic is under inquiry – הנושא בבירור

"Hi amra li be-verur" – She told me explicitly – היא אמרה לי בבירור

Berur yitra – Balance inquiry (bank) – בירור יתרה

Berur refui – Medical investigation – בירור רפואי

"Ten li laasot kama berurim ve-lahzor elecha" – Let me make some inquiries and get back to you – תן לי לעשות כמה בירורים ולחזור אליך

"Asiti kama berurim alav" – I did some inquiries about the guy – עשיתי כמה בירורים עליו

Telefon le-berurim – Telephone number for inquiries – טלפון לבירורים

Livror – To sort, to separate – לברור

Livror orez – To sort the rice – לברור אורז

"Ha-borer" – The Arbitrator – הבורר

Borerut – Arbitration – בוררות

Brera – Option, choice – ברירה

En brera – There's no choice – אין ברירה

Hitbarer she- – It turned out that… – התברר ש

Hitbarer li she- – It became clear to me – התברר לי ש

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Transcript

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0:00.0	This is TELB1.
0:10.0	Street-wise. St. Wies.
0:11.0	Hebrew. Shalo, it's me Guy with Street-wise Hebrew.
0:15.0	In our previous episode, number 359, I spoke about Barool, Clear.
0:21.0	Today I'd like to talk about more words that come from the same route,
0:24.8	Betreschresch. But before we begin, I realize that in the previous episode I
0:29.7	forgot to mention the Berberuau speak clearly you can say the Berberu
0:36.0	to a child with poor enunciation or if someone talks and talks but doesn't really
0:41.0	get to the point or you feel that they are beating around the bush and you just want them to cut to the chase.
0:47.0	The Berberuwa, that's a real keseth. Do you need money?
0:51.0	Here, Beruul is an adverb. It describes a verb,
0:55.0	Le de Beru. La Shere, Baru, to sing with good diction.
1:00.0	On to today's episode, one of the most useful verbs from our showish is Le Varere in Piel,
1:07.0	Lamed Betresh Resh, Le Varere means to inquire, to try to get information about something.
1:13.2	Shalom, it's a l'Vare man y'holeavon,
1:16.2	my whole-avon, my holl-a-lawm.
1:18.6	I wanted to check whether I could come tomorrow instead of today. Le Varere comes from the same showish as Baru
1:26.0	but note that it does not mean to clarify.
1:29.0	Le Varere is to ask a question in order to get information,
1:32.0	usually for something which doesn't have an obvious answer.
1:35.2	Rteti Le Varer, she'll amte you online, I paid online,
1:40.0	I've a lucky ball to mail is sure, but I didn't get a confirmation email.
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