#361 It's Just Awful

Streetwise Hebrew

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🗓️ 22 March 2022

⏱️ 6 minutes

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Summary

A listener wrote to us asking, "what can we say in Hebrew when we see the horrendous footage from Ukraine?" Guy explains some of the words and phrases we can use, and what to say when we are left speechless.

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New Words and Expressions:

Nora – Terrible, horrible, awful – נורא

"Pashut nora, ma she-kore sham" – It's simply horrible, the things happening there – פשוט נורא, מה שקורה שם

Ze nora, pashut nora, mamash nora – It's just horrible – זה נורא, פשוט נורא, ממש נורא

Ayom – Horrible – איום

Ze ayom ve-nora – It's horrible – זה איום ונורא

Machrid – Terrifying, shocking – מחריד

Harada – Anxiety – חרדה

Ze meza'azeh, ma she-kore sham" – It's shocking, what's happening there – זה מזעזע מה שקורה שם

Leza'ah'ze'ah – To shake, to shock – לזעזע

Zva'ah – Horror – זוועה

"Ze zva'ah ma she-holech sham" – It's horror what's going on there – זה זוועה מה שהולך שם

Ze pashut zva'ah – It's just horror, it is horrifying – זה פשוט זוועה

Lo ye'amen – It's unbelievable – לא ייאמן

Ha-lev nishbar – The heart is breaking – הלב נשבר

Helem – Shock – הלם

Ani be-helem/be-shock – I am shocked – אני בהלם, אני בשוק

Ein milim – There are no words – אין מילים

"Ein li ma lehagid" – I have nothing to say – אין לי מה להגיד

Ma yesh lehagid? – What can one say? – מה יש להגיד

Elohim adirim – God Almighty – אלוהים אדירים

Ya allah – Oh god – יא אללה

Atsuv – Sad – עצוב

Ze kol kach atsuv – It's so sad – זה כל כך עצוב

Playlist and Clips:

Oshik Levy – Ze Mi-kvar (lyrics)

Elohim – Ep. no. 34

Horror – Ep. no 182

Lo ye'amen – Ep. no. 279

Transcript

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0:00.0	This is TELV1.
0:10.0	St.L. B1. Streatwise.
0:12.0	Chalo. It's me Guy with Street-wise Hebrew.
0:15.0	It's March 2022, Russia's invasion of Ukraine is several weeks in,
0:20.0	and I was wondering what I could cover that would be relevant for Hebrew learners.
0:25.0	Then I got this message from listener and patron Elizabeth from Germany.
0:30.0	Shalom Guy.
0:32.0	Yes, she Allah, Shalom Guy, I'm sure she's a la.
0:34.0	Liff Amin, Pali, Lehagid Mashehuokmo,
0:39.0	Oh my God, that's horrible. I'm shocked. I'm so sad. My heart is breaking.
0:49.2	Or I am feeling awful. I am feeling awful I'm feeling so sorry for you.
0:57.0	Yes, Madem,
0:59.0	Lassert, Peric, Al-Ha-Ha-Ha-A-Anwar-Ha-Rheim-Ha-Ele?
1:05.0	Yep, this is how I feel and I believe many of you feel as well when you see the war broadcast on TV.
1:11.6	Todil Elizabeth, we're going to go with your idea for our show today and
1:16.0	talk about these words and phrases which we use when something horrible is taking place.
1:20.6	I mentioned some of the words Elizabeth mentioned in episode number 182, but it was
1:27.1	tongue-in-cheek, words we say when we complain about a long line at the post office by exaggerating things like it's the worst thing that ever happened to us.
1:37.0	But in today's episode there won't be an ounce of exaggeration. This is the real deal.
1:50.0	No-a, nun-vavresh-aleth, means terrible, horrible, awful. Pashut no-rama machekore-shakore-am, it's simply horrible, the things happening there.
1:54.6	Z-no-ra, Pashut-no-ra, Mamash-N-A.
1:58.8	A-M, Ale-Fyudva-Mem, also means horrible, so people also say,ayon Venerra, literally it's horrible and awful, basically
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