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#368 Don't Bother Me

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Language Learning, Judaism, Religion & Spirituality, Education

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๐Ÿ—“๏ธ 31 May 2022

โฑ๏ธ 10 minutes

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Summary

The word ืžืคืจื™ืข means 'bother', and is used in polite sentences like, "ืกื•ืจื™ ืื ืื ื™ ืžืคืจื™ืข". But politeness is not what you'll find when searching for ืžืคืจื™ืข on Twitter. Guy explains and gives some examples from the Twitterverse.

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New Words and Expressions:

Mafri'a โ€“ Disturbing, bothering โ€“ ืžืคืจื™ืข

MafRIah (m.), mafriAH (f.), mafri'im (pl., m.), mafri'ot (pl., f.) โ€“ ืžืคืจื™ืข, ืžืคืจื™ืขื”, ืžืคืจื™ืขื™ื, ืžืคืจื™ืขื•ืช

Yeled she-mafri'a ba-shi'ur โ€“ A a kid who disrupts the lesson โ€“ ื™ืœื“ ืฉืžืคืจื™ืข ื‘ืฉื™ืขื•ืจ

Mishehu she-ose balgan ba-shi'ur โ€“ Someone who disrupts the lesson โ€“ ืžื™ืฉื”ื• ืฉืขื•ืฉื” ื‘ืœื’ืŸ ื‘ืฉื™ืขื•ืจ

Ze mamash mafri'ah โ€“ It's disturbing โ€“ ื–ื” ืžืคืจื™ืข

Ani mafri'ah? โ€“ Am I disturbing you? โ€“ ืื ื™ ืžืคืจื™ืข

Sori im ani mafri'a ba-emtsa โ€“ Sorry if I am bothering you in the middle of something โ€“ ืกื•ืจื™ ืื ืื ื™ ืžืคืจื™ืข ื‘ืืžืฆืข

Mafriahย lachem? Az tafsiku lehagia. โ€“ Does it bother you? Then stop going there โ€“ ืžืคืจื™ืข ืœื›ื? ืื– ืชืคืกื™ืงื• ืœื”ื’ื™ืข

Zeย ma she-mafri'ah lecha ba-hayim? โ€“ย Thisย is what bothers you in life? โ€“ ื–ื” ืžื” ืฉืžืคืจื™ืข ืœืš ื‘ื—ื™ื™ื

Ah, pit'omย loย mafri'a lecha sheโ€ฆ โ€“ Oh, suddenly it doesn't bother you thatโ€ฆ โ€“ ืื”, ืคืชืื•ื ืœื ืžืคืจื™ืข ืœืš ืฉ

Eich loย mafriahย lecha sheโ€ฆ โ€“ Why doesn't it bother you whenโ€ฆ โ€“ ืื™ืš ืœื ืžืคืจื™ืข ืœืš ืฉ

Aniย loย ro'eh she-ze mafri'a lach! โ€“ I don't see that this bothers you โ€“ ืื ื™ ืœื ืจื•ืื” ืฉื–ื” ืžืคืจื™ืข ืœืš

Mafriahย lecha mashehu? โ€“ Anything bothering you? (what's your problem, man?) โ€“ ืžืคืจื™ืข ืœืš ืžืฉื”ื•

Liย lo mafriah โ€“ย Iย don't find it problematic โ€“ ืœื™ ืœื ืžืคืจื™ืข

Im ze kolย kachย mafriah lach, ma tagidi alโ€ฆ? โ€“ Ifย thisย bothers you so much, what would you say aboutโ€ฆ โ€“ ืื ื–ื” ื›ืœ ื›ืš ืžืคืจื™ืข, ืžื” ืชื’ื™ื“ ืขืœ

Mishehuย mafri'aย lecha laasot et ze? โ€“ Is anyone holding you back from doing this? โ€“ ืžื™ืฉื”ื• ืžืคืจื™ืข ืœืš ืœืขืฉื•ืช ืืช ื–ื”

Mashehu mafri'ah le-mishehu โ€“ Something is bothering someone โ€“ ืžืฉื”ื• ืžืคืจื™ืข ืœืžื™ืฉื”ื•

Mafriah lecha sheโ€ฆ? โ€“ Does it bother you thatโ€ฆ โ€“ ืžืคืจื™ืข ืœืš ืฉ

Ata mafri'a li laavod โ€“ You are disrupting my work โ€“ ืืชื” ืžืคืจื™ืข ืœื™ ืœืขื‘ื•ื“

Ze mafri'a li lishon โ€“ It bothers my sleep โ€“ ื–ื” ืžืคืจื™ืข ืœื™ ืœื™ืฉื•ืŸ

Tagid, yafri'ah lecha im ani aavod po?' โ€“ Will it bother you if I work here? โ€“ ื™ืคืจื™ืข ืœืš ืื ืื ื™ ืืขื‘ื•ื“ ืคื”

Lo, lo, mamash lo yafri'a li โ€“ Not at all, it won't bother me โ€“ ืœื, ืœื, ืžืžืฉ ืœื ื™ืคืจื™ืข ืœื™

Banim, yafri'ah lachem im ha-heder shelanu ktstat yalduti? โ€“ Boys, will it bother you if our bedroom is a bit childish? โ€“ ื‘ื ื™ื, ื™ืคืจื™ืข ืœื›ื ืื ื”ื—ื“ืจ ืฉืœื ื• ืงืฆืช ื™ืœื“ื•ืชื™

Ani lo hifratiย lecha, ata al tafri'ahย liย โ€“ I didn't interrupt you when you were speaking, now, don't interrupt me โ€“ ืื ื™ ืœื ื”ืคืจืขืชื™ ืœืš, ืืชื” ืืœ ืชืคืจื™ืข ืœื™

Al tafri'oo la lirkod โ€“ Don't disturb her dance โ€“ ืืœ ืชืคืจื™ืขื• ืœื” ืœืจืงื•ื“

Mi-bli lehafri'ah et shlom ha-tsibur โ€“ Without disturbing the public peace โ€“ ืžื‘ืœื™ ืœื”ืคืจื™ืข ืืช ืฉืœื•ื ื”ืฆื™ื‘ื•ืจ

Na lo lehafriah โ€“ Please do not disturb โ€“ ืžื‘ืœื™ ืœื”ืคืจื™ืข ืืช ืฉืœื•ื ื”ืฆื™ื‘ื•ืจ

Tamid ze hifriah li she-atem metsalmim oti me-haprofil โ€“ It always bothered me that you photographed me from the side โ€“ ืชืžื™ื“ ื–ื” ื”ืคืจื™ืข ืœื™ ืฉืืชื ืžืฆืœืžื™ื ืื•ืชื™ ืžื”ืคืจื•ืคื™ืœ

Kol ha-hayim hifria li ha-af โ€“ All my life my nose bothered me โ€“ ื›ืœ ื”ื—ื™ื™ื ื”ืคืจื™ืข ืœื™ ื”ืืฃ

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Playlist and Clips:

Roy Sandler โ€“ Al Tafri'ooย (lyrics)

Arik Einstein โ€“ Mi-bli lehafri'ahย (lyrics)

Koka be-am reality show โ€“ ืงื•ืงื” ื‘ืข"ืž

Episode 211

Episode 218

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This is TELV1.

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St. Wightes.

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Shiloh, it's me guy with Street-wise Hebrew. Shallow, it's me Guy with Street-wise Hebrew.

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We have a pretty spectacular update from our statistics department.

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Our podcast has just reached 5 million downloads. It's as if the entire population of

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Sydney, Australia, was suddenly interested in modern Hebrew and listened to an

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episode of our show. Dodalaba, thanks so much for listening Sydney and non-sydney listeners

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today I'd like to talk about the word mafria

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disturbed disturbing bothering our show is pay-resh aine.

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We're in the Hifil verb format.

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In episode number 211, I spoke about dealing with loud people on the bus, and in episode number 218, I explained

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words related to the radio. Both episodes are good pairings with this episode, so check them out.

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The easiest way to navigate between our podcast episodes is by using one of the many podcast apps,

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which displays them in chronological order. Some apps will even allow you to

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search for words in English and in Hebrew. Mafria is the present tense if ill masculine like mazmin

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Margish following these grammatical rules it should have been maffry just like margeish

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but because the aine is the third letter of the showish, we add an a vowel before it, so we get

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Mafria. The stress is on the ri, mafri,

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mafria, whereas the feminine is mafria.

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The word ends with ain hay, mafria.

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Mafria, mafria, mafria, m Maphria, feminine, then Maphriim, Maphriot in plural.

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