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Streetwise Hebrew

#382 My Sweetie Pie

Streetwise Hebrew

TLV1 Studios

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

4.9 โ€ข 988 Ratings

๐Ÿ—“๏ธ 10 January 2023

โฑ๏ธ 10 minutes

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Summary

In Hebrew, ืžืชื•ืง means sweet or sweetie. You might also hear ืžืชื•ืง used passive-aggressively by a person standing in a Tel Avivi line.

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New Words and Expressions:

โ€œMatok, matok hu taโ€™am ha-hayimโ€ โ€“ Sweet, sweet is the taste of life โ€“ ืžืชื•ืง, ืžืชื•ืง, ื”ื•ื ื˜ืขื ื”ื—ื™ื™ื

Matok li โ€“ Itโ€™s too sweet โ€“ ืžืชื•ืง ืœื™

Matok/Metuka sheli โ€“ My darling โ€“ ืžืชื•ืง/ืžืชื•ืงื” ืฉืœื™

Toda matok/metuka sheli! โ€“ Thank you sweetie! โ€“ ืชื•ื“ื”, ืžืชื•ืง/ืžืชื•ืงื” ืฉืœื™

Ehhh, metuka sheli, slicha, ani hayiti kodem! โ€“ Sorry sweetie pie, I was here first! โ€“ ืžืชื•ืงื” ืฉืœื™, ืกืœื™ื—ื”, ืื ื™ ื”ื™ื™ืชื™ ืงื•ื“ื

Shana tova u-metuka โ€“ Have a great year โ€“ ืฉื ื” ื˜ื•ื‘ื” ื•ืžืชื•ืงื”

โ€œMotek lo lishloach li ugaโ€ โ€“ Darling, donโ€™t send a cake to me โ€“ ืžื•ืชืง, ืœื ืœืฉืœื•ื— ืœื™ ืขื•ื’ื”

Motek โ€“ Darling โ€“ ืžื•ืชืง

Halomot metukim โ€“ Sweet dreams โ€“ ื—ืœื•ืžื•ืช ืžืชื•ืงื™ื

Mayim metukim โ€“ Freshwater โ€“ ืžื™ื ืžืชื•ืงื™ื

Mei yam โ€“ Sea water โ€“ ืžื™ ื™ื

Dagei yam โ€“ Sea fish โ€“ ื“ื’ื™ ื™ื

Dagei mayim metukim โ€“ Freshwater fish โ€“ ื“ื’ื™ ืžื™ื ืžืชื•ืงื™ื

Rotsim lishmoโ€™a al ha-metukim shelanu? โ€“ Do you want to hear about our desserts? โ€“ ืจื•ืฆื™ื ืœืฉืžื•ืข ืขืœ ื”ืžืชื•ืงื™ื ืฉืœื ื•

Lehamtik โ€“ To sweeten โ€“ ืœื”ืžืชื™ืง

Eich at mamtika? Eich ata mamtik? โ€“ How do you sweeten (your drink)? โ€“ ืื™ืš ืืชื” ืžืžืชื™ืง, ืื™ืš ืืช ืžืžืชื™ืงื”

Ani lo shote/shota im sukar โ€“ I donโ€™t add sugar โ€“ ืื ื™ ืœื ืฉื•ืชื” ืขื ืกื•ื›ืจ

Kapit sukar โ€“ One teaspoon of sugar โ€“ ื›ืคื™ืช ืกื•ื›ืจ

Shtayim sukar โ€“ Two teaspoons of sugar โ€“ ืฉืชื™ื™ื ืกื•ื›ืจ

Mamtik โ€“ Sweetener โ€“ ืžืžืชื™ืง

Lehamtik et haglula ha-mara โ€“ To sweeten a bitter pill โ€“ ืœื”ืžืชื™ืง ืืช ื”ื’ืœื•ืœื” ื”ืžืจื”

Onsho humtak โ€“ His sentence was commuted โ€“ ืขื•ื ืฉื• ื”ื•ืžืชืง

Mamtakim โ€“ Sweets, candies โ€“ ืžืžืชืงื™ื

Hanut mamtakim โ€“ Candy store โ€“ ื—ื ื•ืช ืžืžืชืงื™ื

Bonboniera โ€“ Bonbonniรจre, candy box โ€“ ื‘ื•ื ื‘ื•ื ื™ื™ืจื”

Mashkaโ€™ot memutakim โ€“ Sugary drinks, soft drinks โ€“ ืžืฉืงืื•ืช ืžืžื•ืชืงื™ื

Metikoot โ€“ Sweetness โ€“ ืžืชื™ืงื•ืช

Oy metikooooot โ€“ How sweet! โ€“ ืื•ื™ ืžืชื™ืงื•ืช

Bi-mtikoot โ€“ Sweetly โ€“ ื‘ืžืชื™ืงื•ืช

Ledaber be-metek sfatayim โ€“ To sweet talk โ€“ ืœื“ื‘ืจ ื‘ืžืชืง ืฉืคืชื™ื™ื

Playlist and Clips:

Yigal Bashan & Lahakat Pikud Tsafon โ€“ Matok Matok (Lyrics)

Aviv Geffen โ€“ Ilana (Lyrics)

Uzi Fuchs โ€“ Ein Lach Ma Lidโ€™og (Lyrics)

Meir Ariel โ€“ Mayim Metukim (Lyrics)

Mashkaโ€™ot memutakim โ€“ Sugary drinks

Erik Berman โ€“ Ha-metukot Ha-achronot (Lyrics)

Ep. 22 about darling

Ep 65 about donโ€™t worry

Ep. 122 about stuff waiters say in Israel

Episode number 199 about halomot metukim

Ep. 305 about Ve and U-

Transcript

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0:00.0

This is TELV1.

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St.C. WAN.

0:11.0

Streatwise Hebrew.

0:12.0

Shalom, it's me guy with street-wise Hebrew. Shalom, it's me guy with street-wise Hebrew. Ahm

0:25.8

ha hahim.

0:31.8

I'll kill d'I'll d'I'll beak y'hoo.

0:28.8

Madhoc, sweet, Matoc, Matokutamachaim, sweet, is the taste of life.

0:38.0

Today we're talking about Matok, Mem Taf Vav Kuf, sweet, and it's Shouesh, Mem Taf Kuf.

0:46.5

In the song we heard, the singers repeat several times, Matoclo, Matocla,

0:51.4

literally it's sweet for her just like Kefla it's fun for her. We don't use Matoclo, Matocla today. These are remnants of an older spoken Hebrew. If I do use Matok Li these days,

1:08.0

I'm probably saying it to a server in a cafe to complain that something is too sweet.

1:14.0

Oi, it's a mache-mat-talk.

1:18.0

Me tooke.

1:20.0

Me too-k-sha-schle. Tukhanshaleh. Oh, I lana. Oh, I lana. Oh, I lana.

1:30.0

Sukarya. Metucahasheli means my darling, my sweetie. The masculine is Matocheli. These are the kinds of things we mainly say to kids or between

1:46.8

lovers to kids if they drew a picture for you you can go to da matdodam talk sheli,

1:53.0

to-dow me tukashili.

1:55.0

And there is of course a passive-aggressive version.

1:58.0

Eh, me tukashili,

2:00.0

Slicha, an a-y-tikodem.

2:02.0

Sorry, sweetie pie, I was here first it's all in the tone of our voice

2:08.8

for Roshas Shanad the Jewish New Year we usually send a message,

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