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🗓️ 7 February 2023
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There are people you don’t want to mess with, and there are things you shouldn’t do because they’re too much of a hassle. How do you say all this in Hebrew? Well, you’d use the עסק root, of course!
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New Words and Expressions:
Laasok be- – To deal with – לעסוק ב
Hu osek be-ze harbe shanim – He’s been dealing with this for many years – הוא עוסק בזה הרבה שנים
Al taasok be-ze achshav – You don’t have to deal with this right now – אל תעסוק בזה עכשיו
Be-ma ata osek / Be-ma at oseket – What do you do for a living? – במה אתה עוסק, במה את עוסקת
Ha-hevra oseket be- – The company is in the field of so and so – החברה עוסקת ב
Osek murshe – Licensed freelancer – עוסק מורשה
Ta’asuka – Employment, occupation – תעסוקה
Lishkat ha-taasuka – Employment bureau – לשכת התעסוקה
Lachtom ba-lishka – To sign at the employment office – לחתום בלשכה
“Nimtsa avoda zmanit, lo retsinit” – We’ll find a temporary, non-serious job – נמצא עבודה זמנית, לא רצינית
“Vegam nahtom ba-lishka” – And at the same time, we’ll sign at the employment office – וגם נחתום בלשכה
Lehaasik – To keep busy, to employ – להעסיק
Ze maasik oto, ze maasik ota – It keeps them occupied – זה מעסיק אותו/אותה
Be’ayot she-ma’asikot otanu – Problems that occupy us – בעיות שמעסיקות אותנו
Ze maasik otcha? – Does it trouble you? – זה מעסיק אותך
Lehaasik mishehu – To employ someone – להעסיק מישהו
Ha’asaka – Employment – העסקה
Ha’asaka ravgonit/meguvenet – Diversity hiring – העסקה רבגונית/מגוונת
Ha’asaka meguvenet shava lachem yoter – Diversity hiring is worth more for your business – העסקה מגוונת שווה לכם יותר
Haasakat mi’ootim – Hiring minorities – העסקת מיעוטים
Lehitasek – To busy oneself, to be involved with – להתעסק
Ani meod ohev lehitasek be-ochel – I love doing food stuff, dealing with food – אני מאוד אוהב להתעסק באוכל
Al titasek iti – Don’t mess with me – אל תתעסק איתי
Lo kedai lecha lehitasek ito – You shouldn’t mess with him – לא כדאי לך להתעסק איתו
Ata mitasek iti? – Are you messing with me? – אתה מתעסק איתי
Be-ze ata mitasek achshav? – This is what worries you right now? – בזה אתה מתעסק עכשיו
Ze ma-ze hit’askoot – It’s such a hassle – זה מה-זה התעסקות
Laasot hazeret ze ma ze hitaskoot – To make horseradish is a real hassle – לעשות חזרת זה מה-זה התעסקות
Ze yachsoch li hitaskoot – It’s going to save me a lot of work – זה יחסוך לי התעסקות
Playlist and Clips:
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0:00.0 | This is TELV1. |
0:10.0 | St.C.C. one. Streatwise. |
0:12.0 | Hebrew. Shalo, it's me Guy with Street-wise Hebrew. |
0:15.0 | Today we continue with another episode about the Root Aine Samirkuf. |
0:20.0 | Previously we spoke about nouns like Essek, asakim, isk. |
0:24.4 | Now let's talk about verbs and nouns derived from this showish. |
0:29.0 | Laasoch means to deal with, to be involved with who is |
0:33.7 | who is a cepase habe shanim he's been dealing with this for many years |
0:37.6 | alta a sok bazaa bazaa bazaa |
0:39.6 | shav means you don't have to deal with this right now. |
0:43.0 | La Socke also means to work at. |
0:46.0 | It's a more sophisticated way to say |
0:48.0 | La Vaud, be ma atausek, |
0:51.0 | bema at Osecet, instead of Bema Atoved, |
0:55.0 | What do you do for living? |
0:57.0 | Here's another example on a TV segment about a startup company, |
1:02.0 | they'll say, Achv or second be the company is in the field of so and so. |
1:09.0 | Make sure to learn the verb with the preposition bea |
1:12.2 | la sok be macheu who |
1:14.8 | osek be he osek it be bemata osek what do you do for living |
1:20.0 | osek moorshehe means a licensed freelancer. |
1:25.0 | If you freelance in Israel, you need to know the difference between Osek Moche and Osek-Pathur. |
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