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Streetwise Hebrew

#401 Animals

Streetwise Hebrew

TLV1 Studios

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

4.9 โ€ข 988 Ratings

๐Ÿ—“๏ธ 5 September 2023

โฑ๏ธ 10 minutes

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Summary

We have many expressions with animals in Hebrew. Like, ืื™ื–ื” ื—ืžื•ืจ ื”ื™ื™ืชื™. Which ones can you use day-to-day and which ones can get you in trouble? Guy explains.

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New Words and Expressions:

Ein haya kazot โ€“ No such thing โ€“ ืื™ืŸ ื—ื™ื” ื›ื–ืืช

Eize hamor ani โ€“ I am so stupid โ€“ ืื™ื–ื” ื—ืžื•ืจ ืื ื™

Eize hamor hayiti โ€“ How stupid I was โ€“ ืื™ื–ื” ื—ืžื•ืจ ื”ื™ื™ืชื™

โ€œNaavod kmo hamorimโ€ โ€“ Weโ€™ll work like donkeys โ€“ ื ืขื‘ื•ื“ ื›ืžื• ื—ืžื•ืจื™ื

Ani oved kol yom kmo hamor โ€“ I work everyday like a dog โ€“ ืื ื™ ืขื•ื‘ื“ ื›ืœ ื™ื•ื ื›ืžื• ื—ืžื•ืจ

Ya kelev โ€“ You dog โ€“ Ya Kalb (Ar.) โ€“ ื™ื ื›ืœื‘

Ya kelev, ata noseโ€™a shuv le-hul? โ€“ Youโ€™re going abroad again, you dog? โ€“ ื™ื ื›ืœื‘, ืืชื” ื ื•ืกืข ืฉื•ื‘ ืœื—ื•โ€ืœ

Kalba โ€“ Bitch โ€“ ื›ืœื‘ื”

Lihyot chilbot โ€“ To be enemies โ€“ ืœื”ื™ื•ืช ืฆโ€™ื™ืœื‘ื•ืช

Ma, aten chilbot achshav, lo medabrot achat im ha-shniya? โ€“ So are you enemies right now, youโ€™re not talking to each other anymore? โ€“ ืžื”, ืืชืŸ ืฆโ€™ื™ืœื‘ื•ืช ืขื›ืฉื™ื•,ืœื ืžื“ื‘ืจื•ืช ืื—ืช ืขื ื”ืฉื ื™ื™ื”

Kor klavim โ€“ Freezing cold โ€“ ืงื•ืจ ื›ืœื‘ื™ื

Hayei kelev โ€“ Dogโ€™s life โ€“ ื—ื™ื™ ื›ืœื‘

Po kavoor ha-kelev โ€“ This is the crux of the matter โ€“ ืคื” ืงื‘ื•ืจ ื”ื›ืœื‘

Hatul shachor โ€“ Black cat โ€“ ื—ืชื•ืœ ืฉื—ื•ืจ

Hu kmo hatul, tamid nochet al ha-raglayim โ€“ Heโ€™s like a cat, always landing on his feet โ€“ ื”ื•ื ื›ืžื• ื—ืชื•ืœ, ืชืžื™ื“ ื ื•ื—ืช ืขืœ ื”ืจื’ืœื™ื™ื

Tizaher mimenu, hu shuโ€™al โ€“ Be careful of him, heโ€™s a fox โ€“ ืชื™ื–ื”ืจ ืžืžื ื•, ื”ื•ื ืฉื•ืขืœ

Hu nachash โ€“ Heโ€™s a snake โ€“ ื”ื•ื ื ื—ืฉ

Hu soos โ€“ Heโ€™s a horse โ€“ ื”ื•ื ืกื•ืก

Soos avoda โ€“ Work horse โ€“ ืกื•ืก ืขื‘ื•ื“ื”

Ya shafan โ€“ You coward โ€“ ื™ื ืฉืคืŸ

Lehishtafen โ€“ To chicken out โ€“ ืœื”ืฉืชืคืŸ

Ma, hishtafanta? โ€“ What happened, you chickened out? โ€“ ืžื”, ื”ืฉืชืคื ืช

Hazir โ€“ pig โ€“ ื—ื–ื™ืจ

Haziroot โ€“ Piggery โ€“ ื—ื–ื™ืจื•ืช

Hitchazarti โ€“ I pigged out โ€“ ื”ืชื—ื–ืจืชื™

Etmol mamash hitchazarnu, hayom dieta โ€“ Yesterday we really pigged out. Today weโ€™re going to start a diet. โ€“ ืืชืžื•ืœ ืžืžืฉ ื”ืชื—ื–ืจื ื•, ื”ื™ื•ื โ€“ ื“ื™ืื˜ื”

Hitchazrut โ€“ Pigging out โ€“ ื”ืชื—ื–ืจื•ืช

Namer โ€“ Leopard/tiger โ€“ ื ืžืจ

Hu kam kol boker kmo namer โ€“ He wakes up every morning like a tiger โ€“ ื”ื•ื ืงื ื›ืœ ื‘ื•ืงืจ ื›ืžื• ื ืžืจ

Ma ani, ez? โ€“ What about me?! โ€“ ืžื” ืื ื™, ืขื–

Lo tsarich laasot mi-zvoov pil โ€“ No need to make an elephant out of a fly โ€“ ืœื ืฆืจื™ืš ืœืขืฉื•ืช ืžื–ื‘ื•ื‘ ืคื™ืœ

Adam le-adam zeโ€™ev โ€“ Dog-eat-dog โ€“ ืื“ื ืœืื“ื ื–ืื‘

Playlist and Clips:

Omer Adam โ€“ Sof Ha-olam (lyrics)

Kaveret โ€“ Po Kavur Ha-kelev (lyrics)

Ilan Peled โ€“ Hatula Shโ€™chora (lyrics)

Ravid Plotnik โ€“ Kol Ha-zman Ha-ze (lyrics)

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Transcript

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This is TELV1.

0:10.0

St.LV1. Streatwise.

0:11.0

Chalo, it's me Gaiu is streetwise Hebrew.

0:15.0

Today I'd like to teach you a few idioms and expressions with animal names in Hebrew.

0:21.0

Use them to impress your Israeli friends. I'm not going to talk about the etymology

0:26.3

of each idiom, otherwise we'll be here until tomorrow. You may recognize some of these expressions

0:31.9

in your language too. I highly recommend

0:34.6

reviewing today's show notes to better help you remember the new words. Here's one

0:40.8

we use a lot and chaya kazot and Kaya Kazot literally there's no animal like this it means no such thing for

0:50.0

example they pay you to play video games all day, stop it, there's no such thing.

0:56.7

Die and Hayakazot. The word for donkey is chamore and just like in many other languages it's not a good thing to be a

1:09.0

chamore when we realize we did a stupid thing we often say as a homogany

1:15.6

God I'm so stupid or in the past as a homoahiti

1:40.3

Achรฉ have all my sheaf tea. Na Vodkkmo Hamurim will work like donkeys. The Hamo works hard in the field and you've had colum K kow Hamomo, better translated as,

1:44.0

I work every day like a dog.

1:46.0

Speaking of dogs, we say,

1:50.0

Yakev, just like in Arabic,

1:52.0

Yakalb means you dog.

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Although we love dogs, Yacรจlev is not a nice thing to be called.

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Azekelev is said about someone who did something mean, usually behind their back, or jokingly to your friend.

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Yeah Kellev, you're going abroadul, in this case we hate our friend because we're jealous of him.

2:17.0

In feminine, Kullba is a female dog and is used to call a woman a bitch just like in English.

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