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Streetwise Hebrew

#402 Animal Sounds in Hebrew

Streetwise Hebrew

TLV1 Studios

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

4.9 โ€ข 988 Ratings

๐Ÿ—“๏ธ 19 September 2023

โฑ๏ธ 13 minutes

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Summary

If you didnโ€™t grow up as a child in Israel, chances are you donโ€™t know the sounds animals make in Hebrew, nor the verbs we use to describe them. Guy to the rescue.

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New Words and Expressions:

Miao โ€“ Meow โ€“ ืžื™ืื•

Leyalel โ€“ To wail, to complain โ€“ ืœื™ื™ืœืœ

Dai leyalel! โ€“ Stop complaining โ€“ ื“ื™ ืœื™ื™ืœืœ

Klavlav โ€“ Small dog (kelev katan) โ€“ ื›ืœื‘ืœื‘

Hav-hav โ€“ Woof-woof โ€“ ื”ื‘-ื”ื‘

Kelev noveโ€™ah โ€“ Dog barking โ€“ ื›ืœื‘ ื ื•ื‘ื—

Ha-klavim novchim ve-ha-shayara overet โ€“ The dogs bark but the caravan goes on โ€“ ื”ื›ืœื‘ื™ื ื ื•ื‘ื—ื™ื ื•ื”ืฉื™ื™ืจื” ืขื•ื‘ืจืช

Tsif-tsif/tsvits-tsvits โ€“ Chirp-chirp โ€“ ืฆื™ืฃ-ืฆื™ืฃ/ืฆื•ื•ื™ืฅ-ืฆื•ื•ื™ืฅ

Tsiporim metsaytsot โ€“ Birds chirping โ€“ ืฆื™ืคื•ืจื™ื ืžืฆื™ื™ืฆื•ืช

Letsayets โ€“ To chirp/tweet โ€“ ืœืฆื™ื™ืฅ

Tarnegol โ€“ Rooster โ€“ ืชืจื ื’ื•ืœ

Cookoorikoo โ€“ Cookadoodledoo โ€“ ืงื•ืงื•ืจื™ืงื•

Ha-tarnegol kore โ€“ The rooster crows โ€“ ื”ืชืจื ื’ื•ืœ ืงื•ืจื

Kriโ€™at ha-tarnegol โ€“ The rooster crow โ€“ ืงืจื™ืืช ื”ืชืจื ื’ื•ืœ

Tsfardeโ€™ah mekarkeret โ€“ Frog croaking โ€“ ืฆืคืจื“ืข ืžืงืจืงืจืช

Mekarkeret li ha-beten โ€“ My stomach is grumbling โ€“ ืžืงืจืงืจืช ืœื™ ื”ื‘ื˜ืŸ

Kirkur โ€“ Croaking โ€“ ืงืจืงื•ืจ

Dvorim mezamzemot โ€“ Bees buzzing โ€“ ื“ื‘ื•ืจื™ื ืžื–ืžื–ืžื•ืช

Lezamzem โ€“ To buzz โ€“ ืœื–ืžื–ื

Zimzum โ€“ Buzz โ€“ ื–ืžื–ื•ื

Zimzum shel matos kal โ€“ A buzz of a light airplane โ€“ ื–ืžื–ื•ื ืฉืœ ืžื˜ื•ืก ืงืœ

Zamzam โ€“ Buzzer โ€“ ื–ืžื–ื

Linโ€™or โ€“ To hee-haw โ€“ ืœื ืขื•ืจ

Ha-hamor noโ€™er โ€“ The donkey hea-haws โ€“ ื”ื—ืžื•ืจ ื ื•ืขืจ

Ha-kvasim poโ€™ot โ€“ The sheep bleat โ€“ ื”ื›ื‘ืฉื™ื ืคื•ืขื•ืช

Lifโ€™ot โ€“ To bleat โ€“ ืœืคืขื•ืช

Ha-kivsa poah โ€“ The sheep bleat (sg.) โ€“ ื”ื›ื‘ืฉื” ืคื•ืขื”

Ha-para goโ€™ah โ€“ The cow moos โ€“ ื”ืคืจื” ื’ื•ืขื”

Ha-para osa moo โ€“ The cow moos โ€“ ื”ืคืจื” ืขื•ืฉื” ืžื•

Tsartsar metsartser โ€“ Cricket chirping โ€“ ืฆืจืฆืจ ืžืฆืจืฆืจ

Playlist and Clips:

Yoni Rechter & Ha-keves Ha-shisha-asar โ€“ Pnina

Mati Caspi โ€“ Klavlav, ho bidi bambam (lyrics)

Hava Alberstein โ€“ Makโ€™hela Aliza (lyrics)

Ilan Peled โ€“ Kookoorikoo Hatuna

Kaveret โ€“ Tango Tsfardaim (lyrics)

Zoom Zoom Zoom

Hava Alberstein โ€“ Ha-hamor Ha-katan (lyrics)

Danny Sanderson โ€“ Shir Roโ€™im (lyrics)

Miki Kam โ€“ Tango Kfar Saba (lyrics)

Yoni Rechter & Yehudit Ravits โ€“ Laila Tov (lyrics)

Transcript

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0:00.0

This is TELV1.

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St.C. W. W.

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Streatwise.

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Chalo. It's me Guy with Street-wise Hebrew. Shalon, it's me Guy with Street-wise Hebrew.

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Today I'd like to continue speaking about animals in Hebrew,

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but this time we'll talk about the sounds they make and the verbs we use with these sounds.

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Different animal noises often sound different in different languages,

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meaning they aren't necessarily universal,

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so you'll have to learn some new sounds and verbs to cover your Hebrew.

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But let's start with Chhatulaim, cats, which are universal in sound. Nina a katula, a tak,

0:43.8

Tola, a bagir.

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Yawlach

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and a chatur,

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nah a cholah,

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Vรกhach hatur,

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nah chateur, nah chateur, I'm not going to live. We are a swan.

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Lina, kama, shea,

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yeah,

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and chimp, yeah hohala gint mea,

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who what had to la, no,

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and la. And I'm doing, Punina a chattula gdola

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Pina a chattula gdola

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