#42 'Yalla,' let's go!
Streetwise Hebrew
TLV1 Studios
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๐๏ธ 17 June 2014
โฑ๏ธ 5 minutes
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Summary
One of the most used words in Israeli slang is actually from Arabic. Yalla is used to encourage someone to do something, but with the right intonation you can deliver an array of different notions. Yalla, press โplay!โ
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Words and expressions discussed:
Yalla โ ืึธืืืึธื
Ya Allah โ ืึธื ืึทืืึธื
Yalla zazim โ ืึธืืืึธื ืึธืึดืื
Yalla lech ha-bayita Motti โ ืึธืืืึธื ืึตืึฐ ืืึผึทืืชึธื ืืึนืึดื
Az yalla โ ืึธื ืึธืืืึธื
Yalla beitar โ ืึธืืืึธื ืึผึตืืชึธ"ืจ
Yalla-yalla โ ืึธืืืึธื-ืึธืืืึธื
Tov, yalla bye โ ืืึนื, ืึธืืืึธื ืึผึทืื
Tov, yalla mmmmmmbye โ ืืึนื, ืึธืืืึธื ืึฐืึฐืึฐืึฐืึฐ-ืึผึทืื
Playlist and Clips:
โYalla Nowโ Pepsi ad, Arabic
Sarit hadad โ Yalla Lech Ha-bayita Moti (Lyrics here)
Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | This is T.L.B. 1. One. |
| 0:07.0 | Street-wise. |
| 0:08.0 | Hebrew. |
| 0:10.0 | Shalo. It's me Guy from Street-wise Hebrew. |
| 0:12.0 | Many people say they need to see the words written in front of them when they listen to the podcast |
| 0:16.8 | So if you go to today's episode on TLV1.F.M slash streetwise Hebrew everything is there |
| 0:22.3 | Today we talk about Yala. It means something like |
| 0:26.0 | let's do it or hurry up a bit like the Yiddish word NU that we use in Hebrew. |
| 0:31.0 | We took Yala from Arabic where it sounds like this. |
| 0:35.0 | Yala, |
| 0:36.0 | Yala, be fair we get a one. |
| 0:38.0 | Yala, |
| 0:40.0 | Yala, |
| 0:41.0 | Do you hear the L? It's a bit different from the Hebrew Yala. from Yala, Yala, |
| 0:55.0 | Yala, came from Yaa Allah, O God. |
| 1:00.0 | We spoke about this Yaa in our cursing drivers episode. Check it out. |
| 1:04.4 | Oh and this is a campaign Pepsi made for the Arab world and called it |
| 1:08.4 | Yalah! |
| 1:10.4 | Yalah now! that's the name of the campaign. |
| 1:15.0 | Come on now, let's do it now. |
| 1:18.0 | Back to Hebrew. |
| 1:19.0 | Yala could come before a verb, Yala Zazim, Yala, we're making a move, Yala let's go, Yala |
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