#424 Can I Pet Your Dog?

Streetwise Hebrew

TLV1 Studios

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

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🗓️ 9 July 2024

⏱️ 7 minutes

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Summary

Imagine this: You are walking your dog in the ‘Viv and, out of nowhere, someone comes up to you, clearly wanting to speak about something important. Their lips are moving. They are saying something. What are they likely to say to a dog owner like you?

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New Words and Expressions:

Zachar o nekava? – Is it male or female? – זכר או נקבה

Ben kama hu / bat kama hi? – How old is he/she? – בן כמה הוא, בת כמה היא

Hi bat arba / Hu ben arba – She/He is four years old – היא בת ארבע, הוא בן ארבע

Eich korim lo? Eich korim la? – What’s her name, what’s his name? – איך קוראים לו, איך קוראים לה

Efshar latet lo / la hatif? – May I give him/her a treat? – אפשר לתת לו/לה חטיף

Ginat klavim – Dog park – גינת כלבים

Tiyul aroch – Long walk – טיול ארוך

Hu noshech? Hi noshechet? – Does he bite, does she bite? – הוא נושך, היא נושכת

Efshar lelatef? – May I pet your dog? – אפשר ללטף

Kelev ze’ev – Wolfhound – כלב זאב

Geza, gza’im – Tree trunk, breed – גזע, גזעים

Eize geza hu/hi? – What breed is it? – איזה גזע הוא/היא

Ze kelev giz’ee? – Is it a purebred, a pedigreed dog? – זה כלב גזעי

Hu/hi beseder im klavim acherim? – Is he/she okay with other dogs? – הוא/היא בסדר עם כלבים אחרים

Ken, betach – Yes, sure – כן, בטח

Ulai adif she’lo – Maybe it’s better not – אולי עדיף שלא

Playlist and Clips:

Ginat klavim – Dog park

Arik Einstein – Kama She-ratsiti Kelev (lyrics)

Ep. no. 198 about tarimu, pick up after your dogs HEB

Ep. no. 210 about hatifim, treats HEB

Ep. no. 349 about kalba tova, good dog HEB

Ep. no. 401 about Hebrew expressions with animals HEB

Transcript

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0:00.0	This is TELV1.
0:10.0	St. TELV1. Streatwise.
0:12.0	Chalo, it's me Guy with Street-wise Hebrew.
0:15.0	Listener Gabriela Macri,
0:18.0	Shalom Gabriela, wrote me saying,
0:21.0	I would like to listen to some vocabulary related to dogs or pets in general.
0:27.0	The reason is that I travel a lot with my dog and found that people everywhere would come and talk to me about her and tend to have the same questions and expressions they use and these are different per country.
0:40.0	So I would be interested in how it is in Israel.
0:42.0	Also, is it true that the root for the word would be interested in how it is in Israel.
0:42.6	Also, is it true that the root for the word
0:45.2	heart, live, and dog, kelev, is the same in Hebrew?
0:51.5	To Darabagabrela. Let's start with your question at the end.
0:55.0	There is no connection between Kellev, dog, and Lev, heart.
1:00.0	So it's just a lovely happenstance. Today we'll fulfill Gabriella's request and talk
1:06.6	about the things people say to dog owners when they see them walking on the street. One of the most common questions asked is
1:14.4	Zachal or a Kiva. Is it male or a female? Ben Kamahu, how old is he? Some owners will
1:22.4	answer, he but shallosh and you'll understand it's actually a she
1:28.6	So Ben kama who who Ben so and so but kah he he but so and so by the way as opposed to some other languages in Hebrew we don't use it when speaking about our pets
1:40.6	so don't try to translate it is four years old from English to
1:45.0	Hebrew instead say he but arba who been arba
1:49.6	echkor im la whatlah, what's his name?
1:55.0	Efjar Lattet Lojatif, may I give him a treat?
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