#425 Are You a Real Estate Agent?

Streetwise Hebrew

TLV1 Studios

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

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🗓️ 23 July 2024

⏱️ 9 minutes

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Summary

The Hebrew word מתווך means a real estate agent. Some people really really dislike מתווכים. Let’s learn why.

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New Words and Expressions:

Metavech (dirot) – Real estate agent – מתווך

Metavech – Mediator, middleman – מתווך

Ha-metavech ba-sichot – The mediator in the talks – המתווך בשיחות

“Halo halo halo, ani lo metavech beynechem” – Hey, I am not mediating between you guys – הלו, הלו, הלו, אני לא מתווך ביניכם

“Metavchim ze am” – Real estate agents are a specific kind of lot – מתווכים זה עם

Tivooch – Mediation – תיווך

Sochnoot tivooch – Real estate agency – סוכנות תיווך

Dmei tivooch – Finder’s fee – דמי תיווך

“Ze lo mi-tivooch, ken?” – I hope it’s not through an agent – זה לא מתיווך, כן

Nadlan – Real estate – נדל”ן, נכסי דלא ניידי

Mashki’im be-nadlan – Investing in real estate – משקיעים בנדל”ן

Nadlanist, nadlanistit – Someone who invests in real estate – נדלניסט, נדלניסטית

Li-mkhira – For sale – למכירה

Le-haskara – For rent – להשכרה

Ani mechapes, mechapeset dira le-haskara – I am looking for an apartment to rent – אני מחפש/ת דירה להשכרה

Ani mechapeset dira limkhira – I am searching for an apartment that's for sale – אני מחפשת דירה למכירה

Haskarat rechev – Car rental – השכרת רכב

Mehkirat sof mlay – Inventory sale – מכירת סוף מלאי

Playlist and Clips:

Josi Katz – Etsli Ha-kol Beseder (lyrics)

Qatari mediation

Dmei tivooch – Real estate agency fees

Nadlan – Real Estate

Rona Keinan – Ha-dira Be-ge’ula (lyrics)

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Ep. no. 307 about searching HEB

Transcript

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0:00.0	This is TELB1.
0:10.0	St.C. W.
0:11.0	Streatwise Hebrew.
0:12.0	Shalo, it's me Guy with Street-wise Hebrew. Shallow, it's me Guy with Streetwise Hebrew. It's Lilla called called Bessade. A chavouacled,
0:23.0	a chavouacled,
0:25.0	a chavouac d'ishe, All the sed is
0:36.2	Hasavu a farm at that the leh a sievea nich madam
0:42.2	We're all like a man Today I'd like to talk about
0:49.0	to talk about Mehtavich, real estate agent,
0:52.4	maimtaf vavavav Gaff, and other words related to searching for and finding
0:58.1	apartments and other real estate.
1:01.2	When we hear the word Metavich the first association, is metavech
1:05.0	de rote, a real estate agent, we usually omit the de rote part and just call them
1:10.8	metavech, metavet, metavecich, metavich him.
1:14.2	But the word metavich, standalone
1:16.6	means a mediator, a middleman.
1:19.2	A mitavich, basichot means the mediator
1:22.0	in the talks, usually between enemies.
1:25.4	If one friend stops speaking with another friend and then tells me,
1:30.0	could you tell him that that I might say,
1:33.2	Alo, Alo, Alo, an Ilomitavichm,
1:36.2	I'm not mediating between you guys,
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