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Streetwise Hebrew

#433 Do Not Contact Me

Streetwise Hebrew

TLV1 Studios

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

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๐Ÿ—“๏ธ 4 February 2025

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Summary

The Hebrew word ืœืคื ื•ืช means to turn, like to turn right or left. But we use ืœืคื ื•ืช for other things as well, like when we need to contact our municipality or to tell someone to stop texting us.

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New Words and Expressions:

Lifnot โ€“ To turn โ€“ ืœืคื ื•ืช

Pnรฉ โ€“ Turn (Imp., m.) โ€“ ืคื ื”

Pni โ€“ Turn (Imp. f.) โ€“ ืคื ื™

Pnรฉ/pni yamina โ€“ Turn right โ€“ ืคื ื”/ืคื ื™ ื™ืžื™ื ื”

Pnu le-rofe ha-mishpacha shelachem โ€“ Contact your family doctor โ€“ ืคื ื• ืœืจื•ืคื ื”ืžืฉืคื—ื” ืฉืœื›ื

Pnu le- โ€“ Turn to someone โ€“ ืคื ื• ืœ

Eich ponim le-anashim โ€“ How do you address people โ€“ ืื™ืš ืคื•ื ื™ื ืœืื ืฉื™ื

โ€œLo mafria li she-ponim elai bi-lshon zacharโ€ โ€“ It doesnโ€™t bother me when I am addressed in masculine form โ€“ ืœื ืžืคืจื™ืข ืœื™ ืฉืคื•ื ื™ื ืืœื™ื™ ื‘ืœืฉื•ืŸ ื–ื›ืจ

โ€œLo mafria li she-ponim elai bi-lshon nekevaโ€ โ€“ It doesnโ€™t bother me if you address me in feminine form โ€“ ืœื ืžืคืจื™ืข ืœื™ ืฉืคื•ื ื™ื ืืœื™ื™ ื‘ืœืฉื•ืŸ ื ืงื‘ื”

โ€œLo meshane li eich ponim elaiโ€ โ€“ I donโ€™t care how you address me โ€“ ืœื ืžืฉื ื” ืœื™ ืื™ืš ืคื•ื ื™ื ืืœื™ื™

โ€œTifnรฉ elai be-gever, tifne elai be-isha, ze oto davarโ€ โ€“ Address me as a man, as a woman, itโ€™s the same โ€“ ืชืคื ื” ืืœื™ื™ ื‘ื’ื‘ืจ, ืชืคื ื” ืืœื™ื™ ื‘ืื™ืฉื”

โ€œYachol lihyot she-yifnu elai yoter benekeva be-oto yomโ€ โ€“ It might happen that people will address me more using feminine form on that day โ€“ ื™ื›ื•ืœ ืœื”ื™ื•ืช ืฉื™ืคื ื• ืืœื™ื™ ื™ื•ืชืจ ื‘ื ืงื‘ื” ื‘ืื•ืชื• ื™ื•ื

โ€œVe-anachnu rotsim lifnot achshav la-katevet shelanoo ba-shetachโ€ โ€“ And now weโ€™d like to turn to our reporter on the ground โ€“ ื•ืื ื—ื ื• ืจื•ืฆื™ื ืœืคื ื•ืช ืขื›ืฉื™ื• ืœื›ืชื‘ืช ืฉืœื ื• ื‘ืฉื˜ื—

โ€œMi she-tsarich ezra, she-yifne elai ba-pratiโ€ โ€“ If you need help, you can send me a private message โ€“ ืžื™ ืฉืฆืจื™ืš ืขื–ืจื”, ืฉื™ืคื ื” ืืœื™ื™ ื‘ืคืจื˜ื™

โ€œHu amar she-tifne elav be-mailโ€ โ€“ He said you can contact him by email โ€“ ื”ื•ื ืืžืจ ืฉืชืคื ื” ืืœื™ื• ื‘ืžื™ื™ืœ

โ€œHi amra she-tifni eleha ba-nayadโ€ โ€“ She said you can contact her on her cellphone โ€“ ื”ื™ื ืืžืจื” ืฉืชืคื ื™ ืืœื™ื” ื‘ื ื™ื™ื“

Panit la-mishtara? โ€“ Did you contact the police? โ€“ ืคื ื™ืช ืœืžืฉื˜ืจื”

Panit la-iriya? โ€“ Did you get in touch with the municipality? โ€“ ืคื ื™ืช ืœืขื™ืจื™ื™ื”

Al tifnรฉ/tifni elai yoter โ€“ Donโ€™t contact me anymore โ€“ ืืœ ืชืคื ื”/ืชืคื ื™ ืืœื™ื™ ื™ื•ืชืจ

โ€œLo lifnot elai, lo ledaber elaiโ€ โ€“ Donโ€™t contact me, donโ€™t talk to me โ€“ ืœื ืœืคื ื•ืช ืืœื™ื™, ืœื ืœื“ื‘ืจ ืืœื™ื™

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Playlist and Clips:

Nasrin Kadri โ€“ Le Lifnot Elai (lyrics)

Pnu le-rofe ha-mishpacha

Exceptional People Documentary

Ep. 6 about Ata or At HEB

Ep. no. 418 about Zehut, identity HEB

Transcript

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0:00.0

This is TLV1.

0:10.4

Streetwise Hebrew.

0:13.0

Shalom. It's me Guy with Streetwise Hebrew.

0:16.3

No, to front to me, not to talk to me.

0:18.7

Don't come to me. You're a gaffe with me. A lot. It's a lot. Today, today I'd like to talk about to talk about

0:32.5

to turn.

0:34.5

But before that,

0:35.5

a small request for those of you

0:37.2

who use Apple podcasts, could you take

0:39.7

a moment to rate us or, better yet, write a short review? Feel free to write a review in your

0:45.1

mother tongue. It doesn't have to be in English. Here's how, in your Apple Podcasts app, go to the

0:51.1

library tab on the bottom, find and click on the streetwise Hebrew podcast in your library,

0:56.6

then scroll down, pass the latest episode to the section, write a review, down, down, down,

1:03.0

down, down, yeah, and write a short review about us. Ratings and reviews help spread the word

1:08.7

to new listeners, and more than anything, we love reading them,

1:12.5

like the one left on Apple Podcasts by Blake M.M., who wrote,

1:17.4

I took some Hebrew in college and streetwise Hebrew,

1:20.5

has been my way to keep practicing and learn new words over the years.

1:24.6

Never a dull episode.

1:26.3

Thank you so much, Guy, and everyone at TLV-1. Wow,

1:30.1

Tudda rabbi ma'allamot. How a kef. Yala, now, now, laparque of day. Can anyone remember way back

1:37.6

to episode number six, Atta or Atta, or Att, where I spoke about how the navigation app weighs

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