#48 How to Talk 'Ceasefire' in Hebrew
Streetwise Hebrew
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๐๏ธ 28 July 2014
โฑ๏ธ 6 minutes
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Summary
Everyone's talking about ืืคืกืงืช ืืฉ, ceasefire. Let's get to know the word ืืคืกืงื (break) and other words in its family which come from the root ืคืกืง.
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New Words and Expressions:
Hafsakat-esh โ Ceasefire โ ืืคืกืงืช ืืฉ
Hafsaka โ Break, stop, halting โ ืืคืกืงื
"Maga'im intensiviyim lehafsakat esh, ach ha-esh lo poseket" โ There are intensive talks for a ceasefire, but the fire won't stop โ ืืืขืื ืืื ืื ืกืืืืื ืืืคืกืงืช ืืฉ, ืื ืืืฉ ืื ืคืืกืงืช
Hafsakat esh humanitarit โ Humanitarian ceasefire โ ืืคืกืงืช ืืฉ ืืืื ืืืจืืช
Ha-hafsaka ha-gdola โ "The big break" โ ืืืคืกืงื ืืืืืื
Hifsakti lenasot โ I stopped trying โ ืืคืกืงืชื ืื ืกืืช
Hifsakti le'ashen lifeni shavua โ I stopped smoking a week ago โ ืืคืกืงืชื ืืขืฉื ืืคื ื ืฉืืืข
"Choshev lehafsik le'ashen? Eize yofi" โ Do you think of stopping smoking? That's great โ ืืืฉื ืืืคืกืืง ืืขืฉื? ืืืื ืืืคื
"Kshe'at noga'at bi, ani mafsik lachshov" โ When you touch me I stop thinking โ ืืฉืืช ื ืืืขืช ืื, ืื ื ืืคืกืืง ืืืฉืื
Lo tafsiki lekavot โ You will not stop hoping โ ืื ืชืคืกืืงื ืืงืืืช
Hufsak โ Halted, stopped โ ืืืคืกืง
Ha-sherut hufsak โ The service was discontinued โ ืืฉืืจืืช ืืืคืกืง
Piska โ Paragraph โ ืคืกืงื
Psik โ Comma โ ืคืกืืง
Pisuk โ Punctuation โ ืคืืกืืง
Pisuk raglayim โ Spreading the legs โ ืคืืกืืง ืจืืืืื
Pasuk โ Biblical verse โ ืคืกืืง
Pesek zman โ Time off / Name of a chocolate snack โ ืคืกืง ืืื
Kach pesek zman โ Take some time off โ ืงื ืคืกืง ืืื
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Boaz Sharabi -Kshe-at Nogaat Bi (lyrics)
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| 0:00.0 | This is T.L.B. 1. 1. |
| 0:07.0 | Street-wise Hebrew. |
| 0:10.0 | Shalom, it's me Guy from Street-wise Hebrew. |
| 0:12.0 | Everybody's talking today about this. It's me Guy from streetwise Hebrew. |
| 0:13.0 | Everybody's talking today about this. |
| 0:15.0 | I'm just a sall, my vts at all the time |
| 0:18.0 | and shach koko of my avakhe |
| 0:19.0 | but heh, |
| 0:20.0 | a gahim intensively |
| 0:21.0 | of the sakat-ish, heh, |
| 0:22.0 | heh, loposek. Tenga imintensivim le have saket. |
| 0:23.4 | Maga im intensive im lehafsakat ash. |
| 0:26.5 | Maga im intensively have sakat is a hakha ech loposeket |
| 0:31.0 | this is taken from the Israeli-Wala news website. |
| 0:33.7 | Magareim intensive contacts or talks. |
| 0:37.0 | Le Hafsakat-Esh for a ceasefire. |
| 0:40.0 | So Hafsakat is stopping, halting, break stopping halting break is fire it's a smihut compound |
| 0:46.7 | now so stopping of fire so the afsaka becomes hafsakat ish |
| 0:52.0 | have sakat ish humanitt, we keep hearing is a humanitarian |
| 0:55.5 | ceasefire, so humanitarian, feminine, this is an adjective describing the Hafsakat-Esh, the |
| 1:01.6 | ceasefire. |
| 1:03.0 | Then the reporter said this as if you wrote it for our podcast, let's listen again. |
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