#5 Oh, Come on Already!

Streetwise Hebrew

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🗓️ 10 September 2013

⏱️ 8 minutes

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Summary

The word כבר, meaning "already," has so many functions in modern Hebrew that we decided to dedicate an entire episode to it.

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New Words and Expressions:

Kvar acharey chatzot – It's already past midnight – כבר אחרי חצות

Nu, dai kvar – Come on, enough already – נו, די כבר

Achalta kvar – Have you already eaten? – אכלת כבר

Ani kvar ba – I will come soon – אני כבר בא

Wow, chatzot kvar – Wow, it's already midnight – וואו, חצות כבר

Ne'emar kvar ha-kol – Everything has already been said – נאמר כבר הכל

Ha-kol kvar ne'emer – Everything has already been said – הכל כבר נאמר

Achaltem kvar / kvar achaltem? – Have you already eaten? – אכלתם כבר / כבר אכלתם

"Geshem, red kvar geshem" – Rain, come down already – גשם, רד כבר גשם

Dai kvar – Enough already! – די כבר

Yalla, Bo kvar! – Come already! – יאללה, בוא כבר

Ata ba? Kvar, kvar. – Are you coming? In a sec. – אתה בא? כבר, כבר

Kvar ba'im – We're coming in a sec. – כבר באים

Ani kvar hozer elecha – I'll get back to you shortly – אני כבר חוזר אליך

Anachnu kvar ochlim – We'll start eating soon – אנחנו כבר אוכלים

Anachnu kvar ochlim – We're already eating (why are you late?) – אנחנו כבר אוכלים

Ani Kvar Ba – I am coming in a minute – אני כבר בא

"Adon Kimat and Gveret Kvar" – Mr. almost and Mrs. Already – אדון כמעט וגברת כבר

Playlist and Clips:

Ilanit – Kvar Aharei Hatsot (lyrics)

Ha-haverim shel Natasha – Ne'emar Kvar Ha-kol (lyrics)

Meir Banai – Geshem (lyrics)

Kaveret – Shir Ha-makolet (lyrics)

Yehudit Ravits – Balada al Adon Kim'at Ve-gveret Kvar (lyrics)

Transcript

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0:00.0	Shalom. It's me Guy from Streetwise Hebrew. Kval A Aqha Tzot, and loquimuit hareya.
0:18.0	Kval Aha Rehachat-sot, it's already past midnight an old Israeli song.
0:22.2	What's with the word kvar already in Hebrew? We use it all the time.
0:26.0	No, da kvar. Enough already. Achaltakvar, have you already eaten? Anikvarba, I'm just coming.
0:33.0	Kvvall means already, and it can come before and after a noun,
0:37.0	like in Kvara Ahhatsot, it's already past midnight.
0:40.0	But you can also say, wow,
0:43.0	and say it at the end, it's already midnight.
0:46.0	Often it's used with the verb in the past, like here.
0:50.0	Kneeh'er call.
0:59.0	Ne'mar is the same. Ne'marvarkal.
1:00.0	Everything has already been said.
1:03.0	Nemar is the passive of Amal, said.
1:06.0	And this is a song by Alkadiducin.
1:09.0	You can put your Kvar before or after the verb.
1:12.0	Don't worry about it.
1:13.0	Nema Kvar hakol, Kvar n'erhakol, both are fine.
1:18.0	A haltem quarre, kvara haltem have you already eaten.
1:22.0	But there are some other cases where we use Kval. Red G
1:40.8	Guevarehchem, rain come down or in Hebrew come down already in this song called Gesham
1:41.7	by Meir Mare Banai.
1:42.6	When you use Kvar after an imperative or words like Dai enough,
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