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Streetwise Hebrew

#51 Beauty Kings and Queens

Streetwise Hebrew

TLV1 Studios

Language Learning, Judaism, Religion & Spirituality, Education

4.9 โ€ข 1.1K Ratings

๐Ÿ—“๏ธ 9 September 2014

โฑ๏ธ 11 minutes

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Summary

Yaffeย means 'beautiful,'ย but the nounย yofiย โ€“ 'beauty' โ€“ is used in Modern Hebrew to mean 'Great!' You've probably heard your Hebrew teacher saying it when you get an answer right in class.

How do you say 'beauty queen,' for instance?

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New Words and Expressions:

"Ha-ra'ita eize yofi?" โ€“ Did you see this beauty? โ€“ ื”ืจึธืื™ืช ืื™ื–ื” ื™ื•ืคื™

Yofi โ€“ Beauty โ€“ ื™ื•ืคื™

Yafรฉ, yafa โ€“ Beautiful โ€“ ื™ืคื”

Eize yofi โ€“ How nice โ€“ ืื™ื–ื” ื™ื•ืคื™

Yofi gavri โ€“ Male beauty โ€“ ื™ื•ืคื™ ื’ื‘ืจื™

Yofi nashi โ€“ Female beauty โ€“ ื™ื•ืคื™ ื ืฉื™

"At hachi yafa ba'olam, malkat hayofi sheli" โ€“ You're the prettiest in the world, my beauty queen โ€“ ืืช ื”ื›ื™ ื™ืคื” ื‘ืขื•ืœื, ืžืœื›ืช ื”ื™ื•ืคื™ ืฉืœื™

Malkat hayofi shel Israel โ€“ The Israeli beauty queen โ€“ ืžืœื›ืช ื”ื™ื•ืคื™ ืฉืœ ื™ืฉืจืืœ

Li-shnat 2014 โ€“ For the year of 2014 โ€“ ืœืฉื ืช 2014

Hi muamedet mispar 12 mor maran โ€“ โ€ฆis candidate number 12 mor maran โ€“ ื”ื™ื ืžื•ืขืžื“ืช ืžืกืคืจ 12 ืžื•ืจ ืžื•ืจืŸ

Yofi โ€“ Great! Well done! โ€“ ื™ื•ืคื™

Eize yoffie li โ€“ How great it is for me โ€“ ืื™ื–ื” ื™ื•ืคื™ ืœื™

Yofi lahem! โ€“ Good for them! โ€“ ื™ื•ืคื™ ืœื”ื

Yofi lecha โ€“ Good for you โ€“ ื™ื•ืคื™ ืœืš

Mamash yofi โ€“ Really great โ€“ ืžืžืฉ ื™ื•ืคื™

Yofi shel yerakot โ€“ Great vegetables โ€“ ื™ื•ืคื™ ืฉืœ ื™ืจืงื•ืช

Yofi shel avoda โ€“ Good job! โ€“ ื™ื•ืคื™ ืฉืœ ืขื‘ื•ื“ื”

Mechon yoffie โ€“ Beauty salon โ€“ ืžื›ื•ืŸ ื™ื•ืคื™

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Playlist and Clips:

Dorit Reuveni โ€“ Yesh Prachimย (lyrics)

Eyal Golan โ€“ Malkat Ha-yofi Sheliย (lyrics)

Nikuy Rosh โ€“ Tacharut Melech Ha-yofi

Julie Andrews โ€“ Wouldn't it be loverlyย 

Rita โ€“ Yoffie Li (From Gvirti Ha-nava, My Fair Lady)ย (lyrics)

Yoffie shel yerakot

Mechon yoffie โ€“ Beauty Salon

Transcript

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0:00.0

This is T.L.B. 1.

0:05.0

Street-wise Hebrew.

0:10.0

Shalo. It's me Guy from Street-wise Hebrew. Today we're going to talk about the word Yofi. Heharaita Heseufi,

0:25.0

Hehifi,

0:28.0

Heharae dehruh,

0:30.0

Hehita Heseiofi, did you see this beauty? Yofi means beauty, it's the noun of Yefe, the adjective,

0:40.0

Yefa, feminine. Aiseyofiy means literally what a beauty, but we use it for how nice, how pretty, how great.

0:48.2

We can talk about Yofy Gavri, male beauty, Yofy Neshi, female beauty,

0:53.7

beauty, or about beauty queens? officially.

1:03.0

At the ha ha, baa olem, Malkah,

1:05.0

hai officially, E Al Golan.

1:07.0

You're the prettiest in the world.

1:09.0

At a hai-yafah, by al-al-alam.

1:11.0

Malkah officially, my beauty queen.

1:13.8

So Malkah is a queen.

1:15.6

It becomes Malkat haiofi, queen of beauty.

1:19.9

In Smichut, compound noun, the hay at the end becomes tough. So,

1:24.4

Malkah, Malkat, Hayofi. I remind you that when you add hay, the, to Smichut, compound noun, it goes to the second word so Beeth has a school the house of book

1:36.2

Malkat ha yofi the beauty queen and this is part of the Israeli ethos.

1:43.0

But kata official Israel, the Shnat al-Pimabaisi,

1:48.0

he who ammed it me spar,

1:50.0

I'm sorry,

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