#52 Land of the Setting Sun
Streetwise Hebrew
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๐๏ธ 16 September 2014
โฑ๏ธ 6 minutes
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Summary
On this episode, we explore theย root of the word ืขืจื, which means evening, and explain what it's got to do with Western movies. Plus, why wasn't Miley Cyrus willing to say the name of a famous Israeli TV show host? Guy explains.
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New Words and Expressions:
"Erev tov lach, at mushlemet" โ Good evening to you, you're perfect โ ืขืจื ืืื ืื, ืืช ืืืฉืืืช
Erev tov lecha/lach/lachem โ Good evening to you โ ืขืจื ืืื ืื/ืืื
Erev tov โ Good evening โ ืขืจื ืืื
Laila tov โ Good night โ ืืืื ืืื
"Erev Tov im Guy Pines" โ Good evening with Guy Pines โ ืขืจื ืืื ืขื ืืื ืคืื ืก
Aravim โ Evenings (also: Arabs) โ ืขืจืืื
"Libi ba-mizrach va-anochi be-sof maarav" โ My heart is in the east, and I am at the end of the west โ ืืืื ืืืืจื ืืื ืืื ืืกืืฃ ืืขืจื
Maarav โ West โ ืืขืจื
Maghreb (Ar.) ุงููู ูุบูุฑูุจ โ Ma'arav (Heb.) โ West โ ืืขืจื
Ma'arvon โ Western (movie) โ ืืขืจืืื
Erev chag โ The day before the holiday โ ืขืจื ืื
Erev Shabbat โ Friday evening โ ืขืจื ืฉืืช
Shabbat ba-erev โ Saturday evening โ ืฉืืช ืืขืจื
Erev shabbat โ Friday night โ ืขืจื ืฉืืช
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Playlist and Clips:
Lior Narkis โ Erev Tov Lachย (Lyrics)
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| 0:00.0 | This is T.L.B. 1. |
| 0:05.0 | St. W. |
| 0:08.0 | St. Wise Hebrew. |
| 0:10.0 | Chalo. |
| 0:11.0 | It's me Guy from from streetwise Hebrew. |
| 0:12.9 | Today we're going to talk about the word Erev, evening. |
| 0:16.4 | I'm rich bit. |
| 0:17.7 | Erevtovla. |
| 0:19.7 | Ereh Tovlah, Ervtovlaq at Mushlemate, Leonarchis, so good evening to you. Ervtovlach at Mushlech at Mushlemet, you are perfect. Errov is evening and Tove Good is an adjective describing the noun |
| 0:36.1 | and you can see they agree in number and gender. We can add lee good evening to you Erevtov Lechah, to a guy, |
| 0:43.7 | Lach, to a girl, Erevtov lekulam, good evening, everybody. |
| 0:48.3 | Ereuftov is a greeting you say in the evening and night. |
| 0:51.4 | Leilatov, good night, is only when you say goodbye to people at night, |
| 0:55.8 | just to bid adieu, just like good night in English. Ervtove, good evening, is the name of one of the most |
| 1:02.1 | popular entertainment TV shows in Israel. |
| 1:05.0 | The name of the host is |
| 1:07.0 | Ervedovim Guy Pinus. |
| 1:08.0 | Ervedovim Guy Pinus. |
| 1:10.0 | So his first name is Guy, just like my name, it means a valley in Hebrew, Guy Gimel Yud Alef. |
| 1:16.9 | And his surname is an Ashkenazi Jewish name, Pines, pronounced in Hebrew like Pinesse, and when he's abroad he calls himself Mr. Pines for obvious reasons. |
| 1:28.0 | Some of the foreign celebrities he interviews find it hard to believe that this is his name. |
| 1:32.0 | Here is Myly Cyrus. |
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