#53 Streetwise Texting: The Hebrew Booty Call

Streetwise Hebrew

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Language Learning, Judaism, Religion & Spirituality, Education

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🗓️ 23 September 2014

⏱️ 8 minutes

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Summary

What's happened to Hebrew-speaking romantics in these days of Whatsapp, Facebook and Twitter? How do they convey their feelings in 140 characters?

Guy Sharett analyzes a unique song called 'Smiley,' whose lyrics are a collection of one-liners, sometimes just one word long, taken from real online chats between Israeli couples.

And, most importantly, which Hebrew word is used by Israelis to text their ex-partners at 3am?

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New Words and Expressions:

Er/Era – Are you up (awake)? – ער/ערה

Daber/dabri iti – Talk to me – דבר/דברי איתי

Hit'orart? – Did you get up? – התעוררת

Lehit'orer – To wake up – להתעורר

Tachzor/Tachzeri elai – Get back to me – תחזרי אליי

Halo? Yachas! – Hey, can I get some attention here? – הלו? יחס

Yachas – Treatment, attitude, attention – יחס

Yechasim – Relations – יחסים

Kara mashehu – Did something happen? – קרה משהו

Likrot – To happen – לקרות

Eifo at? – Where are you? – איפה את

Bi-fgisha (be-pgisha) – In a meeting – בפגישה

Bensi'a – In the car – בנסיעה

Be-bayit – In a home – בְּבית

Ba-bayit – At home – בַּבית

Techef – In a sec. – תיכף

Mi ze – who is it? – מי זה

Mitkasher me-chasum – I am calling from a blocked number – מתקשר מֵחסום

Tafsiki lesanen – Stop screening – תפסיקי לסנן

Mesanenet – Strainer – מסננת

Ma nish (Ma nishma) – How are you? – מה ניש?

Daber elay – Talk to me – דבר אליי

Lo chashuv – It doesn't matter – לא חשוב

Izvi (azvi) – Let it go – עזבי

Smiley boche – Crying face emoji – סמיילי בוכה

Smiley korets – Winking face emoji – סמיילי קורץ

Smiley tsochek – Smiley – סמיילי צוחק

Ch ch ch – LOL – חחח

Playlist and Clips:

Daniel Solomon – Ma nish? Daber Elai

Ep. 80 about digital Hebrew

Ep. 253 about LOL

Ep. 258 about azov

Ep. 271 about yachas

Ep. 286 about foreign words in Hebrew

Transcript

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0:00.0	This is
0:02.0	T.L. B. 1.
0:08.0	St. Why? St. Wise Hebrew.
0:10.0	Shalom, it's me Guy from Stwise Hebrew. Our language is becoming more and more
0:15.3	telegraphic. We use WhatsApp, text messages, chat on Facebook, and just like in English
0:21.2	messages are compact, condensed and a lot of information can be packed into one word which works really well in Semitic languages
0:29.8	Musician Daniel Salomon was invited to the Matsavuuma TV show aired on Reshet Channel 2
0:36.0	to do a song slash skit about romantic communication in our age.
0:40.5	Leo Schline and Shahrzagal wrote the words made by fragments of text messages they collected.
0:46.0	You'll find a link to its YouTube clip with Hebrew subtitles on today's show page on TLV1.
0:52.0	FM slash Streetwise Hebrew. I also made a list page on Telv1. Tylv1. F. M.
0:53.0	Streetwise Hebrew.
0:54.0	I also made a list of words for you.
0:56.0	You'll have to watch the clip and pause.
0:58.0	Try to read, write down new words.
1:00.0	I call these things homework that doesn't feel like homework because it's fun
1:03.8	and you're invited of course to sing with the song. Together we'll decipher parts of the
1:08.6	song which I believe are important. Here is Daniel Solomon together with
1:12.2	Roney Alta Let's start. So the guy is sending text messages and does not get answers. What did he say?
1:30.8	I'll ask Lior, our technical producer here, to play and pause.
1:34.4	Efsholichmoy the chove.
1:36.4	Era, a reish, hey. Are you up? So Ere a ere, erech, ere, ere, ere, ere, ere, ere, ere, ere, ere, ere, ere, ere, ere, ere, ere, ere, ere, ere, ere, ere, ere English ere ere a r a this is our version of a booty call so people write to their ex-girlfriend at 3 a.m.
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