#54 How YOU doin'?
Streetwise Hebrew
TLV1 Studios
4.9 โข 1.1K Ratings
๐๏ธ 30 September 2014
โฑ๏ธ 7 minutes
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Summary
Israelis love to indulge in the circular "how-are-you-how's-it-going-whatโs-new" conversation chain, so itโs part of the verbal dance you need to know.
Today Guy teaches us 11 ways, no less, of asking someone how they're doing. Letโs get on the dance floor!
Words and expressions discussed:
Ma hainyanim? (maina-nim) โ ?ืึทื ืึธืขึดื ึฐืึธืื ึดืื
Inyan โ ืขึดื ึฐืึธืื
Beseder โ ืึฐึผืกึถืึถืจ
Az ma kore? โ ?ืึธื ืึทื ืงืึนืจึถื
Ha-kol tov? โ ?ืึทืึนึผื ืืึนื
Ken achi โ ืึตึผื ืึธืึดื
Az ma nishma? โ ?ืึธื ืึทื ื ึดืฉึฐืืึธืข
Az ma? โ ?ืึธื ืึทื
Maaa? โ ?ืึทื
Ma chadash โ ?ืึทื ืึธืึธืฉื
Ein chadash โ ืึตืื ืึธืึธืฉื
Ein kol chadash tachat ha-shemesh โ ืึตืื ืึนึผื ืึธืึธืฉ ืชึทึผืึทืช ืึทืฉึถึผืืึถืฉื
Ma chadash? โ ?ืึธื ืึธืึธืฉื
Ein chadash, yesh chadash โ ืึตืื ืึธืึธืฉื, ืืฉ ืึธืึธืฉื
Ma shlomcha yakiri? โ ?ืึทื ืฉึฐืืืึนืึฐืึธ ืึธืงึดืืจึดื
Ma shlomech yakirati? โ ?ืึทื ืฉึฐืืืึนืึตืึฐ ืึธืงึดืืจึธืชึดื
Ma itcha ahuv sheli? โ ?ืึทื ืึดืืชึฐืึธ ืึธืืึผื ืฉึถืืึดื
Eich holech? โ ?ืึตืืึฐ ืืึนืึตืึฐ
Playlist and clips:
Educational TV show about ma nishma, interviews in Hebrew with Tomer Sharon, Margalit Tsanโani and others
Matti Capi & Boaz Sharabi - Shalom Aleychem (Lyrics)
Matan Attias - Ein Chadash (See lyrics on YouTube)
Sarit Chadad - Ma Shlomcha Yakiri (Lyrics)
MOG - Ma holech gever?
Ha-Dorbanim - Shuv Ha-Disko Kan (Lyrics)
Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | This is T.S.T.S.B. 1. |
| 0:08.0 | St. Wise Hebrew. |
| 0:10.0 | Shalo. It's me a guy from streetwise Hebrew. |
| 0:13.6 | My name is said there. |
| 0:15.6 | Is makow we said there |
| 0:19.0 | kultov |
| 0:20.0 | kultov kain kainchihi |
| 0:22.0 | as my shba this is actor tomir Shalon and he talked about the so many ways we've got in Hebrew to ask someone how they're doing |
| 0:30.0 | sometimes people ask you something you answer with a question like a good Jew, and this chain can go on for long, long minutes. |
| 0:38.0 | Today we learn 11 options, no less, that you can use to ask someone how they're doing. |
| 0:44.7 | Thomas Sharon spoke about this on the Israeli educational TV. |
| 0:48.0 | Let's listen again and pause to explain. |
| 0:50.2 | Ma'enim said. |
| 0:52.1 | Ma'enim, Ma'enim, Ma'enim, Bessedel. |
| 0:55.0 | Ma hainenenim, how are things. |
| 0:58.0 | Inyanne is a matter. |
| 1:00.0 | So literally we're saying here, what are the how are things when we say the two words together |
| 1:15.0 | Ma a ha nanim it quickly becomes ma ma ma ma ma ma ma ma ma ma ma ma ma ma ma ma ma ma ma ma sna ma ma ma s sna ma sna ma sna m s s s s s s s s s s s s s s s s s s s s s s s s s s s s s s s s s s s Say it five times to practice. Besseder, okay, that's the answer, literally B. B. plus Seder. |
| 1:17.0 | Seder is order. |
| 1:19.0 | B. Seder, in order. |
| 1:21.0 | An exact translation of the German in Old Nung, and we said many times that often |
| 1:26.5 | be a plus noun is an adverb in Hebrew, so shecket silence, be shecket |
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