#55 So Long, Farewell, Auf Wiedersehen, Goodbye

Streetwise Hebrew

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🗓️ 7 October 2014

⏱️ 6 minutes

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Summary

What other ways are there to say 'goodbye' in Hebrew, apart from the ubiquitous, yalla bye? If you want to sound like an Israeli you can't just say the right words, you also have to sing them in the right tune. Guy explains.

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New Words and Expressions:

Lehitraot – See you, until we see each other – להתראות

Shalom ve-lo lehitraot – Adieu and not goodbye – שלום ולא להתראות

"Al tagid li bye" – Don't tell me goodbye – אל תגיד לי ביי

Az nedaber – We'll talk – אז נדבר

Nishtame'a/Lehitshtame'ah – We'll hear each other (goodbye) – נשתמע, להשתמע

Az machar ah? – So tomorrow, right? – אז מחר, אה?

Az be-chamishi, ken? – So on Thursday, ok? – אז בחמישי, כן?

Az be-shalosh, ken? – So at 3pm, right? – אז בשלוש, כן?

Az be-shesh, sababa? – So at 6pm, ok? – אז בשש, סבבה?

Bye neshama/kapara/motek – Bye darling – ביי נשמה/כפרה/מותק

Yalla mami, az nedaber – Ok darling, we'll talk – יאללה ממי, אז נדבר

Playlist and Clips:

Shaygetz – Shalom lach erez nehederet (lyrics)

Margalit Tzan'ani – Al Tagid Li Bye (lyrics)

Tomer Yosef – Kapara (lyrics)

Amir Benayoun & Avi Ivri – Nedaber Machar (lyrics)

Sagiv Cohen – Ha-rega (lyrics)

Ep. 11 about suffix -oosh

Ep. 22 about darling

Ep. 42 about yalla

Ep. 45 about non-committal Hebrew

Ep. 382 about motek, sweetie

Transcript

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0:00.0	This is T.L. B. 1.
0:09.0	Street-wise Hebrew.
0:11.0	Shalom, it's me Guy from Street-wise Hebrew. Shalom, it's me Guy from Streetwise Hebrew.
0:15.0	In our last episode, we learned how to say, how are you, what's up, Manishma,
0:19.2	my nanny, makore, hollech, makoreghe, makoreghe,
0:22.4	now it's time to learn how to say goodbye. The official goodbye is Lehittraut. Just like the
0:28.6	meaning of the song you hear right now called AufidVidesen Sweetheart.
0:33.0	Lietr-Ot means to see each other.
0:37.0	In German, Auf-V-Videsen means exactly the same thing,
0:40.0	until we see again, meaning each other again. Sweet Heart is a
0:55.0	Laitalte is a verb in Hitt-PA-E, that's a bignan which could be reflexive,
1:01.0	like Hitt Kaleach, something we do on our body, or reciprocal like here.
1:06.0	In this case we have reciprocity, so we will see each other, just like Lehi Tate Khev means to correspond. Shalom Lach erets ne'erret. Shalom, Vello leetra oat. So the word
1:26.1	Shalom could be both actually. It could be hello, it could be goodbye. Lehittra oat means only
1:31.8	goodbye until we see each other again.
1:35.0	So Shalom Vello-Litt-O-Litt-O-Tis means a final goodbye, not till we meet again.
1:40.2	Nowadays we don't say Lita Oth so much anymore.
1:42.8	It's considered a bit formal.
1:44.2	We often say just this. Give me back. It is a okay die.
1:54.0	The ima to rote,
1:56.0	Ross le echaya
1:58.0	As to give me by.
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