#58 How Do YOU Like It?

Streetwise Hebrew

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Language Learning, Judaism, Religion & Spirituality, Education

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🗓️ 28 October 2014

⏱️ 7 minutes

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Summary

Le, לְ, is how we say 'to' or 'for' in Hebrew. Guy teaches some cool expressions, and shows how we say stuff like 'for you' and 'to her.' Plus a bonus tip: How to do the most Israeli 'ch' sound!

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New Words and Expressions:

לי, לךָ, לךְ, לו, לה, לנו, לכם, לכן, להם, להן

Lachem – To you (pl.) – לכם

Lahem – To them – להם

"Yesh li cheder mi-sheli" – I have a room of my own – יש לי חדר משלי

Yesh li kelev – I have a dog – יש לי כלב

Ein li kelev – I don't have a dog – אין לי כלב

Ma yesh lachem hayom? – What do you guys have today? – מה יש לכם היום

Ma yesh lecha hayom – What's with you today? – מה יש לך היום

Ein lecha ma la'asot ba-chayim? – Don't you have other things to do? – אין לך מה לעשות בחיים

Ba li shokolad – I feel like chocolate – בא לי שוקולד

"Ba li she-tikach oti" – I feel like you'd take me – בא לי שתיקח אותי

Ba li lalechet – I feel like leaving – בא לי ללכת

Ba li tov ha-shokolad haze – This chocolate hits the spot – בא לי טוב השוקולד הזה

Ata lo ba li tov – You're not the thing I need right now – אתה לא בא לי טוב

Lo na'im li – I find it awkward – לא נעים לי

"Lo na'im li lakachat kesef me-anashim" – I feel awkward taking money from people – לא נעים לי לקחת כסף מאנשים

Na'im meod – Nice meeting you – נעים מאוד

"Lo na'im met mi-zman" – "Lo na'im" died long ago – לא נעים מת מזמן

Kef li – I enjoy myself, I am having fun – כיף לי

Kef lecha sham? – Are you enjoying it there – כיף לך שם?

"Eize kef she haya li ha-boker" – How fun it was for me this morning – איזה כיף שהיה לי הבוקר

Haya lecha kef? – Did you have fun? – היה לך כיף

Playlist and Clips:

Arkadi Duchin – Heder Mi-sheli (lyrics)

Sarit Hadad – Ba Li (lyrics)

Moran Mazor – Ata Lo Ba Li Tov (lyrics)

Lo na'im li lakachat kesef me-anashim

Tislam – Boker shel Kef (lyrics)

Transcript

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0:00.0	This is T.L. B. 1.
0:07.0	St.
0:11.0	I'm going to be a guy from Street-wise Hebrew. Today we're talking about preposition le in Hebrew which means
0:16.8	two or four and is written with just a letter lamed really but often we attach personal pronouns to it, to you, to him, etc.
0:26.0	I know not all of today's episode is hardcore slang, but as I work a lot with Hebrew learners,
0:32.0	I feel it's good to make sure you guys understand these things.
0:36.0	So first, let's decline it and you can see the words in front of you on Telv1.pham. Streetwise Hebrew on today's show.
0:45.0	To me is Lee.
0:47.0	To you masculine lecha.
0:49.0	To you feminine lach.
0:51.0	To him, law, lamed vav, not to confuse with Loh, no, which we write Lamed Alif, to her,
0:58.6	La, to us, L'Anu, to you guys, plural, Lachim, and Lachin' to your girls, but we don't really use it so much.
1:08.5	To them, Lachim, Lachin' to them, the girls, also we don't use it so much.
1:14.0	Be sure to make a huge difference between La'hem, to you, plural, and Lahem to them.
1:21.0	Many of you don't have the ch' sound in your languages so I'll give you a tip.
1:26.2	Heh, ched or calf with no dot in the middle, is like you're about to spit.
1:31.2	And heh, the letter he is ha, like Hartford, Harry Ford and Hampshire. So
1:39.2	Lahem, as opposed to Lahem. Totally different. Here are a few less structures which we use all the time. Yes, I actually, Khedder Michale.
1:55.0	Yes, I have a room of my own.
1:58.0	In Hebrew, I am not doing the job.
2:01.0	We say Yesh.
2:02.0	So yes yes there is
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