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๐๏ธ 22 April 2025
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The Hebrew word ืืช means dying and the word ืืืืช means to die. Today, Guy teaches us to use these words to mean 'cool' and 'happy.'
As usual, prepositions must rear their ugly head. But donโt worry, weโre stronger!
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New Words and Expressions:
Lamoot โ To die โ ืืืืช
โAta chayav lamoot alaiโ โ You must go crazy about me โ ืืชื ืืืื ืืืืช ืขืืื
โAni meta aleyhemโ โ I am crazy about them โ ืื ื ืืชื ืขืืืื
Ani meta al shokolad โ I am crazy about chocolate โ ืื ื ืืชื ืขื ืฉืืงืืื
Hu met mi-sartan โ He died of cancer โ ืืื ืืช ืืกืจืื
โHayom kvar lo metim me-ahavaโ โ Today people donโt die over love โ ืืืื ืืืจ ืื ืืชืื ืืืืื
Lamoot mi-tschok โ To die of laughter โ ืืืืช ืืฆืืืง
Lamoot mi-shiamoom โ To die of boredom โ ืืืืช ืืฉืขืืื
Hu met mi-pachad โ Heโs really scared โ ืืื ืืช ืืคืื
Ani met me-raav โ I am really hungry โ ืื ื ืืช ืืจืขื
Ani raev met โ Iโm dead hungry โ ืื ื ืจืขื ืืช
Ani ayef met โ I am really tired โ ืื ื ืขืืืฃ ืืช
Ani holรฉ met โ I am really sick โ ืื ื ืืืื ืืช
Ani meta mi-ze โ I cannot stand it โ ืื ื ืืชื ืืื
Ani meta le-croissant โ I am dying for a croissant right now โ ืื ื ืืชื ืืงืจืืืกืื
โAni met lirot ota ha-lailaโ โ I am dying to see her tonight โ ืื ื ืืช ืืจืืืช ืืืชื ืืืืื
Hi meta al shokolad โ Sheโs crazy about chocolate โ ืืื ืืชื ืขื ืฉืืงืืื
Hi meta mi-shokolad โ She died of too much chocolate โ ืืื ืืชื ืืฉืืงืืื
Hi meta le-shokolad โ Sheโs got this urge to have some chocolate โ ืืื ืืชื ืืฉืืงืืื
Hi meta leโechol shokolad โ She really feels like eating chocolate โ ืืื ืืชื ืืืืื ืฉืืงืืื
โMateti le-shokoladโ โ I was dying for chocolate โ ืืชืชื ืืฉืืงืืื
Hayita met โ You wish โ ืืืืช ืืช
Ani met/meta โ I cannot believe it โ ืื ื ืืช/ืืชื
Taโim mavet โ Hysterically delicious โ ืืขืื ืืืืช
Yafรฉ mavet โ Amazingly handsome โ ืืคื ืืืืช
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Playlist and Clips:
Chamsa โ Hayav Lamoot Alay (lyrics)
Boaz Sharabi โ Etsli Ha-kol Beseder (lyrics)
Arik Einstein โ Ha-or Ba-katse (lyrics)
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0:00.0 | This is TLB1. |
0:10.4 | Shalom. It's me Guy from Streetwise Hebrew. |
0:15.6 | Today we're talking about Lamut to die and how we use death words in cool and actually happy Hebrew slang terms. |
0:23.6 | First of all, prepositions can really change the meaning as you know. |
0:26.6 | So Lamut al to die on, Lamut me to die from, |
0:30.6 | Lamut le to die too. |
0:32.6 | Each one means something else. |
0:34.6 | Let's start with Lamut al. You must die on me. |
0:40.7 | You must die on me. |
0:48.4 | You must die on me, literally. |
0:50.6 | You must go crazy about me. |
0:52.6 | In Hebrew, we die on someone here al ayn lamed plus |
0:57.8 | ani becomes alai on me if it's on them it sounds like this |
1:03.9 | I'm gonna kutkka korek afoot |
1:06.7 | and muslimat I found this 12 year old Israeli girl who talks about fashion on YouTube, |
1:12.9 | and she says here, I'm metta al-hem. |
1:15.5 | I am dead on them. |
1:18.7 | I'm crazy about them. |
1:20.2 | She talks about shoes, naalaisem, which is plural feminine in Hebrew, |
1:25.4 | naalaiim, yefot. |
1:26.8 | So officially, we should actually say, I metta al-ehen, withalim yafot. So officially we should actually say |
1:29.0 | I metta alehen, with a noon |
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