#6 Ata or At? (Rerun)

Streetwise Hebrew

TLV1 Studios

Israel, Tlv1, Religion & Spirituality, Language Learning, Education, Language, Judaism, Hebrew, Streetwise

4.9 • 988 Ratings

🗓️ 19 November 2024

⏱️ 6 minutes

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Summary

In Hebrew, the default form is the masculine form. But what happens when a navigation application speaks to women as if they were guys?

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New Words and Expressions:

Maslul – Route – מסלול

Ya’ad – Destination – יעד

Pni – Turn (Imp., fem.) – פני

Pneh – Turn (Imp., m.) – פנה

Hayim, hayot – Live (present tense, pl. m, pl. f.) – חיים וחיות

Anachnu hayavot ve-hayavim – We must (f.) and must (m.) – אנחנו חייבות וחייבים

Anachnu lo yecholot ve-yecholim – We cannot (f.) and cannot (m.) – אנחנו לא יכולות ויכולים

Hakesh – Dial (Imp., m.) – הקש

Na lehakish – Please dial (Inf.) – נא להקיש

Playlist and Clips:

MK Merav Michaeli inauguration speech

Rita – Ani chaya li mi-yom le-yom (lyrics)

Transcript

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0:00.0	Shalom, it's me, Guy, with Streetwise Hebrew. This week we are replaying an episode from our archive.
0:06.7	Patrons will find the brand new All-Hebrews sister episode written and recorded this week on patreon.com
0:14.3	slash streetwise Hebrew or in your podcast app through the private podcast feed.
0:19.8	As you may already know, we started creating the all-Hebrew episodes,
0:24.1	starting with episode number 181.
0:28.0	So once in a while, we go back into the archives
0:30.5	and create the Hebrew versions for previous episode, like this week.
0:35.2	Enjoy.
0:37.2	This is TLV-1.
0:47.3	Shalom. It's me, Guy from Streetwise Hebrew.
0:52.0	The route is ready. Start, Guy, from Streetwise Hebrew.
0:58.6	The route is ready. Start, masculine, driving.
1:03.9	This is how it sounds on Waze, a popular smartphone navigation application, which gives you driving instructions to your destination.
1:06.2	The default, masculine, of course.
1:09.6	He got a la yad. You, masculine, have reached the destination.
1:14.1	And if I'm a woman, I went to the settings and changed the Hebrew to feminine Hebrew.
1:19.8	Pne amina, imperative, feminine turn right,, instead of the usual Pne Yamina in masculine.
1:30.6	I drove like this through the streets of Tel Aviv, and it felt weird but also refreshing.
1:37.0	Merav Mikhaeli, a feminist member of Knesset from the Labour Party, started many years ago
1:41.7	when she was a journalist and radio host to speak in the feminine
1:45.1	form as default, as opposed to the usual masculine way. Listen to a few sentences she said in Hebrew
1:51.8	during her inauguration speech at the Knesset in February this year.
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