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Streetwise Hebrew

#6 Ata or At?

Streetwise Hebrew

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Language Learning, Judaism, Religion & Spirituality, Education

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๐Ÿ—“๏ธ 17 September 2013

โฑ๏ธ 3 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 โ€“ Route โ€“ ืžืกืœื•ืœ

Ya'ad โ€“ Destination โ€“ ื™ืขื“

Pni โ€“ Turn (Imp., fem.) โ€“ ืคื ื™

Pneh โ€“ Turn (Imp., m.) โ€“ ืคื ื”

Hayim, hayot โ€“ Live (present tense, pl. m, pl. f.) โ€“ ื—ื™ื™ื ื•ื—ื™ื•ืช

Anachnu hayavot ve-hayavim โ€“ We must (f.) and must (m.) โ€“ ืื ื—ื ื• ื—ื™ื™ื‘ื•ืช ื•ื—ื™ื™ื‘ื™ื

Anachnu lo yecholot ve-yecholim โ€“ We cannot (f.) and cannot (m.) โ€“ ืื ื—ื ื• ืœื ื™ื›ื•ืœื•ืช ื•ื™ื›ื•ืœื™ื

Hakesh โ€“ Dial (Imp., m.) โ€“ ื”ืงืฉ

Na lehakish โ€“ Please dial (Inf.) โ€“ ื ื ืœื”ืงื™ืฉ

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Playlist and Clips:

MK Merav Michaeli inauguration speech

Rita โ€“ Ani chaya li mi-yom le-yom (lyrics)

Transcript

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Streetwise Hebrew.

0:07.0

Hebrew.

0:10.0

Shallow, it's me Guy from Streetwise Hebrew.

0:17.0

The route is ready. Start masculine driving.

0:20.0

This is how it sounds on Ways, a popular smartphone navigation application which gives you driving instructions to your destination.

0:27.0

The default, masculine of course.

0:30.0

He got a laiyad. You, you masculine have reached the destination and if I'm a woman I went to the

0:38.0

settings and changed the Hebrew to feminine Hebrew.

0:40.5

Pnehamina, um I had Miea. Imperative, feminine, turn right instead of the usual Pne Yamina in masculine.

0:52.1

I drove like this through the streets of Tel Aviv and it felt weird but also

0:56.6

refreshing.

0:57.6

Meghaheli a feminist member of Knesset from the Labor Party started many years ago when she was a journalist

1:04.4

and radio host to speak in the feminine form as default as opposed to the

1:08.8

usual masculine way. Listen to a few sentences she said in Hebrew during her inauguration speech at the Knesset in February this year.

1:17.0

I'm coming to sit and sheh Nenu.

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I'm going to go and to go up to

1:24.0

to be a tomorrow and and to go and

1:25.0

and she's sheim but as all I'm not at its men

1:28.0

let's go on

1:29.0

Israel-Zacam

1:31.0

and she's only

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and she's al-I'm calling on the Palestinian-W. Israel has a case, I'm shihaly and a Palestinian and a Palestinian

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