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Streetwise Hebrew

#60 To Life, L'Chaim!

Streetwise Hebrew

TLV1 Studios

Language Learning, Judaism, Religion & Spirituality, Education

4.9 โ€ข 1.1K Ratings

๐Ÿ—“๏ธ 11 November 2014

โฑ๏ธ 8 minutes

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Summary

The Hebrew word ื—ื™ื™ื, life, is so widely used that we just had to give it its own episode.

Hear the All-Hebrew Episode on Patreon

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New Words and Expressions:

Chayim (pl.) โ€“ Life โ€“ ื—ื™ื™ื

Ha-chayim shelcha nifl'aim โ€“ You're life is beautiful โ€“ ื”ื—ื™ื™ื ืฉืœืš ื ืคืœืื™ื

"Tni li lageshet el chayaich" โ€“ Let me approach your life โ€“ ืชื ื™ ืœื™ ืœื’ืฉืช ืืœ ื—ื™ื™ืš

Be-chaye-cha โ€“ Come on, please โ€“ ื‘ื—ื™ื™ืš

Be-chayecha ta'avir arutz / Bechaya'ich, ta'aviri arutz โ€“ In the name of god please change the channel โ€“ ื‘ื—ื™ื™ืš, ืชืขื‘ื™ืจ/ืชืขื‘ื™ืจื™ ืขืจื•ืฅ

Ba-chayim โ€“ Never โ€“ ื‘ื—ื™ื™ื

Shatita? Ba-chayim al tinhag โ€“ Did you drink? Never drive โ€“ ืฉืชื™ืช? ื‘ื—ื™ื™ื ืืœ ืชื ื”ื’

Le-chayim โ€“ Cheers (to life) โ€“ ืœื—ื™ื™ื

Chai, chaya, chayim, chayot โ€“ Live, living โ€“ ื—ื™, ื—ื™ื”, ื—ื™ื™ื, ื—ื™ื•ืชย 

Ma nishma? Chayim โ€“ How are you? Surviving โ€“ ืžื” ื ืฉืžืข? ื—ื™ื™ื

Osim chayim โ€“ Having fun, living the life โ€“ ืขื•ืฉื™ื ื—ื™ื™ื

Ta'ase/ta'asi/ta'asoo chayim โ€“ Have fun โ€“ ืชืขืฉื”/ืชืขืฉื™/ืชืขืฉื• ื—ื™ื™ื

Eich ha-chayim โ€“ How's life โ€“ ืื™ืš ื”ื—ื™ื™ื

Chayim sheli โ€“ My darling โ€“ ื—ื™ื™ื ืฉืœื™

Chayey kelev โ€“ Dog's life โ€“ ื—ื™ื™ ื›ืœื‘

Tse li mehachayim โ€“ Get out of my life โ€“ ืฆื ืœื™ ืžื”ื—ื™ื™ื

Harasta li et hachayim โ€“ You ruined my life โ€“ ื”ืจืกืช ืœื™ ืืช ื”ื—ื™ื™ื

Chayim tovim โ€“ Good life (envious) โ€“ ื—ื™ื™ื ื˜ื•ื‘ื™ื

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Playlist and Clips:

Keren Peles โ€“ Im Ele Ha-chayimย (lyrics)ย 

Sarit Hadad โ€“ Ha-chayim Shelkha Nifla'imย (lyrics)ย 

George Abu Shkara โ€“ Lageshet El Chayaichย (lyrics)ย 

Ba-chayim lo pagashti oto

Fiddler on the Roof โ€“ Lechaim

Barry Sisters โ€“ Lechaim

Lahakat Hel Ha-yam โ€“ Rak Be-Israelย (lyrics)

Ep. no. 22 about darling

Ep. no. 54 about "how are you?"

Transcript

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This is T.L.B. 1.

0:07.0

St. wise Hebrew.

0:09.0

Shahlum. It's me Guy from Streetwise Hebrew.

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Today we're talking about Chaim life Imle Haqhaheim, Kereen-Pellez, if these are the lives in Hebrew, if this is life in English.

0:30.0

Why, these and are? Because Chaim is plural just like maim water

0:35.0

Chaim is plural and it means life but for us it's many so anything that comes

0:40.7

after it verbs adjectives adjectives, key chains, little dogs, you name it, will be in plural.

0:47.0

Im Alejachaiin, if this is life.

0:49.8

And what happens when I want to say your life. Achaim, She'll ha, she'll ha'in' niflaeim.

1:07.0

Achaim, She'll ha niflaim.

1:10.0

Your life is beautiful, in Hebrew are beautiful so nifla great nifla im for

1:17.1

plural i remind you that on our shows page tilv1 dot fm slash streetwise Hebrew

1:22.2

you can enjoy a list of all the words and

1:24.4

expressions we learn today plus links to all the songs and the lyrics so if you

1:28.6

fall in love with the song which you will you can click on the link and try to decipher the words on your own.

1:34.5

Todah.

1:35.5

So we talked about Ahhaim Shalhah, your life.

1:39.1

In official Hebrew, you can also say this. Nili la Gesset ere a jayari.

1:49.0

Nili la Geshat a

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haai.

1:52.0

Let me approach your life, Chayayahich. So Chayim plus Ahh of the possessive feminine becomes

1:59.7

Chayayich. To a guy we can say Chayek, you're life to a man.

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