#63 The Truth, the Whole Truth, and Nothing but the Truth
Streetwise Hebrew
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๐๏ธ 2 December 2014
โฑ๏ธ 6 minutes
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Summary
Eavesdrop onย any phonecall on a bus or sherut in Israel, count to ten, and you'll probably hearย be'emet? ('really?')
'Truth,'ย emet, and its derivatives areย found in all shapes and sizes in Hebrew. Host Guy Sharett teaches usย some words and expressions with the alef-mem-tav rootโฆ we mean it!ย Be'emet!
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New Words and Expressions:
"Rak sheteda et haemet" โ Just that you know the truth โ ืจืง ืฉืชืืข ืืช ืืืืช
Ta'emet/Ha-emet โ I'll give you the truth, to be honest โ ืช'ืืืช/ืืืืช
Kol haemet verak emet โ The truth and nothing but the truth โ ืื ืืืืช ืืจืง ืืืช
"Aval im telchi im ha-emet shelach at targishi tov im atsmech" โ If you're true to yourself, you'll feel good with yourself โ ืืื ืื ืชืืื ืขื ืืืืช ืฉืื ืืช ืชืจืืืฉื ืืื ืขื ืขืฆืื
"Ma ha-chayim ha-ele bli le'ehov, be'emet vemikarov" โ What is this life without loving, truthfully and closely โ ืื ืืืืื ืืืื ืืื ืืืืื, ืืืืช ืืืงืจืื
Be-emet โ Really? / really โ ืืืืช
Be'emet toda raba! โ Thank you very much, thanks for nothing โ ืืืืช ืชืืื ืจืื
Nu, be'emet โ Give me a break โ ื ื, ืืืืช
"U-miyad achar kach bi-zman emet" โ Up next, in real time โ ืืืืื ืืืจ ืื ืืืื ืืืช
Mechonat emet โ Lie detector โ ืืืื ืช ืืืช
Emet o chova โ Truth or dare โ ืืืช ืื ืืืื
Gever amiti โ A real man โ ืืืจ ืืืืชื
Amiti, achi โ For real, dude โ ืืืืชื, ืืื
Le'amet โ To verify โ ืืืืช
Le'amet pratim โ To verify the details โ ืืืืช ืคืจืืื
Imut โ Verification โ ืืืืืช
For verification โ Le-imut โ ืืืืืืช
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Playlist and Clips:
Sarit Hadad โ Rak she-teda et ha-emetย (lyrics)
Ha-click โ Kol Ha-emetย (lyrics)
Muki โ Be'emet U-mi-karovย (lyrics)
Yoni Rechter โ Even min Ha-levย (lyrics)
Ehud Banay โ Masach Ha-barzelย (lyrics)
Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | This is T.L.B. 1. |
| 0:05.0 | Street-wise Hebrew. |
| 0:09.0 | Shalom. It's me a guy from streetwise Hebrew. Rachsh-ted-a-e-e-e-e. |
| 0:15.0 | A-a-a-a-a-e. |
| 0:17.0 | A-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a. Rach yet aet a aet, just that you know the truth, |
| 0:25.0 | a da the song you might remember from other episodes. |
| 0:30.0 | Rachcheted a da just that you know, Ete Haemet, so E is the direct object particle here, |
| 0:37.1 | Haemet, the truth is the direct object. |
| 0:40.3 | Usually Ete Haemet becomes Taemet, tough, apostrophe, Alef Meme Taf. |
| 0:47.0 | So I'll give you the truth, wanna hear the truth, Taemet. |
| 0:51.4 | You'll also hear Haemitit meaning the same thing so to tell you the truth and so many people |
| 0:58.1 | begin sentences with ha-emat blah blah blah blah. |
| 1:02.1 | Ta-emat blah blah, so to tell you the truth. |
| 1:05.6 | Call Ha Emet, Verec Emet, all the truth, call Ha Emet, our version of the truth and nothing but the truth. |
| 1:15.9 | So Koleh Ahmed, the Rach Emmet is taken from an oath at court for example. |
| 1:21.2 | By the way you can listen to all the songs I'm using and read the lyrics |
| 1:24.9 | and look at the new words and expressions on TLv1.F.m. slash streetwise Hebrew on today's show. |
| 1:31.1 | But I'm telling him I'm actually, you're going to go to |
| 1:35.0 | tove and smach. |
| 1:40.0 | If you go with your truth, if you're true to yourself, |
| 1:43.2 | At Targishitovimatsmir. |
| 1:45.7 | I found this YouTube clip by Tamank-Kapsuton |
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