#65 Don't You Worry 'Bout a Thing!

Streetwise Hebrew

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Language Learning, Judaism, Religion & Spirituality, Education

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🗓️ 16 December 2014

⏱️ 7 minutes

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Summary

When an Israeli tells you "al tid'ag," or "don't worry," that's when you should probably start to worry.

Guy Sharett teaches us how to talk about worrying – or making sure people don't – and what else this root, דאג, has up its sleeve.

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New Words and Expressions:

Al tid'agi, al tid'ag, al tid'agoo – Don't worry – אל תדאג, אל תדאגי, אל תדאגו

Al tid'ag – Don't worry – אל תדאג

Al tidagi li, ima – Don't worry about me, mom – אל תדאגי לי, אמא

"Al tid'agoo li, aba, ani osa chayim" – Don't worry about me, Dad, I am having fun – אל תדאגו לי, אבא, אני עושה חיים

Ein lach ma lid'og – You have nothing to worry about (f.) – אין לך מה לדאוג

"Mishehu do'eg li sham lemala" – Someone takes care of me up there – מישהו דואג לי שם למעלה

Mi Doeg lebirot – Who is taking care of the beer – מי דואג לבירות

De'aga – Concern, worry – דאגה

Al deaga – No worries – אל דאגה

"Ze seker mad'ig" – It's a distressing poll – זה סקר מדאיג

Lehad'ig mishehu – To worry someone – להדאיג מישהו

"Ani lo mood'ag me-hafalastinim, ani moodag mehaisraelim" – I am not concerned about the Palestinians, I am worried about the Israelis – אני לא מודאג מהפלסטינים, אני מודאג מהישראלים

Mood'ag mi- – Worried about something (m.) – מודאג מ

Mood'eget mi- – Worried (f.) – מודאגת מ

Da'agan, da'aganit – Someone who is worried all the time – דאגן, דאגנית

Da'aganoot – Anxiety, worrying – דאגנוּת

Da'aganoot yeter – Over worrying – דאגנוּת יתר

Playlist and Clips:

Incognito – Don't You Worry 'Bout A Thing

Aviv Geffen – Al tid'ag (Lyrics)

Pablo Rozenberg – Al Tid'agi Li Ima (Lyrics)

Ehud Banai – Kmo Tsipor Ve-sharah (Lyrics)

Ein lach ma lid'og – Uzi Fuchs (Lyrics)

Mishehu – Yehudit Ravitz (Lyrics)

Shelly Yachimovich – interview TV10

Amnon Dankner – interview TV2

Ha-haverim shel Natasha – Shnei Sipurey Ahava Ktsarim (Lyrics)

Transcript

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0:00.0	This is TELB1.
0:07.0	St.C. one.
0:08.0	Streatwise Hebrew.
0:10.0	Shalom, it's a main guy from Streetwise Hebrew, trying to do without the Shalom, but it doesn't really work, does it?
0:15.7	Shalom, it's me guy from Streetwise Hebrew.
0:18.2	Don't you worry for a thing.
0:20.6	Today we talk about Alti Dagu, don't you worry about Alti Dagu, Alt I dagu, Alt I'm going to let me tell me what I'm going to tell me to
0:35.0	E. Koolab.
0:37.0	Al-Ditag,
0:44.0	Ag, don't worry, our Shorh root here is Dalit, Alef,
0:51.0	Gimel and I want to say something about the letter Aleph, if I may.
0:54.6	Many of you already know it, but all the vowels in Hebrew can also be consonants.
0:59.0	So the Alephs in the word Abba, Dad, for example, which is written Aleph, Bet Aleph. The first
1:05.3	alif is a consonant, a-a-a-a. The last alif after the bit is a silent alif and it's a vowel.
1:15.0	Al-Tid-ag, both al-Elyf in the al- and in Tid-ag are consonants.
1:21.0	So there is an e-sound there with an a vowel. But when we say
1:24.8	tidag in colloquial Hebrew many times it becomes tidag and the al-fezzed de facto
1:31.1	vowel. Al is a special particle we use for negative imperative.
1:37.0	Don't do something.
1:38.0	And after it we have the future.
1:40.0	So Al-Tid-ang, don't worry for a guy.
1:42.0	So just like Tilmaad you will learn. So, Al-Tid-ag, don't worry, for a guy.
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