#67 Don't Let Your 'Sucker' Index Get Out of Control
Streetwise Hebrew
TLV1 Studios
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🗓️ 30 December 2014
⏱️ 6 minutes
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Summary
There is one thing we Israelis dread above all: Being a 'fraier' – a 'sucker.' That's why we have to stand firm, drive a hard bargain, suspect anyone who offers super cheap prices, and never take things for granted.
Guy Sharett teaches us about this crucial term, and we learn what the 'fraieriyoot' index is.
New Words and Expressions:
Fraier – פְרָאיֵיר
Lihyot fraier – לִהיוֹת פְרָאיֵיר
Ata choshev she'ani fraier – אָתָה חוֹשֵׁב שֶׁאָנִי פְרָאיֵיר
Yatsata faier – יָצָאתָ פְרָאיֵיר
Kchi lach eize fraier – קְחִי לָךְ אֵיזֶה פְרָאיֵיר
Shlish me-chayaley ha-milu'im: anachnu fraierim – שְׁלִישׁ מֵחַיָילֵי הַמִּילוּאִים: אֲנַחְנוּ פְרָאיֵירִים
Fraierit – פְרָאיֵירִית
Ani diplomatit, ve-al tikre'u li fraierit – אֲנִי דִּיפְּלוֹמָטִית, וְאַל תְּקְרְאוּ לִי פְרָאיֵירִית
Yoter mi-250 elef israelim hifsiku lihyot fraierim – יוֹתֵר מ-250 אֶלֶף יִשְׂרְאְלִים הִפְסִיקוּ לִהְיוֹת פְרָאיֵירִים
Naa'se milu'im, neshalem ha-misim, naamod ba-pkakim, otanu lo dofkim, anachnu betach lo fraierim – וְנַעֲשֶׂה מִילוּאִים, נְשַׁלֵּם הַמִּסִים, נַעֲמוֹד בַּפְּקָקִים, אוֹתָנוּ לֹא דּוֹפְקִים, אֲנַחְנוּ בֶּטַח לֹא פְרָאיֵירִים
Fraierim lo metim, hem rak mitchalfim – פְרָאיֵירִים לֹא מֵתִים, הֵם רָק מִתְחַלְּפִים
Madad ha-fraieriyoot sheli – מַדָּד הַפְרָאיֵירִיוּת שֶׁלי
Playlist and Clips:
Ha-Dag Nachash – Lo Fraierim (Lyrics)
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| 0:00.0 | This is T.L.B. 1. 1. |
| 0:07.0 | Street-wise Hebrew. |
| 0:10.0 | Shalo. |
| 0:11.0 | It's me Guy from Streetwise Hebrew. |
| 0:13.0 | Rubin Loi wrote me a really nice email and said, |
| 0:16.0 | I want to suggest a word for a future podcast, |
| 0:18.5 | Freire. |
| 0:19.5 | In my opinion, he said, |
| 0:21.0 | it is a quintessentially Israeli word and reflects so much of the national |
| 0:25.4 | psyche. I couldn't agree more Michael and indeed this is what we're going to do today |
| 0:29.4 | to the arabah. If you listen to our show on your smartphone you can press the streetwise Hebrew logo on |
| 0:34.6 | iPhone or look for an info button and see all the new words we added there for this show. |
| 0:40.5 | You can also see the same list on TELV1.. FM slash streetwise Hebrew on today's show. |
| 0:45.0 | Freire means a sucker, someone who can be used by others |
| 0:49.0 | and one of the first principles you learn when you are an Israeli kid is not to be a friar, |
| 0:54.8 | lo leiot friar. |
| 0:57.0 | Always to bargain, not to believe anything you're told, like here. |
| 1:00.6 | This is my responsibility, that the law, the law, and the law, and the law lot of the situation with the vodala. |
| 1:05.0 | At the Hosev Shoev Shani Freire. |
| 1:08.0 | Do you think that I'm a friar? |
| 1:10.0 | This was said by Natan Zevi, a, a famous radio host who speaks to someone who pretends to be someone he's not. |
| 1:16.2 | Natan caught him red-handed and let's hear again what he said. |
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