#70 Satisfying your Hebrew needs since c. 2013
Streetwise Hebrew
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๐๏ธ 19 January 2015
โฑ๏ธ 8 minutes
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Summary
Today Guy Sharett teaches us all thingsย tsarich โย 'need.' This root, ืฆืจื, comes in many shapes and sizes: Need, necessity, consumption, consumer, and much more.
Guy also tells us about a new word he found in the dictionary โ kids, don't try this at home!
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New Words and Expressions:
Tsarich โ One needs โ ืฆืจืื
Kvar tsarich lehit'orer โ One already needs to wake up โ ืืืจ ืฆืจืื ืืืชืขืืจืจ
Tsarich lehit'akesh โ You need to be persistent โ ืฆืจืื ืืืชืขืงืฉย
Tsarich le'ehov โ You need to love โ ืฆืจืื ืืืืื
Lo tsarich lehagzim โ No need to exaggerate โ ืื ืฆืจืื ืืืืืื
Ma tsarich lakachat โ What do we need to take โ ืื ืฆืจืื ืืงืืช
Lo tsarich lehilachetz โ No need to get stressed โ ืื ืฆืจืื ืืืืืืฅ
Kol ma shetsarich ladaat alโฆ โ Everything you need to know aboutโฆ โ ืื ืื ืฉืฆืจืื ืืืขืช ืขื
Ata tsarich ahava chadasha โ You need a new love โ ืืชื ืฆืจืื ืืืื ืืืฉื
Mi tsarich otcha bichlal? โ Who needs you anyway? โ ืื ืฆืจืื ืืืชื ืืืื
"Kafe turki, bediyuk ma sh'eata tsarich" โ Turkish coffee, exactly what you need โ ืงืคื ืืืจืงื, ืืืืืง ืื ืฉืืชื ืฆืจืื
Ani yod'ea ma atem tsrichim โ I know what you guys need โ ืื ื ืืืืข ืื ืืชื ืฆืจืืืื
Mi tsarich et ze โ who needs this? โ ืื ืฆืจืื ืืช ืื
Ma ata tsarich? โ what do you need? โ ืื ืืชื ืฆืจืื
Bachayim tamid tsarich mazal โ In life you always need luck โ ืืืืื ืชืืื ืฆืจืื ืืื
Lo tsarich โ No need โ ืื ืฆืจืื
Lo rotse, lo tsarich โ If you don't want it, no need โ ืื ืจืืฆื, ืื ืฆืจืื
Lo tsarich tovot โ I don't need favours โ ืื ืฆืจืื ืืืืืช
Yoter mize anachnu lo tsrichim โ More than this we don't need โ ืืืชืจ ืืื ืื ืื ื ืื ืฆืจืืืื
Tsrichim ovdim โ We're hiring โ ืฆืจืืืื ืขืืืืื
Tsorech โ Need โ ืฆืืจื
Ein tsorech โ No need โ ืืื ืฆืืจื
Tsrachim โ Needs โ ืฆืจืืื
Mitsrach โ Necessity โ ืืฆืจื
Mitsrachim โ Consumer goods โ ืืฆืจืืื
Litsroch โ To consume โ ืืฆืจืื
Tsricha โ Consumption โ ืฆืจืืื
Tsarchan โ Consumer โ ืฆืจืื
Tsrichatni (Archaic) โ I need โ ืฆืจืืืชื ื
Tsarich letsaltsel paamayim โ You need to ring twice โ ืฆืจืื ืืฆืืฆื ืคืขืืืื
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Playlist and Clips:
Gazoz โ Shir Avodaย (lyrics)
Matti Caspi โ Ho Ma Yihyeย (lyrics)
Asaf Amdursky โ Ahava Chadashaย (lyrics)
Alona Daniel โ Tizaher Mi-nesichotย (lyrics)
Margalit Tsan'ani โ Ba-hayim Tsarich Mazalย
Tamuz โ Holech Batelย (lyrics)
Transcript
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| 0:14.0 | This is T-O-V-1. Streetwise Hebrew. |
| 0:27.0 | Hebrew. |
| 0:28.0 | Shallow, it's me Guy from Streetwise Hebrew. |
| 0:31.0 | Dr Jerry Weiss from |
| 0:32.5 | Okimus, Michigan wrote me a message in us to talk about |
| 0:35.4 | Tsariq, Khayav and Zakukuk. Jerry will follow your advice for the first |
| 0:40.4 | word only Tsariq needs because there is so much to say about it. |
| 0:45.2 | As always I recommend staring at a list of the new words and idioms I'm talking about |
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| 1:01.1 | FM slash streetwise Hebrew on today's show. |
| 1:04.0 | T. Sarih, one needs, you need. |
| 1:07.0 | Let's listen to the first example. Zare plus infinitive, one already needs to |
| 1:13.2 | buslone a gerbil a vauda |
| 1:18.0 | Zareh plus infinitive, Kvareh |
| 1:20.7 | le torrel, one already needs to wake up. |
| 1:25.1 | There is something impersonal about Zarech, unless you really mention a pronoun. |
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