#71 Fine-Tune Your Hebrew With "Be'Etsem"
Streetwise Hebrew
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๐๏ธ 27 January 2015
โฑ๏ธ 7 minutes
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Summary
Be'etsem, which means 'actually,' is comprisedย of preposition 'be' -ืึฐึผ plus the word etsem, which is anย 'object,' 'essence,' or 'gist'โฆ but also a 'bone.' What? Guy Sharett explains all.
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New Words and Expressions:
Be'etsem โ Actually โ ืืขืฆื
Etsem (Pl. atsamim) โ Object, gist, bone โ ืขืฆื
Zehu etsem ha'inyan โ This is the gist โ ืืื ืขืฆื ืืขื ืืื
"Ve-himshichu lichyot be-osher va-osher ad etsem hayom ha-ze โ And they lived happily ever after till this very day โ ืืืืฉืืื ืืืืืช ืืืืฉืจ ืืขืืฉืจ ืขื ืขืฆื ืืืื ืืื
Abam, etsem bilti mezuheh โ UFO โ ืขืฆื ืืื ืืืืื, ืขื"ื
Abamim โ UFOs โ ืขื"ืืื
Shem etsem, shmot etsem โ Noun, nouns โ ืฉื ืขืฆื, ืฉืืืช ืขืฆื
Atsmi โ Myself โ ืขืฆืื
Chaim mi-shel atsmi โ A life of my own โ ืืืื ืืฉื ืขืฆืื
Sherut atsmi โ self service โ ืฉืืจืืช ืขืฆืื
"Ein be'etsem zman" โ Actually, there's no time โ ืืื ืืขืฆื ืืื
"Shikarti kshe-amarti shehakol kol kach nifla, ki shum davar be'etsem lo haya nachon" โ I lied when I said everything was so wonderful, because actually nothing was true โ ืฉืืงืจืชื ืืฉืืืจืชื ืฉืืื ืื ืื ื ืคืื ืื ืฉืื ืืืจ ืืขืฆื ืื ืืื ื ืืื
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Playlist and Clips:
Kaveret โ Po Kavor Ha-kelev (lyrics)
Ben Artsi โ Hayim Mi-shel Atsmi (lyrics)
Jirafot โ Ein Be'etsem Zman (lyrics)
Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | This is T.L.B. 1. 1 radio. |
| 0:06.0 | Great, make sure. |
| 0:08.0 | I like Tele, this is still V1. |
| 0:10.0 | This is Tel Aviv. This is Tel Aviv. |
| 0:11.0 | Great. P. Grazi. |
| 0:14.0 | This is T.O.B. 1. Streetwise Hebrew. |
| 0:25.0 | Hebrew. |
| 0:28.0 | Shalom, it's me Guy from Streetwise Hebrew. |
| 0:32.0 | Shallow, it's me Guy from Streetwise Hebrew. |
| 0:33.0 | But it's not Guy, it's Lior, the technical producer of the show. |
| 0:38.0 | Okay, thank you, Leor. |
| 0:41.0 | Shalom, it's me Guy from Streetwise Hebrew. Andy Barr from Seattle wrote me a really nice |
| 0:47.6 | email, hi Andy, and said I should talk about Beetsim actually. Today D, this is what we're going to do today. |
| 0:55.0 | If you use your smartphone, press the Telv1 logo to see a list of the words and idioms I'm talking about, |
| 1:00.0 | or look for an info button. |
| 1:02.0 | Same list is on TLv1. |
| 1:03.6 | FM slash streetwise Hebrew on today's show. Beetsem, which can mean actually, is |
| 1:09.7 | preposition bea in, plus the word ezim so before we talk about be ezim let's talk about ezim |
| 1:17.0 | ea sadi mem Pukabuahhala hahala |
| 1:24.0 | seuet se banya Etsam is a bone but also an object, the essence, the essence, the gist. |
| 1:36.2 | Etsam is a bone, but also an object, the essence, the gist. |
| 1:40.8 | Zeh Etsam Hainan, this is the gist, the essence of the matter. |
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