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Streetwise Hebrew

#74 A Trip Down Memory Lane

Streetwise Hebrew

TLV1 Studios

Language Learning, Judaism, Religion & Spirituality, Education

4.9 โ€ข 1.1K Ratings

๐Ÿ—“๏ธ 17 February 2015

โฑ๏ธ 9 minutes

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Summary

It is Memorial Day in Israel. So today we discuss the ins and outs of ื–ื™ื›ืจื•ืŸ, the Hebrew word for memory. What's the difference between ืœื–ื›ื•ืจ and ืœื”ื™ื–ื›ืจ, if both of them mean 'to remember'? And what does a secretary have to do with it?

Guy helps jog our memory.

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New Words and Expressions:

Hu zachar โ€“ He remembered โ€“ ื”ื•ื ื–ื›ืจ

Ani zocher ota โ€“ I remember her โ€“ ืื ื™ ื–ื•ื›ืจ ืื•ืชื”

Hu achal โ€“ He ate โ€“ ื”ื•ื ืื›ืœ

Hu katav โ€“ He wrote โ€“ ื”ื•ื ื›ืชื‘

Hu Halach โ€“ He went โ€“ ื”ื•ื ื”ืœืš

Hu zocher mashehu/mishehu โ€“ He remembers something/someone โ€“ ื”ื•ื ื–ื•ื›ืจ ืžืฉื”ื•/ืžื™ืฉื”ื•

Zachur li โ€“ I remember ("it's remembered to me") โ€“ ื–ื›ื•ืจ ืœื™

"Im tizkeri oti, Sivan" โ€“ "If you remember me, Sivan" โ€“ ืื ืชื–ื›ืจื™ ืื•ืชื™, ืกื™ื•ื•ืŸ

Tizkor! โ€“ Remember this, you owe me one โ€“ ืชื–ื›ื•ืจ

Tizkor, ah? โ€“ Remember that, okay? โ€“ ?ืชื–ื›ื•ืจ, ืื”

Tizkor she- โ€“ Remember that โ€“ ืชื–ื›ื•ืจ ืฉ

Lech tizkor โ€“ Go remember โ€“ ืœืš ืชื–ื›ื•ืจ

Wow, lech tizkor akhshav โ€“ Wow, try to remember now โ€“ ื•ื•ืื•, ืœืš ืชื–ื›ื•ืจ ืขื›ืฉื™ื•

Mi zocher? โ€“ Who can remember these things? โ€“ ?ืžื™ ื–ื•ื›ืจ

"U-khshitorarti nizkarti ba-chalom" โ€“ "And when I woke up, I suddenly remembered the dream" โ€“ ื•ื›ืฉื”ืชืขื•ืจืจืชื™ ื ื–ื›ืจืชื™ ื‘ื—ืœื•ื

Nizkar be-mashehu โ€“ He got reminded of something โ€“ ื ื–ื›ืจ ื‘ืžืฉื”ื•

Ah nizkarti โ€“ Oh, now I remember โ€“ ืื”, ื ื–ื›ืจืชื™

Ani zocher otach โ€“ I remember you โ€“ ืื ื™ ื–ื•ื›ืจ ืื•ืชืš

Nizkarti bach โ€“ I suddenly thought about you โ€“ ื ื–ื›ืจืชื™ ื‘ืš

Lizkor et โ€“ To remember โ€“ ืœื–ื›ื•ืจ

Lehizakher be- โ€“ To be reminded of -ืœื”ื™ื–ื›ืจ ื‘

Zikaron, zichronot โ€“ Memory, memories โ€“ ื–ื™ื›ืจื•ืŸ, ื–ื›ืจื•ื ื•ืช

"Adam tsover zichronot kmo nemalim" โ€“ A person accumulates memories, like ants โ€“ ืื“ื ืฆื•ื‘ืจ ื–ื›ืจื•ื ื•ืช ื›ืžื• ื ืžืœื™ื

Zichrono li-vracha, Zal (acronym) โ€“ May his memory be a blessing โ€“ ื–ื›ืจื•ื ื• ืœื‘ืจื›ื”, ื–"ืœ

Yizkor am israel โ€“ May the people of israel remember โ€“ ื™ื–ื›ื•ืจ ืขื ื™ืฉืจืืœ

Yom hazikaron lasho'a ve-lagvura โ€“ Holocaust Remembrance Day ("Holocaust and Heroism Remembrance Day") โ€“ ื™ื•ื ื”ื–ื™ื›ืจื•ืŸ ืœืฉื•ืื” ื•ืœื’ื‘ื•ืจื”

Yom hazikaron lechalaley maarchot Israel u-lnifge-ey peulot haeiva โ€“ Memorial day ("Memorial Day for the Fallen Soldiers of Israel and Victims of Terrorism") โ€“ ื™ื•ื ื”ื–ื™ื›ืจื•ืŸ ืœื—ืœืœื™ ืžืขืจื›ื•ืช ื™ืฉืจืืœ ื•ืœื ืคื’ืขื™ ืคืขื•ืœื•ืช ื”ืื™ื‘ื”

Lehazkir โ€“ To remind โ€“ ืœื”ื–ื›ื™ืจ

Tazkir li โ€“ Remind me โ€“ ืชื–ื›ื™ืจ ืœื™

Mazkir/mazkira โ€“ Secretary โ€“ ืžื–ื›ื™ืจ/ืžื–ื›ื™ืจื”

Zachir โ€“ Catchy, memorable โ€“ ื–ื›ื™ืจ

Shir zachir โ€“ Catchy song โ€“ ืฉื™ืจ ื–ื›ื™ืจ

Tizkoret โ€“ Reminder โ€“ ืชื–ื›ื•ืจืช

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Playlist and Clips:

Yigal Bashan โ€“ Sivanย (Lyrics)

Uzi Chitman โ€“ Ratsiti She-tedaย (Lyrics)

Avraham Tal โ€“ Adam Tsover Zichronotย (Lyrics)

Yizkor โ€“ Dan Caner

Transcript

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This is TLV1. Street. Streetwise Hebrew.

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Shihbrough. Shalom, it's me Guy from Streetwise Hebrew.

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Today we talk about the words of the Shorish root, Zain, Kaff-Rish, Zachal, to remember.

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Attention, the word Zachar means male, like Kellev Zachar, male dog, or nikeva, female,

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this is not related to remembering. You can see a list of the

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words I'm talking about on TL1.FM slash streetwise Hebrew or on your

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smartphone if you press the TLV logo on your podcast app.

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You might need to listen to this episode a few times and the best thing would be to mumble to yourself

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the new words during the week as your friends and family give you funny looks.

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Anise Otheotah, a nice of whole of the

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man, a nice of herotah, a nice of herotah, I remember her we talk about a verb in Paal so this means that it's third person singular

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past sounds like a, so like pa a, a, a, a,

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a, katav, hala, and in this case, Zachal.

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Always go to the verb of he yesterday he remembered so in Hebrew who's achhal

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this has the least suffices and add-ons and it can tell you how this verb behaves.

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