#75 Be your own weatherman
Streetwise Hebrew
TLV1 Studios
4.9 • 1.1K Ratings
🗓️ 3 March 2015
⏱️ 10 minutes
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Summary
We might not be as polite as the Brits, but we still enjoy talking about the weather while waiting for our favorite Tel Avivi bus. Host Guy Sharett shares some useful structures and words you can use with the really nice old lady with the red coat and funny hat that speaks to you relentlessly.
Words and expressions discussed:
Mezeg avir – מֶזֶג אָוִויר
Mezeg – מֶזֶג
Avir – אָוִויר
Mezeg ha-avir – מֶזֶג הָאָוִויר
Mizug avir – מִיזוּג אָוִויר
Tachazit mezeg ha’avir –תַּחֲזִית מֶזֶג הָאָוִויר
Lachzot –לַחְזוֹת
Ha-chazai moser et ha-tachazit –הַחַזַּאי מוֹסֵר אֶת הַתַּחֲזִית
Chazai, chaza’it –חַזַּאי, תַּחֲזִית
Me’unan –מְעוּנָן
Achshav me’unan –עַכְשָׁיו מְעוּנָן
Ve-yom chadash matchil, me’unan chelkit im geshem ka-ragil – וְיוֹם חָדָשׁ מַתְחִיל, מְעוּנָן חֶלְקִית עִם גֶּשֶׁם כַּרָגִיל
Me’unan chelkit – מְעוּנָן חֶלְקִית
Chelek – חֶלֶק
Ad machar ba-tsohorayim –עָד מָחָר בַּצָהָרַיִים
Tsafuy –צָפוּי
Geshem mekomi –גֶּשֶׁם מְקוֹמִי
Be’ikar bi-tsfon ha-aretz –בְּעִיקָר בִּצְפוֹן הָאָרֶץ
Acahar kach –אָחָר כָּךְ
Ya’alu ha-temperaturot be-hadraga –יַעֲלוּ הַטֶּמפֵּרַטוּרוֹת בְּהַדְרָגָה
Ve-lo tsafuy geshem –וְלֹא צָפוּי גֶּשֶׁם
Aliya –עֲלִייָה
Yerida –יְרִידָה
Bahir – בָּהִיר
Le-lo shinuy mashma’uti ba-temperaturot – לְלֹא שִׁינוּי מַשְמָעוּתִי בַּטֶמְפֵּרָטוּרוֹת
Bi-yerushalayim ad 23 ma’alot ha-yom – בִּירוּשָלַיִם עָד 23 מַעֲלוֹת הַיּוֹם
Playlist and clips:
Ch. 2 TV – Weather forecast
Aviv Geffen - Achshav me’unan (Lyrics)
Gazoz – Shir Avoda (Lyrics)
Adi Talmor, Galey Tsahal Radio – News Bulletin (Weather forecast at the end)
Robert Ulinsky, Galey Tsahal Radio - The Mythical Weatherman
Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | This is T.L.B. 1. 1 radio. |
| 0:06.0 | Great, great mixture. |
| 0:08.0 | This is still V1. |
| 0:10.0 | This is Tille Ville. This is a beautiful city. |
| 0:12.0 | Great. The L. V. V. V. V. Tel Aviv is a beautiful city, Great City, |
| 0:13.0 | PELV1. |
| 0:15.0 | This is TELV1. Streetwise Hebrew. |
| 0:27.0 | Hebrew. |
| 0:29.0 | Shahlom, it's me Guy from Streetwise Hebrew. |
| 0:32.0 | My friends from my Italian salon, Salotto Italiano, |
| 0:35.0 | told me I just have to talk about words of the weather in Hebrew, |
| 0:39.0 | so this is what we'll do today. |
| 0:40.0 | But what is the Italian salon? Basically, it happens once a month in my living room in Hebrew |
| 0:46.3 | salon is living room where we speak only Italian for three or four hours Italians, Israelis |
| 0:52.3 | and anyone who loves the language. |
| 0:54.0 | It started more than a year ago |
| 0:55.0 | with my Arabic salon as an egoistic thing |
| 0:58.0 | because I looked for opportunities to speak Arabic, |
| 1:00.0 | and now we have 10 to 15 people who come to my salon once a month, people from all over the world, |
| 1:05.0 | some native speakers of Arabic and some like me learning, we speak about whatever really, |
| 1:10.0 | but we use only Palestinian Arabic. |
| 1:13.6 | Then we started the Italian salon and we'll see if we do a French one as well. |
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