#79 Conversing 'Au Naturel'
Streetwise Hebrew
TLV1 Studios
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๐๏ธ 31 March 2015
โฑ๏ธ 8 minutes
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Summary
Making your Hebrew sound truly conversational is an important but tricky skill.ย How do you start a new topic, for instance? How do you urge someone to get to the point? What sounds do you make when you nod attentively? And how do you show shock, excitement, or enthusiasm?
Today we work on all those little thingsย you do naturally in your own language, but whichย you have to learn in your new one.
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New Words and Expressions:
Aha โ ืืื
Nachon โ ื ืืื โ right
Nu, nu kvar โ ื ื, ื ื ืืืจ โ come on
Walla โ ืืืืื โ really, wow
Az ma chadash โ ืื ืื ืืืฉ? โ so what's new?
Ma od bikasht โ ืื ืขืื ืืืงืฉืช? โ what else did you ask for?
Az ma od โ ืื ืื ืขืื? โ so what else?
Az ma od kore itach โ ืื ืื ืขืื ืงืืจื ืืืชื? โ so what else is happening with you?
Ma kore im โ ืื ืงืืจื ืขื โ what's happening with
Ma kara im โ ืื ืงืจื ืขื โ what happened to
Ma im โ ืื ืขื โ what's withโฆ
Ma im eli, ma im tal, tagid, ma im shai โ ืื ืขื ืืื, ืื ืขื ืื, ืชืืื, ืื ืขื ืฉื?
Ma im ha-chaver โ ืื ืขื ืืืืจ? โ what's with the boyfriend?
Ma im ha-tiyul โ ืื ืขื ืืืืื? โ what's (happening) with the trip?
Tagid, tagidi, tagidu โ ืชืืื, ืชืืืื, ืชืืืื โ say, tell
Chutz mi โ ืืืฅ ื โ apart from
Chutz mi-ze โ ืืืฅ ืืื โ apart from that
Ma chutz โ ืื ืืืฅ? โ what else?
Tagidi, ma chutz mize โ ืชืืืื, ืื ืืืฅ ืืื? โ tell me, what (else) apart from that?
Az kacha โ ืื ืืื โ so here's how it is
Lo yode'a, lo yoda'at โ ืื ืืืืข, ืื ืืืืขืช โ I don't know
Tachles ein chadash โ ืชืื'ืก ืืื ืืืฉ โ actually there's nothing new
Ma od โ ืื ืขืื? โ what else
Ein harbe โ ืืื ืืจืื โ nothing much
Al ta'amini lo, hu lo yavo โ ืื ืชืืืื ื ืื, ืืื ืื ืืืื โ don't believe him, he's not going to come
Lo ta'amini ma kara โ ืื ืชืืืื ื ืื ืงืจื โ you (f.) won't believe what happened
Ata lo ta'amin ma kara โ ืืชื ืื ืชืืืื ืื ืงืจื โ you (m.) won't believe what happened
Leha'amin โ ืืืืืื โ to believe
Lo, laaaa โ ืื, ืืืื โ no
Ani lo ma'amin, ma'amina โ ืื ื ืื ืืืืื, ืืืืื ื
WOW, yow, yu โ ืืืื, ืืืื, ืื โ wow
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Playlist and Clips:
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Eric Berman โ Ma Od Bikasht, ืืจืืง ืืจืื โ ืื ืขืื ืืืงืฉืช (lyrics)
Shlomo Artzi โ Tagidi, ืฉืืื ืืจืฆื โ ืชืืืืย (lyrics)
Ha-ofarim โ Chutz Mi-ze Ha-kol Beseder, ืืขืืคืจืื โ ืืืฅ ืืื ืืื ืืกืืจ (lyrics)
Dafna Armoni โ Ohevet Otcha, Ozevet Otcha, ืืคื ื ืืจืืื ื โ ืืืืืช ืืืชื, ืขืืืืช ืืืชื (lyrics)
Sexta โ Cinderella, ืกืงืกืื โ ืกืื ืืจืื (lyrics)
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| 0:15.0 | This is T.O. D. 1. Streetwise Hebrew. |
| 0:27.0 | Hebrew. |
| 0:30.0 | Shahlum, it's me Guy from streetwise Hebrew. |
| 0:33.0 | Gregorio via Lobos, our dear podcast friend who is now based in Tel Aviv, |
| 0:37.0 | Mahuhabagragi, gave me this idea to talk about flow in the conversation. |
| 0:41.0 | So today we'll give you some tools to ignite these |
| 0:44.0 | conversation to follow up on stories, ask questions, and start new |
| 0:49.2 | paragraphs in this text we all call life. Anyway, I remind you a list of the new words is on TLV1.F.M. |
| 0:56.2 | slash streetwise Hebrew on today's show and if you use your iPad or smartphone |
| 1:00.6 | press on the logo and you'll see the new words. |
| 1:03.4 | I'm going to add definitions in English for the new words. |
| 1:06.7 | Please let me know if you're happy about it or not, or if you have other ideas for |
| 1:10.6 | shows. |
| 1:11.6 | So how do you react to things in Hebrew during a conversation with |
| 1:16.0 | friends or how do we follow up on stories we remember from the last time we |
| 1:20.0 | spoke to them? Some useful words. A-ha, it's like when you listen, aha, you can also just |
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