#81 You’re Suddenly Learning Hebrew? No Way! (Rerun)
Streetwise Hebrew
TLV1 Studios
4.9 • 988 Ratings
🗓️ 27 August 2024
⏱️ 8 minutes
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Summary
What do Israelis mean when they say “ma pit’om”? What about just “pit’om,” all by itself? We hear it all the time in spoken Hebrew, and Guy will explain it all.
Hear the All-Hebrew Episode on Patreon
New Words and Expressions:
Pit’om -Suddenly – פתאום
“Pit’om kam adam ba-boker” – A person suddenly wakes up in the morning – פתאום קם אדם בבוקר
Pit’om giliti bor anak she-nif’ar – Suddenly I found a huge pit – פתאום גיליתי בור ענק שנפער
“Ahava, pit’om hi mitparetset kmo lehava” – Love, it’s suddenly erupting like a flame – אהבה, פתאום היא מתפרצת כמו להבה
Chazarta pit’om – You suddenly came back – חזרת פתאום
“Yeled, ma pit’om ata yoshev” – Hey boy, how come you’re sitting – ילד, מה פתאום אתה יושב
Ma pit’om? – It’s not true, no way, get out of here – מה פתאום
Pit’omi – Sudden – פתאומי
Geshem pit’omi – Sudden rain – גשם פתאומי
Ze haya mavet pit’omi – It was a sudden death – זה היה מוות פתאומי
Pit’omiyut – Suddenness – פתאומיות
Be-fit’omiyut – Suddenly – בפתאומיות
Be-ofen pit’omi – Suddenly (in a sudden manner) – באופן פתאומי
Playlist and Clips:
Shlomo Artzi – Shir Ba-boker ba-boker (lyrics)
Daniel Salomon – Ahava (lyrics)
Chava Alberstein & Arik Sinai – Shuv (lyrics)
Chasidischkeit 21 – Interview with Yaakov Shweiki
Arik Einstein – Gveret Im Salim (lyrics)
Gali Atari – Stav Israeli (lyrics)
Uzi Chitman & Ha-popolim – Ha-metsi’ot ba’ot be-ofen pit’omi
Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | Shalom, it's me Guy with Streetwise Hebrew. This week we are replaying an episode from our archive. |
| 0:07.0 | Patrons will find the brand new All Hebrew sister episode written and recorded this week on Patreon.com |
| 0:15.0 | streetwise Hebrew or in your podcast app through the private |
| 0:19.0 | podcast feed as you may already know we started creating the all Hebrew episodes, starting with episode number 181. |
| 0:28.0 | So once in a while we go back into the archives and create the Hebrew versions for previous episode like this week. |
| 0:35.6 | Enjoy. |
| 0:36.6 | This is TLV1. one. |
| 0:49.0 | Street-wise Hebrew. Shalom, it's me guy from Street-wise Hebrew. Shalom, it's me guy from from streetwise Hebrew. But on the Madame, |
| 0:54.0 | Babo, that a a Margischi who am, |
| 0:56.0 | a a matheil al- |
| 0:59.0 | ... |
| 0:58.0 | ... |
| 1:00.0 | ... |
| 1:01.0 | ... ... Gosh Peddar Koko E hushalon. |
| 1:04.0 | And on the d'Anbamo |
| 1:08.0 | that a gare that that a gosh l'erki-hu-huhan, |
| 1:10.0 | whoa chilal-lethe. Today we talk about Pit Ome suddenly. |
| 1:18.0 | Today we talk about Pit Ome suddenly. |
| 1:21.0 | I remind you, a list of the new words is on TLv1. |
| 1:24.4 | FM slash streetwise Hebrew on today's episode. And if you use your iPad or smartphone, |
| 1:29.3 | press the TLv1 logo and you'll see the new words. So what's Pitombe-Bokkil? |
| 1:35.4 | Pit-Om, calm, Adam-Bokil? A person suddenly wakes up in the morning. We're supposed to say |
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