#81 You're Suddenly Learning Hebrew? No Way!

Streetwise Hebrew

TLV1 Studios

Language Learning, Judaism, Religion & Spirituality, Education

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🗓️ 14 April 2015

⏱️ 7 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.

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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)

MK Shelly Yechimovitch

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	This is T.L.B. One radio.
0:05.0	Great, great mixer.
0:08.0	This is still V1.
0:10.0	This is Tille V1. This is. Tille V. It is a beautiful city.
0:12.0	Great. Great Radio.
0:14.0	This is T.O. V. 1. 1. Streetwise Hebrew.
0:27.0	Shihru.
0:29.0	Shahlom, it's me Guy from Streetwise Hebrew.
0:32.0	Shalom, it's me Guy from streetwise Hebrew hulanif gosh, and our cocoa,
0:43.0	eu shallo.
0:45.0	And on the ganbambo
0:49.0	that a gosh gosh he hushki huhanu
0:51.0	a gi-hilah lee. Today we talk about Pit Ome suddenly. I remind you a list of the
0:55.0	Gosh, and a pauh, ome.
0:59.0	Today we talk about Pit Ome suddenly.
1:02.0	I remind you, a list of the new words is on
1:04.2	TLV1 dot-fm slash streetwise Hebrew on today's episode and if you use your
1:08.6	iPad or smartphone press the Telv1 logo and you'll see the new words.
1:13.7	So what's pit-om-kam-ad-ba-bokkil?
1:16.2	pit-om-a-dam-bokil, a person suddenly wakes up in the morning.
1:21.0	We're supposed to say pit-om,me the alif here is a consonant
1:24.9	pit ome but usually when we speak we say pit ome pit ome.
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