#93 Sometimes the Best Things Come in Pairs

Streetwise Hebrew

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🗓️ 28 July 2015

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Summary

תאומים are twins, from the root תאמ which is used in Hebrew for anything to do with matching, suiting, fitting, and coordinating. Let's learn how to use this family of words in our everyday life. Mat'im lachem?

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New Words and Expressions:

Te'om, te'omim – Twin, twins – תאום, תאומים

Zug te'omot siamyot – A pair of siamese twins (f.) – זוג תאומות סיאמיות

Migdaley ha-teomim – The twin towers – מגדלי התאומים

"Zeh lo ta'am et ha-tsipiyot" – It did not match the expectations – זה לא תאם את הציפיות

"Eich lifgosh ben zug to'em – How to meet a matching partner – איך לפגוש בן זוג תואם

Eich efshar letaem pgisha merubat mishtatfim – How can one coordinate a multi-participant meeting – איך אפשר לתאם פגישה מרובת משתתפים

Te'amti lecha tor – I've coordinated an appointment for you – תיאמתי לך תור

Meto'emet lecha/lach pgisha – A meeting is coordinated for you – מתואמת לך פגישה

Efshar leta'em li tor? – Is it possible to coordinate an appointment? – אפשר לתאם לי תור

Te'um, teumim – Coordination – תיאום

Te'um bitchoni – Security coordination – תיאום בטחוני

Lehat'im odem – How to match lipstick – איך להתאים אודם

Mat'im li – It suits me – מתאים לי

Lo mat'im shmoneh – Eight is not good for me – לא מתאים שמונה

Lo mat'im lecha ha-tseva ha-zeh – This color does not suit you – לא מתאים לך הצבע הזה

Ha-chultsa gdola midai, hi lo mat'ima lach – This shirt is too big, it doesn't suit you – החולצה גדולה מדיי, היא לא מתאימה לך

Lo mat'im achshav – Not this now – לא מתאים

Eich mat'im achshav knafeh – Knafeh would really hit the spot right now – איך מתאים עכשיו כנאפה

Eich mat'im achshav – How fitting it would be now – איך מתאים עכשיו

Mut'am ishit – Tailor made – מותאם אישית

Mut'amim le- – Fitted for – מותאמים ל

Lehat'im mashehu le mishehu – To fit something to someone – להתאים משהו למישהו

Lehat'im chultsa le-michnasyiam – To match a shirt to the pants – להתאים חולצה למכנסיים

Playlist and Clips:

TV10 – Siamese twins

Eich leta'em – How to coordinate a meeting

Ashley – Eich lehat'im odem

Sharif – Mat'im Li (lyrics)

Ep. 123 about likbo'a tor, set an appointment

Transcript

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0:00.0	This is T.L.B. 1. Street-wise Hebrew.
0:13.0	Shalom, it's me a guy from Street-wise Hebrew.
0:17.0	Taf Alef-Mem is a show-shoo we use a lot.
0:20.0	The core meaning of this route is to match, matching, something that fits another thing.
0:26.0	But before we get started, I'd like to tell you something.
0:30.0	Telv1, the home of our podcast, has a few more shows for you to check out and listen to.
0:35.4	They all focus on Israel in one way or another, and there's one I'd like to recommend, but let's
0:40.5	hold off until the end of this episode so stay tuned.
0:44.0	So Taf alif Vav Meam means a twin, teumim, twins.
0:49.0	I'm not sure if I'll still it my
0:52.0	zucheumet, I should follow Alna Alna Alna
0:54.0	Bocot be leiban
0:55.0	the whole court
0:56.0	covered I had
0:57.0	Zug to omot siamiot,
0:59.0	zuk to omot siamot
1:00.0	zuk is a pair to omot
1:02.0	twain's plural feminine so Zug is a pair. Teomot twins, plural, feminine, so
1:04.4	toom, toomah, toomim, to o' mot.
1:08.0	Siamiot, Siamese, why aught at the end?
1:12.0	Because it's plural, so Zugte o'mot,
1:14.7	see amiot.
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