#94 Please Press Pound. You’re on Ma’ane Koli (Rerun)
Streetwise Hebrew
TLV1 Studios
4.9 • 1.1K Ratings
🗓️ 6 August 2024
⏱️ 7 minutes
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Summary
How many times have you called a company or a bank and had to deal with מענה קולי, an automated answering service?
Today we’ll learn words and phrases you’ll be hearing while waiting on the telephone line, plus a tip how to quickly reach a real live customer service representative.
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New Words and Expressions:
Ma’ane koli – Voice answering service – מענה קולי
Le-ivrit na lehakish achat – For Hebrew please press 1 – לעברית נא להקיש אחת
Ana/na – Kindly, please – אנא, נא
Na lehakish – Please press – נא להקיש
Li-tmicha technit – For technical support – לתמיכה טכנית
Litmoch be-mishehu – To support someone – לתמוך במישהו
Le-sherut lakochot – For customer service – לשירות לקוחות
Meida klali – General information – מידע כללי
Hinchem mu’avarim li-ntsig tmicha – You’re being transferred to a support agent – הנכם מועברים לנציג תמיכה
Natsig – Representative, agent – נציג
Netsig tmicha technit – Technical support agent – נציג תמיכה טכנית
Netsig sherut – Customer service agent – נציג שירות
Basar va-dam – Flesh and blood – בשר ודם
Le-divuach al takala na lehakish 2 – To report a fault, please press 2 – לדיווח על תקלה נא להקיש 2
Hakishu et mispar teudat ha-zehut – Please press your ID number – הקישו את מספר תעודת הזהות
Le-siyum – To end – לסיום
Hakishu – Press (imp. pl.) – הקישו
Soolam – Ladder – סולם
Soolamit – Hash key # – סולמית
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| 0:00.0 | Shalom, it's me Guy with Streetwise Hebrew. |
| 0:03.0 | This week we are replaying an episode from our archive. |
| 0:06.0 | Patrons will find the brand new All Hebrew sister episode |
| 0:10.0 | written and recorded this week on Patreon.com |
| 0:14.4 | streetwise Hebrew or in your podcast app through the private |
| 0:18.6 | podcast feed. As you may already know, we started creating the All Hebrew episodes, starting with episode |
| 0:25.5 | number 181. |
| 0:28.1 | So once in a while, we go back into the archives and create the Hebrew versions for previous episode like this week. |
| 0:35.0 | Enjoy. |
| 0:36.0 | This is T.L. |
| 0:39.0 | 1. Streetwise Hebrew. |
| 0:48.0 | Hebrew. |
| 0:49.0 | Shalom, it's me Guy from streetwise Hebrew. Oh, I'm about him |
| 0:54.0 | my head, I'm not sure Bess. |
| 0:56.0 | Le Yivrit, Nala Kishak. |
| 0:58.0 | The information is what? |
| 1:01.0 | Nalakishakya |
| 1:02.0 | Nārassakya, a rādādādādāhādātātā. For English, please press four. |
| 1:05.0 | For English, please press four. |
| 1:10.0 | Welcome to the universe of Ma'ane Koli. |
| 1:13.3 | What's Ma'a-M-A-Nun-He? |
| 1:16.0 | Like Anna, he answered, a note to answer. |
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