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#94 Please Press Pound. You're on Ma'ane Koli

Streetwise Hebrew

TLV1 Studios

Language Learning, Judaism, Religion & Spirituality, Education

4.9 โ€ข 1.1K Ratings

๐Ÿ—“๏ธ 4 August 2015

โฑ๏ธ 6 minutes

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Summary

How many times haveย you called a company or a bank and had to deal with ืžืขื ื” ืงื•ืœื™, 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.

Hear the All-Hebrew Episode on Patreon

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New Words and Expressions:

Ma'ane koli โ€“ Voice answering service โ€“ ืžืขื ื” ืงื•ืœื™

Le-ivrit na lehakish achat โ€“ For Hebrew please press 1 โ€“ ืœืขื‘ืจื™ืช ื ื ืœื”ืงื™ืฉ ืื—ืช

Ana/na โ€“ Kindly, please โ€“ ืื ื, ื ื

Na lehakish โ€“ Please press โ€“ ื ื ืœื”ืงื™ืฉ

Li-tmicha technit โ€“ For technical support โ€“ ืœืชืžื™ื›ื” ื˜ื›ื ื™ืช

Litmoch be-mishehu โ€“ To support someone โ€“ ืœืชืžื•ืš ื‘ืžื™ืฉื”ื•

Le-sherut lakochot โ€“ For customer service โ€“ ืœืฉื™ืจื•ืช ืœืงื•ื—ื•ืช

Meida klali โ€“ General information โ€“ ืžื™ื“ืข ื›ืœืœื™

Hinchem mu'avarim li-ntsig tmicha โ€“ You're being transferred to a support agent โ€“ ื”ื ื›ื ืžื•ืขื‘ืจื™ื ืœื ืฆื™ื’ ืชืžื™ื›ื”

Natsig โ€“ Representative, agent โ€“ ื ืฆื™ื’

Netsig tmicha technit โ€“ Technical support agent โ€“ ื ืฆื™ื’ ืชืžื™ื›ื” ื˜ื›ื ื™ืช

Netsig sherut โ€“ Customer service agent โ€“ ื ืฆื™ื’ ืฉื™ืจื•ืช

Basar va-dam โ€“ Flesh and blood โ€“ ื‘ืฉืจ ื•ื“ื

Le-divuach al takala na lehakish 2 โ€“ To report a fault, please press 2 โ€“ ืœื“ื™ื•ื•ื— ืขืœ ืชืงืœื” ื ื ืœื”ืงื™ืฉ 2ย 

Hakishu et mispar teudat ha-zehut โ€“ Please press your ID number โ€“ ื”ืงื™ืฉื• ืืช ืžืกืคืจ ืชืขื•ื“ืช ื”ื–ื”ื•ืช

Le-siyum โ€“ To end โ€“ ืœืกื™ื•ื

Hakishu โ€“ Press (imp. pl.) โ€“ ื”ืงื™ืฉื•

Soolam โ€“ Ladder โ€“ ืกื•ืœื

Soolamit โ€“ Hash key # โ€“ ืกื•ืœืžื™ืช

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Playlist and Clips:

Ep. no. 6 about ata or atย 

Ep. no. 104 about support, tmicha

Ep. no. 305 about ve, va, oo

Ep. no. 334 about "you're being transferred"

Transcript

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0:00.0

This is T.L.B. 1.

0:10.0

Street-wise.

0:11.0

Hebrew.

0:12.0

Shalom. It's me Guy from Street-wise Hebrew. Shalom, it's me Guy from Streetwise Hebrew. For English, please press for the for example, the information is not very good.

0:25.0

For English, please press 4.

0:30.0

Welcome to the universe. 4.

0:33.0

Welcome to the universe of Maane Koli.

0:37.0

What's Maane, ma'am, I, nun, he answered,

0:42.0

la a note to answer. Manne is a noun answering,

0:45.8

Koli of KOLkuf was Lamad voice,

0:49.8

so voice answering service, automated answering service, and you will be hearing it when you call

0:57.1

a bank or a company and you get a recorded message.

1:00.1

Le Ivrit Nalakish Achacish Achat.

1:02.1

What's Le Ivrit Nalalakish Achat. What's Le Ivrit Nalakish Achat?

1:05.0

So nah or Anna, Alef, non-a-a-laf, or just non-alaf

1:10.0

is a fancy biblical word for pleas.

1:12.0

You'll be hearing

1:13.2

nale haakish, anahacheh, please press. And why is it hakesh when it's

1:18.7

imperative in masculine? What about ladies hakishi?, the masculine became the neutral.

1:24.0

So in many places you'll be hearing Anna Hakesh

1:26.0

and lots of Israeli women I spoke to told me

1:29.0

they are so used to it that they don't even think this is a problem.

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