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๐Ÿ—“๏ธ 11 August 2015

โฑ๏ธ 10 minutes

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Summary

Many things "happen" here in the Holy Land, which is why the root "kara" โ€“ ืง.ืจ.ื” โ€“ with all its derivatives, is so popular. Guy Sharett explains how it's related to murder, earthquakes, and soy milk, and finishes with an anecdote (in Hebrew) about a lady called Carmela.

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New Words and Expressions:

Karah โ€“ Happened โ€“ ืงืจื”

"Ma kara la-yeled" โ€“ What happened to the child โ€“ ืžื” ืงืจื” ืœื™ืœื“

Ma kara, ma kara? โ€“ What on earth? โ€“ ืžื” ืงืจื”, ืžื” ืงืจื”

Ma koreh achi? โ€“ What's going on, dude? โ€“ ืžื” ืงื•ืจื” ืื—ื™

Az ma od koreh itach โ€“ So what else is happening with you? โ€“ ืื– ืžื” ืขื•ื“ ืงื•ืจื” ืื™ืชืš

Ma koreh imโ€ฆ โ€“ What's happening withโ€ฆ โ€“ ืžื” ืงื•ืจื” ืขื

Ma kara im โ€“ What happened toโ€ฆ โ€“ ืžื” ืงืจื” ืขื

Tagidi ma kore itach? โ€“ Tell me, what's happening with you โ€“ ืชื’ื™ื“ื™ ืžื” ืงื•ืจื” ืื™ืชืš

Ma koreh itach? โ€“ What on earth is going on with you? โ€“ ืžื” ืงื•ืจื” ืื™ืชืš

Ma leazazel koreh itcha? โ€“ What the hell is going on with you? โ€“ ืžื” ืœืขื–ืื–ืœ ืงื•ืจื” ืื™ืชืš

Ze ma she-kara โ€“ This is what happened โ€“ ื–ื” ืžื” ืฉืงืจื”

Ze lo kore li โ€“ It's not happening to me โ€“ ื–ื” ืœื ืงื•ืจื” ืœื™

Ze lo yikre shuv โ€“ It won't happen again โ€“ ื–ื” ืœื ื™ืงืจื” ืฉื•ื‘

Kara mashehu? โ€“ Did something happen? โ€“ ืงืจื” ืžืฉื”ื•

Nu ve-kara mashehu? โ€“ So did something happen? โ€“ ื ื•, ื•ืงืจื” ืžืฉื”ื•

Mikreh, mikrim โ€“ Case, cases โ€“ ืžืงืจื”, ืžืงืจื™ืย ย 

"Ani gam kacha mikreh avud" โ€“ Anyway I am a lost cause โ€“ ืื ื™ ื’ื ื›ื›ื” ืžืงืจื” ืื‘ื•ื“

Mikre katseh โ€“ Edge case โ€“ ืžืงืจื” ืงืฆื”

Mikre cherum โ€“ Emergency โ€“ ืžืงืจื” ื—ื™ืจื•ื

Be-mikre cherum ata yachol tamid lehitkasher elai โ€“ In case of an emergency you can always call me โ€“ ื‘ืžืงืจื” ื—ื™ืจื•ื ืืชื” ื™ื›ื•ืœ ืชืžื™ื“ ืœื”ืชืงืฉืจ ืืœื™ื™

Mikrey retsach โ€“ Murder cases โ€“ ืžืงืจื™ ืจืฆื—

"Ani rotseh lifgosh ota pit'om be-mikreh โ€“ I want to meet her suddenly, by chance โ€“ ืื ื™ ืจื•ืฆื” ืœืคื’ื•ืฉ ืื•ืชื” ืคืชืื•ื ื‘ืžืงืจื”

Be-mikreh โ€“ Accidentally โ€“ ื‘ืžืงืจื”

Ze kara be-mikreh โ€“ It happened accidentally โ€“ ื–ื” ืงืจื” ื‘ืžืงืจื”

Yesh lachem be-mikreh chalav soya? โ€“ Do you happen to have soy milk by any chance? โ€“ ื™ืฉ ืœื›ื ื‘ืžืงืจื” ื—ืœื‘ ืกื•ื™ื”

Le-mikreh she โ€“ In case you need me, here is my number โ€“ ืœืžืงืจื” ืฉืชืฆื˜ืจืš ืื•ืชื™, ื”ื ื” ื”ืžืกืคืจ ืฉืœื™

Be-mikreh shel re'idat adama โ€“ In case of an earthquake โ€“ ื‘ืžืงืจื” ืฉืœ ืจืขื™ื“ืช ืื“ืžื”

Bechol pgisha mikrit โ€“ At every random meeting โ€“ ื‘ื›ืœ ืคื’ื™ืฉื” ืžืงืจื™ืช

Mikri โ€“ Random โ€“ ืžืงืจื™

Mikriyoot โ€“ Coincidence โ€“ ืžืงืจื™ื•ืช

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Playlist and Clips:

Matti Caspi โ€“ Yemei Binyamina (lyrics)

Moshe Peretz โ€“ Ma Kore Itach (lyrics)ย 

Ozi Zoltak โ€“ Afilu Lo At (lyrics)

Meir Ariel โ€“ Pluga Ba-kav (lyrics)

Arik Lavie โ€“ Haya o lo haya (lyrics)

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Ep. no. 16ย  Cursing Drivers in Hebrew HEB

Ep. no. 79 about the flow of conversation HEB

Transcript

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This is TELB1.

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Street-wise Hebrew. Shalleh, it's me Guy from Streetwise Hebrew.

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Today we'll talk about the root Kara-Kurf-resh hay to happen,

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not to confuse with Kara-kur-kofou fresh Aleph to read.

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Ma Karalalalalh,

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the girl of the

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Ma Karalalalal, what happened to the kid, Makara Laielad, a nostalgic song we all know sung by

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the one anomaly Matikaspi. Makara, Makara, what happened? But if you repeat it twice, a bit angry,

0:46.4

it's a bit angry. Makara, it means what happened? This is something you can scream

0:51.8

to another driver who cuts your lane

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something like what on earth happened that allowed you to think you could do this.

0:58.4

Check out my episode cursing drivers in Hebrew. You can just Google it. List of the new words by the

1:04.8

way if you're subscribed to the podcast and listen through a podcast app you'll

1:09.2

find a list of the new words in the show notes of each episode. If not head over to Tilvie 1.5

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F. Streetwise Hebrew and click on today's episode.

1:18.6

Macco.

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Acoch, actually.

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Achello. Benadame. Benadam, we have come us, caboia.

1:24.3

Macoure, in the present tense, like here,

1:26.8

Macoure Achie, what's going on, dude?

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You'll find a link to this YouTube clip

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with lots of Israeli slang expressions and one of them is

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