#96 May Every Day Be a Streetwise Day!

Streetwise Hebrew

TLV1 Studios

Language Learning, Judaism, Religion & Spirituality, Education

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🗓️ 18 August 2015

⏱️ 11 minutes

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Summary

How do you say "have a great day" in Hebrew? In English it's so easy, but in Hebrew you have to take into account a few different things, like the gender of what you're wishing. Guy Sharett teaches us some useful formulas, and tells us a story about an interesting wedding that didn't end like it started…

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New Words and Expressions:

She-yihye lach tov – May you be well – שיהיה לך טוב

Ani me'achel lecha she-yihye lecha achla yom – I wish that you have a great day – אני מאחל לך שיהיה לך אחלה יום

She-yihye lecha achla yom/she-yihye achla yom/achla yom – May you have a great day ahead – שיהיה לך אחלה יום/שיהיה אחלה יום/אחלה יום

Achla shavua – Great week; Have a great week – אחלה שבוע

Achla mishmeret – Have a great shift – אחלה משמרת

Achla yom she-yihye – Have a great day – אחלה יום שיהיה

She-yihye achla tiyul – Have a great trip – שיהיה אחלה טיול

She-yihye sofash naim/Sofash naim – Have a great weekend – שיהיה סופ"ש נעים/סופ"ש נעים

She-tihye achla mesiba – Have a great party – שתהיה אחלה מסיבה

She-tihye achla hufsha/achla hufsha – May you have a great holiday – שתהיה אחלה חופשה/אחלה חופשה

She-yihyu shvu'ayim kalim – May you have two easy weeks – שיהיו שבועיים קלים

She-yihye rak tov / Rak tov she'yihye lecha – May it be only good – I wish you all the best and nothing but the best – שיהיה רק טוב

Ani me'achel, me'achelet, anachnu me'achlim/me'achlot – I wish, we wish – אני מאחל, מאחלת, מאחלים, מאחלות

Ani me'achel lecha yomuledet same'ach – I wish you a happy birthday – אני מאחל לך יומולדת שמח

Ani me'achelet lecha she – I wish you that… – …אני מאחל לך ש

She-ya'avor be-kalut – May it pass easily – שיעבור בקלות

Mabruk – Congratulations – מברוכ

Mabruk al ha-dira ha-chadasha – Congrats on the new apartment – מברוכ על הדירה החדשה

She-yihye rak be-mazal – May it be only with luck –שיהיה רק במזל

Tehene/Teheni/Tehenu – Enjoy – תהנה/תהני/תהנו

Tevale/Tevali/Tevalu – Have a good time – תבלה/תבלי/תבלו

Levalot, biluy – pastime, recreation – לבלות, בילוי

Playlist and Clips:

Kobi Aflalo – She-yihye Lach Tov (Lyrics)

Dana Lapidot – Rak Tov (Lyrics in clip)

Sarit Haddad – Me'achelet Lecha (Lyrics)

Itzik Kala – She-yihye Rak Be-mazal (Lyrics)

Yoav Yitshak – Tschokam Shel Yeladim (Lyrics)

Glossary:

Ulam Smachot – Event Hall – אולם שמחות

Tsevet – Team – צוות

Nifredet – Separate – נפרדת

Haft'aa – Surprise – הפתעה

Porka – Was dismantled – פורקה

Mehitsa – Barrier – מחיצה

Transcript

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0:00.0	This is T.L.B. 1.
0:10.0	Street-wise Hebrew. Chalo. It's me guy from Street-wise Hebrew. Shalom, it's me Guy from Street-wise Hebrew.
0:15.0	Today we are marking two years since airing our first Street-wise Hebrew podcast episode,
0:20.0	and there's another reason to celebrate today. We have just reached 400,000 downloads. So, Masalto, to us. And thank you for listening.
0:29.0	And I have a question, do you want to meet other Hebrew learners who will listen to the
0:34.0	podcast and are based around you? Would this be a good idea or do you prefer to keep
0:38.4	this virtual relationship between us as is? Write me on Facebook, Streetwise Hebrew. Today we'll talk about
0:45.3	wishes and greetings. How do you say have a great day, enjoy your meal, have a
0:50.8	fantastic evening? Let's start with one of the key words.
0:55.0	She is a lot,
0:57.0	she is a lot,
0:58.0	she is a lot,
1:00.0	she is a lot, she is a lot,
1:02.0	and I'm cast in.
1:05.0	Shei Lachto, shei Lachto, shei
1:08.0	Lachto, shei Lachto, shei Lachto,
1:11.0	and I have to Shee la Chateau, may you be well, in Hebrew, may it will be good to you, literally, may it be good to you literally. So Sheie leach tauve. This is the subjunctive form so if you speak
1:29.9	French subjunctive Italian conjunctive Spanish subjunctive, Italian conjunctiveo, Spanish subcontivo, that means may you have, so in
1:36.6	Hebrew we don't really have a special verb form for this, we use the Shee that plus future.
1:43.6	And it's an abbreviation for,
1:45.7	I wish you that you, blah, blah.
1:49.6	Or in Hebrew, Aneme achele lechaah, shey lechah achlejom.
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