Do you know how to say 'a good catch' in Hebrew? How about 'virtual reality'? And 'sense of direction'? This episode is all about the nuances of an interesting word for all these contexts.

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Words and expressions discussed:

Ani holech lesham ve-lo motse – I am going there, and I don't find – אני הולך לשם ולא מוצא

Metsi'ah/ot – Finding/s – מציאה/מציאות

A groysé metsi'é (Yiddish) – A big catch (not!) – א גרויסע מציעא

Hu lo kazé groysé metsié – He's not such a good catch – הוא לא כזה גרויסע מציעא

Gam ken groysé metsié – Another good catch (not!) – גם כן גרויסע מציאע

Shuk ha-metsi'ot – The bargain market – שוק המציאוֹת

Metsi'ut aheret – Another reality – מציאוּת אחרת

Metsi'ut meduma – Virtual reality – מציאוּת מדומה

Metsi'ut – Reality – מציאוּת

Ze (lo) motsé hen be-enay – I (don't) like it – זה (לא) מוצא חן בעיני

Matsa chen be-enaych/enecha? – Did you like it? – מצא חן בעיניך/בעינייך?

Efo at/a nimtsa/nimtset? – Where are you located? – איפה את/ה נמצא/ת?

Hi lo nimtset karega – She's not in right now – היא לא נמצאת כרגע

Slicha, Carmella nimtset? – Excuse me, is Carmella in? – סליחה, כרמלה נמצאת?

Ani mitmatsé be-X – I have knowledge about X– אני מתמצא במשהו

Lehitmatsé – to be familiar with – להתמצא

Ani lo mitmatsé be-ze – I am not an expert on this – אני לא מתמצא בזה

Hitmats'ut – Orientation, knowing your way around – התמצאות

Hush hitmats'ut – Sense of direction – חוש התמצאות

Lehamtsi – To invent – להמציא

Hamtsa'a – Invention – המצאה

Hu mamtsi – He is inventing, he's making things up – הוא ממציא

Al tamtsi'i shum teruts – Don't invent any excuses – אל תמציא שום תירוץ

Dai lehamtsi terutsim – Stop inventing excuses – די להמציא תירוצים

Tagid she-ata lo rotse – Just say that you don't want to – תגיד שאתה לא רוצה

Nu tamtsi/'i kvar mashehu ve-bo/i – Come on, make up something and come – נו, תמציא/י כבר משהו ובוא/י

Mimtsa'im archeologiyim – Archaeological findings – ממצאים ארכיאולוגים

Playlist: Matti Caspi – Yemey Binyamina (lyrics) Yona Atari & Ili Gorlitsky – Shuk Ha-metsi'ot (lyrics) Nathan Alterman – Wikipedia (En.) Yona Atari – Wikipedia (Heb.) Ili Gorlitski Wikpedia (Heb.) Eyal Golan – Metsi'ut Aheret (lyrics) Arkadi Duchin – At Lo Nimtset (lyrics) Ha-dorbanim – Im Rak Tedabri (lyrics) Matti Caspi – Kama Shirim Efshar Lehamtsi Bichlal (lyrics) Gidi Gov – Bo'i Nishaer (lyrics) Mimtsa Archeologi (TV1)

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