Streetwise Hebrew

#196 Got Chutzpah


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Almost everybody knows the word chutzpah, audacity, brash behaviour. When is it positive and when is it negative? And what's hutzpah israelit?

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New words and expressions:

Hatichat hatsuf - You cheeky bastard - חתיכת חצוף Limhok - to erase - למחוק Titbayesh lecha - Shame on you - תתבייש לך Ata pashut hatsuf - You're just cheeky - אתה פשוט חצוף Na'ara yechola lihyot hatzufa - A girl can be audacious, brash - נערה יכולה להיות חצופה Hutspan - A rude person - חוצפן Hu ma-ze hutspan, hi ma-ze hutspanit - he's so brash, she's so brash - הוא מה-זה חוצפן, היא מה-זה חוצפנית Ha-yeladim mithatsfim elay - The kids "talk back" to me - הילדים מתחצפים אליי Lehithatsef le-mishehu - To be cheeky toward someone - להתחצף למישהו Hayeled hithatsef la-mora - The kid was impolite, cheeky, toward the teacher - הילד התחצף למורה Ha-yeled diber eleha be-hutzpah - The kid talked to her with hutzpah - הילד דיבר אליה בחוצפה Messer kaful - Double message - מסר כפול Hutzpah israelit - Isreali Hutzpah - חוצפה ישראלית Ratsiti lehachnis et ha-hutzpah ha-israelit - I wanted to introduce the israeli hutzpah - רציתי להכניס את החוצפה הישראלית Le'ha-ez - To dare - להעז

Playlist and clips: Irit Linur - Galey Tsahal Radio

Irit Linur - TV20

Rami Kleinstein - "Hanichi Li" (lyrics)

Balagan - "Huts La'aretz" (lyrics)

Ma osim kshe-ha-yeled mithatsef - Reshet Alef Radio

Michal Hil - Israeli Hutzpah Exhibition (Ha-televizia Ha-hinuhit)

Hutzpah Israelit Exhibition (HIT)

Limor Ben Yosef, Israeli designer in NY - Walla

Ahmad Tibi - Arutz Ha-knesset

Shlishiyat Gesher Ha-yarkon - "Siman She-ata Tsa'ir" (lyrics)

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