Streetwise Hebrew

#229 Don't Get "Fed Up" With Learning Hebrew


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In Hebrew, "Nim'as li kvar" means I just can't take it anymore, I am so fed up. The root, mem-alef-samech, is an interesting one and can be used in all sorts of ways, like in the translated sentence, "Are you fed up with 'butterflies'?" What does that even mean?! Guy explains.

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New Words and Expressions:

Nim'as li - I am fed up with something - נמאס לי

Nimas le-someone from something

Dai, nim'as li mi-shkarim - I am fed up with lies - די, נמאס לי משקרים

Nim'asta kvar alai - I am already fed up with you - נמאסת כבר עליי

Nimas conjugated + al someone

Hu nim'as alai - I am fed up with him - הוא נמאס עליי

Hi nim'asa aleha - She's fed up with her - היא נמאסה עליה

Nim'asti al atsmi - I got fed up with myself - נמאסתי על עצמי

Dai nim'asta - Enough already, I am fed up with you - די, נמאסת

Ts, dai nim'as - Enough already - טסס, די, נמאס

Nim'as lachem she-melachlechim lachem et ha-shati'ach? - Are you fed up when people dirty up your carpet? - נמאס לכם שמלכלכים לכם את השטיח?

Nim'as lach mi-parparim - Are you fed up with 'butterflies'? - נמאס לך מ'פרפרים'?

Parpar - Butterfly, Don juan, womanizer - פרפר, רודף שמלות

Tagidu, lo nim'as lachem le'echol ota? - Tell me, aren't you sick and tired of being suckers? - תגידו, לא נמאס לכם לאכול אותה?

Mush'chatim nim'astem! - You the corrupted, we're fed up with you! - מושחתים נמאסתם!

Ani a'ase et ha-kol al menat leham'is alehem et ha-shehut ba-aretz - I will do everything in order to make their stay in Israel miserable - אני אעשה את הכל על מנת להמאיס עליהם את השהות בארץ

Leham'is shir hadash - To overplay a song - להמאיס שיר חדש

Leham'is ochel al mishehu - To make someone tired of eating the same thing - להמאיס אוכל על מישהו

Ma ze nim'as li mimenu - I am so fed up with him - מה-זה נמאס לי ממנו

Lo yima'es lecha/lach mi-ze ahrey yom-yomayim? - Won't you be fed up with it after a day or two? - לא יימאס לך מזה אחרי יום-יומיים?

Nim'asa alay kvar ha-avoda hazoti - I am really fed up with this job - נמאסה עליי כבר העבודה הזאתי

Playlist and Clips:

Ofer Levy - Dai nim'as li (lyrics)

Margalit Tsan'ani - Al Tagid Li Bye (lyrics)

Matti Caspi - Zemer Mapuhit (lyrics)

Mazi Cohen & Yoel Lerner - Dai (lyrics)

Commercial - Nim'as lachem

Nim'as lach mi-parparim?

Tagidu, lo nim'as lachem…?

Mush'chatim nim'astem

Eli Yishai about Sudanese in Israel

Noa Kirel, Stephane Legar & Arisa (lyrics)

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