Streetwise Hebrew

#279 Boys and Girls! It's Story Time


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The Hebrew word סיפור (sipur) means a story. Though in certain situations סיפור could also mean a matter, a thing, or a mess.

The root ס.פ.ר acts a bit funny in some of its verb formats. No need to worry because on this episode Guy explains it all.

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New Words and Expressions:

Ze haya sipur shel horef - It was a winter (love) story - זה היה סיפור של חורף

Sipur ahava - Love story - סיפור אהבה

Haya li sipur ito/ita - I had a (love) story with him/her - היה לי סיפור איתו/איתה

Eize sipur achshav - What a mess - איזה סיפור עכשיו

Festival mesaprei sipurim - Storytelling festival - פסטיבל מספרי סיפורים

Lesaper sipur - To tell a story - לספר סיפור

Saper ma nishma, saper eich haya - Tell me how you're doing, tell me how it went - ספר מה נשמע, ספר איך היה

Saper, sapri, sapru - Tell (Imp., m., f., pl.) - ספר, ספרי, ספרו

Al tesaper la - Don't (m.) tell her - אל תספר לה

Al tesapri lo - Don't (f.) tell him - אל תספרי לו

Al tesapru lahem - Don't tell them - אל תספרו להם

Ma ata mesaper / ma at mesaperet - What are you telling, what do you have to say, what's new? - מה אתה מספר/מה את מספרת

Ma hu m'saper? - What's new with him? - ?מה הוא מספר

Haya li sipur im X - I had a problem with X - היה לי סיפור עם מישהו/משהו

Haya li sipur im hevrat hashmal - I had an issue with the electricity company - היה לי סיפור עם חברת חשמל

Haya li eize sipur ba-avoda - I had some kind of an issue at work - היה לי איזה סיפור בעבודה

Sipurim, sipurim, sipurim - They always got stories… - סיפורים, סיפורים, סיפורים

Ha-sipur supar - The story was told - הסיפור סופר

Mesupar - Told - מסופר

Mesupar she… - It is told that - ...מסופר ש

Mesupar al rabbi X, she… - It is said that rabbi X... - ...מסופר על רבי איקס ש

Lo ye'uman ki yesupar - It's unbelievable - לא יאומן כי יסופר

Tisporet - Haircut - תספורת

Ani tsarich/tsricha lehistaper - I need to get a haircut - אני צריך/צריכה להסתפר

Histaparta? Histapart? - Did you get a haircut? - ?הסתפרת

Lispor - To count - לספור

Sfira - Counting - ספירה

Nispar - It was counted - נספר

Playlist and Clips:

Nataly Peretz - Ata Lo Amin

Miki Gavrielov & Smadar Vimzer (lyrics)

Festival mesaprei sipurim

Yossi Alfi

Arik Einstein - Kama Tov She-bata Ha-baita (lyrics)

Mesupar al...

Shmulik Kraus - Sapri Li (lyrics)

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