Streetwise Hebrew

#434 U-Turns and Public Inquiries


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The Hebrew word פרסס is what you’d use in a sentence to ask a driver to make a U-turn. But what does it mean in slang? Guy explains.

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New Words and Expressions:

Pniya, pniyot – Turn, turns – פנייה, פניות

Pniya yamina/smola – Right/left turn – פנייה ימינה/שמאלה

Pniyat parsa – U-turn – פניית פרסה

“Ata yachol la’asot po parsa vaksha?” – Could you please make a u-turn here? – אתה יכול לעשות פה פרסה (ב)בקשה

Ve-ein eich lefarses – There’s no way to make a u-turn – ואין איך לפרסס

Parses – Make a u-turn (Imp., m.) – פרסס

Pniya rishona yamina – First turn, take a right – פנייה ראשונה ימינה

Pniya shniya smola – Second turn, take a left – פנייה שנייה שמאלה

Sim/simi lev, ba-rehov ha-rishon ein lach pniya yamina – Pay attention, on the first turn you’re not allowed to enter from that direction – שים/שימי לב, ברחוב הראשון איך לך פנייה ימינה

Tifneh/Tifni ba-pniya ha-shniya – Make a turn on the following street – תפנה/תפני בפנייה השנייה

“Oy, paniti ba-pniya ha-lo nechona’” – Oh no, I took the wrong turn – אוי, פניתי בפנייה הלא נכונה

Pniya la-bituach ha-leumi – Contacting social security – פנייה לביטוח הלאומי

Pniya le-rashoot ha-misim – Contacting the tax authority – פנייה לרשות המיסים

Pniya la-iriya – Contacting the municipality – פנייה לעירייה

Pniya le-rav – Contacting a rabbi – פנייה לרב

Pniya mekoovenet – Online inquiry – פנייה מקוונת

“Me-ha-yom, kol rofe yachol letapel be-ofen mekoovan bifniyot ha-metoopalim” – As of today, every doctor can handle online inquiries of his or her patients – מהיום, כל רופא יכול לטפל באופן מקוון בפניות המטופלים

“Yoter mi-95 elef pniyot kvar tooploo” – More than 95 thousand pniyot have already been taken care of – יותר מ-95 אלף פניות כבר טופלו

“Kibalti mabool shel pniyot” – I was inundated with calls or messages – קיבלתי מבול של פניות

Lifnyot, bakru ba-atar shelanu – For inquiries head over to our website – לפניות, בקרו באתר שלנו

Pniyot ha-tsiboor – Public inquiries – פניות הציבור

Netool/netoolat pniyot – Impartial, unbiased – נטול/נטולת פניות

Eshet/Ish tsiboor netoolat/netool pniyot – An impartial, even-handed official – אשת/איש ציבור נטולת/נטול פניות

 

Playlist and Clips:

Pniyot yamina

Pniyat parsa

Hanan Ben-Ari – Hoots mi-kadoregel (lyrics)

Alis – Parses (lyrics)

Pniya mekoovenet

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