Streetwise Hebrew

#61 Addicted to Acronyms (Rerun)


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We love using ראשי תיבות - acronyms - in modern Hebrew. We take the initials and between the last two letters we add inverted commas (two apostrophes) to show that it's an acronym rather than an ordinary word. Sometimes the transformation from word to acronym is so extreme that some words even end up changing their gender!

 

New Words and Expressions:

Drishat shalom chama – דְּרִישַׁת שָׁלוֹם חַמָה

Timsor drishat shalom la-mishpacha – תִּמְסוֹר דְּרִישַׁת שָׁלוֹם לַמִשְׁפָּחָה

Moser dash – מוֹסֵר דַּ”ש

Moser dash la-chaverim – מוֹסֵר דַּ”ש לַחֲבֵרִים

Timsor/timseri/timseroo le-Chayim dash – תִּמְסוֹר/תִּמְסְרִי/תִּמְסְרוּ לְחַיִים דָּ”ש

Halevay ve-ha-sofash ha-ze lo yigamer af paam – הַלְוַואי וְהַסּוֹפָ”ש הַזֶּה לֹא יִיגַמֵר אַף פַּעַם

Dash ham – דַּ”ש חַם

Sofash, sof shavu’a – סוֹפָ”ש, סוֹף שָבוּעַ

Sof ha-shavu’a – סוֹף הַשַבוּעַ

She-yihye achla sofash – שֶיִּהְיֶה אַחְלָה סוֹפָ”ש

Galey tsahal – גָּלֵי צַהַ”ל

Tsahal, tsva ha-hagana leisrael – צַהַ”ל, צְבַא הָהַגּנָה לְיִשְרָאֵל

Tsava – צָבָא

Gal, galim, galey – גַּל, גַּלִּים, גַּלֵי

Hu ba-tsava – הוּא בַּצָּבָא

Mankal, menahel klali – מַנְכָּ”ל, מְנָהֵל כְּלָלִי

Samankal, sgan mankal – סַמַנְכָֹּ”ל, סְגַן מנכ”ל

Samankal ha-chevra – סַמַנְכָֹּ”ל הַחֶבְרָה

Hool – חוּ”ל

Az histovavta lecha be-hool – אָז הִסְתּוֹבַבְתָ לְךָ בְּחוּ”ל

Rosh ha-memshala amar she-hu ba la-oom kedey lehagid et ha’emet – רֹאשׁ הַמֶּמְשָלָה אָמַר שֶׁהוּא בָּא לָאוּ”ם כְּדֵי לְהָגִיד אֶת הָאֶמֶת

Oom, Oomot Me’uchadot – אוּ”ם, אוּמוֹת מְאוּחָדוֹת

Be-derech klal – בְּדֶרֶך כְּלָל, בד”כ

Tel Aviv – ת”א

 

Playlist and Clips:

Yardena arazi & Lahakat Ha-nachal – Drishat Shalom (Lyrics)

Boaz Shar’abi & Matti Caspi – Shalom Aleychem (Lyrics)

The Ultras – Sofshavu’a (Lyrics)

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