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. Guy explains that the transformation from word to acronym is so extreme that some words even end up changing their gender!

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New Words and Expressions:

Rashey teivot – Acronyms – ראשי תיבות

Drishat shalom chama – Warm regards – דרישת שלום חמה

Timsor drishat shalom la-mishpacha – Say hi to your family – תמסור דרישת שלום למשפחה

Hu moser dash – He sends his regards – הוא מוסר ד”ש

Ani moser dash la-chaverim – I am sending my regards to my friends – אני מוסר ד”ש לחברים

“Timsor le-Haim dash” – Say hi to Haim – תמסור לחיים ד”ש

Dash ham – Warm regards – ד”ש חם

“Halevaן ve-ha-sofash ha-ze lo yigamer af paam” – May this weekend never end – הלוואי והסופ”ש הזה לא ייגמר אף פעם

Sofash (Sof shavoo’a) – Weekend – סופ”ש

Sof ha-shavooa / Ha-sofash – The weekend – סוף השבוע / הסופ”ש

Sofash na’im – Have a nice weekend – סופ”ש נעים

She-yihye achla sofash – Have a great weekend – שיהיה אחלה סופ”ש

Tsahal (Tsva Hagana Le-israel) – Israel Defence Forces (IDF) – צה”ל, צבא הגנה לישראל

Galey tsahal – Israeli Army Radio – גלי צה”ל / גל”צ

Mankal, Menahel klali – General manager, CEO – מנכ”ל / מנהל כללי

Samancal, Sgan mancal – Vice president – סמנכ”ל / סגן מנהל כללי

Samancal ha-chevra – The VP of the company – סמנכ”ל החברה

Be-hool (Be-hoots la-arets) – Abroad – בחו”ל

“Az histovavta lecha be-hool” – So you wandered around abroad – אז הסתובבת לך בחו”ל

“Rosh ha-memshala Binyamin netanyahu amar shehu ba la-oom kedey lehagid et ha’emet” – PM Benjamin Netanyahu said that he came to the UN in order to tell the truth – רה”מ בנימין נתניהו אמר שהוא בא לאו”ם כדי להגיד את האמת

Ha-Oom, ha-oomot ha-me’oochadot – The UN, The United Nations – האו”ם, האומות המאוחדות

Be-derch klal – Usually – בדרך כלל, בד”כ

Tel-Aviv – Tel Aviv – תל-אביב, ת”א

 

Playlist and Clips:

Yardena Arazi & Lahakat Ha-nachal – Drishat Shalom (lyrics)

Moser dash

Boaz Sharabi & Matti Caspi – Shalom Aleichem (lyrics)

Ha-ultras – Sof Shavu’a (lyrics)

Commercial – Hool (Abroad)

News report – Oom (UN)

 

Ep. no. 96 about different wishes HEB

Ep. no. 166 about hool, abroad 

Ep. 208 about timsor, pass on HEB

Ep. no. 299 about darash HEB

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