Streetwise Hebrew

#72 What's Your 'Matsav'?


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Matsav is a word Israelis use as much as they possibly can. It means situation, state, or condition, but it can be used in lots of different idioms: ma ha-matsav?; yesh matsav; Ha-matsav; matsav cherum etc.

Guy Sharett takes us through the 'matsav' of the matsav family.

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New Words and Expressions:

Matsav, Matsavim – מַצָּב, מַצָּבִים

Ma ha-matsav – מָה הַמַּצָּב

Yesh matsav – ein matsav –יֵשׁ מַצָּב, אֵין מַצָּב

Yesh matsav le – יֵשׁ מַצָּב לְ-

Yesh matsav le-od kisé? – ?יֵשׁ מַצָּב לְעוֹד כִּיסֵא

Yesh matsav le-sukar? – ?יֵשׁ מַצָּב לְסוּכָּר

Uveneinu achshav ein matsav – וּבֵינֵינוּ עַכְשָׁיו אֵין מַצָּב

Ein matsav le – אֵין מַצָּב לְ

Ein matsav le shesh me'ot – אֵין מַצָּב לְ-600

Yesh matsav she… – ...יֵש מַצָּב שֶ

Yesh matsav she-tavi li café? – ?יֵשׁ מַצָּב שֶׁתָּבִיא לִי קָפֶה

Yesh matsav she-ata tavo elay – ?יֵשׁ מַצָּב שֶׁאַתָּה תָּבוֹא אֵלַיי

Matsaviyut – מַצָּבִיוּת

Mi be-matsav le café – מִי בְּמַצָּב לְקָפֶה

Ani be-matsav – אֲנִי בְּמַצָּב

Ani lo be-matsav – אֲנִי לֹא בְּמַצָּב

Ha-matsav – הַמַּצָּב

Daber iti al ha-matsav – דַּבֵּר אִיתִי עַל הַמַּצָּב

Ha-matsav ha-bitchoni – המַצָּב הַבְּטְחוֹנִי

Ha-matsav ha-kalkali – הַמַּצָּב הַכַּלְכָּלִי

Ha-matsav ha-chevrati – הַמַּצָּב הָחֶבְרָתִי

Ha-mtsav kashé – הַמַּצָּב קָשֶׁה

Hu be-matsav kashé – הוּא בְּמַצָּב קָשֶׁה

Ma ze, hamatsav kashé? – ?מַה זֶה, הַמַּצָּב קשה

Matsav tisa – מַצָּב טִיסָה

Matsav cherum – מַצָּב חֵירוּם

Matsav ruach – מַצָּב רוּחַ

Komediat matsavim – קוֹמֵדְיַית מַצָּבִים

Playlist and Clips:

Israeli Educational TV short program about Hebrew slang

Ron Shoval – Dai Maspik (Lyrics)

Ani be-matsav – Efo Ha-yeled (Lyrics)

Shlomo Artzi – Daber Iti Al Ha-matsav (Lyrics)

Shalom Hanoch – Ha-matsav Kashe (Lyrics)

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