Streetwise Hebrew

#79 Conversing 'Au Naturel'


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Making your Hebrew sound truly conversational is an important but tricky skill. How do you start a new topic, for instance? How do you urge someone to get to the point? What sounds do you make when you nod attentively? And how do you show shock, excitement, or enthusiasm?

Today we work on all those little things you do naturally in your own language, but which you have to learn in your new one.

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New Words and Expressions:

Aha – אהה

Nachon – נכון – right

Nu, nu kvar – נו, נו כבר – come on

Walla – וואלה – really, wow

Az ma chadash – אז מה חדש? – so what's new?

Ma od bikasht – מה עוד ביקשת? – what else did you ask for?

Az ma od – אז מה עוד? – so what else?

Az ma od kore itach – אז מה עוד קורה איתך? – so what else is happening with you?

Ma kore im – מה קורה עם – what's happening with

Ma kara im – מה קרה עם – what happened to

Ma im – מה עם – what's with…

Ma im eli, ma im tal, tagid, ma im shai – מה עם אלי, מה עם טל, תגיד, מה עם שי?

Ma im ha-chaver – מה עם החבר? – what's with the boyfriend?

Ma im ha-tiyul – מה עם הטיול? – what's (happening) with the trip?

Tagid, tagidi, tagidu – תגיד, תגידי, תגידו – say, tell

Chutz mi – חוץ מ – apart from

Chutz mi-ze – חוץ מזה – apart from that

Ma chutz – מה חוץ? – what else?

Tagidi, ma chutz mize – תגידי, מה חוץ מזה? – tell me, what (else) apart from that?

Az kacha – אז ככה – so here's how it is

Lo yode'a, lo yoda'at – לא יודע, לא יודעת – I don't know

Tachles ein chadash – תכל'ס אין חדש – actually there's nothing new

Ma od – מה עוד? – what else

Ein harbe – אין הרבה – nothing much

Al ta'amini lo, hu lo yavo – אל תאמיני לו, הוא לא יבוא – don't believe him, he's not going to come

Lo ta'amini ma kara – לא תאמיני מה קרה – you (f.) won't believe what happened

Ata lo ta'amin ma kara – אתה לא תאמין מה קרה – you (m.) won't believe what happened

Leha'amin – להאמין – to believe

Lo, laaaa – לא, לאאא – no

Ani lo ma'amin, ma'amina – אני לא מאמין, מאמינה

WOW, yow, yu – וואו, יואו, יו – wow

Playlist and Clips:

Eric Berman – Ma Od Bikasht, אריק ברמן – מה עוד ביקשת (lyrics)

Shlomo Artzi – Tagidi, שלמה ארצי – תגידי (lyrics)

Ha-ofarim – Chutz Mi-ze Ha-kol Beseder, העופרים – חוץ מזה הכל בסדר (lyrics)

Dafna Armoni – Ohevet Otcha, Ozevet Otcha, דפנה ארמוני – אוהבת אותך, עוזבת אותך (lyrics)

Sexta – Cinderella, סקסטה – סינדרלה (lyrics)

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