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#87 We've had enough!


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Enough is enough! Guy Sharett introduces us to the word 'maspik' - 'enough.' We'll also listen to some songs so we can check out how 'maspik' deals with the adjectives, adverbs, and verbs it meets on the way.

New words & expressions:

Ze maspik? - Is it enough? - ?זה מספיק

Ze lo maspik – It’s not enough – זה לא מספיק

Metsuyan – Excellent – מצויין

Tov meod – Very good – טוב מאוד

Kim’at tov me’od – Almost very good – כמעט טוב מאוד

Kim’at tov – Almost good – כמעט טוב

Maspik – Sufficient, just about – מספיק

Maspik be koshi – Hardly sufficient – מספיק בקושי

Bilti maspik – Not sufficient – בלתי מספיק

Bilti nisbal – Unbearable – בלתי נסבל

Ha-state dipartment natan le-Israel tsiyun bilti maspik be-sovlanoot datit – The State Department gave Israel an 'F' in religious tolerance - משרד החוץ האמריקני נתן לישראל ציון בלתי מספיק בסובלנות דתית

Bilti maspik be-matematika, be-historia – בלתי מספיק במתמטיקה, בהסטוריה - Below standard/'F' in mathematics, in history

Maspik im – enough with – מספיק עם

Maspik im ze ve-dai - enough with it already – מספיק עם זה ודי

Maspik le-mishehu – Enough for someone – מספיק למישהו

Ze maspik lach? - Is it enough for you? - ?מספיק לך

Maspik chacham – Clever enough – מספיק חכם

Ve-zo siba maspik tova – And this is a good enough reason – וזו סיבה מספיק טובה

Ha-anashim she-amru li she-ani lo shava maspik – Those people who told me I was not good enough - האנשים שאמרו לי שאני לא שווה מספיק

Maspik she-shlosha arbaa mikrim yikru – It’s enough that three or four cases will happen – מספיק ששלושה ארבעה מקרים יקרו

Kol ha-medina tedaber aleyhem – The whole country will talk about them – כל המדינה תדבר עליהם

Lo maspik she… – It’s not enough that… – ...לא מספיק ש

Maspik ledaber achshav – Enough with the talking now – מספיק לדבר עכשיו

Ani chayav lehaspik – I must do it on time – אני חייב להספיק

Lehaspik – To succeed in doing something on time – להספיק

Maspik, maspika, maspikim, maspikot – מספיק, מספיקה, מספיקים, מספיקות

Ani lo maspik/aspik le’hagia hayom – I won’t make it today – אני לא מספיק/אספיק להגיע היום

Ha-ochel ha-ze tsarich lehaspik le-shlosha yamim – This food should suffice for three days – האוכל הזה צריך להספיק לשלושה ימים

Sapak internet – Internet provider – ספק אינטרנט

Sipuk – satisfaction – סיפוק

Aspaka – provision – אספקה

Shataknu maspik – We were silent enough – שתקנו מספיק

Maspik le-hayom – That’s enough for today – מספיק להיום

Playlist and clips used

Ha-dag nachash – Lo Maspik (Lyrics)

Religious tolerance in Israel – TV10

Jacky Mekayten – Ha-me’antezet (Lyrics)

Monika Sex – Maspik Benadam (Lyrics)

Yitzhak Klepter – Tslil Mechuvan (Lyrics)

TV2 – Behavior in the Knesset

Dudu Tassa – Ani Ratz (Lyrics)

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