Streetwise Hebrew

How do you say Thai food in Hebrew? How about "I don't eat coriander?" This episode is a feast of tasty eating-related words and phrases.

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New words and expressions: Ochel - Food - אוכל

Ochel, kadima, ochel - Food, let's go for it, food! - אוכל, קדימה, אוכל!

Ein ochel ba-bayit - There's no food at home - אין אוכל בבית

Yesh melafefonim - There are cucumbers - יש מלפפונים

Yesh agasim metsuyanim - There are great pears - יש אגסים מצויינים

Ha-mekarer malé kol tuv - The fridge is full with an abundance of goodies - המקרר מלא כל טוב

Ken, aval ze lo ochel - Yes, but it's not food - כן, אבל זה לא אוכל

Ochel mevushal - Cooked food - אוכל מבושל

Madaf hatifim - "Snack shelf" - מדף חטיפים

Ochel tailandi - Thai food - אוכל תאילנדי

Ochel tsimhoni - Vegetarian food - אוכל צמחוני

Ochel tiv'oni - Vegan food - אוכל טבעוני

Ochel bari - Healthy food - אוכל בריא

Ochel rehov - Street food - אוכל רחוב

Trendi - Trendy - טרנדי

Ochel - Food - אוכל

Ochel - He's eating - אוכל

Hu ochel achshav - He's eating right now - הוא אוכל עכשיו

Ani lo ochel/ochelet kusbara - I don't eat coriander - אני לא אוכל/ת כוסברה

Hadar ochel - Dining room - חדר אוכל

Traumat hadar ochel - Dining room trauma - טראומת חדר אוכל

Ochlim t'alev (ochlim et ha-lev) - "Eating their heart" (regretting) - אוכלים ת'לב

Le'echol et ha-lev - "To eat the heart", to regret - לאכול את הלב

Hayech, achalta ota - Smile, you've been had - חייך, אכלת אותה

Le'echol mishehu hai - To eat someone alive - לאכול מישהו חי

Ochel sratim - Stressing about sth, stressed - אוכל סרטים

Achalti sratim kol ha-laila biglal ze - I was stressed out all night because of it - אכלתי סרטים כל הלילה בגלל זה

Ze kmo leha'achil dagim ba-akwarium - it's like feeding fish in the aquarium - זה כמו להאכיל דגים באקווריום

Hu he'echil et ha-yeled - He fed the kid - הוא האכיל את הילד

Hu he'echil oti sratim - He stressed me out - הוא האכיל אותי סרטים

Achil - Edible - אכיל

Ze lo achil - It's not edible - זה לא אכיל

Lo Le-ma'achal - Not edible - לא למאכל

Playlist and clips:

Bomba Tsur - Ochel (lyrics)

Yoman (TV11) - Ochel Rehov (Streetfood)

Arik Einstein - Sa Le'at (lyrics)

Yigal Bashan - Hayech, achalta ota (lyrics)

Yoni Grave - Shesh Ba-erev (lyrics)

Rona Keinan - Ata Mit'orer (lyrics)

Madrich le-Slime achil (Eden)

We don't talk enough about food on our podcast. The Hebrew word טעים means tasty, and its root, טעמ, makes up a whole family of culinary terms that are important to know.

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New Words and Expressions:

Ta'im lecha, ta'im lach, ta'im lachem – Is it tasty (for you)? – טעים לךָ? טעים לךְ? טעים לכם?

Ta'im she-ein dvarim ka-ele – So delicious that there are no things like it – טעים שאין דברים כאלה

Ta'am, pl. Te'amim – Taste, flavor, sense, reason – טעם, טעמים

Al ta'am ve-al re-ach ein lehitvake'ach – There's no right or wrong when it comes to taste – על טעם ועל ריח אין להתווכח

Ani yoda'at she-yesh be-ze ta'am – I know there's sense in it – אני יודעת שיש בזה טעם

Ein ta'am la'asot mashehu – There's no point to do something – אין טעם לעשות משהו

Kshe-at lo iti, ein ta'am kim'at – When you're not with me, there's hardly any point (to life) – כשאת לא איתי, אין טעם כמעט

Ein ta'am she-evke / Ein ta'am livkot) – There's no point in crying – אין טעם שאבכה / אין טעם לבכות

Ein ta'am – No point – אין טעם

Titkasher elehem achshav! Lo, ein ta'am, hem od lo pat'hu – Call them up now! No, no sense in doing that, they haven't opened the office yet – תתקשר אליהם עכשיו! לא, אין טעם, הם עוד לא פתחו

Achshav ba-te'amim tapuz… etc. – Now in the flavors of: orange etc. – עכשיו בטעמים: תפוז…

Be-te'amim hadashim – In new flavours – בטעמים חדשים

Be-ta'am – With good taste, elegantly, tastefully – בטעם

Mamash be-taam – (It was done) really with taste – ממש בטעם

Hoser ta'am – Lack of taste – חוסר טעם

Eize hoser ta'am – What a lack of taste – איזה חוסר טעם

Ta'am – Lexical stress – טעם

Mi-ta'am – On behalf of – מִטעם

Pras mi-ta'am emi – Prize from the Israeli Union of Performing Artists – פרס מטעם אמ"י

Omanut mi-ta'am – Propaganda – אמנות מטעם

Ze post mi-ta'am X – That's a post sponsored by X – זה פוסט מטעם א

Hush ha-ta'am – Taste (sense) – חוש הטעם

Mat'am, mat'amim – Delicacy, delicacies – מטעם, מטעמים

Hu asa mi-ze mat'amim – "He made delicacies out of it" – הוא עשה מזה מטעמים

Hem asu mi-ze mat'amim – "They made delicacies out of it" – הם עשו מזה מטעמים

Lit'om – To taste – לטעום

Efshar lit'om – May I taste? – אפשר לטעום?

Tit'am! Tit'ami! Tit'amu – Taste it (imp.) – תטעם, תטעמי, תטעמו

Ta'am – Taste / He tasted – טעם

Playlist and Clips:

Streetwise Hebrew Episode 122: Waiter Talk… Is Everything OK?

Streetwise Hebrew Episode 151: Like Nothing Else: Intensifiers and Superlatives

Lilit Nagar & Jacques Cohen – Al Ta'am ve-al Re'ach (lyrics)

Dana Berger – Yesh Be-ze Ta'am (lyrics)

Matti Caspi & Yehudit Ravitz – Samba bi-shnayim (lyrics)

Lahakat Hel Ha-yam – Hasake (lyrics)

Ice cream commercial

Mabat – Pras mi-ta'am ("prize on behalf of")

Nurit Galron – Kulanu Zkukim Le-hesed (lyrics)

To mark the 200th episode of Streetwise Hebrew, learn to say matayim, two hundred in Hebrew, and to talk about this special suffix for pairs, 'ayim'.

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New words and expressions:

Perek matayim - Episode number 200 - פרק 200

Me'a, meot - Hundred, century/centuries - מאה, מאות

Matayim - Two hundred - מאתיים

Alpayim - Two thousand - אלפיים

Elef - One thousand - אלף

Anachnu achshav be-alpayim u-shmone-esre - We're now in 2018 - אנחנו עכשיו באלפיים וּשמונֶה-עשרֶה

Alpayim ve-shmona-esre (coll.) - 2018 - אלפיים וְשמונָה-עשרה

Yad, Yadaim - Hand, hands - יד, ידיים

Yadaim lemala - Hands up - ידיים למעלה

Einayim yafot - Beautiful eyes - עיניים יפות

Lehayaim smukot - Blushing cheeks - לחיים סמוקות

Sfatayim adumot - Red lips - שפתיים אדומות

Oznayim gdolot - Big ears - אוזניים גדולות

Raglayim se'irot - Hairy legs - רגליים שעירות

Naalayim - Shoes - נעליים

Garbayim - Socks - גרביים

Magafayim - Boots - מגפיים

Michnasayim - Pants - מכנסיים

Tsarich Letsaltsel Pa'a'mayim - You need to ring twice - צריך לצלצל פעמיים

Pa'am - Once (one time) - פעם

Pa'amayim - Twice - פעמיים

Shalosh pe'amim - Three times - שלוש פעמים

Yomayim - Two days - יומיים

Yom-yomayim - A a day or two - יום-יומיים

Ten/tni li yom yomayim - Give me a day or two - תן/תני לי יום-יומיים

Ve-ani achzor elaich - And I'll get back to you (f.) - ואני אחזור אליך

Shvua'im - Two weeks - שבועיים

Shavua - A week - שבוע

Hodesh - A month - חודש

Hodshayim – Two months - חודשיים

Shnatayim - Two years - שנתיים

Shana - Year - שנה

Shana-shnatayim - A year or two - שנה-שנתיים

Le-kama zman at nosa'at? - How long are you (f.) going for? - לכמה זמן את נוסעת?

Ofanayim (pl. m.) - Bicycle - אופניים

Mishkafayim (pl. m.) - Glasses - משקפיים

Mishkafey-shemesh yafim - Nice sunglasses -משקפי שמש יפים

Wow, eize mishkafayim yafot (coll.) - Wow, beautiful glasses - וואו, איזה משקפיים יפות

Shahar, shaharein (Ar.) - Month, two months - שהר, שהרין - شهر, شهرين

Bas yomein (Ar.) - Only two days - بس يومين - באס יומין

Playlist and clips:

Sexta – Noladti La-shalom (lyrics)

Knessiyat Ha-sechel – Yadaim Lemala (lyrics)

Kaveret – Ha-magafayim shel Baruch (lyrics)

Shoshana Damari – Tsarich Letsaltsel Pa'a'mayim (lyrics)

Riki Gal – Yeled Ra (lyrics)

Sivan Shavit – Kartis Tisa (lyrics)

Lior Yainy – Bo'i le-Eilat (lyrics)

David Broza – Yihye Tov (lyrics)

Tsvika Pik – Ahava be-Sof ha-Kaiyts (lyrics)

Sarit Hadad – Ba-hom shel Tel Aviv (lyrics)

A-WA – Habib Galbi

Qasem Al-Sultan – Bas Yomein

Halom is a dream in Hebrew, plural, Halomot. There's lots of songs about halomot. But how is it related to Guy's grandpa?

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New words and expressions:

Halom, halomot - Dream - חלום Halomot be-aspamya - Unrealistic dreams - חלומות באספמיה He-hayit o halamti halom - Did you (f.) exist or was I just dreaming? - ההיית או חלמתי חלום? Rachel ha-meshoreret - Rachel the poet - רחל המשוררת Kvutsa - Group - קבוצה Kibbutz - Kibbutz - קיבוץ Ha-halomot she-anahnu holmim - The dreams which we dream - החלומות שאנחנו חולמים Holmim be-hakits - Daydreaming - חולמים בהקיץ Halomot be-hakits - Daydreams - חלומות בהקיץ Lahlom - To dream - לחלום Halomot paz - Sweet dreams - חלומות פז Be-halom ha-laila - In your dreams - בחלום הלילה Tamshich/i lahlom - Keep dreaming - תמשיך/תמשיכי לחלום Lif'amim halomot mitgashmim - Sometimes dreams come true - לפעמים חלומות מתגשמים Halom ratuv - A wet dream - חלום רטוב

Playlist & clips:

Ruhama Raz - Halomot (lyrics)

Eyal Golan - Halomot

Alma Zohar - Nad Ned (lyrics)

Ester Ofarim - Ve-ulai (lyrics)

Eifo Ha-yeled - Olam lelo Halomot (lyrics)

Halomot Paz

Harel Skaat, Harel Moyal & Adi Cohen - Lif'amim Halomot Mitgashmim (lyrics)

Yizhar Cohen - Halomot Shmurim (lyrics)

The Tel Aviv municipality launched a new campaign to encourage people to pick up after their dogs. 'Tarimu' means 'pick up', imperative, plural. But it has another meaning in the Tel Avivi gay lingo. What does it mean?

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New words and expressions:

Merimim et ha-yadayim gavoha la-shamayim - Raising their hands up to the sky - מרימים את הידיים, גבוה לשמיים Leharim - To pick up, to lift - להרים Tarimu - Pick up (imp., pl.) - תרימו Ya'chti - Hey sister (Ar.) - יא'חתי Im anachnu holchot achshav ba-mits'ad - If we're walking right now in the parade - אם אנחנו הולכות עכשיו במצעד Ve-yesh eize mishehi kacha yabsha - And there's this girl who's a bit 'dry', idle - ויש איזה מישהי ככה יאבשה Tagidi la 'yachti, tarimi' - Tell her 'sister, lift it up' - תגידי לה "יאח'תי, תרימי' Leharim et matsav ha-ruach - To lift up the mood - להרים את מצב הרוח Ucht'ch tarimi - Sister, lift it up - אוחץ' תרימי Tel Aviv, ir merima - Tel Aviv, a city which picks up - תל אביב, עיר מרימה Ani kapai arima - I'll lift up my hands (arch.)- אני כפיי ארימה Ani arim et ha-yadaim - I will lift my hands (mod.) - אני ארים את הידיים Ani heramti yadayim - I gave up - אני הרמתי ידיים Lehitromem - To rise up - להתרומם Mitromemet - She is getting up - מתרוממת Tsipor mitromemet la'uf - A bird is getting up to fly - ציפור מתרוממת לעוף Mitromem - He is getting up; Gay (derog.) - מתרומם Harama - Lifting - הרמה Harama le-hanchata - "Setting up for going down" - הרמה להנחתה Leharim le-hanchata - "To set up for someone" - להרים להנחתה Heramta li le-hanchata - You totally set that up for me - הרמת לי להנחתה Rama - Height, level - רמה Ramat Ha-golan - Golan Heights - רמת הגולן Ramat ha-ivrit shelcha - The level of your Hebrew - רמת העברית שלך Tat rama - Sub-standard; Of poor quality, horrible - תת-רמה Tat-tarbut - Subculture - תת-תרבות

Playlist & clips:

Shotei Ha-nevu'a - Ha-yeladim Koftsim (lyrics)

Adir Bublil - Tarimu

Golstar reality TV show

Tarimu Campaign

Ilanit - Shana Tova (lyrics)

Shiri Maimon - Kvar Lo Shelcha (lyrics)

Yehudit Ravitz - Derech Ha-meshi (lyrics)

Mabat - Siyur be-ramat ha-golan

Hayom ha-ze - Tat rama

The root חל"ק has so many meanings. It has to do with separation, borders and partitions, so you can imagine how popular it is here in the Middle East. But it has more meanings, for example at the hair stylist, in a stadium or even on a banana peel.

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New words and expressions:

Tochnit ha-haluka - The partition plan - תכנית החלוקה Halukat itonim - Newspaper distribution - חלוקת עיתונים Mehalek itonim - Newsboy - מחלק עיתונים Shimon Peres yehalek et yeurshalayim - Shimon Peres will divide Jerusalem - שמעון פרס יחלק את ירושלים Lahlok mashehu im mishehu - To share something with someone - לחלוק משהו עם מישהו Anahnu nahlok lasagna - We'll be sharing a lasagna - אנחנו נחלוק לזניה Mat'im lahlok - Sharable - מתאים לחלוק Lahlok al mishehu - To disagree with someone - לחלוק על מישהו Mahloket - Controversy, disagreement - מחלוקת Mahleket assakim - Business class - מחלקת עסקים Mahlaka - Class, dept., unit, platoon, ward - מחלקה Memshalot ve-generalim she-hilku lanu et ha-nof - Governments and generals who divided our landscape - ממשלות וגנרלים שחילקו לנו את הנוף Lehahlik - To straighten - להחליק Kama ze pashut lehahlik se'ar im mahlik se'ar - How easy it is to straighten the hair, with a hair straightener - כמה זה פשוט להחליק שיער עם מחליק שיער Hahlaka al ha-kerach - Ice skating - החלקה על הקרח Mahlika al kerah - Ice skater - מחליקה על קרח Tahlik et ze - Let it slide - תחליק את זה Halak - Smooth - חלק Halaklak - Slimy - חלקלק Hichlakta al ha-sechel (coll.: Hitchalakta al ha-sechel) - Are you out of your mind? (lit. "did you slip on your mind?") - החלקת על השכל, התחלקת על השכל Helek, halakim - Part, parts - חלק, חלקים Shnei halakim be-toch ha-shalem - Two parts inside one - שני חלקים בתוך השלם Me'unan helkit - Partly cloudy - מעונן חלקית

Playlist and clips:

Partition plan, Tochnit ha-haluka

Uri Hizkiya mehalek itonim

Kotrot He-avar, past headlines

Mahleket asakim, business class

David Broza - Yihye Tov (lyrics)

Eich lehahlik se'ar - How to smooth out or straighten your hair

Paul Simon - Slip Sliding Away

Rafi Perski - Million Dollar (lyrics)

Alon Olearchik - Shnei Halakim Be-tokh Ha-shalem (lyrics)

Gazoz - Shir Avoda (lyrics)

Almost everybody knows the word chutzpah, audacity, brash behaviour. When is it positive and when is it negative? And what's hutzpah israelit?

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New words and expressions:

Hatichat hatsuf - You cheeky bastard - חתיכת חצוף Limhok - to erase - למחוק Titbayesh lecha - Shame on you - תתבייש לך Ata pashut hatsuf - You're just cheeky - אתה פשוט חצוף Na'ara yechola lihyot hatzufa - A girl can be audacious, brash - נערה יכולה להיות חצופה Hutspan - A rude person - חוצפן Hu ma-ze hutspan, hi ma-ze hutspanit - he's so brash, she's so brash - הוא מה-זה חוצפן, היא מה-זה חוצפנית Ha-yeladim mithatsfim elay - The kids "talk back" to me - הילדים מתחצפים אליי Lehithatsef le-mishehu - To be cheeky toward someone - להתחצף למישהו Hayeled hithatsef la-mora - The kid was impolite, cheeky, toward the teacher - הילד התחצף למורה Ha-yeled diber eleha be-hutzpah - The kid talked to her with hutzpah - הילד דיבר אליה בחוצפה Messer kaful - Double message - מסר כפול Hutzpah israelit - Isreali Hutzpah - חוצפה ישראלית Ratsiti lehachnis et ha-hutzpah ha-israelit - I wanted to introduce the israeli hutzpah - רציתי להכניס את החוצפה הישראלית Le'ha-ez - To dare - להעז

Playlist and clips: Irit Linur - Galey Tsahal Radio

Irit Linur - TV20

Rami Kleinstein - "Hanichi Li" (lyrics)

Balagan - "Huts La'aretz" (lyrics)

Ma osim kshe-ha-yeled mithatsef - Reshet Alef Radio

Michal Hil - Israeli Hutzpah Exhibition (Ha-televizia Ha-hinuhit)

Hutzpah Israelit Exhibition (HIT)

Limor Ben Yosef, Israeli designer in NY - Walla

Ahmad Tibi - Arutz Ha-knesset

Shlishiyat Gesher Ha-yarkon - "Siman She-ata Tsa'ir" (lyrics)

English has 'like' and 'kinda'. What do Hebrew speakers use as fillers? And what did we borrow from Arabic? Guy explains.

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Words and expressions discussed:

Em - Umm - אֶם Achshav ani margish - Now I feel - עכשיו אני מרגיש Ke'ilu lo yode'a klum - As if I know nothing - כאילו לא יודע כלום Ke'ilu (kilu) - As if - כאילו, כילו Zot omeret (ztomeret, stomeret) - It means - זאת אומרת, זתומרת, סתומרת Az - So, then - אז Ya'ani - Like, As if (arabic) - יעני Ya'ani, yaa'nu - Like - יעני, יענו Be-kitsur, hakitser - To cut a long story short - בקיצור, הקיצר Kiviachol - So to speak, allegedly - כביכול Ani mechabedet ota - I respect her - אני מכבדת אותה

Playlist and clips:

Dafni Liff interview (Hinuchit TV)

Shlomo Artzi - "Hi Lo Yoda'at Ma Over Alai" (lyrics)

X-Factor - Orian Rakia

Meir Ariel - "Shoef Le-efes" (lyrics)

Shoshana Damari - "Zot Omeret" (lyrics)

Idan Amedi - "Az" (lyrics)

Ziad Al-Saleh - "Ya'ani"

Latifa - "Ya'ani eih"

Murat Dalkılıç - "Yani"

Rabbi Amnon Yitshak

Arik Einstein - "Shavir"

Hatunot (Reshet TV)

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Today, um, Guy talks, um, about fillers like 'Eh' in Hebrew and about other things we say when we try to think and talk at the same time. Learn why this is important, especially for people who want to improve their Hebrew.

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New words and expressions: Eh - Um - אֶה Ve… - And - ו… Ve-tagidi - And tell me (f.)… - ותגידי Ve-tagid li - And tell me (m.) - ותגיד Yoter eh kashim - More, um, difficult - יותר, אֶה, קשים Al mashehu she… - About something that… - על משהו ש... Legamgam - To stutter - לגמגם Gimgum - A stutter - גמגום Lemalmel - To mumble - למלמל

Playlist and clips:

Anwar Sadat's visit

Sadat Interview

Husni Mubarak interview

Jacques Chirac interview

MK Shelly Yachimovich interview

Eretz Nehederet - Vetagid li

Noa Kirel - interview (TV2)

Ilan Wierzberg & Shimon Gelbets - "Lo Yacholti Laasot Klum" (lyrics)

Ilan & Ilanit - "Tfila shel Yom Atsuv" (lyrics)

Efrat Gosh - "Ah Ah Ah" (lyrics)

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We were all kids once, and at least in Israel, during the summer holiday, we used to tell our parents, mesha'amem li, I am bored. Answers varied, as you can imagine, but let's talk for a sec about boredom-bored-boring in Hebrew.

Words and expressions discussed:

Mesha'amem - Boring - משעמם Mesha'mem li - I am bored - משעמם לי Mesha'amem la'allah / me-sha'amem ticho / ma-ze mesha'amem - It's so boring - משעמם לאללה / משעמם טיכו / מה-זה משעמם Meshu'amam - Bored - משועמם Shiamum - Boredom - שעמום Shi'amum amiti - A real boredom - שעמום אמיתי Ani met mi-shiamum - I am dying of boredom - אני מת משעמום Eize shi'amum - How boring - איזה שעמום Shi'amumon - A really boring thing - שעמומון Mishta'amem - Getting bored - משתעמם Matsati et atsmi levad mishta'amem li - I found myself alone getting bored - מצאתי את עצמי לבד משתעמם לי Mechamem - Slang for 'mesha'amem' - מצ'עמם Lehishta'amem - To get bored - להשתעמם Shnuya be-mahloket - Controversial - שנויה במחלוקת Al gvul ha-giz'anut - On the verge of racism - על גבול הגזענות Hafla - Party (Arabic) - חפלה "Haflizatsia" - Turning something into a party - "חפליזציה"

Playlist and clips:

Ha-tarnegolim – Mesha'amem (lyrics)

Micha Shitrit – Mesha'amem (lyrics)

Teapacks – Eize Olam (lyrics)

Arkadi Duchin & Meir Shitrit – Beit Kafe shel Dinozaurim (lyrics)

Benzin – Yom Shishi (lyrics)

Assaf Amdurski – Ahava Hadasha (lyrics)

Arnon Tsadok interview – Hinuchit TV

Omer Adam – Bucharest (lyrics)

Bar Mitzva (Erez Nehederet parody show)

Time Out Tel Aviv (Hebrew) about "Israeli Trash"

Gary Eckstein – Haya Li Tov (lyrics)

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