"Nimtsa hatul," a cat was found. Credit: Zipa Kempinsky

Do you know how to say ‘a good catch’ in Hebrew? How about ‘virtual reality’? And ‘sense of direction’? This episode is all about the nuances of an interesting word for all these contexts.

New Words and Expressions:

Ani holech lesham ve-lo motse โ€“ I am going there, and I don’t find โ€“ ืื ื™ ื”ื•ืœืš ืœืฉื ื•ืœื ืžื•ืฆื

Metsiโ€™ah/ot โ€“ Finding/s โ€“ ืžืฆื™ืื”/ืžืฆื™ืื•ืช

A groysรฉ metsi’รฉ (Yiddish) โ€“ A big catch (not!) โ€“ ื ื’ืจื•ื™ืกืข ืžืฆื™ืขื

Hu lo kazรฉ groysรฉ metsiรฉ โ€“ He’s not such a good catch โ€“ ื”ื•ื ืœื ื›ื–ื” ื’ืจื•ื™ืกืข ืžืฆื™ืขื

Gam ken groysรฉ metsiรฉ โ€“ Another good catch (not!) โ€“ ื’ื ื›ืŸ ื’ืจื•ื™ืกืข ืžืฆื™ืืข

Shuk ha-metsi’ot โ€“ The bargain market โ€“ ืฉื•ืง ื”ืžืฆื™ืื•ึนืช

Metsi’ut aheret โ€“ Another reality โ€“ ืžืฆื™ืื•ึผืช ืื—ืจืช

Metsiโ€™ut meduma โ€“ Virtual reality โ€“ ืžืฆื™ืื•ึผืช ืžื“ื•ืžื”

Metsi’ut โ€“ Reality โ€“ ืžืฆื™ืื•ึผืช

Ze (lo) motsรฉ hen be-enay โ€“ I (don’t) like it โ€“ ื–ื” (ืœื) ืžื•ืฆื ื—ืŸ ื‘ืขื™ื ื™

Matsa chen be-enaych/enecha? โ€“ Did you like it? โ€“ ืžืฆื ื—ืŸ ื‘ืขื™ื ื™ืš/ื‘ืขื™ื ื™ื™ืš?

Efo at/a nimtsa/nimtset? โ€“ Where are you located? โ€“ ืื™ืคื” ืืช/ื” ื ืžืฆื/ืช?

Hi lo nimtset karega โ€“ She’s not in right now โ€“ ื”ื™ื ืœื ื ืžืฆืืช ื›ืจื’ืข

Slicha, Carmella nimtset? โ€“ Excuse me, is Carmella in? โ€“ ืกืœื™ื—ื”, ื›ืจืžืœื” ื ืžืฆืืช?

Ani mitmatsรฉ be-X โ€“ I have knowledge about Xโ€“ ืื ื™ ืžืชืžืฆื ื‘ืžืฉื”ื•

Lehitmatsรฉ โ€“ to be familiar with โ€“ ืœื”ืชืžืฆื

Ani lo mitmatsรฉ be-ze โ€“ I am not an expert on this โ€“ ืื ื™ ืœื ืžืชืžืฆื ื‘ื–ื”

Hitmats’ut โ€“ Orientation, knowing your way around โ€“ ื”ืชืžืฆืื•ืช

Hush hitmats’ut โ€“ Sense of direction โ€“ ื—ื•ืฉ ื”ืชืžืฆืื•ืช

Lehamtsi โ€“ To invent โ€“ ืœื”ืžืฆื™ื

Hamtsa’a โ€“ Invention โ€“ ื”ืžืฆืื”

Hu mamtsi โ€“ He is inventing, heโ€™s making things up โ€“ ื”ื•ื ืžืžืฆื™ื

Al tamtsi’i shum teruts โ€“ Don’t invent any excuses โ€“ ืืœ ืชืžืฆื™ื ืฉื•ื ืชื™ืจื•ืฅ

Dai lehamtsi terutsim โ€“ Stop inventing excuses โ€“ ื“ื™ ืœื”ืžืฆื™ื ืชื™ืจื•ืฆื™ื

Tagid she-ata lo rotse โ€“ Just say that you don’t want to โ€“ ืชื’ื™ื“ ืฉืืชื” ืœื ืจื•ืฆื”

Nu tamtsi/โ€™i kvar mashehu ve-bo/i โ€“ Come on, make up something and come โ€“ ื ื•, ืชืžืฆื™ื/ื™ ื›ื‘ืจ ืžืฉื”ื• ื•ื‘ื•ื/ื™

Mimtsa’im archeologiyim โ€“ Archaeological findings โ€“ ืžืžืฆืื™ื ืืจื›ื™ืื•ืœื•ื’ื™ื

Playlist and Clips:
Matti Caspi โ€“ Yemey Binyamina (lyrics)
Yona Atari & Ili Gorlitsky โ€“ Shuk Ha-metsi’ot (lyrics)
Nathan Alterman โ€“ Wikipedia (En.)
Yona Atari โ€“ Wikipedia (Heb.)
Ili Gorlitski Wikpedia (Heb.)
Eyal Golan โ€“ Metsi’ut Aheret (lyrics)
Arkadi Duchin โ€“ At Lo Nimtset (lyrics)
Ha-dorbanim โ€“ Im Rak Tedabri (lyrics)
Matti Caspi โ€“ Kama Shirim Efshar Lehamtsi Bichlal (lyrics)
Gidi Gov โ€“ Bo’i Nishaer (lyrics)
Mimtsa Archeologi (TV1)

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2 comments on “But Now I’m Found”

  1. Cheryl Waldstein says:

    Love this. Where’s the translation of the few words in Hebrew at the end of the episode.?

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