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 ืื ื ืืืื ืืฉื ืืื ืืืฆื
Metsiโah/ot โ Finding/s โ ืืฆืืื/ืืฆืืืืช
A groysรฉ metsi’รฉ (Yiddish) โ A big catch (not!) โ ื ืืจืืืกืข ืืฆืืขื
Hu lo kazรฉ groysรฉ metsiรฉ โ He’s not such a good catch โ ืืื ืื ืืื ืืจืืืกืข ืืฆืืขื
Gam ken groysรฉ metsiรฉ โ Another good catch (not!) โ ืื ืื ืืจืืืกืข ืืฆืืืข
Shuk ha-metsi’ot โ The bargain market โ ืฉืืง ืืืฆืืืึนืช
Metsi’ut aheret โ Another reality โ ืืฆืืืึผืช ืืืจืช
Metsiโut meduma โ Virtual reality โ ืืฆืืืึผืช ืืืืื
Metsi’ut โ Reality โ ืืฆืืืึผืช
Ze (lo) motsรฉ hen be-enay โ I (don’t) like it โ ืื (ืื) ืืืฆื ืื ืืขืื ื
Matsa chen be-enaych/enecha? โ Did you like it? โ ืืฆื ืื ืืขืื ืื/ืืขืื ืืื?
Efo at/a nimtsa/nimtset? โ Where are you located? โ ืืืคื ืืช/ื ื ืืฆื/ืช?
Hi lo nimtset karega โ She’s not in right now โ ืืื ืื ื ืืฆืืช ืืจืืข
Slicha, Carmella nimtset? โ Excuse me, is Carmella in? โ ืกืืืื, ืืจืืื ื ืืฆืืช?
Ani mitmatsรฉ be-X โ I have knowledge about Xโ ืื ื ืืชืืฆื ืืืฉืื
Lehitmatsรฉ โ to be familiar with โ ืืืชืืฆื
Ani lo mitmatsรฉ be-ze โ I am not an expert on this โ ืื ื ืื ืืชืืฆื ืืื
Hitmats’ut โ Orientation, knowing your way around โ ืืชืืฆืืืช
Hush hitmats’ut โ Sense of direction โ ืืืฉ ืืชืืฆืืืช
Lehamtsi โ To invent โ ืืืืฆืื
Hamtsa’a โ Invention โ ืืืฆืื
Hu mamtsi โ He is inventing, heโs making things up โ ืืื ืืืฆืื
Al tamtsi’i shum teruts โ Don’t invent any excuses โ ืื ืชืืฆืื ืฉืื ืชืืจืืฅ
Dai lehamtsi terutsim โ Stop inventing excuses โ ืื ืืืืฆืื ืชืืจืืฆืื
Tagid she-ata lo rotse โ Just say that you don’t want to โ ืชืืื ืฉืืชื ืื ืจืืฆื
Nu tamtsi/โi kvar mashehu ve-bo/i โ Come on, make up something and come โ ื ื, ืชืืฆืื/ื ืืืจ ืืฉืื ืืืื/ื
Mimtsa’im archeologiyim โ Archaeological findings โ ืืืฆืืื ืืจืืืืืืืืื
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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Love this. Where’s the translation of the few words in Hebrew at the end of the episode.?
Hi Cheryl,
Here they are on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/posts/episode-180s-13729348