Streetwise Hebrew

“Kacha”: The Perfect Answer to Difficult Questions

When you keep on asking “lama?” – why?” – eventually you can expect the answer “kacha” – “just because.”

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Charge Up Your Hebrew Right Here

Today’s root – “ta’an” – means “loaded” or “charged,” like charging a phone. But it can also mean “claimed” or “complained.”

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Celebrating 3 Years of Streetwise Hebrew!

From basketball, to math, beer and music, learn some of the many uses of the number three in Hebrew. Plus we even get to hear some iconic Israeli poetry.

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Al Tagzim! Exaggerate? Moi?

In Israel you’ll come across plenty of people who get carried away, overreact to things, or go over the top. What should you say to these people in Hebrew?

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Streetwise Hebrew Gets Double Negative

After some Hebrew words like “klum” (“nothing”) or “af pa’am” (“never”) we also have to use “lo” (“no”). So, unlike in English, we use two negation words.

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Let’s Get Idiomatic With “Latset”

The word יצאת (from לצאת – to “go out/come out”) plays an important role in everyday Hebrew slang

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Dare to Be Different

It’s not always easy to be “different” – “shoné” in Hebrew – but today we tackle this word and its offshoots head-on.

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Meet the Patrons Part 3: Is Hebrew the Hardest Language?

We’re airing pieces of the Skype chat host Guy Sharett had with some of our Patrons in March. This is “Part 3” of the chat.

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Meet the Patrons Part 2: Start-Up Secrets and Server Mishaps

We’re airing pieces of the Skype chat host Guy Sharett had with some of our Patrons in March. This is “Part 2” of the chat.

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Meet the Patrons Part 1: Don’t Let the Mistakes Get You Down!

Over the next three weeks we’ll be airing pieces of the Skype chat host Guy Sharett had with some of our Patrons in March.

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