Avigdor Liberman seen during a plenum session in the Israeli parliament.

How do you say “about 30 people” in Hebrew? How about “around the 7th or the 8th” of the month? Or perhaps “he’s about 50-60 year old?” Guy discusses the Hebrew words for around, about, and those other tentative things.

 

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New Words and Expressions:

Haya od or, hamesh be’erech – It was still light, it was about five – היה עוד אור, חמש בערך

Erech, arachim – Value, values – ערך

Be’erech assara, esrim – About 10-20 – בערך עשרה

Be’erech be-emtsa November – Around mid November – בערך באמצע נובמבר

Ha’aracha – Estimation – הערכה

Ze yihye ba-shvi’i o ba-shmini – It’s going to be on the 7th or 8th – זה יהיה בשביעי או בשמיני

Ha’aracha sheli – My estimation – הערכה שלי

Ani ma’arich/a – I estimate – אני מעריך/מעריכה

Kashe li lehaarich – It’s hard for me to estimate – קשה לי להעריך

Leha’arich – To estimate, appreciate and evaluate – להעריך

Be-svivot – Around – בסביבות

Be-ezor – Around – באזור

Besvivot shesh – Around 6pm – בסביבות שש

Be-ezor shesh-sheva – Six-sevenish – באזור שש-שבע

O mashehu (mashu) kaze – Or something like that – או משהו כזה

Az be-shmone? Ken, mashu kaze – So at eight? yes, something like that – אז בשמונה? כן, משהו כזה

Kama ze ya’ale li? Mashehu kmo alpayim – Something like two thousands – כמה זה יעלה לי? משהו כמו 2000

Ben kama hu? 20 kaze – How old is he? Around twenty – בן כמה הוא? 20 כזה

Matai lavo? Shmone tesha kaze – When should I come? Eight nine-ish – מתי לבוא? שמונה-תשע כזה

Tavi eize shnei kilo. – Get around 2 kg. – תביא איזה שני ק”ג

Hayu sham eize matayim ish – There were like 200 people there – היו שם איזה מאתיים איש

Ulay eize matayim – Maybe about 200 – אולי איזה מאתיים

Kacha hi ba-emtsa – She’s kinda in the middle – ככה היא באמצע

Kama kufsa’ot ata rotse? Tavi kacha 20 – How many boxes do you want? Why won’t you get about 20 – כמה קופסאות אתה רוצה? תביא ככה 20

Tavi 20 kacha – Get around 20 – תביא 20 ככה

Nire li (Nirali) – It seems to me – נראה לי

Hamishim-shishim nirali – 50-60 it seems to me – חמישים-שישים נראה לי

Nirali hamishim-shishim – It seems to me 50-60 – נראה לי חמישים-שישים

Ani lo yode’a / Ani yode’a? – I don’t know (m.) / How would I know? – אני לא יודע / אני יודע?

Ani lo yoda’at / Ani yoda’at? – I don’t know (f.) – אני לא יודעת / אני יודעת?

Ani hoshev / hoshevet – I think – אני חושב / חושבת

 

Playlist and Clips:

Shlomo Artzi – Kmo Az (lyrics)

Arutz ha-knesset – Interview with MK Avi Gabai

Teapacks – Od Shabbat (lyrics)

Kaveret – Kacha Hi Ba-emtsa (lyrics)

Rotem Cohen – Ani Yode’a (lyrics)

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1 comment on “Something Like That

  1. Wolfgang Schuler says:

    Being a Patreon, why can I not any more open the Patreon parts of your podcasts like the all-Hebrew version of your program or the text of the “few words in Hebrew” at the end of your program. Instead I am always asked to become a Patreon, which I already am. Lama? Ma la’asot?

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