This week’s episode is all about the root shavar, which gives Hebrew its words for break, broke, and broken. There are plenty of unexpected phrases to learn with this root, one of which is not for kids, so please listen to the episode without them first.
New words and expressions:
Shavar – He broke – שבר
Lishbor – To break – לשבור
Shoveret levavot – Heartbreaker (f.) – שוברת לבבות
Lishbor et ha-kelim – To break the rules (of a game) – לשבור את הכלים
Shavru et ha-kelim ve-lo mesahakim – They broke the rules, we stop playing – שברו את הכלים ולא משחקים
Nekudat shvira – Breaking point – נקודת שבירה
Shvirat ha-tsom – End of the fast – שבירת הצום
Shvirat ha-kos ba-hatuna – Breaking the glass in a wedding – שבירת הכוס בחתונה
“Shovrim shtika” – “Breaking the silence” – “שוברים שתיקה”
Hevrat Apple shoveret si – The Apple company breaks a record – חברת אפל שוברת שיא
Lishbor si Guiness – To break a Guinness record – לשבור שיא גינס
Lishbor et ha-shinayim – To break the teeth – לשבור את השיניים
Shover galim – Breakwater, seawall – שובר גלים
Shover et ha-shuk – “breaking the market” – שובר את השוק
Nishbar li mi- – I am fed up with something/someone – נשבר לי מ-
Nishbar li mi-menu – I am sick and tired of him – נשבר לי ממנו
Nishbar li ha-zayin mi- (vulgar) – I am sick and tired of… – נשבר לי הזין ממנו
Dai, nishbar hazayin (vulgar) – Enough already, I am completely fed up – די, נשבר הזין
Nishbar li ha-lev – My heart was broken – נשבר לי הלב
Ma la’asot im nishbar li ha-lev – What can I do if my heart is broken? – מה לעשות אם נשבר לי הלב?
Nishbar li mi-matematika – I am fed up with math – נשבר לי ממתמטיקה
Nishbar ha-sharav – The heatwave has ended – נשבר השרב
Lehishver – To be/get broken – להישבר
Lo lehishaver – Don’t give up – לא להישבר
Shavir – Fragile – שביר
Shavriri – Frail – שברירי
Lo Shever, mashber – Not a fracture, but a crisis – לא שבר, משבר
Shever ba-yehasim – Rift in the relationship – שבר ביחסים
Playlist and clips:
Yitshak Klepter – Tslil Mechuvan (lyrics)
Dionne Warwick – Heartbreaker
Batsal Yarok – Shavru et Ha-kelim (lyrics)
Mabat (TV11)
Shovrim Shtika (TV11)
Most difficult Polish words
Hava Alberstein – Pit’om Nishbar Li (lyrics)
Shalom Hanoch – Shir Derekh (lyrics)
Arik Einstein – Shavir (lyrics)
Ha-haverim shel Natasha – Lo shever, mashber (lyrics)
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