It’s time we talk about our emotions, our feelings. On this episode, Guy sets aside his feelings to talk about the Hebrew root r-g-sh.

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New Words and Expressions:

Regesh, regashot – Emotion, emotions – רגש, רגשות

Regashot me’oravim – Mixed feelings – רגשות מעורבים

Rigshot ashma – Guilt – רגשות אשמה

Ani be-se’arat regashot – I am on an emotional roller coaster – אני בסערת רגשות

Ragish – Sensitive – רגיש

Ata pashut ragish midai – You’re just too sensitive – אתה פשוט רגיש מדיי

Regishut – Sensitivity – רגישות

Regishut le-gluten – Sensitivity to gluten – רגישות לגלוטן

Avoda rigshit – Emotional work – עבודה רגשית

Rigshi – Emotional – רגשי

Inteligentsia rigshit – Emotional intelligence – אינטליגנציה רגשית

Hu afilu lo nisa la’asot alenu rigshi – He didn’t even try to manipulate us – הוא אפילו לא ניסה לעשות עלינו ‘רגשי’

La’asot rigshi le/al mishehu – To use emotional manipulation on someone – לעשות ‘רגשי’ על/ל מישהו

Dai laasot li/alai rigshi – Enough with this emotional manipulation – די לעשות לי/עליי ‘רגשי’

Rigshi – Someone who is too sensitive – ‘רגשי’

Bli rigshi achshav – Come on, don’t get offended – בלי ‘רגשי’ עכשיו

Lehargish – To feel – להרגיש

Eich margishim kshe- – How does one feel when… – איך מרגישים כש…

Eich ata margish – How do you feel – איך אתה מרגיש

Ze margish li kmo… – To me it feels like… – זה מרגיש לי כמו…

Eich ze margish lecha – How does it feel to you? – איך זה מרגיש לך?

Hargasha – Feeling – הרגשה

Yesh li hargasha ktsat meshuna – I have a strange feeling – יש לי הרגשה קצת משונה

Eich ha-hargasha? – What’s the feeling like? – איך ההרגשה?

Ha-regashot – The emotions – הרגשות

Hargashot – Feelings – הרגשות

Meragesh – Exciting, moving – מרגש

Mitragesh – Excited, anxious – מתרגש

Rigashta, rigasht – What you wrote touched me – ריגשת

Merugash – Excited – מרוגש

Mitrageshet – Anxious, excited – מתרגשת

Yesh la parparim ba-beten – She has butterflies – יש לה פרפרים בבטן

Hu margish – He feels – הוא מרגיש

Murgash – It is felt, noticeable – מורגש

Murgash she-ata ohev ofna – One can tell you like fashion – מורגש שאתה אוהב אופנה

Ha-taam shel ha-batzal meod murgash ba-salat – The flavor of the onion is very noticeable in the salad – הטעם של הבצל מאוד מורגש בסלט

Ha-yam ragash – The sea was stormy – הים רגש

Nirgash – Excited, agitated – נרגש

Ragshan – Sentimental – רגשן

Ragshanut – Sentimentality – רגשנות

Playlist and Clips:

Ophir Somberg – Regashot Me’oravim (lyrics)

Rigshot ashma, guilt

Eti Bitton – Se’arat Regashot (lyrics)

Dafna Armoni – Ragish Midai (lyrics)

Regishut le-gluten

Avoda rigshit – emotional work

‘Rigshi’

Shlomo Artzi – Eich Margishim Kshe-yesh Ahava (lyrics)

Sylvan & Yair – Etslech Kmo Tamid (lyrics)

Meragesh – Exciting (Guy Pines’ show)

Yetsi’at Herum – Nehederet (lyrics)

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