It happens to all of us: we have a task to accomplish and we promise ourselves to do it right after this one last thing. So how did an entire week pass by so quickly and yet we’re staring at an even longer to-do list? Let’s talk about procrastination in Hebrew.
New Words and Expressions:
Dachyanoot – Procrastination – ืืืืื ืึผืช
Dachyan, dachyanit – Procrastinator – ืืืืื, ืืืืื ืืช
โHa-yom ulai nidche et bo ha-lailaโ – Today we might postpone the arrival of the night – ืืืื ืืืื ื ืืื ืืช ืืื ืืืืื
Dachinu – We postponed, we delayed – ืืืื ื
Lidchot – To postpone – ืืืืืช
Doche, docha, dochim, dochot – Postpone (present tense) – ืืืึธื, ืืืึถื, ืืืืื, ืืืืืช
Lidchot hatsaโa – To turn down an offer – ืืืืืช ืืฆืขื
Ze beseder im nidche le-machar? – Is it ok if we push back to tomorrow? – ืื ืืกืืจ ืื ื ืืึถื ืืืืจ
Ze beseder im nikba le-yom acher? – Can we reschedule? – ืื ืืกืืจ ืื ื ืืื ืืืืจ
Yesh matsav lidchot et ze le-yom sheni? – Is there a chance to delay it to Monday? – ืืฉ ืืฆื ืืืืืช ืืช ืื ืืืื ืฉื ื
Bo naziz et ze le-yom acher – Letโs move it to another day – ืืื ื ืืื ืืช ืื ืืืื ืืืจ
Ba-sof dachu et ze – They pushed it back at the end – ืืกืืฃ ืืื ืืช ืื
Ze nidcha – It was pushed back – ืื ื ืืื
Dโchiya – Postponement – ืืืืื
Ikoov ba-tisa – Flight delay – ืขืืืื ืืืืกื
Yesh lanu ikoov kal – We have a slight delay – ืืฉ ืื ื ืขืืืื ืงื
Dโchiya ba-tisa – Flight postponement – ืืืืื ืืืืกื
Dachu et ha-tisa le-machar – They postponed the flight to tomorrow – ืืื ืืช ืืืืกื ืืืืจ
Ha-tisa nidchata le-machar – The flight was delayed to tomorrow – ืืืืกื ื ืืืชื ืืืืจ
Od dchiya ve-od dchiya – Another delay and yet another delay – ืขืื ืืืืื ืืขืื ืืืืื
Delayed Gratification – Dโchiyat sipookim – ืืืืืช ืกืืคืืงืื
Playlist and Clips:
Hava Alberstein – Perach Ha-lilach (lyrics)
