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Youโ€™re eyeing the cheddar cheese at a Tel Avivi deli. Now comes the big question: How do you ask the seller to give you 100 grams of it in Hebrew?

New Words and Expressions:

Lishkol – To weigh – ืœืฉืงื•ืœ

Ani shokel / shokelet 63 kilo – I weigh 63kg – ืื ื™ ืฉื•ืงืœ / ืฉื•ืงืœืช 63 ืงโ€ื’

Ani shokel/shokelet et haโ€™optsiot sheli – I am weighing my options – ืื ื™ ืฉื•ืงืœ / ืฉื•ืงืœืช ืืช ื”ืื•ืคืฆื™ื•ืช ืฉืœื™

Shakalti – I weighed – ืฉืงืœืชื™

Kama ata shokel, kama at shokelet? – How much do you weigh? – ื›ืžื” ืืชื” ืฉื•ืงืœ, ื›ืžื” ืืช ืฉื•ืงืœืช

Kama ze shokel – How much does it weigh? – ื›ืžื” ื–ื” ืฉื•ืงืœ

Tishkol / Tishkeli li – Weigh it for me – ืชืฉืงื•ืœ / ืชืฉืงืœื™ ืœื™

Ten / Tni li reva tsfatit – Give me 250 grams of Tsfatit cheese – ืชืŸ / ืชื ื™ ืœื™ ืจื‘ืข ืฆืคืชื™ืช

Ten li hetsi (kilo) – Give me half a kilogram – ืชืŸ ืœื™ ื—ืฆื™

Shkol milim, shkeli milim – Weigh your words – ืฉืงื•ืœ ืžื™ืœื™ื

Shkila – Weighing – ืฉืงื™ืœื”

Shkilat hatsi ha-gmar – The semi final weighing – ืฉืงื™ืœืช ื—ืฆื™ ื”ื’ืžืจ

Shoklim lehashkia – are you considering investing? – ืฉื•ืงืœื™ื ืœื”ืฉืงื™ืข 

Ani shokel laavor le-London – I am considering moving to London – ืื ื™ ืฉื•ืงืœ ืœืขื‘ื•ืจ ืœืœื•ื ื“ื•ืŸ

Ani shokel / shokelet maโ€™avar le-hul – I am considering moving abroad – ืื ื™ ืฉื•ืงืœ / ืฉื•ืงืœืช ืžืขื‘ืจ ืœื—ื•โ€ืœ

Shikul – Consideration – ืฉื™ืงื•ืœ

Yesh shikulim lekan u-lekhan – There are different considerations, factors on both sides. – ื™ืฉ ืฉื™ืงื•ืœื™ื ืœื›ืืŸ ื•ืœื›ืืŸ

โ€œHa-derekh ha-nechona beyoter lehishakel hi paโ€™amayim be-shavuaโ€ – The best way to weigh yourself is by doing it twice a week – ื”ื“ืจืš ื”ื ื›ื•ื ื” ื‘ื™ื•ืชืจ ืœื”ื™ืฉืงืœ ื”ื™ื ืคืขืžื™ื™ื ื‘ืฉื‘ื•ืข

Ani tsarich/tsricha lehishakel – I need to get myself weighed – ืื ื™ ืฆืจื™ืš /  ืฆืจื™ื›ื” ืœื”ื™ืฉืงืœ

Nishkalta / nishkalt ? – โ€œHave you weighed yourself?โ€ – ื ืฉืงืœืช

Benadam shakool – Reasonable person – ื‘ื ืื“ื ืฉืงื•ืœ

Hachlata shkoola – Prudent decision – ื”ื—ืœื˜ื” ืฉืงื•ืœื”

Playlist and Clips:

Laredet be-gadol – Shkilat hatsi ha-gmar

Shoklim lehashkiโ€™a

Lehishakel – To weigh oneself

Corinne Alal – Kama Ze Shokel (lyrics)

Ep. 83 about latet, to give

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