streetwise hebrew

Yeled, Who Are You Kidding?

June 16, 2015 00:10:23

‘Yeled’ – ‘child’ – comes from the root ‘y.l.d’ – י.ל.ד – which has made a huge career for itself in Semitic languages.

We’ve Had Enough!

June 9, 2015 00:07:56

Had enough of struggling through dull Hebrew classes and heavy textbooks? We have the antidote.

This Show’s Getting More and More ‘Od’

June 2, 2015 00:10:10

How do we ask for more milk, for an encore or for another goal in a football game? You guessed it, we use “od.”

Summoning the Linguistic Chakra

May 26, 2015 00:09:17

Host Guy Sharett shares his top 10 tips on how to rejuvenate your linguistic inner self.

It’s About Time!

May 19, 2015 00:10:00

Do you have “zman” – time? This root, “z.m.n,” is used in so many words in Hebrew, it definitely merits an episode to itself

Give the People What They Want

May 12, 2015 00:10:41

The Hebrew word לתת means to give. But in some structures it could mean something else entirely. And what is לתת בראש – ‘to give in the head’?

Is It Worth It?

April 21, 2015 0:08:08

Israelis love tips and recommendations in order to speed up their decision making. So it’s no surprise that the word כדאי – ‘it’s worth it’ – is so popular in everyday use

You’re Suddenly Learning Hebrew? No Way!

April 14, 2015 0:07:12

Pit’om, suddenly, is a popular Hebrew word. What happens when we add the word ma before it? And how do you say sudden?

High-Tech Hebrew

April 7, 2015 00:10:11

You can’t be in the Start-up Nation and not talk the talk. Guy Sharett teaches key words/phrases & the conjugation of lesames. StreetWise Hebrew gets geeky!

Conversing ‘Au Naturel’

March 31, 2015 00:08:25

Making your Hebrew sound truly conversational is an important but tricky skill. How do you start a new topic, for instance?