Streetwise Hebrew

Today we're getting negative. Double negative, in fact. After some Hebrew words like כלום ("nothing") or אף פעם ("never") we also have to use לא ("no"). So, unlike in English, we use two negation words. Guy takes us through the rules, mentioning English, French and Portuguese as he goes. Oh, and while we're learning, we also get to listen to some beautiful French and Brazilian songs.
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New Words and Expressions:
"Me-olam lo shachati otcha" – I have never forgotten you – מעולם לא שכחתי אותך
"Af pa'am lo ted'ee" – Never will you know – אף פעם לא תדעי
Af pa'am lo hayiti be-… – I have never been to… – אף פעם לא הייתי ב
Af pa'am lo ahavti kach af achat – I have never loved anyone like this – אף פעם לא אהבתי כך אף אחת
Af echad lo yodea – Nobody knows – אף אחד לא יודע
"Achshav lo mitgorer bo af echad" – Now nobody lives there – עכשיו לא מתגורר בו אף אחד
Lo yacholti la'asot im ze klum – I couldn't do anything with it – לא יכולתי לעשות עם זה כלום
Kloom / Lo chloom – Nothing – כלום/לא כלום
Im einech le-tsidi az ani lo chlum – If you're not on my side, I am nothing – אם אינך לצידי אז אני לא כלום
"Shum davar lo yadu'a" – Nothing is known – שום דבר לא ידוע 
 
Playlist and Clips:
Dalida – Je n'ai jamais, jamais pu t'oublier
Shlomo Artzi – Af Paam Lo Ted'i (lyrics)
Dani Robas – Ze Lo Ani (lyrics)
Meir Ariel – Af Echad Lo Yode'a (lyrics)
Balada al Adon Kim'at ve-gveret Kvar – Yehudit Ravitz (lyrics)
Project Runway
Ilan Wirtzberg – Lo Yacholti La'asot Im Ze Klum (lyrics)
Samba Bi-shnayim – Mati Caspi & Yehudit Ravitz (lyrics)
Vinicius de Moraes, Maria Creuza & Toquinho – Samba Em Prelúdio
Arik Lavie – Ze Kore (lyrics)
Carolina – Af Echad Lo Ba Li (lyrics)

The Hebrew word יחד means together. This root has many useful words you should know: singular, unique, individual and more.
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New Words and Expressions:
Yachad, be-yachad – Together – יחד
Be-yachad? – Are you paying together? – ביחד
Ha-yachid – The only one – היחיד
Ha-yachid lelo shemen dkalim – The only one without palm oil – היחיד ללא שמן דקלים
Yachid / Rabim – Singular / Plural – יחיד / רבים
Ben yachid / Bat yechida – An only child – בן יחיד / בת יחידה
"Hu yachid u-meyoochad me'od" – He's unique and very special – הוא יחיד ומיוחד מאוד
Yechida – Unit – יחידה
Yechida meyoochedet – Special unit – יחידה מיוחדת
Yechidat diyoor – Housing unit – יחידת דיור
Ani gar be-yechidat diyoor etsel ha-horim sheli – I live in a housing unit at my parents' house – אני גר ביחידת דיור אצל ההורים שלי
Yechidim – Individuals – יחידים
Ein mechira le-yechidim – No individual sales – אין מכירה ליחידים
Ha-mechira be-sitona'oot bilvad – Wholesale only – המכירה בסיטונאות בלבד
Heder le-yachid – Single room – חדר ליחיד
Em yechidanit – Single mother – אם יחידנית
Leyached – To designate, to individualize – לייחד
Anachnu meyachdim et ha-heder ha-zeh le-sport – We designate this room for sports – אנחנו מייחדים את החדר הזה לספורט
Yichood – Uniqueness – ייחוד
Yichoodi – Unique – ייחודי
Proyekt yichoodi – A unique housing project – פרוייקט ייחודי
Meyoochad – Special – מיוחד
Ha-Kafe ha-zeh meyoochad la-allah. Rotzeh litom? – This coffee is really special. Wanna taste it? – הקפה הזה מיוחד לאללה, רוצה לטעום
 
Playlist and Clips:
Halav u-dvash – Yahad (lyrics)
Meir Banai – Shiro shel Shafshaf (lyrics)
Ha-yachid – The only one
Lahakat ha-nachal – Le-ahad ha-chayalim (lyrics) 
Ep. no. 122 HEB about stuff servers say

In a country where everybody tells you what to do, how to do it and when, it's only natural that the word עדיף – "it's preferable" – is one you'd hear every day. Guy explores the עדיף family of words, and shows us the link between preference, priority, and pasta.
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New Words and Expressions:
Adif – Preferable – עדיף
Adif machar – Better (to do it) tomorrow – עדיף מחר
"Az adif lehisha'er" – So, it's better to stay – אז עדיף להישאר
"Adif lalechet achshav" – It's better to go now – עדיף ללכת עכשיו
Adif la'asot et ze kacha – It's better to do it this way – עדיף לעשות את זה ככה
Adif she- -We'd better, you'd better, it's better – עדיף ש
Adif she-telech achshav – You'd better leave now – עדיף שתלך עכשיו
Ma adif, ze o ze? – What's better, this one or that one? – מה עדיף, זה או זה
Eizo gvina adifa? – Which cheese is better? – איזו גבינה עדיפה
"Kulam adifim al korbanot ha-milchama" – They are all better over korbanot ha-milchama- כולם עדיפים על קורבנות המלחמה
"Halcha elav, azva oti, hayiti adifut shniya" – She went to his place, she left me, I was the second priority – הלכה אליו, עזבה אותי, הייתי עדיפות שנייה
Adifut gvoha yoter – Higher priority – עדיפות גבוהה יותר
Latet adifut le-mashehu – To give priority to something – לתת עדיפות למישהו
Seder adifuyot – Priorities – סדר עדיפויות
Odef – Change (Money) – עודף
Odef mishkal – Overweight – עודף משקל
Odafim – Surplus, outlet stock, extra – עודפים
Ma at ma'adifa – What do you prefer? – מה את מעדיפה
Leha'adif – To prefer – להעדיף
Ani maadifa lishtok – I prefer to keep quiet- להעדיף
Ma hayita ma'adif, ma hayit maadifa – What would you prefer? – מה היית מעדיף/מעדיפה
Ani ma'adif pasta al humus – I prefer pasta over hummus – אני מעדיף פסטה על חומוס
Eizo hultsa ata ma'adif? – Which shirt do you prefer? – איזו חולצה אתה מעדיף
Mu'adaf – Preferred, favored – מועדף
Ha'adafa – Preference – העדיפה
Yesh lecha ha'adafa? – Do you have any preference? – יש לך העדפה
Haadafa metakenet – Affirmative action – העדפה מתקנת
 
Playlist and Clips:
Daniel Solomon – Adif (lyrics)
Teapacks – Adif Lalechet Achshav (lyrics)
Menachmem Begin – speech
Michael Hen – Tamim Hayiti (lyrics)
Tipim la-meltsar, tips for the waiter 
Ninet Tayeb – Medabrim (lyrics)
MK Akram Hasson
Ep. no. 125 about heshbon

Streetwise Hebrew surpassed 700,000 downloads, and Guy thinks this is a great reason to talk about the root of number seven in Hebrew – שבע – and get to learn its other meanings.
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New Words and Expressions:
Sheva – Seven – שבע
Sheva banot – Seven girls – שבע בנות
Shiv'ah banim – Seven boys – שבעה בנים
Shiv'ah – The traditional seven days of mourning in Judaism – שבעה
Ani holech le-shiv'ah – I'm going to a shiv'ah – אני הולך לשבעה
Yesh li shiv'ah shel aba shel haver – I have a shiv'ah for a friend's father – יש לי שבעה של אבא של חבר
Efo ha-shiva'ah? – Where is the shiv'ah? – איפה השבעה
Efo hem yoshvim shiv'ah? – Where are they siting shiv'ah? – איפה הם יושבים שבעה
Shavu'a, shavu'ot (m.) – Week, weeks – שבוע, שבועות
Shavu'ah tov – Have a good week – שבוע טוב
She-yihye lecha / lach shavu'ah tov – May you have a good week – שיהיה לך שבוע טוב
Shvu'ayim -Two weeks – שבועיים
Shvu'ah ha-sefer – Book week (book fair) – שבוע הספר
Sof Shavu'ah – Weekend – סופשבוע
Shvu'ah ha-avoda – Work week – שבוע העבודה
"Shavu'ah-Shavu'ah" – One week at the army base, one week at home – שבוע שבוע
Ani nishba lach – I swear to you – אני נשבע לך
Shvu'ah – Oath – שבועה
Lehishava – Swear – להישבע
lehashbi'ah – To swear someone in – להשביע
Hashba'ah – Swearing in ceremony – השבעה
Save'ah – Full (Had enough food) – שבע
Lisbo'ah – To become full after eating – לשבוע
 
Playlist and Clips:
Oshik Levy – Ze Mi-kvar (lyrics)
Efraiym Di Zahav – Shavu'ah tov (lyrics)
Ariel Zilber – Shvu'ayim be-ir zara (lyrics)
Moshe Peretz – Nishba Lach (lyrics)
Ep. no. 96 about may you have HEB
Ep. no. 302 about condolences HEB

"You guys look so alike, it's crazy!" The Israeli street is all about exclamations, including strangers telling you how much you resemble someone… or not. It's important to understand what's being said, so today Guy focuses on the Hebrew word דומה and its relatives. And what does this all have to do with virtual reality and imagination?
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New Words and Expressions:
Domeh – Resembles, looks like – דומה
"Hi lo doma le-af achat acheret" – She does not resemble anyone else – היא לא דומה לאף אחת אחרת
Hu domeh le-mishehu – He looks like someone – הוא דומה למישהו
Hu domeh la-ima – He resembles his mom – הוא דומה לאימא
Ata ma-ze domeh lo – You really look like him – אתה מה-זה דומה לו
At ma-ze doma la – You really look like her – את מה-זה דומה לה
Atem ma ze domim, mamash copy – You really look alike – אתם מה-זה דומים, ממש קופי
Atem domim echad la-sheni – You resemble each other – אתם דומים אחד לשני
Atem davka lo domim – You actually don't look alike – אתם דווקא לא דומים
Hu nir'aa kmo – He looked like (past tense) – הוא נראה כמו
Hu haya domeh le-mishehu – He looked like someone – הוא היה דומה למישהו
Dmooy Or – Leather-like – דמוי עור
Dmooy schnitzel – Faux schnitzel – דמוי שניצל
"Ve-ulai ze rak nidmeh li" – And maybe it's just my imagination – ואולי זה רק נדמה לי
Nidmeh li she… – It seems to me that – נדמה לי ש
Nidmeh lecha! – It only seems that way to you – נדמה לך
Haya nidmeh li – It seemed to me – היה נדמה לי
Ledamot – To visualize, to imagine – לדמות
Dimooy – Metaphor – דימוי
Dimooy atsmi – Self image – דימוי עצמי
Metsi'oot meduma – Virtual reality – מציאות מדומה
Ha-choleh ha-medumeh – Le Malade Imaginaire – The Imaginary Invalid – החולה המדומה
"At lo yoda'at im zo stam metsi'oot o dimyon" – You don't know if it's just reality or imagination – את לא יודעת אם זו סתם מציאות או דמיון
"Ba-leilot rak otcha medamyenet" – At night I imagine only you – בלילות רק אותך מדמיינת
Medoomyan – Imagined – מדומיין
"El hiboor dimyoni" – To an imaginary connection – אל חיבור דמיוני
Dmoot – Image, figure, personality – דמות
"Ani kol kach harbeh dmooyot" – I am so many figures, I have so many personalities – אני כל כך הרבה דמויות
Hadmaya – Simulation – הדמייה
 
Playlist and Clips:
Arkadi Duchin – Hi Lo Doma (lyrics)
Hava Alberstein – Shir Tishrei (lyrics)
Dana Berger – Hamimoot Holefet (lyrics)
Molière – Ha-holeh ha-medoomeh
Ariel Zilber – Rootsi Shmulik (lyrics)
Sarit Haddad – Aba (lyrics)
Yehuda Poliker – Ha-tsel ve-ani (lyrics)
Natan Goshen – Od (lyrics)
Ep. no. 62 about davka HEB
Ep. no. 180 about metsi'oot, reality