{"id":630,"date":"2012-10-23T15:29:05","date_gmt":"2012-10-23T19:29:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/hebrew\/?p=630"},"modified":"2012-10-24T15:32:03","modified_gmt":"2012-10-24T19:32:03","slug":"hebrew-slang-you-already-know","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/hebrew\/hebrew-slang-you-already-know\/","title":{"rendered":"Hebrew Slang You Already Know"},"content":{"rendered":"

Listening to conversational Hebrew (you know, what you hear when walking down the street, not the kind you hear in books or language courses<\/em>), there’s going to be some words that sound familiar to the English ear. Here’s a listing of words that may be useful for you to use in your own conversations. You can say them as in English and be understood:<\/p>\n

\u05d0\u05e1<\/span> – ace
\n\u05d1\u05d9\u05d1\u05d9<\/span> – baby (as a term of endearment<\/em>)
\n\u05d1\u05d5\u05e1<\/span> – boss
\n\u05d1\u05d0\u05d2<\/span> – (computer<\/em>) bug
\n\u05d1\u05d9<\/span> – bye
\n\u05e1\u05dc\u05d1<\/span> – celeb
\n\u05e7\u05d5\u05dc<\/span> – cool
\n\u05d3\u05e8\u05dc\u05d9\u05e0\u05d2<\/span> – darling
\n\u05d3\u05d9\u05d2\u05f3\u05d9\u05d9<\/span> – DJ
\n\u05e4\u05e0\u05d8\u05e1\u05d8\u05d9<\/span> – fantastic
\n\u05e4\u05e8\u05d9\u05e7<\/span> – freak
\n\u05d2\u05e8\u05d5\u05d2\u05d9<\/span> – groggy
\n\u05d4\u05d9\u05d9<\/span> – hi
\n\u05d4\u05dc\u05d5<\/span> – hello
\n\u05d2\u05f3\u05d0\u05e0\u05e7<\/span> – junk (useless rubbish, not drugs<\/em>)
\n\u05e7\u05d9\u05e0\u05d2<\/span> – king
\n\u05dc\u05d5\u05e1\u05e8<\/span> – loser
\n\u05de\u05d0\u05de\u05d9<\/span> – mommy
\n\u05e0\u05d5 \u05d5\u05d5\u05d9\u05d9<\/span> – no way
\n\u05d0\u05d0\u05d5\u05d8<\/span> – out (outdated<\/em>)
\n\u05d0\u05d5 \u05e7\u05d9\u05d9<\/span> – okay
\n\u05e4\u05bc\u05e8\u05e4\u05e7\u05d8<\/span> – perfect
\n\u05e7\u05d5\u05d9\u05e7\u05d9<\/span> – quickie
\n\u05e8\u05d5\u05e7\u05f3\u05e0\u05e8\u05d5\u05dc<\/span> – rock ‘n’ roll
\n\u05e9\u05d5\u05e4\u05bc\u05d9\u05e0\u05d2<\/span> – shopping
\n\u05e1\u05e0\u05d5\u05d1<\/span> – snob
\n\u05e1\u05d8\u05d9\u05d9\u05dc<\/span> – style
\n\u05d5\u05d5\u05d0\u05d5<\/span> – wow
\n\u05d5\u05d5\u05d9\u05e0\u05e8<\/span> – winner
\n\u05d9\u05d4<\/span> – yea
\n\u05d9\u05e1<\/span> – yes<\/p>\n

These also made it into Hebrew from English, thanks to American movies and TV:<\/p>\n

\u05d1\u05d9\u05e6\u05f3\u05d9\u05ea<\/span> – bitch
\n\u05d1\u05d5\u05dc\u05e9\u05d9\u05d8<\/span> – bullshit
\n\u05e4\u05d0\u05e7<\/span> – fuck
\n\u05e4\u05d0\u05e7 \u05d9\u05d9\u05d5<\/span> – fuck you
\n\u05e9\u05d9\u05d8<\/span> – shit<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Listening to conversational Hebrew (you know, what you hear when walking down the street, not the kind you hear in books or language courses), there’s going to be some words that sound familiar to the English ear. Here’s a listing of words that may be useful for you to use in your own conversations. You…<\/p>\n

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