#193 Bored to Death (Rerun)
12/28/21 • 9 min
We were all kids once, and at least in Israel, during the summer holiday, we used to tell our parents, mesha’amem li, I am bored. Answers varied, as you can imagine, but let’s talk for a sec about boredom-bored-boring in Hebrew.
Listen to the All-Hebrew Episode on Patreon
New Words and Expressions:
Mesha’amem – Boring – משעמם
Mesha’mem li – I am bored – משעמם לי
Mesha’amem la’allah / me-sha’amem ticho / ma-ze mesha’amem – It’s so boring – משעמם לאללה / משעמם טיכו / מה-זה משעמם
Meshu’amam – Bored – משועמם
Shiamum – Boredom – שעמום
Shi’amum amiti – A real boredom – שעמום אמיתי
Ani met mi-shiamum – I am dying of boredom – אני מת משעמום
Eize shi’amum – How boring – איזה שעמום
Shi’amumon – A really boring thing – שעמומון
Mishta’amem – Getting bored – משתעמם
Matsati et atsmi levad mishta’amem li – I found myself alone getting bored – מצאתי את עצמי לבד משתעמם לי
Mechamem – Slang for ‘mesha’amem’ – מצ’עמם
Lehishta’amem – To get bored – להשתעמם
Shnuya be-mahloket – Controversial – שנויה במחלוקת
Al gvul ha-giz’anut – On the verge of racism – על גבול הגזענות
Hafla – Party (Arabic) – חפלה
“Haflizatsia” – Turning something into a party – “חפליזציה”
Playlist and Clips:
Ha-tarnegolim – Mesha’amem (lyrics)
Micha Shitrit – Mesha’amem (lyrics)
Arkadi Duchin & Meir Shitrit – Beit Kafe shel Dinozaurim (lyrics)
Assaf Amdurski – Ahava Hadasha (lyrics)
Arnon Tsadok interview – Hinuchit TV
Bar Mitzva (Erez Nehederet parody show)
We were all kids once, and at least in Israel, during the summer holiday, we used to tell our parents, mesha’amem li, I am bored. Answers varied, as you can imagine, but let’s talk for a sec about boredom-bored-boring in Hebrew.
Listen to the All-Hebrew Episode on Patreon
New Words and Expressions:
Mesha’amem – Boring – משעמם
Mesha’mem li – I am bored – משעמם לי
Mesha’amem la’allah / me-sha’amem ticho / ma-ze mesha’amem – It’s so boring – משעמם לאללה / משעמם טיכו / מה-זה משעמם
Meshu’amam – Bored – משועמם
Shiamum – Boredom – שעמום
Shi’amum amiti – A real boredom – שעמום אמיתי
Ani met mi-shiamum – I am dying of boredom – אני מת משעמום
Eize shi’amum – How boring – איזה שעמום
Shi’amumon – A really boring thing – שעמומון
Mishta’amem – Getting bored – משתעמם
Matsati et atsmi levad mishta’amem li – I found myself alone getting bored – מצאתי את עצמי לבד משתעמם לי
Mechamem – Slang for ‘mesha’amem’ – מצ’עמם
Lehishta’amem – To get bored – להשתעמם
Shnuya be-mahloket – Controversial – שנויה במחלוקת
Al gvul ha-giz’anut – On the verge of racism – על גבול הגזענות
Hafla – Party (Arabic) – חפלה
“Haflizatsia” – Turning something into a party – “חפליזציה”
Playlist and Clips:
Ha-tarnegolim – Mesha’amem (lyrics)
Micha Shitrit – Mesha’amem (lyrics)
Arkadi Duchin & Meir Shitrit – Beit Kafe shel Dinozaurim (lyrics)
Assaf Amdurski – Ahava Hadasha (lyrics)
Arnon Tsadok interview – Hinuchit TV
Bar Mitzva (Erez Nehederet parody show)
Previous Episode
#113 Linguistic Healing: Welcome to Your Hebrew Clinic (Rerun)
In Hebrew, רופא (doctor) means “healer.” So how do you bless someone to get well soon? And how is the first name Raphael related to all this? In this episode Guy Sharett explains all things medical.
Listen to the All-Hebrew Version on Patreon
New Words and Expressions:
Refu’ah – Medicine, cure – רפואה
Refu’ah alternativit – Alternative medicine – רפואה אלטרנטיבית
Refu’ah shlema – (May you reach) full recovery – רפואה שלמה
Baruch rofe holim – Blessed is he who cures the sick – ברוך רופא חולים
Ein al pney kadur ha-aretz hesed li-rfuah – Nowhere on the planet can one find a tiny bit of kindness – אין על פני כדור הארץ חסד לרפואה
Refu’i/t – Medical – רפואית
Tayarut refu’it, tayarut marpe – Medical tourism – תיירות רפואית, תיירות מרפא
Cannabis refu’i – Medical cannabis – קנאביס רפואי
Rofe – Doctor – רופא
Rof’aa, rof’im, rof’ot – Doctor (f.), doctors (m., f.) – רופאה, רופאים, רופאות
Nirpa – It was cured – נרפא
Lerape ke’eva – To heal her pain – לרפא כאבה
Ripuy – Treatment, therapy – ריפוי
Ripuy be-isuk – Occupational therapy – ריפוי בעיסוק
Ve-halev mitrape – And the heart is recovering – והלב מתרפא
Hitrape – Recovered – התרפא
Lehitrape – To recover – להתרפא
Mirpa’a – Clinic – מרפאה
Trufa – Medication – תרופה
Ein li kesef li-trufot – I don’t have money for medications – אין לי כסף לתרופות
Trufati – Medicinal – תרופתי
Tipul trufati – Medicinal treatment – טיפול תרופתי
Playlist and Clips:
Yehuda Poliker – Boker Yom Rishon (Lyrics)
Mati Caspi – Od Tir’i Et Ha-derech (Lyrics)
Next Episode
#354 Renew Yourselves
How do we congratulate a friend who closed on a new house? How about someone who just landed a new job? New partner? Today Guy explains תתחדש.
Listen to the All-Hebrew Episode on Patreon
New Words and Expressions:
Lehitchadesh – To be renewed; to be resumed – להתחדש
“Acharei ha-chagim yitchadesh ha-kol” – After the holidays everything will resume – אחרי החגים יתחדש הכל
“Yitchadshu ve-yashuvu yemei ha-hol” – The regular weekdays will also return” – יתחדשו וישובו ימי החול
“Gam ata titchadesh” – You too will return renewed – גם אתה תתחדש
Hitchadshut ironit – Urban renewal, urban regeneration – התחדשות עירונית
Energia mitchadeshet – Renewable energy – אנרגיה מתחדשת
Misrad ha-energia – Ministry of Energy – משרד האנרגיה
Energiot mitchadshot – Renewable energies – אנרגיות מתחדשות
Ha-energiot ha-mitchadshot – The renewable energies – האנרגיות המתחדשות
Mitchadesh ha-masa u-matan – The negotiations have resumed – מתחדש המו”מ
Mitchadshim ha-maga’im ben ha-medinot – The talks between the countries have resumed – מתחדשים המגעים בין המדינות
Mitchadeshet ha-srefa – The fire has resumed – מתחדשת השריפה
Ha-tnu’a hitchadsha – Traffic has resumed – התנועה התחדשה
Titchadesh, titchadshi, titchadshu – Enjoy your new X – תתחדש, תתחדשי, תתחדשו
Mishlochim be-natanya – Deliveries in the city of Netanya – משלוחים בנתניה
Titchadesh al ha-oto – Congrats on the car – תתחדש על האוטו
Titchadshi al ha-dira – Congrats on your new apartment – תתחדשי על הדירה
Titchadshu al ha-bayit – Congrats on the house – תתחדשו על הבית
“Titchadshu al she-hichnastem et bar ha-mayim” – Congratulations for starting to use the new water bar – תתחדשו על שהכנסתם את בר המים
“Titchadshu al ha-tammy-arba” – Congrats on the Tammy-4 – תתחדשו על התמי-4
Mabrouq al ha-dira ha-chadasha – Congrats on the new apartment – מברוק על הדירה החדשה
Shamati she-yesh lecha haver hadash, titchadesh! – I heard you have a new boyfriend, congrats! – שמעתי שיש לך חבר חדש, תתחדש
Hitchadashnu be-mechonit chadasha – We got ourselves a new car – התחדשנו במכונית חדשה
“Nireh she-ze ha-shavu’a shel Goldberg” – It seems that it’s Goldberg’s week – נראה שזה השבוע של גולדברג
“She-rak shilshom hitchadesh be-havera chadasha” – Who only a day before yesterday got himself a new girlfriend – שרק שלשום התחדש בחברה חדשה
Kshé-ba lachem lehitchadesh – When you feel like getting new stuff for yourselves – כשבא לכם להתחדש
Playlist and Clips:
Lahakat Ha-nachal – Hitchadshut (lyrics)
Ep. no. 128 about “Mazal tov al ha-job ha-chadash”, congrats on landing the new job
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