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#423 Weighing Your Options

#423 Weighing Your Options

Update: 2024-06-25
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You’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?

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New Words and Expressions:

Lishkol – To weigh – לשקול

Ani shokel / shokelet 63 kilo – I weigh 63kg – אני שוקל / שוקלת 63 ק”ג

Ani shokel/shokelet et ha’optsiot sheli – I am weighing my options – אני שוקל / שוקלת את האופציות שלי

Shakalti – I weighed – שקלתי

Kama ata shokel, kama at shokelet? – How much do you weigh? – כמה אתה שוקל, כמה את שוקלת

Kama ze shokel – How much does it weigh? – כמה זה שוקל

Tishkol / Tishkeli li – Weigh it for me – תשקול / תשקלי לי

Ten / Tni li reva tsfatit – Give me 250 grams of Tsfatit cheese – תן / תני לי רבע צפתית

Ten li hetsi (kilo) – Give me half a kilogram – תן לי חצי

Shkol milim, shkeli milim – Weigh your words – שקול מילים

Shkila – Weighing – שקילה

Shkilat hatsi ha-gmar – The semi final weighing – שקילת חצי הגמר

Shoklim lehashkia – are you considering investing? – שוקלים להשקיע 

Ani shokel laavor le-London – I am considering moving to London – אני שוקל לעבור ללונדון

Ani shokel / shokelet ma’avar le-hul – I am considering moving abroad – אני שוקל / שוקלת מעבר לחו”ל

Shikul – Consideration – שיקול

Yesh shikulim lekan u-lekhan – There are different considerations, factors on both sides. – יש שיקולים לכאן ולכאן

“Ha-derekh ha-nechona beyoter lehishakel hi pa’amayim be-shavua” – The best way to weigh yourself is by doing it twice a week – הדרך הנכונה ביותר להישקל היא פעמיים בשבוע

Ani tsarich/tsricha lehishakel – I need to get myself weighed – אני צריך /  צריכה להישקל

Nishkalta / nishkalt ? – “Have you weighed yourself?” – נשקלת

Benadam shakool – Reasonable person – בנאדם שקול

Hachlata shkoola – Prudent decision – החלטה שקולה

 

Playlist and Clips:

Laredet be-gadol – Shkilat hatsi ha-gmar

Shoklim lehashki’a

Lehishakel – To weigh oneself

Corinne Alal – Kama Ze Shokel (lyrics)

 

Ep. 83 about latet, to give

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