Learn top 10 phrases your parents always say
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| Hello, everybody! Idit here. Welcome to Hebrew Top Words. In this week, we’re going to talk about top 10 phrases your parents always say. Let’s get started. |
| 1. |
| תיזהר לך. |
| (tizaher lecha) |
| "Be careful." |
| That’s like, you’re walking on thin ice buddy, be careful. Just a disclaimer, my parents never said those things to me because I was an amazing child, but I do have two brothers and you know... |
| 2. |
| תהיה בשקט |
| (tihyie besheket) |
| "Be quiet." |
| I wish just everybody right? Just everybody to be quiet. |
| 3. |
| תתנהג יפה |
| (titnaheg yafe) |
| "Behave." |
| That’s like I think, it’s not such a bad thing to say as well. Yeah, no be nice even though your friend is a total weirdo who eats his boogers, just be nice. |
| 4. |
| עשה את שיעורי הבית שלך! |
| (ase et shiurey habayit shelkha!) |
| "Do your homework!" |
| No TV before you finish. |
| 5. |
| לך לישון |
| (lekh lishon) |
| "Go to bed." |
| Just a little bit of formaldehyde and just sound asleep. |
| 6. |
| אני סופר עד שלוש. |
| (ani sofer ad shalosh) |
| "I'm going to count to three." |
| And what? Like nobody ever follows that threat. |
| 7. |
| עצור. |
| (atzor) |
| "Stop." |
| This stop is also like in traffic like stop, just, yeah. |
| 8. |
| מה אמרת? |
| (ma amarta?) |
| "What did you say?" |
| This is like a classic passive-aggressive mother like… Do you want to say that again? You want to say it to my face? Hmmm, yeah. |
| 9. |
| אני לא צוחק. |
| (ani lo tsochek) |
| "I'm not kidding." |
| Why would your child think you’re kidding? Nobody is ever kidding. |
| 10. |
| כבה את הטלויזיה עכשיו. |
| (kabe et hatelevizia akhshav) |
| "Turn the TV off now." |
| I think probably today, it’s not so much the TV anymore. It’s like iPad, iPhone, what is that thing? Nintendo? I don’t know. |
| The Switch? |
| Yeah, Nintendo Switch, yes. Put your Nintendo Switch down! Just like you just say, “Put that thing down!”. |
| Okay, everybody, that’s it. We did top 10 phrases your parents always say. Let me know in the comments below some of the gems that your parents say to you. I wouldn’t know again, but let me know. I think it’s hilarious and I’ll see you all next time. |
| שלום |
| (Shalom) |
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