#279 Boys and Girls! It's Story Time

The Hebrew word סיפור (sipur) means a story. Though in certain situations סיפור could also mean a matter, a thing, or a mess. The root ס.פ.ר acts a bit funny in some of its verb formats. No need to worry because on this episode Guy explains it all. Listen to the All-Hebrew Version of this Episode https://tlv1.fm/happy6 New Words and Expressions: Ze haya sipur shel horef - It was a winter (love) story - זה היה סיפור של חורף Sipur ahava - Love story - סיפור אהבה Haya li sipur ito/ita - I had a (love) story with him/her - היה לי סיפור איתו/איתה Eize sipur achshav - What a mess - איזה סיפור עכשיו Festival mesaprei sipurim - Storytelling festival - פסטיבל מספרי סיפורים Lesaper sipur - To tell a story - לספר סיפור Saper ma nishma, saper eich haya - Tell me how you're doing, tell me how it went - ספר מה נשמע, ספר איך היה Saper, sapri, sapru - Tell (Imp., m., f., pl.) - ספר, ספרי, ספרו Al tesaper la - Don't (m.) tell her - אל תספר לה Al tesapri lo - Don't (f.) tell him - אל תספרי לו Al tesapru lahem - Don't tell them - אל תספרו להם Ma ata mesaper / ma at mesaperet - What are you telling, what do you have to say, what's new? - מה אתה מספר/מה את מספרת Ma hu m'saper? - What's new with him? - ?מה הוא מספר Haya li sipur im X - I had a problem with X - היה לי סיפור עם מישהו/משהו Haya li sipur im hevrat hashmal - I had an issue with the electricity company - היה לי סיפור עם חברת חשמל Haya li eize sipur ba-avoda - I had some kind of an issue at work - היה לי איזה סיפור בעבודה Sipurim, sipurim, sipurim - They always got stories… - סיפורים, סיפורים, סיפורים Ha-sipur supar - The story was told - הסיפור סופר Mesupar - Told - מסופר Mesupar she… - It is told that - ...מסופר ש Mesupar al rabbi X, she… - It is said that rabbi X... - ...מסופר על רבי איקס ש Lo ye'uman ki yesupar - It's unbelievable - לא יאומן כי יסופר Tisporet - Haircut - תספורת Ani tsarich/tsricha lehistaper - I need to get a haircut - אני צריך/צריכה להסתפר Histaparta? Histapart? - Did you get a haircut? - ?הסתפרת Lispor - To count - לספור Sfira - Counting - ספירה Nispar - It was counted - נספר Playlist and Clips: Nataly Peretz - Ata Lo Amin Miki Gavrielov & Smadar Vimzer (lyrics) Festival mesaprei sipurim Yossi Alfi Arik Einstein - Kama Tov She-bata Ha-baita (lyrics) Mesupar al... Shmulik Kraus - Sapri Li (lyrics)

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