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EPISODE · Jun 17, 2025 · 8 MIN

#439 It Ain't Cheap

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The word זול means cheap and is used in spoken Hebrew in all kinds of interesting ways. For example, what's זיל הזול? Guy explains. Hear the All-Hebrew Episode on Patreon   New Words and Expressions: Zol – Cheap – זול Periferia – Periphery, places outside the big cities – פריפריה Yoker ha-mihya – Cost of living – יוקר המחיה "Ad achshav ha-amira hayta ke'ilu, lechu la-periferia, ba-periferia zol, az hine halachnu laperiferia, ve-pitom po anachnu magi'im lemehirim shel tel aviv." – Until now everybody said 'go to the periphery, it's cheap there. So we went there, and suddenly we get to Tel Aviv prices' – עד עכשיו האמירה הייתה כאילו, לכו לפריפריה, בפריפריה זול. אז הנה הלכנו לפריפריה ופתאום פה אנחנו מגיעים למחירים של תל אביב Mehirim zolim – Cheap prices – מחירים זולים Shuk ha-carmel – Tel Aviv's ha-carmel market – שוק הכרמל Be-zol – For cheap – בזול Liknot mashehu be-zol – To buy something for cheap – לקנות משהו בזול Rak ha-yom – Today only – רק היום Zil ha-zol – Cheaply, on sale – זיל הזול Hazol hu ha-yakar – The cheap is the expensive – הזול הוא היקר Tisot zolot midai – Overly cheap flights – טיסות זולות מדיי Hatsi mechir – Half price – חצי מחיר Stalbet – Chill – סתלבט "Ha-shir asa lanu achla shel shivuk aval hafuch" – The song did us great marketing, but in the wrong way – השיר עשה לנו אחלה של שיווק אבל הפוך "Lo zol po. Shelo ledaber al ze she-en diyur." – It's not cheap here. Not to mention the fact that there is no available housing – לא זול פה, שלא לדבר על זה שאין פה דיור Zol – Common, vulgar, unrefined – זול Ze margish zol – It feels cheap – זה מרגיש זול Lehozil – To lower the price – להוזיל Hozala – Price reduction – הוזלה Mivtsaei hozalot – Sales – מבצעי הוזלות Mechirim muzalim – Reduced prices – מחירים מוזלים   Playlist and Clips: KAN TV – Ba-periferia zol? Hadashot 13 – Shuk Ha-carmel celebrates 100 years Natan Cohen – Zil Ha-zol (lyrics) Full Trunk – Stalbet ba-kibbutz (lyrics)   Ep. no. 135 about yatsata be-zol Ep. no. 148 about sales Ep. no. 438 about deals

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