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EPISODE · Feb 3, 2015 · 6 MIN

#72 What's Your 'Matsav'?

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Matsav is a word Israelis use as much as they possibly can. It means situation, state, or condition, but it can be used in lots of different idioms: ma ha-matsav?; yesh matsav; Ha-matsav; matsav cherum etc. Guy Sharett takes us through the 'matsav' of the matsav family.   Listen to the All-Hebrew Version of this Episode   New Words and Expressions: Matsav, Matsavim – מַצָּב, מַצָּבִים Ma ha-matsav – מָה הַמַּצָּב Yesh matsav – ein matsav –יֵשׁ מַצָּב, אֵין מַצָּב Yesh matsav le – יֵשׁ מַצָּב לְ- Yesh matsav le-od kisé? – ?יֵשׁ מַצָּב לְעוֹד כִּיסֵא Yesh matsav le-sukar? – ?יֵשׁ מַצָּב לְסוּכָּר Uveneinu achshav ein matsav – וּבֵינֵינוּ עַכְשָׁיו אֵין מַצָּב Ein matsav le – אֵין מַצָּב לְ Ein matsav le shesh me'ot – אֵין מַצָּב לְ-600 Yesh matsav she… – ...יֵש מַצָּב שֶ Yesh matsav she-tavi li café? – ?יֵשׁ מַצָּב שֶׁתָּבִיא לִי קָפֶה Yesh matsav she-ata tavo elay – ?יֵשׁ מַצָּב שֶׁאַתָּה תָּבוֹא אֵלַיי Matsaviyut – מַצָּבִיוּת Mi be-matsav le café – מִי בְּמַצָּב לְקָפֶה Ani be-matsav – אֲנִי בְּמַצָּב Ani lo be-matsav – אֲנִי לֹא בְּמַצָּב Ha-matsav – הַמַּצָּב Daber iti al ha-matsav – דַּבֵּר אִיתִי עַל הַמַּצָּב Ha-matsav ha-bitchoni – המַצָּב הַבְּטְחוֹנִי Ha-matsav ha-kalkali – הַמַּצָּב הַכַּלְכָּלִי Ha-matsav ha-chevrati – הַמַּצָּב הָחֶבְרָתִי Ha-mtsav kashé – הַמַּצָּב קָשֶׁה Hu be-matsav kashé – הוּא בְּמַצָּב קָשֶׁה Ma ze, hamatsav kashé? – ?מַה זֶה, הַמַּצָּב קשה Matsav tisa – מַצָּב טִיסָה Matsav cherum – מַצָּב חֵירוּם Matsav ruach – מַצָּב רוּחַ Komediat matsavim – קוֹמֵדְיַית מַצָּבִים   Playlist and Clips: Israeli Educational TV short program about Hebrew slang Ron Shoval – Dai Maspik (Lyrics) Ani be-matsav – Efo Ha-yeled (Lyrics) Shlomo Artzi – Daber Iti Al Ha-matsav (Lyrics) Shalom Hanoch – Ha-matsav Kashe (Lyrics)

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