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Podcast: Streetwise Hebrew
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#168 You're Digging My Ear off!
Category: Religion & Spirituality
Duration: 00:06:46
Publish Date: 2017-05-09 02:38:42
Description:

One of your friends or colleagues is talking your ear off - blabbering, nagging, or over analyzing. In Hebrew, you would kindly ask that person to stop being a 'hafran,' or literally, 'digger.' Guy explains how and when to use this illustrative slang.

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Words and expressions discussed:

Hofer – Digging, excavating – חופר

Lahpor (lahfor) – To dig – לחפור

Lahfor bor – To dig a hole – לחפור בור

Orly lo mafsika lahfor li – Orly does not stop "lahfor" in my ear – אורלי לא מפסיקה לחפור לי

Tagidu la, giveret, at hoferet, kol ha-zman medaberet – Tell her, lady, you're "hoferet", you're speaking all the time – תגידו לה, גברת, את חופרת

Ma ata hofer? – Why are you "hofer"? – ?מה אתה חופר

Dai lahfor – enough digging – די לחפור

Dai lahfor li – Stop digging in my ear – די לחפור לי

Hafarti? – Did I talk too much? – ?חפרתי

Hafira, hafirot – Excavation, digging – חפירה, חפירות

Hafira archi'ologit – Archaeological excavation – חפירה ארכיאולוגית

Hafran, hafranit – A blabber – חפרן, חפרנית

Hafrawi – Hafran – חפראווי

Hafarperet – Mole, double agent – חפרפרת

Music:

E-Z – Kolboinikit (lyrics) Shai Yom Tov – At Hoferet Archaeology in Jerusalem Yeled hafran (kid's monologue)

 

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