Podlipodcast player Webplayer

Streetwise Hebrew

Streetwise Hebrew

#402 Animal Sounds in Hebrew

Streetwise Hebrew · Sep 19, 2023 · 12:31

0:0012:31

Listen in the Podli app 🎧

Follow your favourite podcasts, listen offline and in the car with CarPlay and Android Auto, and always pick up where you left off. Free to try.

If you didn't grow up as a child in Israel, chances are you don't know the sounds animals make in Hebrew, nor the verbs we use to describe them. Guy to the rescue.

Hear the All-Hebrew Episode on Patreon

 

New Words and Expressions:

Miao – Meow – מיאו

Leyalel – To wail, to complain – ליילל

Dai leyalel! – Stop complaining – די ליילל

Klavlav – Small dog (kelev katan) – כלבלב

Hav-hav – Woof-woof – הב-הב

Kelev nove'ah – Dog barking – כלב נובח

Ha-klavim novchim ve-ha-shayara overet – The dogs bark but the caravan goes on – הכלבים נובחים והשיירה עוברת

Tsif-tsif/tsvits-tsvits – Chirp-chirp – ציף-ציף/צוויץ-צוויץ

Tsiporim metsaytsot – Birds chirping – ציפורים מצייצות 

Letsayets – To chirp/tweet – לצייץ

Tarnegol – Rooster – תרנגול

Cookoorikoo – Cookadoodledoo – קוקוריקו

Ha-tarnegol kore – The rooster crows – התרנגול קורא

Kri'at ha-tarnegol – The rooster crow – קריאת התרנגול

Tsfarde'ah mekarkeret – Frog croaking – צפרדע מקרקרת

Mekarkeret li ha-beten – My stomach is grumbling – מקרקרת לי הבטן

Kirkur – Croaking – קרקור

Dvorim mezamzemot – Bees buzzing – דבורים מזמזמות

Lezamzem – To buzz – לזמזם

Zimzum – Buzz – זמזום

Zimzum shel matos kal – A buzz of a light airplane – זמזום של מטוס קל

Zamzam – Buzzer – זמזם

Lin'or – To hee-haw – לנעור

Ha-hamor no'er – The donkey hea-haws – החמור נוער

Ha-kvasim po'ot – The sheep bleat – הכבשים פועות

Lif'ot – To bleat – לפעות

Ha-kivsa poah – The sheep bleat (sg.) – הכבשה פועה

Ha-para go'ah – The cow moos – הפרה גועה

Ha-para osa moo – The cow moos – הפרה עושה מו

Tsartsar metsartser – Cricket chirping – צרצר מצרצר

 

Playlist and Clips:

Yoni Rechter & Ha-keves Ha-shisha-asar – Pnina

Mati Caspi – Klavlav, ho bidi bambam (lyrics)

Hava Alberstein – Mak'hela Aliza (lyrics)

Ilan Peled – Kookoorikoo Hatuna 

Kaveret – Tango Tsfardaim (lyrics)

Zoom Zoom Zoom

Hava Alberstein – Ha-hamor Ha-katan (lyrics)

Danny Sanderson – Shir Ro'im (lyrics)

Miki Kam – Tango Kfar Saba (lyrics)

Yoni Rechter & Yehudit Ravits – Laila Tov (lyrics)

Episodes: Streetwise Hebrew

PodliGet the free Podli app
↓ App