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What's some slang I should know in Hebrew?
Apr 1, 2012 10:24 PM
Answers · 5
Si Natali, "Wallah" en Arabe es "I swear" pero tambien se usa de diferentes formas, como "Really?", "Wow", etc :)
April 30, 2012
Wallah is from Arabic, it means like " I swear to God". But people use it to say
" Really?" or " Truly" and Israelis I think use it the same way, but it's slang.
April 29, 2012
Thank you! I have heard all of those, especially "Yalla"... growing up, I heard that a lot in my house! Thank you again!
April 4, 2012
I got two more for you.
'yalla' (יאללה) is like english 'let's' but not exacly and I cannot really describe it .. There is also 'walla' but you better ask someone else about those since I really can't explain ..
April 4, 2012
I can't really think of many right now but there is something useful, 'Sababa' (סבבה) is like okay/fine/cool/good etc.. It is very common in Israel.
Also a'chla (אחלה) which taken from arabic and means pretty much the same as sababa...
Examples for using :
Ani sababa hayom - I'm fine/cool/okay/good etc today
At nir'et a'chla im hachultza hazot - you look fine/cool/okay/good etc .... with this shirt ..
Both are very common and used alot.
Hope I helped you ;P
April 3, 2012
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Bella (אלישבע)
Language Skills
Arabic (Egyptian), English, Hebrew, Other, Persian (Farsi), Portuguese, Spanish
Learning Language
Arabic (Egyptian), Hebrew, Persian (Farsi)
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