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I don't understand these sentences, what do they mean? btw, please tell me how to pronounce too, thanks! Toda raba!
1/ הנה מה טוב ומה נעים
2/ על הכיפק
3/ על החיים
4/ אז להתי
2014年2月12日 08:58
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1. This phrase is a quote from Psalms 133. It means something like "how nice and lovely". It is used almost exclusively with the rest of the original sentence: הנה מה טוב ומה נעים שבת אחים גם יחד. (Lit: How nice and lovely it is, when brothers are sitting together). The biblical interpretaion is: look how good it is, when the Israeli tribes are living next to each other and cooperate. Nowadays we use this sentence as a popular children's song, usually around a campfire or other social events of that kind.
2. על הכיפאק is a slang experssion, derived from Arabic. You can use it as a substitue to 'great' 'cool','fun' etc.
Examples:
טדי הוא בחור על הכיפאק (Teddy is a great guy)
איך הייתה החופשה? על הכיפאק! (how was the vacation? fun!)
3. על החיים used mainly with its counterpart: על החיים ועל המוות (Lit: [i'm gambling] on life and death). It's pretty much the same as "Here goes nothing", being said before one submits a risky action.
4. להית' is an unformal abbreviation for להתראות.
אז להית' = then bye.
2014年2月12日
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As for the pronunciations:
1. hine ma tov uma na'im
2. al hakefak
3. al aha'im
4. az lehit
2014年2月12日
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