In the following, I will transcribe a YouTube short for you, that would be too funny, if we were not living in the world we are living in.
Situation
Ido is about to organize is honeymoon. He decides to ask Siri, the intelligent personal assistant developed by APPLE, what is the safest place in the world.
Transcript, translation & explanation
The verbs in this dialogue are marked in red. Below this table, I have added for you some explanations as well as a document to download with the verbs used in the text.
1 | סִירִילֵה, אֲנִי צָרִיךְ שֶׁתַּעַזְרִי לִי לְאַרְגֵּן יֶרַח דְּבַשׁ. | Sirileh, I need you to help me organize a honeymoon. |
2 | בְּשִׂמְחָה. יֵשׁ מִצְפֵּה רָמוֹן, יֵשׁ רַאֲנָנָה, יֵשׁ הָרֵי יְרוּשָׁלַיִם. | Happily. There is Mitzpe Ramon, there is Ranana, there are the Jerusalem mountains. |
3 | אֲנִי מַעֲדִיף יוֹתֵר... צָרְפַת, פָּרִיז. | I prefer more... France, Paris. |
4 | אִי אֶפְשָׁר. | Impossible. |
5 | לָמָּה? | Why? |
6 | אַזְהָרַת מַסָּע. | Travel warning. |
7 | בְּרָמָה כָּזֹאת? בְּרָזִיל? | At this level? Brazil? |
8 | לֹא. | No. |
9 | סֶיְישֶׁל? | Seychelles? |
10 | נה... | Nah... |
11 | אִירְלַנְד? | Ireland? |
12 | תִּקְפּוֹץ מִבִּנְיָין וְזֶהוּ. | Jump off a building and that's it. |
13 | הוֹלַנְד? | Netherlands? |
14 | אַמִּיץ. אָהַבְתִּי. | Brave. I liked it. |
15 | בֶּלְגִּיָּה? | Belgium? |
16 | אַתָּה לֹא יוֹדֵעַ פַּחַד מַהוּ. | You don't know what fear is. |
17 | גֶּרְמַנְיָה? | Germany? |
18 | אֲנִי אֶתְגַּעְגֵּעַ אֵלֶיךָ. | I will miss you |
19 | אֵיזוֹ הַגְזָמָה, וָואוּ. נוּ, אָה... סְפָרַד? | What an exaggeration, wow. Well, uh... Spain? |
20 | הֲכִי אָהַבְתִּי אֵצֶל עִידּוֹ. שֶׁהוּא הָיָה תָּמִיד מְחַיֵּיךְ. | What I most liked about Ido, that he was always smiling. |
21 | אַתְּ מַסְפִּידָה אוֹתִי עַכְשָׁיו. | You are eulogizing me now. |
22 | הוּא הָיָה בַּיְישָׁן. | He was shy. |
23 | מְדַבֶּרֶת עָלַיי בִּלְשׁוֹן אֵבֶר. תַּאיְלַנְד? | You talk about me in the past tense. Thailand? |
24 | אֵל מָלֵא רַחֲמִים... | Merciful god... |
25 | גִינֵאָה הַמַּשְׁוָונִית? | Equatorial Guinea? |
26 | שׁוּכַּן בַּמְּרוֹמִים... | Nestled in the heights... |
27 | יָוָון? אוּזוֹ? | Greece? Ouzo? |
28 | יֵשׁ לִי רַעֲיוֹן בִּשְׁבִילְךָ, מָקוֹם מַמָּשׁ בָּטוּחַ. | I have an idea for you, a really safe place. |
29 | פַּרְדֵּס חַנָּה, הַמָּקוֹם הֲכִי בָּטוּחַ בָּעוֹלָם. בְּכׇל מָקוֹם כּוּלָּם מֵתִים, וְרַק שֶׁהֵם הֲכִי מוּשְׁלָם. בּוֹאוּ לְבַקֵּר בְּפַרְדֵּס חַנָּה, חַנָּה תַּגִּיד לָהֶם שָׁלוֹם. שָׁם הֲכִי מִטּוּחַ, מַמָּשׁ כְּמוֹ חֲלוֹם. פַּרְדֵּס חַנָּה, הַמָּקוֹם הֲכִי בָּטוּחַ בָּעוֹלָם. .. | Pardes Hana, the safest place in the world. Everywhere, everyone dies, and only they are the most perfect. Come visit Pardes Hana, Hana say hello to them. The dreamiest name, just like a dream. Pardes Hana, the safest place in the world. .. |
Explanations
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He is calling this digital assistant Siri-le. Adding a "le" to a person's name is a sign of affection.
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verb: לְהַעֲדִיף (hifil, to prefer)
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"impossible" and "not possible" are the same in Hebrew. There is no other correct way to express it.
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verb: לִקְפּוֹץ (paal, to jump)
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verb: לֶאֱהוֹב (paal, to love)
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verb: לָדַעַת (irregular paal, to know)
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verb: לְהִתְגַּעְגֵּעַ (4-letter hitpael, to miss)
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Think of it as "he was always a smiler".
verb: לִהְיוֹת (irregular paal, to be)
verb: לְחַייֵּךְ (irregular piel, to smile)
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verb: לְהַסְפִּיד (hifil, to eulogize)
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verb: לְדַבֵּר (piel, to speak)
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verb: לְשַׁכֵּן (piel, to house/ in the text: pual, to be accommodated)
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verb: לָמוּת (irregular paal, to die)
verb: לָבוֹא (irregular paal, to come)
verb: לְבַקֵּר בְּ (piel, to visit a place)
verb: לְהַגִּיד (hifil, to say)*
*NOTE:
in Modern Hebrew, the present and past tense are not used, for this, the verb "לוֹמַר" is used. The future tense is also used to express the imperative. The imperative of "לְהַגִּיד" is not used anymore. This verb has its origins in Biblical Hebrew.
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I prepared for you a PDF with the full conjugation of those 14 verbs used in the text. You can download it from my GoogleDrive:
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