It’s not always easy to be “different” – שונה – but Guy tackles this word and its offshoots head-on. He explains how we get “change” and “strange” from the same root, and how to say “it’s all the same to me.”
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New Words and Expressions:
Shoneh – Different – שונה
Ze shoneh be-ze she… – It’s different in that… – זה שונה בזה ש
Be-ma ata shone mimenu – How do you differ from him? – במה אתה שונה ממנו
“Etmol hayit shona” – Yesterday you were different – אתמול היית שונה
“At ha-yom shona” – Today you’re different (f.) – את היום שונה
Shinooy, shinooyim – Change, changes – שינוי, שינויים
Shinooyey mezeg ha-avir – The weather changes – שינויי מזג האוויר
Ata yachol lehagid li she-ze lo meshaneh – You can tell me that it doesn’t make a difference – אתה יכול להגיד לי שזה לא משנה
Leshanot – To change – לשנות
Lo meshaneh – It doesn’t make a difference – לא משנה
Lo mshane li (‘lo m’shaneh’) – It’s ok for me either way – לא משנה לי
Hu kol ha-zman meshaneh et da’ato – He keeps changing his mind – הוא כל הזמן משנה את דעתו
Hi kol ha-zman meshana et ha-taarich shel ha-tisa shela – She keeps changing the date of her flight – היא כל הזמן משנה את תאריך הטיסה שלה
Leshanot (to change) conjugated in the past: Shiniti, shinita, shinit, shina, shinta, shininu, shinitem, shinu – שיניתי, שינית, שינית, שינה, שינתה, שינינו, שיניתם, שינו
Tagid, yeshaneh lecha im zeh yihye etsli? – Say, would it make a difference if we met at my place? – תגיד, ישנה לך אם זה יהיה אצלי
Meshuneh, Meshuna, meshunim, meshunot – Strange, weird – משונה, משונה, משונים, משונות
Yesh lo drachim meshunot – He’s got funny ways – יש לו דרכים משונות
Yesh od zman lehishtanot – There’s still time to change oneself – יש עוד זמן להשתנות
Min ha-katseh el ha-katseh – From one extreme to the other – מן הקצה אל הקצה
Lehishtanot – To be changed, to go through a change – להשתנות
Hu mamash hishtana – He has really changed – הוא ממש השתנה
Ha-ir hishtanta – The city has changed – העיר השתנתה
Ha-chayim hishtanu – Life has changed – החיים השתנו
Playlist and Clips:
Shimi Tavori – Etmol Hayit Shona (lyrics)
Gabi Shushan – Yalda Ktana (lyrics)
Shlomo Artzi – Shinuyey Mezeg Ha-avir (lyrics)
Dana International – Ani Lo Yechola Bil’adecha (lyrics)
Shlomo Artzi – Af Pa’am Lo Ted’i (lyrics)
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