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August 5, 2025 7 mins

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)

Shlomo Artzi – Gever Holech Le-ibud (lyrics)

Gidi Gov – Inyan shel Zman (lyrics)

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