The word זול means cheap and is used in spoken Hebrew in all kinds of interesting ways. For example, what's זיל הזול? Guy explains.
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New Words and Expressions:
Zol – Cheap – זול
Periferia – Periphery, places outside the big cities – פריפריה
Yoker ha-mihya – Cost of living – יוקר המחיה
"Ad achshav ha-amira hayta ke'ilu, lechu la-periferia, ba-periferia zol, az hine halachnu laperiferia, ve-pitom po anachnu magi'im lemehirim shel tel aviv." – Until now everybody said 'go to the periphery, it's cheap there. So we went there, and suddenly we get to Tel Aviv prices' – עד עכשיו האמירה הייתה כאילו, לכו לפריפריה, בפריפריה זול. אז הנה הלכנו לפריפריה ופתאום פה אנחנו מגיעים למחירים של תל אביב
Mehirim zolim – Cheap prices – מחירים זולים
Shuk ha-carmel – Tel Aviv's ha-carmel market – שוק הכרמל
Be-zol – For cheap – בזול
Liknot mashehu be-zol – To buy something for cheap – לקנות משהו בזול
Rak ha-yom – Today only – רק היום
Zil ha-zol – Cheaply, on sale – זיל הזול
Hazol hu ha-yakar – The cheap is the expensive – הזול הוא היקר
Tisot zolot midai – Overly cheap flights – טיסות זולות מדיי
Hatsi mechir – Half price – חצי מחיר
Stalbet – Chill – סתלבט
"Ha-shir asa lanu achla shel shivuk aval hafuch" – The song did us great marketing, but in the wrong way – השיר עשה לנו אחלה של שיווק אבל הפוך
"Lo zol po. Shelo ledaber al ze she-en diyur." – It's not cheap here. Not to mention the fact that there is no available housing – לא זול פה, שלא לדבר על זה שאין פה דיור
Zol – Common, vulgar, unrefined – זול
Ze margish zol – It feels cheap – זה מרגיש זול
Lehozil – To lower the price – להוזיל
Hozala – Price reduction – הוזלה
Mivtsaei hozalot – Sales – מבצעי הוזלות
Mechirim muzalim – Reduced prices – מחירים מוזלים
Playlist and Clips:
Hadashot 13 – Shuk Ha-carmel celebrates 100 years
Natan Cohen – Zil Ha-zol (lyrics)
Full Trunk – Stalbet ba-kibbutz (lyrics)
Ep. no. 135 about yatsata be-zol
Ep. no. 148 about sales
Ep. no. 438 about deals
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