#107 Half a Million Downloads? Not Half Bad

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This week we’re celebrating half a million downloads of our podcast, so Guy decided to dedicate this episode to חצי – “half” in Hebrew. From telling the time, to sports, to fashion, “hetsi” gets everywhere. But when do we say “hetsi” and when “hatsi”? Listen to find out.

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New Words and Expressions:

Hatsi/hetsi, hatsa’eem – Half, halves – חצי, חצאים

“Omrim li she-ani hatsi benadam ve-hi hatsi meshuga’at” – They tell me I am half a person, and she’s half crazy – אומרים לי שאני חצי בנאדם והיא חצי משוגעת

“Hatsi olam soneh hatsi” – Half the world hates the other half – חצי עולם שונא חצי

“Tsarat rabim hatsi nechama”- Misery loves company – צרת רבים חצי נחמה

Matsati li heder va-hetsi – I found myself a one-and-a-half-room apartment – מצאתי לי חדר וחצי

Hamesh va-hetsi – Half past five – חמש וחצי

Hatsi daka – Half a minute, just a moment – חצי דקה

Ten li hatsi daka – Give me a moment – תן לי חצי דקה

Hatsi gmar – Semifinals – חצי גמר

Mahatsit – Half – מחצית

Ba-machatsit ha-rishona – In the first half – במחצית הראשונה

Hatsi ee – Peninsula – חצי אי

Hetzi ko’ach – “Half power”, so-so – חצי כוח

“Eich lahafoch simla le-hatsait” – How to turn a dress into a skirt – איך להפוך שמלה לחצאית

Hatsot – Midnight – חצות

Kvar aharey hatsot – It’s already after midnight – כבר אחרי חצות

Ma’avar hatsaya – Pedestrian crossing – מעבר חצייה

Hatsiyat kavim – Crossing the line – חצית קווים

Nechtsa – Was split into two, crossed – נחצה

Hetsi-hetsi – Fifty-fifty (when splitting the bill into two) – חצי-חצי

Playlist and Clips:

Nimrod Lev & Orly Perl – Ze Kol Ha-kesem (lyrics)

Shlomo Artzi – Tachat Shmey Yam Ha-tichon (lyrics)

Yehuda Poliker – Halon La-yam Ha-tichon (lyrics)

Ha-paitan reality show – Hatsi ha-gmar (Semi final)

Style Guru Studio – How to turn a dress into a skirt

Ilanit – Acharey Hatsot (lyrics)

Iluf kelev, dog training

TV12 – MK Shelly Yehimovich on hatsiyat kavim

Sadyle – Hetsi-Hetsi (lyrics)

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