#170 A Commemoration of Corners
Episode description
We always talk about what's around the corner or why it's a bad idea to cut them, but never the corner itself. So on this episode, Guy gives corners, 'pinot' in Hebrew, the attention they deserve!
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Words and expressions discussed:
La-kova sheli shalosh pinot – My hat has three corners – לכובע שלי שלוש פינות
Pina, pinot – Corner, corners – פינה, פינות
Pinat lituf – Petting corner – פינת ליטוף
Lelatef – To pet, caress – ללטף
Me'ever la-pina - Beyond the corner – מעבר לפינה
Pinot ha-ir – The corners of the city – פינות העיר
Café pinati – Corner café – קפה פינתי
Shulchan pinati – Corner table – שולחן פינתי
"Pinati" – A name of a famous Jerusalem restaurant – פינתי
Pinat/pinot ishun – A smoking corner/s – פינת/פינות עישון
Le'agel pinot – To cut corners – לעגל פינות
Hu me'agel pinot – He cuts corners – הוא מעגל פינות
Litfos pina – To catch a corner, means to grab a chair and sit somewhere quiet to do something – לתפוס פינה
Tfos pina, ve-tigmor lichtov – Grab a corner and finish writing – תפוס פינה ותגמור לכתוב
Achshav le-pinat ha-mahshevim shelanu – And now to our segment on computers – עכשיו לפינת המחשבים שלנו
Pina be-inyanei mashehu – A segment about something – פינה בענייני משהו
Music:
Uzi Hitman – La-kova Sheli (lyrics)
Sarit Hadad – Ahava Me'ever La-pina (lyrics)
Rivka Zohar – Al Kapav Yavi (lyrics)
Rami Kleinstein – Adayin Kayemet (lyrics)
Pinati restaurant
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