The word "miss" has many meanings in English: You can miss a bus, a lesson, miss someone, miss the point, and much more. Hebrew does not use one verb for all of the above, and some acrobatics is needed. Host Guy Sharett explains.
New words & expressions:
I miss you – Ani mitga'a'gea eleycha/elayich – אני מתגעגע אלייך
Pashut lehitga'ge'a – Just to miss, to long for – פשוט להתגעגע
Hitga'gati az bati – I had a longing, so I came by – התגעגעתי אז באתי
Hitga'aganu elayich – We missed you (f.) – התגעגענו אלייך
Techsar lanu, techsari lanu, techsaru lanu – We'll miss you – תחסר לנו/תחסרי לנו/תחסרו לנו
Chaser – Missing – חסר
Ata po chaser li – You're missed by me here – אתה פה חסר לי
Lehachsir shi'urim – To miss lessons – להחסיר שיעורים
Hichsarta harbe shi'urim – You missed many lessons – החסרת הרבה שיעורים
Chisur/im – Absence/s – חיסור/ים
Yesh lecha harbe chisurim – You've got many absences – יש לך הרבה חיסורים
Fisfasta et ha-otobus - You missed the bus – פספסת את האוטובוס
Fisfasta – You missed out – פספסת
Fisfasnu echad et hasheni/Hiftasfasnnu – We missed each other – פספסנו אחד את השני / התפספסנו
Eize fisfus – What a bummer (too bad this opportunity was missed) – איזה פספוס
Mashehu hitfasfes – Something went wrong – משהו התפספס
Hichmatsti, lehachmits – I missed/To miss (an event) – החמצתי, להחמיץ
Hachmatsa – A missed opportunity – החמצה
Ata mefasfes et ha-nekuda – You're missing the point – אתה מפספס את הנקודה
Asur lehachmitz, al tachmitsu, lo lefasfes – You can't miss it – אסור להחמיץ, אל תחמיצו, לא לפספס
Ani mevateret al ha-chagiga – I am giving the party a miss – אני מוותרת על החגיגה
Nire'e li she-ani mevater – I think I am going to give it a miss – נראה לי שאני מוותר
Kimat ve-nifga – A near miss – כמעט ונפגע
Lo hifsadta harbe – You didn't miss much – לא הפסדת הרבה
Hifsadtem! – You guys missed out! – !הפסדתם
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