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"You guys look so alike, it's crazy!" The Israeli street is all about exclamations, including strangers telling you how much you resemble someone… or not. It's important to understand what's being said, so today Guy focuses on the Hebrew word דומה and its relatives. And what does this all have to do with virtual reality and imagination?
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New Words and Expressions:
Domeh – Resembles, looks like – דומה
"Hi lo doma le-af achat acheret" – She does not resemble anyone else – היא לא דומה לאף אחת אחרת
Hu domeh le-mishehu – He looks like someone – הוא דומה למישהו
Hu domeh la-ima – He resembles his mom – הוא דומה לאימא
Ata ma-ze domeh lo – You really look like him – אתה מה-זה דומה לו
At ma-ze doma la – You really look like her – את מה-זה דומה לה
Atem ma ze domim, mamash copy – You really look alike – אתם מה-זה דומים, ממש קופי
Atem domim echad la-sheni – You resemble each other – אתם דומים אחד לשני
Atem davka lo domim – You actually don't look alike – אתם דווקא לא דומים
Hu nir'aa kmo – He looked like (past tense) – הוא נראה כמו
Hu haya domeh le-mishehu – He looked like someone – הוא היה דומה למישהו
Dmooy Or – Leather-like – דמוי עור
Dmooy schnitzel – Faux schnitzel – דמוי שניצל
"Ve-ulai ze rak nidmeh li" – And maybe it's just my imagination – ואולי זה רק נדמה לי
Nidmeh li she… – It seems to me that – נדמה לי ש
Nidmeh lecha! – It only seems that way to you – נדמה לך
Haya nidmeh li – It seemed to me – היה נדמה לי
Ledamot – To visualize, to imagine – לדמות
Dimooy – Metaphor – דימוי
Dimooy atsmi – Self image – דימוי עצמי
Metsi'oot meduma – Virtual reality – מציאות מדומה
Ha-choleh ha-medumeh – Le Malade Imaginaire – The Imaginary Invalid – החולה המדומה
"At lo yoda'at im zo stam metsi'oot o dimyon" – You don't know if it's just reality or imagination – את לא יודעת אם זו סתם מציאות או דמיון
"Ba-leilot rak otcha medamyenet" – At night I imagine only you – בלילות רק אותך מדמיינת
Medoomyan – Imagined – מדומיין
"El hiboor dimyoni" – To an imaginary connection – אל חיבור דמיוני
Dmoot – Image, figure, personality – דמות
"Ani kol kach harbeh dmooyot" – I am so many figures, I have so many personalities – אני כל כך הרבה דמויות
Hadmaya – Simulation – הדמייה
Playlist and Clips:
Arkadi Duchin – Hi Lo Doma (lyrics)
Hava Alberstein – Shir Tishrei (lyrics)
Dana Berger – Hamimoot Holefet (lyrics)
Molière – Ha-holeh ha-medoomeh
Ariel Zilber – Rootsi Shmulik (lyrics)
