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#133 "A Glorious Failure is Better Than Dreams in the Drawer"

#133 "A Glorious Failure is Better Than Dreams in the Drawer"22 sep9 min

In a country where everybody tells you what to do, how to do it and when, it's only natural that the word עדיף – "it's preferable" – is one you'd hear every day. Guy explores the עדיף family of words, and shows us the link between preference, priority, and pasta.

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New Words and Expressions:

Adif – Preferable – עדיף

Adif machar – Better (to do it) tomorrow – עדיף מחר

"Az adif lehisha'er" – So, it's better to stay – אז עדיף להישאר

"Adif lalechet achshav" – It's better to go now – עדיף ללכת עכשיו

Adif la'asot et ze kacha – It's better to do it this way – עדיף לעשות את זה ככה

Adif she- -We'd better, you'd better, it's better – עדיף ש

Adif she-telech achshav – You'd better leave now – עדיף שתלך עכשיו

Ma adif, ze o ze? – What's better, this one or that one? – מה עדיף, זה או זה

Eizo gvina adifa? – Which cheese is better? – איזו גבינה עדיפה