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245 months ago

Rebeca González Desanti (a guest user) asked this question:

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245 months ago

James Loewenstein   wrote:

nimaas = despised, despicable, loathed etc.

My comment:

Also: "nimaas li" = I can't stand it any longer; enough of it, etc.

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245 months ago

   wrote:

Not in modern Hebrew! (although it may have been the original Biblical connotation).

245 months ago

   wrote:

My comment above was about "despised, despicable, loathed etc". The others are close, but not close enough. E.g. enough of it = maspik, day kvar. Nim'as has very specific connotations, best rendered as 'I am sick and tired of it'.

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245 months ago

James Loewenstein   wrote:

nimaas = despised, despicable, loathed etc.

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245 months ago

   wrote:

Not in modern Hebrew! (although it may have been the original Biblical connotation).

245 months ago

Yodfat Glazer   wrote:

Nim'as

My comment:

Nim'as (there is a slight pause before the a), by itself is a slang expression meaning: "it gets old" or "that's enough". If it is followed by the word "li", then it becomes "I've had enough".

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245 months ago

   wrote:

It's not a 'slang' expression, but perfectly standard Hebrew, albeit not of very high register. It has nothing whatsoever to do with anything getting 'old'. And it's a lot stronger than 'I've had enough'.

245 months ago

Yodfat Glazer   wrote:

nim'as lee = i'm fed up

My comment:

also - i'm tired of it
it is the verb "le-hima'es" in the past (third person singular).

245 months ago

John Kinory   wrote:

'sick of it'

My comment:

The phrase 'nim'as li mi-ze' means 'I am sick and tired of it'.

My references:

www.hebrewtranslate.net

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245 months ago

James Loewenstein   wrote:

All expressions: I am - sick of it/fed up/I can't stand it any longer/ enough of it, etc. are similar

245 months ago

James Loewenstein   wrote:

They are similar, but not similar enough. E.g. enough of it = maspik, day kvar. Nim'as has very specific connotations, best rendered as 'I am sick and tired of it'.