מה נשמע

ma nish-MA

Phonetics · ma nish-MA

What's up (lit. "what is heard").

How Israelis use ma nishma today, in the baba slang dictionary

"What's up", literally "what is heard?": the standard Israeli check-in.

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Reviewed 2026-07-30

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שלוםsha-LOM להתראותle-hit-ra-OT מזל טובma-ZAL tov (Israeli) / MA-zel tov (Yiddish-American)ד״שdash

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Reviewed 2026-07-30

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