Hebrew Lesson no.1- Page 2

[shira467]

Posted: 2/8/05 at 9:45pm

Is there a reason that song looks familiar - what's it called?

[liotte]

Posted: 2/8/05 at 9:49pm

Wow, I feel so smart, reading this thread and knowing every single hebrew word on it! And yes, I went to Jewish Day School, Hebrew School, Sunday School, Jewish camp, Hebrew University in Israel, and I work full-time at a temple, and everything in between.

[My Fair Lady]

Posted: 2/8/05 at 9:49pm

Everyone seems to know it. It starts with,
Mi she ohev ohev, mi she soneh soneh

[shira467]

Posted: 2/8/05 at 9:51pm

Hmmm...Liotte, I wonder what temple she works at?

People are always surprised I wasn't a Ramahnik. But I was a USYer!

And it's nice to feel smart when reading this. It's "how cool, I actually know something!"

[Plum]

Posted: 2/8/05 at 9:51pm

*reads liotte's list*

Uh...none of the above?

[liotte]

Posted: 2/8/05 at 9:56pm

LOL, it's ok, I was thrown into Jewish life and have yet to escape...I'm working on it though! (Shira, don't tell my boss!)

[shira467]

Posted: 2/8/05 at 10:04pm

Haha, promise I won't - even if I do return to work there next year!

[ElphieDefiesGravity]

Posted: 2/8/05 at 10:12pm

Woohoo! USY! Spread the love!
I went to Hebrew School three times a week for years and even took intensive modern Hebrew last year, but didn't do my homweork, so I remember diddly-squat. "Shalom" is about the extent of my Hebrew vocabulary, which is very sad.

[Plum]

Posted: 2/8/05 at 10:16pm

I doubt "Shalom" is all you remember. It's probably all you recall, though, which is another story. I took French for 6 years and can barely form a sentence in the language nowadays. Doesn't mean it wouldn't come back to me with the right prompting.

[ElphieDefiesGravity]

Posted: 2/8/05 at 10:18pm

Well, I do remember Ma shlomcha/ma shlomech(?)...but I forget what it means. But you are right, I remember more if I am listening to someone speak it.

[Plum]

Posted: 2/8/05 at 10:22pm

Ma shlomcha means "How are you?"

Beseder. Ve at?

[ElphieDefiesGravity]

Posted: 2/8/05 at 10:33pm

ooh!ohh!ooh! I think I know what it means!!! Fine. And you? Is that right. Ma shimcha? (maybe....?)

[Plum]

Posted: 2/8/05 at 10:35pm

Ma shemcha means "What's your name?" I think. I'm not completely sure there.

Korim li Plum. Kmoh ha pri.

[ElphieDefiesGravity]

Posted: 2/8/05 at 10:38pm

Good! That is what I thought it meant.

Ani rotza chocolat.
Ani ohevet mitz.
Ani ochelet glida.

Are we seeing a pattern here?

[liotte]

Posted: 2/8/05 at 10:42pm

Wow Elphie, you sound like my 2nd grade students! Kol HaKavod!

[ElphieDefiesGravity]

Posted: 2/8/05 at 10:46pm

haha! Thanks! ...I think.
Doesn't kol hakavod mean very good or something like that?
I learned a chant at camp that goes like this: Kol hakavod! *clapclap clapclap* Kol hakavod! *clapclap clapclap* repeat repeat, etc,etc.

[liotte]

Posted: 2/8/05 at 10:52pm

Yup, definitely the camp chant there! It's means good job (or It's all good), I use it all the time, especially since one of my teachers told me the true meaning behind the other common expression, yasher koach...

[ElphieDefiesGravity]

Posted: 2/8/05 at 11:03pm

And what might that true meaning be?

It's kind of funny, but one of things I actually sort of remember from my Hebrew class is part of the past tense of all things. Random...

[LittleFish8386]

Posted: 2/8/05 at 11:06pm

I am totally using this at the Kosher kitchen tomorrow at lunch time!

[liotte]

Posted: 2/8/05 at 11:07pm

Ok, so this is from one of my grad school professors:
So Yasher Koach is used to say great job, job well done, congrats, etc. When literally translated, it means straight strength. It was used when a man would get, um, straight strength, in order to procreate (to put it in the nicest, G-rated terms).
Whether or not that's true, I don't know, but everytime I hear someone say Yasher Koach, I think about them complementing someone on their "straight strength" and just laugh if they really knew what they were saying...

[ElphieDefiesGravity]

Posted: 2/8/05 at 11:12pm

Wow, that's...interesting. I think I will be scarred whenever I hear anyone ever say that again! It's funny though!

[liotte]

Posted: 2/8/05 at 11:16pm

Sorry, hope I didn't ruin the expression for you!

[shira467]

Posted: 2/8/05 at 11:22pm

I never knew that. Wow. And to think of all the times I have been told/said to others "Yasher Koach". Come to think of it, OMG that is the actual translation. Oh lord...

I prefer Kol HaKavod. "All the Honor" to be exact.

I think my main phrase for many years in Hebrew was "Ani Rotzhah Lishon".

Ani Rotzah glidat shokolat! Achsav! Aval aiyn li. Harah. Ani Atzuvah.

So, I haven't been in Israel since I was 9, and I don't feel like calling Israel right now, so...

Are these fairly correct?

Ech Ledabehr Be'Ivrit (How To Speak In Hebrew)

[liotte]

Posted: 2/8/05 at 11:24pm

Shira, I understand you completely, I could totally go for chocolate ice cream about now. I think tasti-d-lite delivers! Though that tastes like crap when you need real chocolate!

[shira467]

Posted: 2/8/05 at 11:28pm

Tasti-D-Lite versus Lindt Chocolate? No comparison.

Besides, I don't like frozen yogurt in NYC. That's the only plus being at home in LA - the frozen yogurt!

Speaking of chocolate, and being this is a Hebrew thread...

The chocolate yogurt is amazing. Whatever it's called. It's almost drinkable. And yummy.