[etni] Re: etni Digest V8 #207
- From: "cohen.izzy" <cohen.izzy@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: etni@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Tue, 3 Aug 2010 09:04:37 +0300
paula orenstein wrote:
> ... if a teacher does not know the native language of her/his students,
> many things are bound to 'get lost in translation', ...
To an American ear, @oLaM = hall, auditorium (using @ for aleph) and
3oLaM = world (using 3 for aiyin) sound alike. An ex-classmate from
Ulpan Arad told me this embarrassing story.
Shortly after the uplan she went to Tel-Aviv to find a distant relative. She
found his name on the door at the address she was given and rang the bell.
A much older woman answered the door. The following conversation in
"easy Hebrew" ensued:
Girl: Moshe BaBaYiT? (Is Moshe home?)
Old Woman: Lo@, Hu@ HaLaKH L'3oLaMo. (literally: No, he went to his world.)
Girl: MaTai Hu KHoZeR? (When is he coming back?)
Old Woman: Hu@ Lo@ KHoZeR. (He is not coming back.)
Girl: @aYFo ha@oLaM SHeLo? (Where is his hall?)
Old Woman: @aT Lo@ Y'KHoLah LiR@oT @oTo. (You cannot see him.)
Girl: LaMaH Lo@? (Why not?)
Old Woman: Hu@ MeT. (He died.)
Israel "izzy" Cohen
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