Monday, December 28, 2009

How many languages do YOU speak?

Yisrael decided that he is multi-lingual. Well, he really is, but he thinks that he "speaks" many more languages than just English and Ivrit. So we asked him, what other languages do you speak? Here's his response:
  • Yiddish: "When my Rebbe answers his cell phone, he says 'Vas Hertzich' and that's Yiddish!" (He is actually picking up a bit of Yiddish in Cheder- his Rebbe sings a lot of Yiddishe songs with them, and he throws in a bit of Yiddish here and there, such as his good morning routine)


  • Arabic: "A dreidel in Aravit is a Sababon (his Rebbe taught him that), and if you want to eat watermelon, you have to say 'Ana badi batich' '" (he got that from Saba Yosef)


  • Tzarfatit (French): Some word that the Rebbe from the other class taught them one day when his Rebbe wasn't there- I couldn't understand what he was saying, but I guess that's because I don't speak French (although I do know how to say please and thank you in French...)


  • Spanish: Uno, Dos, Tres... (courtesy of me, which I can thank Sesame Street for!)
At the rate he's going, he'll be "speaking" seventy languages in just a few years...I guess he's getting geared up to serve on the Sanhedrin, be"h soon!

2 comments:

Mommy/Bubbie said...

Il aime שפות like zeine Bubbie! Hasta la vista!
Mommy/Bubbie

Menucha said...

I know that its already pretty obvious without being said, but I just had to say it anyway....SO CUTE!!!!!!!!!!