Anyway, this was something I had been thinking about recently.
You know how I'm doing Hebrew, and every time I tell someone that I'm learning Hebrew, their first reaction is always, (big eyes, open mouth) "Really?!" Followed by 2 facial expressions. One of which is amazement and awe, the other one I won't mention.
haha :)
But more often than not, they would always ask me to say something in Hebrew. And being pretty much tired and slightly embarrassed of saying something of which they have absolutely no understanding of, I say "shalom". Which is something that pretty much is known to everyone in the Christian church. It means "peace", basically, or "Hello", and "Goodbye" depending on the context that you're using it in.
The next thing that they'll ask me to say or to teach them, is how to introduce oneself to people.
In Hebrew, this is pretty easy. You just say, directly translated from English, "I Christine".
Just because there isn't an "am" in Hebrew language.
In Hebrew, "I Christine" will sound like this "ah-ni, Kristin".
אני כריסטין
So if you're pronouncing that, you're reading it from left to right.
Then, this is the interesting bit.
The next thing that they ask is, "How do you say 'I love you'?"
Almost always, in whatever language when you are asking someone to teach you more, you'd ask that question, "How do you say 'I love you' ?"
Maybe it's just me, and it's just me, or just like me to want to, or would like to think that love really makes the world go round. But the next time you find someone learning a different language than that of which you know, think about it!
Or I could have most possibly jinxed the love revolution.
But then again, it's a good thing that I think hardly anyone reads this blog anymore.. (:
And if you do...
אני אוהבת אתם
(ah-ni o-hair-vet ah-tem)
Guess what I just said?
Yeap! I love you (you in the plural form)
(Just to make things clear)
:)
