Hadag Nahash
Last night at a Hadag Nahash show, I bumped into my buddy Nati, aka Nati the Righteous aka the greatest rapper in J-town, and excited about this fortuitous encounter, he started to gab in Hebrew to me at a blistering speed. Not understanding a word of what he was saying, I politely interrupt and ask him to please speak in English. He does, saying, "You lived here for half a year and you still can't speak Hebrew?!"
I was a bit taken aback by this, for I felt like my Hebrew has improved to the point where if me today were to speak Hebrew to me in January, me in January would have absolutely no idea what me today was talking about.
My Hebrew has gotten dramatically better. I am doing better on tests. I got As on the last two quizzes (and "Mitzuyan!"s as well). The deal is, when I'm at a concert and I see a buddy who knows English pretty much as well as I do, there's really not much thought into speaking the native language. Seriously-- Israelis who know English love to speak English.
But my Hebrew's getting good. Not fluent yet, far from it, but it's getting good.
---
Yesterday, using my ever-improving Hebrew, I interviewed my friend Kasa about Israel’s Ethiopian community for an Ulpan project. I learned a lot of interested stuff about Kasa’s personal history and her community, but what was most astonishing is that there are only 48 Ethiopian students in all 3 campuses of Hebrew U. I mean, there are thousands of Ethiopians currently living in Israel yet their societal status is heading in a bad direction. Luckily, there's still time for improvement. Hopefully something is done fast to solve this issue.
---
Last month of school! The work-load is a bit lighter than it was at the end of last semester (when I got terribly sick and almost didn't make it) with just a 10-page paper, a 1-page exercise, and 3 exams. I am not too worried, just a little anxious. After all, the year I have been looking forward to for such a long time is very close to ending, and the transition stage of moving on after such a year looms deep. My plan is to make the most out of everyday I have left here by continuing to get out and see new things.
I put up several new galleries on the picture site. Check them out at http://www.pbase.com/berliner6/bens_gallery
shalom
I was a bit taken aback by this, for I felt like my Hebrew has improved to the point where if me today were to speak Hebrew to me in January, me in January would have absolutely no idea what me today was talking about.
My Hebrew has gotten dramatically better. I am doing better on tests. I got As on the last two quizzes (and "Mitzuyan!"s as well). The deal is, when I'm at a concert and I see a buddy who knows English pretty much as well as I do, there's really not much thought into speaking the native language. Seriously-- Israelis who know English love to speak English.
But my Hebrew's getting good. Not fluent yet, far from it, but it's getting good.
---
Yesterday, using my ever-improving Hebrew, I interviewed my friend Kasa about Israel’s Ethiopian community for an Ulpan project. I learned a lot of interested stuff about Kasa’s personal history and her community, but what was most astonishing is that there are only 48 Ethiopian students in all 3 campuses of Hebrew U. I mean, there are thousands of Ethiopians currently living in Israel yet their societal status is heading in a bad direction. Luckily, there's still time for improvement. Hopefully something is done fast to solve this issue.
---
Last month of school! The work-load is a bit lighter than it was at the end of last semester (when I got terribly sick and almost didn't make it) with just a 10-page paper, a 1-page exercise, and 3 exams. I am not too worried, just a little anxious. After all, the year I have been looking forward to for such a long time is very close to ending, and the transition stage of moving on after such a year looms deep. My plan is to make the most out of everyday I have left here by continuing to get out and see new things.
I put up several new galleries on the picture site. Check them out at http://www.pbase.com/berliner6/bens_gallery
shalom
posted by xdredd at 1:40 AM
0 Comments:
Post a Comment
<< Home