tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5292734369805726323.post7895317772295338521..comments2023-11-12T20:59:55.490-05:00Comments on Building a Jewish Life: A Hebrew Breakthrough!Kochavahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11841373131402987905noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5292734369805726323.post-76183542834537080742013-03-13T19:47:56.169-04:002013-03-13T19:47:56.169-04:00Originally posted: December 15, 2011 at 4:35 PM
D...Originally posted: December 15, 2011 at 4:35 PM<br /><br />Definitely not! When I moved to France, I had almost no French knowledge. I was asleep by 8pm every night for the first month or two because of the mental exhaustion! Same thing always happened the first few weeks of a new school semester too. It's a very real thing :)Kochavahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11841373131402987905noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5292734369805726323.post-47885690488216385982011-12-17T21:47:49.829-05:002011-12-17T21:47:49.829-05:00Congrats! That is a milestone. I know that I'...Congrats! That is a milestone. I know that I've been close a couple of times but not quite there yet.Kathleennoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5292734369805726323.post-2108380302874546492011-12-15T19:16:11.320-05:002011-12-15T19:16:11.320-05:00I say you can always tell the converts because the...I say you can always tell the converts because they don't know the alef-bet song. Like you, I learned sounds, not letter names (which, ironically, is the way reading teachers say you should learn a language). Just this week I was able to tell a "kaf" from a "kuf" (after 10 months of study)!ShiratEmetnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5292734369805726323.post-34413213296685072992011-12-15T18:27:12.956-05:002011-12-15T18:27:12.956-05:00Congratulations skylar! So happy for you! Anon onl...Congratulations skylar! So happy for you! Anon only frumies wanna make sure they don't step on someone ...?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5292734369805726323.post-84991931143711314482011-12-15T15:22:50.051-05:002011-12-15T15:22:50.051-05:00Wow. I thought it was just me! I'm not nearly...Wow. I thought it was just me! I'm not nearly as far along as you are, but extended efforts in Hebrew make me actually tired. <br /><br />Good to know I'm not crazy!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5292734369805726323.post-22301971417682831302011-12-15T12:13:58.705-05:002011-12-15T12:13:58.705-05:00agreed S. its 3.14 and then you can just ramble b...agreed S. its 3.14 and then you can just ramble because know one pays much attention. FFBs make sure they pay attention to the first couple words of each para and then wake back up when they hear 'baruch ata..' to make sure they get the right ending to the para. Repeat 19 times, take a looksee to make sure no one is behind you (only applicable if you are really frumie - generally also Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5292734369805726323.post-19995121495632524552011-12-15T11:47:06.516-05:002011-12-15T11:47:06.516-05:00I had that moment too!! I'd been living in Isr...I had that moment too!! I'd been living in Israel for about 2 weeks, marveling at the experience of being functionally illiterate for the first time since I was 4 years old. I'd had maybe a week of ulpan and was really struggling to memorize the alef-bet (in cursive, funnily... I wasn't really learning in traditional print). I was walking on emek refaim in the German Colony, and Ms. Minister of the Interiorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13272110147583580447noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5292734369805726323.post-10085787789305340312011-12-15T11:26:08.623-05:002011-12-15T11:26:08.623-05:0020-25 words a minute is pretty darned good.
Bear ...20-25 words a minute is pretty darned good.<br /><br />Bear in mind that you're actually reading the Amidah while a lot of people are buzzsawing through something they've memorized, like the digits of pi.S.http://onthemainline.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.com