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Originally Posted by *Beth*
You're both amazing! I am not proficient in any language besides English. I know a tiny bit of French (mostly pronunciation), a minuscule bit of Spanish, and some Hebrew (prayers, for the most part; my pronunciation is very good, though). I know some Yiddish.
I've learned just a few words of Bulgarian from friends who come from Bulgaria. Some of the words I've learned are so pretty; cute, really:
Ko-lee-bray (hummingbird, but it also means "jewelry"); roo-sahl-kah (mermaid); kook-la (doll).
Lokebee, it's interesting that soup in Maori is "hupa." In most eastern European languages, soup is pronounced "zsoo-pa." Similar.
Speaking of Yiddish, I read recently that the word "lox" (smoked salmon) is an ancient word, unchanged, that is found in a number of languages dating back to the very beginning of written language.
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Cool. Those words in Bulgarian are exactly the same in several other Slavic languages.
My daughter took a course in Yiddish, it was very interesting. I was surprised it was offered, not a college class but through some language center. It’s sad how the language is dying. I think it will be dead at some point
I want to take conversational Hebrew actually. They gave it at community center. I took a class that was focused on reading. I arrogantly thought that if I know three languages all with different alphabet I can learn fourth. Plus my daughter constantly teased me that I can’t read Hebrew (I am Jewish). Well it was embarrassing but I had to drop the class. I couldn’t memorize the letters lol they all look the same to me. Very embarrassing. . I was too frustrated so I quit haha