In a video posted by Vanity Fair magazine, Actress Natalie Portman explains the street language meaning of these and other popular Israeli expressions.
Portman is fluent in Hebrew, having been born in Jerusalem to an Israeli father and American mother. She learned to speak Hebrew while living on Long Island and attended a Jewish elementary school, the Solomon Schechter Day School of Nassau County in Jericho, New York.
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I really liked that she was teaching Hebrew, but to me she mumbled so it was hard to hear the pronunciation. Otherwise, I really liked it! (My hearing isn't so good.)
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ReplyDeleteFantastic. Please more like this one
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