"Bringing lots of nachas--Kibbud Av V'Em (honoring your father and mother)"Not knowing when to leave well enough alone, I asked her what "nachas" meant.
It means "pleasure"
My daughter responded that it meant 'snake' (which is nachash in Hebrew)
Good to straighten these things out--I wouldn't want her bringing a dead snake to the doorstep, thinking it would give me pleasure (already had a cat that did that with dead birds).
Today, my daughter (age 12) and I are in the car. I was talking to her about medications and the placebo effect. Along the way, I used the word bias.
I don't know why, but I asked her what "bias" meant.
Without hesitation, she answered:
House (in Hebrew, 'house' is bayis)Someday, I will learn to stop asking questions and just enjoy our conversations...
(As someone just pointed out to me--that would add a whole new meaning to the phrase "Shalom Bayis")
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1 comment:
This wouldn't happen if you taught your daughter sefaradit pronunciation. :-)
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