Special radio show

[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/שמרטף-1.m4a” /]בֵּייבִּיסִיטֶר, שְׁמַרְטַף To watch the kids in Hebrew is לשמור על הילדים[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/שמרטף-2.m4a” /], literally, to watch/keep/guard the children. But the professional who assume this role when parents are away is not called a watchperson or a guardian in English – they’re called a babysitter. This term is so lovely to the ear that Israelis use it to…

[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/מפוצץ-1.m4a” /]אֲנִי מְפֹצָץ With their penchant for making light of difficult and chronic things like war and terror, Israelis translate I’m stuffed as אני מפוצץ[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/מפוצץ-1.m4a” /] if it’s a male speaking and אני מפוצצת[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/מפוצץ-2.m4a” /] if it’s a female – literally, I’m exploded. For example: [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/מפוצץ-3.m4a” /]קינוח? לא, תודה, אני מפוצץ! Dessert? No,…