With Camp Ramah Darom's swine flu epidemic looming in our minds, we have put a strong emphasis on hand-washing this summer. And while cleanliness has always been a virtue that we've promoted, this summer we are being a bit more....particular about it.
We even invented a new Hebrew word. להתפרל l'hitpurel, to use Purell on one's hands. Common useage might be, "כולם צריכים להתפרל לפני הארוכה" (everyone needs to Purell oneself before the meal).
As a side note, for you Hebrew grammarians out there, there WAS a discussion about which בנין to use – and it was determined that one Purells oneself, therefore it was reflexive, a התפעל verb.
Don't you think the Academy for the Hebrew Language would be proud?
Speaking of proud people....I think my Ulpan teacher Ada would be proud of this sentence construct: התפרלתי הרבה. למרות זות, אני חולה
Hand sanitizer is a way of life, Rach.
Let's keep up our 98.x temps, shall we?
Posted by: SBB | June 28, 2009 at 09:49 PM
i really like that new verb
Posted by: Becca | June 29, 2009 at 06:00 PM
Becca told me about this and I was so excited about your new verb. In fact, the first thing I said was "Good, I'm glad they made it reflexive. We can't have kids purell-ing each other. That's lo matim." It makes me happy that camp thought about how to make this new word. Becca called me a jts loser for thinking about its grammatical structure first. Oh well. I'm proud I know what a reflexive word is!
Posted by: Allison | July 02, 2009 at 08:59 AM
That is a pretty cool word - it reminds me of all the Harry Potter vocabulary! And I'm sure your uplan teacher would be impressed... if you spelled "zot" correctly. (It has an alef) Is it ok that I keep you on your typing toes? ;)
Posted by: Meg | July 08, 2009 at 04:50 AM