Although generally speaking my ability to learn Modern Hebrew is added by my really rather good Biblical Hebrew there are times when it is not a help and may even be a hindrance. For example when I am struggling to form a sentence and pluck a word from the Tanach (Hebrew Bible) or the Siddur (daily prayer book), this can be wrong and funny enough to make my tutor laugh out loud this happened when i wanted to say return, or more prosaically came back and I used the word HaShoove, this did indeed make the native Hebrew speakers laugh, although I should say that they know what I meant. I caused more confussion with PoKard for visit, again after a short pause they know what I meant.
There are also constructions of the Verb that seem to have fallen by the wayside. I think the effect of all of this on my Hebrew must indeed be funny, kind of like a six year old who suddenly switches into Shaskpirian English. It does cut the both ways as i find things like Toshafot meaning side orders, rather than comments on Rashi's comments on the Talmud rather funny too.
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