Language of Politics:
Learning vocab through political marketing
In recent weeks I have made learning adjectives in both Modern Hebrew and Farsi a top priority. Grasping basic sentence structure and knowing key verbs can be used to hold basic conversation. However, without having an arsenal of nouns and adjectives at hand, sentences become dull and often meaningless. No matter how many opinions you hold, you may find yourself stuck in a world of ‘good’ and ‘bad’. “Tea is bad.” “My car is good” “I like rain, rain is good.”
Luckily, to learn Modern Hebrew one needs to look no further than official political party titles.
Here are a few Israeli political parties with names that also function as a useful word to keep in one’s vocab arsenal.
Likud=consolidation (useful for making speeches!)
HaAvoda=The Work (work=avoda)
Hadash=New (Founded 1977)
Gil=age (not as in old age, but more as in ‘a generation’)
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