Games in Hebrew

Rules

Play as usual, but use Hebrew exclusively for the following actions:

• Every so often, call out: “Come on!”, “Come on already!”, or “Wellll…” in Hebrew. Any combination of one, two, or all the three listed terms works.
  For example, try: “!נו!” ,”יאללה, נו כבר!” ,”יאללה”, and other variations.
• From time to time, ask in Hebrew: “Is it my turn?”, or “Your turn?”—as if you don’t remember.
• After rolling the dice, instead of calculating and advancing straight to your landing spot, “walk” your pawn over while counting the spaces aloud in Hebrew.
• When asked a question, respond in Hebrew.

Players pay $10 to the bank when they use English to communicate any of the above.

Language Used

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Monopoly game

Rules

This is a finger game, similar to This Little Piggy. In the game, a story is told and acted out by the narrator’s fingers on the listener’s arm. This is the story:

What you say		What it means	What you do
סבתא בישלה דייסה.		Grandma cooked hot cereal.	Swirl your pointer finger around and around the open palm of your family member’s cupped hand, as if you were stirring a pot.
נתנה לאבא, נתנה לאמא, נתנה לחנה, נתנה ללוסי,		She gave [some] to __, She gave [some] to __, She gave [some] to __, She gave [some] to __,	Stop stirring, name 4 close family members, and as you do so, use your hand to gently squeeze the tip of each of the family member’s 4 fingers.
וליצחק לא נשאר.		And there was not [or none] left for __.	When you squeeze the tip of the family member’s 5th finger, say their name.
אז הלך, הלך, הלך, הלך, הלך, הלך, הלך, הלך, הלך…		So he went, he went, he went, he went, he went, he went, he went, he went…	Use your pointer and middle fingers to “walk” away from your family member’s palm, up their arm, in a playful, tickling manner.
ומצא!		And he found [some]!	And now you tickle their armpit (or neck, or tummy) and the game ends in eruptions of laughter.

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Grandma Cooked Hot Cereal