almaאַלְמָא
Almagadlaגָּדְלָה
she grewimעִם
withsfotשָׂפוֹת
languagesba'bayitבַּבַּיִת
in the houseivritעִבְרִית
Hebrewba'chutzבַּחוּץ
outsideve'amharitוַאֲמְהָרִית
and Amharicbi'fnimבִּפְנִים
insideshteihenשְׁתֵּיהֶן
both of them (f)shelaשֶׁלָּהּ
hersu'shteihenוּשְׁתֵּיהֶן
and both of them (f)loלֹא
notlegamreiלְגַמְרֵי
completelyshelaשֶׁלָּהּ
hersbe'drachimבְּדְרָכִים
in waysshe'hayuשֶׁהָיוּ
that werekashotקָשׁוֹת
difficult (f, pl)lehasbirלְהַסְבִּיר
to explainla'anashimלַאֲנָשִׁים
to peopleshe'gadluשֶׁגָּדְלוּ
who grew (pl)imעִם
withsafaשָׂפָה
languageachatאַחַת
one (f)Alma grew up with languages at home, Hebrew outside and Amharic inside, both hers and both not entirely hers in ways that were hard to explain to people who grew up with one language.
ha'zehutהַזֶּהוּת
the identityloלֹא
nothaytaהָיְתָה
was (f)be'ayahבְּעָיָה
problembi'yaldutבְּיַלְדוּת
in childhoodkiכִּי
becauseyaldutיַלְדוּת
childhoodme'afsheretמְאַפְשֶׁרֶת
(she) allowslidchotלִדְחוֹת
to postponeshe'elotשְׁאֵלוֹת
questionsshe'einשֶׁאֵין
that there is notla'henלָהֶן
to them (f)teshuvaתְּשׁוּבָה
answerbruraבְּרוּרָה
clear (f)Identity wasn't a problem in childhood, because childhood allows you to postpone questions that don't have a clear answer.
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