Reply To: Living in Israel while being unknowledgeable of Hebrew

Shopping- don’t be quick to judge. Maybe they just arrived a few months ago.
Or maybe they are like one of my kids who was born here, attended school in Hebrew from age 2.5 but still is not fluent (speaking, comprehension is fine) due to language processing problems. So while most young kids pick up a second language without a problem, some don’t. (Answer to your question, slominer) There are probably adults like him too, who struggle with languages even though they may manage without obvious problems in their mother tongue. So not every adult who doesn’t speak Hebrew is being lazy or doesn’t feel it is important to learn.