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May 19, 2010

to "pick someone up" (from school or something)... in Hebrew

לאסוף

לֶאֱסוֹף (leh-eh-SOHF) means, literally, to gather. In Hebrew, it's also to mean to pick someone up (i.e. from work, not on a date - that's לְהַתְחִיל עִם... - le-haht-HEEL eem... - to start with...).

An American mother might say I need to pick up the kids.

An Israeli mother would say אֲנִי צְרִיכָה לֶאֱסוֹף אֶת הַיְּלָדִים (ah-NEE tsree-KHAH leh-eh-SOHF et hah-yeh-lah-DEEM).