Ulpan with un petit peu de sauce

The first day of ulpan was yesterday. It was ok, a feeler out sort of day. But today's ulpan was better, as I was placed in a slightly more advanced class with a bunch of recent immigrants from France. The greatest moment came when we learnt the word "Seecooy" meaning "chance." One of the French kids said he wanted to be Prime Minister of Israel, and the teacher asked him, "Do you think you have a chance? or "Ha-eem ata choshev sheyesh lecha seecooy?" What I didn't know was that in French slang, couilles (with a silent s) means balls, as in testicles. The "see" could be six, (silent x) French for 6. Thus, "seecooy" became "six couilles" or six balls. The question then became, do you think you have six balls? This set the whole group of French people laughing hysterically. And I will never forget the word, so the whole project was a success.