I was wondering if anyone could please translate something about the Yiddish language I was reading on the web. Leybl thank you for your last translation you...
It's basically someone's speculations concerning the origin of the Yiddish word MIZINKE (accent on the second syllable), 'youngest daughter', as in the title...
Date: May 30 Subject: "Yiddish, a Dying Language: a Native Speaker's Lament" Speaking as a native speaker of Yiddish, one who grew up in a community where...
Chaim Pevner's words speak for themselves, but I think he's mistaken about the facts concerning Hassidim and Yiddish. It's true that for SOME Hassidim and...
Do you happen to know if there are any other enclaves of Yiddish speaking communities in the United States besides those that you mentioned in NYC? Are Satmar...
... speaking ... NYC? Are ... as their ... I'm almost sure the Satmar aren't the only ones who speak Yiddish, but I don't have specific knowledge about other...
A copy of the handout I gave out (to some of you--I'll make more copies for next class--sorry!) on the Yiddish case system is also in the "Handouts" section,...
DEAR LEIB, I HOPE THIS NOTE REACHES YOU IN TIME. I CAN'T MAKE IT TO THE YIDDISH CLASS AT THE DCJCC ON SUNDAY, JUNE 25 AT 6PM. WARM WISHES, LUIS LANDAU...
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Jun 25, 2006 3:12 pm
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Does anyone want to meet this week on a weekday evening (say, Wednesday 1t 7 in the JCC lobby) for a make-up session? The session would probably consist of...
Hi, Lee -- I could do that. I might prefer Thursday to Wednesday, but either day works for me. Sorry we had to miss class last night... was that the last one...
Yes, I'm game. I'm availabel both Wednesday and Thursday. Please confirm, Yo, ich bin tzefriden tzu dir zehein noch a mohl. Mitvoch oder Donershtik zeinen gut...
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Jun 26, 2006 11:46 pm
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Is this group only for students of DCJCC? Sarah...
It would be nice if this discussion group was more active. I was hoping to learn a bisl Yidish fun doziker vebzeit. I don't know if I said that right. I don't...
More discussion would definitely be nice. Your Yiddish phrase was almost right, just add DER: [ikh hob zakh gevolt lernen] a bisl Yidish fun DER doziker...
Nicely answered, as usual, Leybl. I remember having an argument with a Yiddish teacher about the word "doziker"; I put forward the opinion that it comes from...
If you don't mind my jumping in here -- yes, Marty, you are right. "Doziker" *is* related to the word "do" (here). In Middle High German, there were two...
More thanks for taking me to school. I have a minor in teaching English as a Second Language and love reading more about the origins of specific words,...
I have a dictionary of Ladino by Eli Kohen but I am unable to locate it.at the moment I am not a Ladino speaker but rather I speak a little Spanish. I have ...
Leybl, di date fun 17tn september vos ikh hob dir gegebn tsu haltn dayn referat/lektsye far YGW iz nit a pasike. Kh'vel dir lozn visn an andere date azoy shnel...
Motl, Oyb azoy, vet men shteln an ander date. Nishto kayn problem. Leybl ... referat/lektsye far YGW iz nit a pasike. Kh'vel dir lozn visn an andere date azoy...
Beats me! Anyone else know? (I recognize the pattern -AK from TSHUDAK, 'fool', FRUMAK, 'pious fool', PASKUDNYAK, 'loathsome individual', but I'm not familiar...
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