What, is everyone out of town? I can't believe that none of you know the answer or I would have heard shoyn! ;-) Vi azoy redt men aroys "yom haatsmaut" af...
Well, we Livtvaks would say "yaym ho-atz-MO-ess," but if you substitute "oy" for "ay," you'll get a standardized pronunciation. assuming "ho" rghymes with...
ARGH... I hit the send key by mistake. I was trying to correct "rghymes." I was trying to say: assuming that "ho" has the "o" of a kometz, but that "MO" has...
In my opinion since the word originated in Israel, you keep their pronunciation.Ruth...
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Aug 11, 2004 3:16 am
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What, is everyone out of town? Thank you Gele, Fishl, and Mark David for responding to my request for information about the State of Yiddish where you live....
Okay, here's another issue, when I was preparing my first recording and working with Michael Alpert on pronunciation, he insisted I say "af", not "oyf". Now...
In australia we say OYF( we object very loudly to AF) passionately Freydi ... From: Lori M Simon To: yiddishteachers@yahoogroups.com Sent: Wednesday, August...
Okay, so what are the historical precedents? Is it a regional thing that goes along with particular dialects? Leyele On Thu, 12 Aug 2004 00:49:59 +1000...
I didn't refer to oyf. My suggestion referred to Hatzmaut. Ruth...
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Aug 11, 2004 4:25 pm
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Hi, hope all is well with you. The summer is going quickly and I'm as busy as a beaver. About Yiddish: I'm teaching Yiddish level 4 at the Academy of ...
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Aug 11, 2004 4:29 pm
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"oyf" is the constuct based upon phonetic pronunciation of the standard Yiddish spelling mostly taught in Jewish cultural schools and college courses ( unless...
Oygust 11, 2004 Tayere yidish-lerers, Mir viln lozn aykh visn vegn a spetsyeln prayz far studentn vos viln zikh abonirn af der Forverts-tsaytung - $18 a yor!...
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Aug 11, 2004 8:48 pm
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Either is correct. Since the spelling is "oyf," it would be confusing to new students of the language to teach them "af," but at some point they need to know...
There's a Yiddish version of a Gershwin song brewing here... here's my 2 cents plain version, off the cuff, not refined, suggestions welcome: Bist an...
This is hilarious (in the best way) as I just assigned a student this song as extra-credti translation to a student with a heavy Polish accent (the other...
According to Dovid Katz (it's also in his grammar), those who make a differentiation between "af" and "oyf" or "uf", use "af" as the preposition (shrayb afn...
I will relate the offer to my students and thank you so much! Ruth...
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Aug 12, 2004 12:38 am
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Khaveyrim, I've noticed in some stories and songs about peysakh there is a reference to playing with nuts. What is the game? My family doesn't have this...
Okay, here's another question brought to mind by ek velt. In German, an ecke is a corner. A shape without a corner is a circle. A circle is without end (on...
Nuts from the shell that are not stored with khometz are Peysekhdi, and there's a pun between "Nisan" and "Nisselekh," as in the song "Di mame hot drei...
Anne Bancroft had a TV special years ago where in one skit she played an aspiring but confused actress who used this Gershwin song as an audition piece but...
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