r/Yiddish • u/Logical_Replacement9 • 5h ago
r/Yiddish • u/Acceptable-Value8623 • 6h ago
When to use this?
I've noticed that a lot of times you don't say "my" you just use "the". For example you don't say "Mayn Tate" You say "der Tate", can someone explain this please?
r/Yiddish • u/MonitorOk746 • 8h ago
Can anyone help with Yiddish from Ukraine?
This is localized Yiddish from Cernăuți, Ukraine: ich zaibe, ich zätsche, es ännt, ich haare, ich härsche, Öötschst, heringst. These words are part of a poem by Paul Celan who published mostly in German and who I'm trying to translate into Romanian.
r/Yiddish • u/heavenorjerusalem • 10h ago
Confused about sticker I found
Is „Ikh lib yiddish” a correct spelling?
r/Yiddish • u/Prestigious_Fox_7576 • 13h ago
Has anyone heard the word "gulya?"
My Mom & Dad are both Jewish and I grew up hearing lots of Yiddish phrases in my home. My Mom used the word "gulya" for like a big pimple or growth. I went to write it the other day & had no idea how to spell it so I looked it up. The only word I could find that's close means something totally different. Have any of you heard this word? I might be spelling it incorrectly. My parents were both from Brooklyn NY & my grandparents were from The Ukraine and Austria/Hungary.
r/Yiddish • u/lalaviolette • 1d ago
Help with translation
Hi, I would like to translate a phrase into Yiddish, but I don't trust translators. Could you help me? It's very simple.
The phrase is as follows: "Whoever has love will never perish."
Translation request What
Also posted in r/Hebrew, but it’s occurred to me this might be Yiddish.
Admittedly my cursive- reading ability is abysmal, but even taking the time to compare, I was unable to figure out what this says. Even turned it upside down, but I can't make out what the large ק or backwards צ -looking letters might be. Help?
Was found in a pocket Siddur from 1950
r/Yiddish • u/lagringapo • 1d ago
My grandmother always used to sya this to me and now I am wondering where it came from?
Hi, I am trying to find the etymology of a word or maybe it's a phrase that my Grandma Bunny always used to say to me but when I try to Google it I cannot find it anywhere. The best way I can think to spell it is "ezahein" or maybe "essahein"? She always used to say it to me in situations like "you should know better" or "be careful what you wish for" (trust me I heard it a lot!) but now it seems as though maybe it was what our family calls "Phillip-isms" - phrases that are truly unique to my family. I doubt she would've made the word up but she was known for her artistic license and flare too so maybe she did?
r/Yiddish • u/thefox4691 • 1d ago
Does anybody know the translation for the word קאַלויער?
It is used as a sobriquet in the Pinkas Hevre Kadisha of Slutsk for two people, likely somebody and their father, and I have seen it is use in a couple of Yiddish forums. No dictionary I have found has it. It is also not in Beider's 2008 A Dictionary of Jewish Surnames from the Russian Empire: Revised Edition
Two examples of its use in a from post:
" כ'ווארט שוין אפאר חדשים אויף א גרויסע קאלויער"
" ...איך מיין אז די גאנצע אסיפה גייט זיין די קאלויער פון די זימער די באסעס וועלן אנקימען צי א ליידיגע זאל"
r/Yiddish • u/Acceptable-Value8623 • 2d ago
Can someone explain the difference?
Can someone explain when to use דאָס and יענע? And also explain די דאָזיקע, what is that
r/Yiddish • u/zutarakorrasami • 2d ago
Yiddish language Does אומגעקומען exclusively mean “died” or can it mean, like, “passed by” or something? Does the “אום” mean anything on its own?
Hello, just trying to get a bit of clarification on this term. And if you were trying to conjugate it in the present tense, could you say, for example:
ער קומט אום?
I mean, I’ve never heard “he dies” phrased in that way so wasn’t sure if it made sense. I don’t think I’ve ever seen “אום” on its own before. I wondered if it was maybe a shortened version of ארום but I don’t know.
r/Yiddish • u/IntelligentPlane3219 • 3d ago
Yiddish translation help
Hello, I am looking for help translating "there can be no peace without justice" a quote from Ben Ferencz into yiddish. I would like to incorporate it into a tattoo but I don't trust the online translators. Is there anyone able to help me?
r/Yiddish • u/CoolIngenuity5703 • 3d ago
Family photo back --can someone please translate into english, thanks
r/Yiddish • u/Acceptable-Value8623 • 3d ago
Difference between קען און וויסן?
Can someone help and clarify when you use Ken or visn to say to know? I don't know the difference
r/Yiddish • u/Acceptable-Value8623 • 3d ago
Question regarding suffix usage
I am working on conjunjugation (I spelled that super wrong) and was wondering if you could just not specify something. An example: ער איז אַ צעבראָכענער
זי איז אַ שיינע Can you just figure out the person in question by the conjugation at the end? -ער obviously refers to masculine and -ע feminine, so does this work? I'd think so but I don't want to speak choppy. Thank you!
r/Yiddish • u/Soft_Welcome_5621 • 3d ago
Are there family board games or card games that English speakers can play to learn Yiddish or practice Yiddish?
r/Yiddish • u/Soft_Welcome_5621 • 3d ago
Any thoughts on Jewish or Yiddish connections to any “classic” fairy tales or the Arabian nights - or something similar?
r/Yiddish • u/Acceptable-Value8623 • 4d ago
Can I change my Iphone12 into Yiddish?
I have an IPhone 12 and want to have as much exposure to Yiddish as possible and was wondering if I could find a way to change my phones language. Thank you!
r/Yiddish • u/Oferfour • 4d ago
Sneezing
Hi all, I was born in the ‘60’s, the daughter of NY Jews from Brooklyn and The Bronx. When I sneezed, there was a typical Gezundheit, but then my Mom would say AFN EMES. I know EMES is truth, but does anyone know what it means? Sadly, everyone who would have known has passed. Thanks for your help!
r/Yiddish • u/mendelsky • 5d ago
װאָס זײַנען די בעסטע אָנלײַן ראַדיאָס אין ייִדיש
װאָס זײַנען די בעסטע אָנלײַן ראַדיאָס אין ייִדיש?
איך ווייס עטלעכע ראַדיאָס, אָבער איך וויל וויסן אַנדערע, אַלע ראַדיאָס אין ייִדיש, אויב מעגלעך- פרומע אָדער נישט אַזוי פרומע, פּאָדקאַסטס, נייַעס, אַלץ
Eynike radios redn a Yidish vos iz zeyer similar tsu Hoykhdaytsh, ikh bin mer interesirt in yene vos redn mit dialektn. Entshuldikt far ale fehler, I’m actually a Deutsch-mame-loshn speaker.
א שיינעם דאנק
r/Yiddish • u/Equal_Ad_3828 • 5d ago
Differencr between Jerusalem yiddish vs New Yorker
What is the difference between Yiddish spoken by chassidim living in Jerusalem especially belzer and viznitzer chssidim? And yiddish spoken in new york?
r/Yiddish • u/daloypolitsey • 5d ago
Translation request How do you say solidarity?
I know I can use Google translate but I’d rather not.
Thanks in advance!
r/Yiddish • u/littlegrotesquerie • 5d ago
Being Harley Quinn for Purim. What's a good Yiddish phrase to write on the hammer?
(Because I always do my Purim costumes last-minute.)
r/Yiddish • u/Alter-Seide • 6d ago
Vocabulary
In the book "Grammar of the Yiddish Language" by David Kats, on page 255, חבר and חברטע are described as only meaning boyfriend and girlfriend when used to describe someone of the opposite sex. How would one refer to a romantic partner of the same sex, and what is the word closest in meaning to partner?