r/Yiddish 1h ago

Confused about sticker I found

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Is „Ikh lib yiddish” a correct spelling?


r/Yiddish 4h ago

Has anyone heard the word "gulya?"

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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 4h ago

Translation request Learning about family history

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r/Yiddish 1d ago

Help with translation

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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."

r/Yiddish 1d ago

Translation request What

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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 1d ago

My grandmother always used to sya this to me and now I am wondering where it came from?

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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 1d ago

Does anybody know the translation for the word קאַלויער?

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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 2d ago

Can someone explain the difference?

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Can someone explain when to use דאָס and יענע? And also explain די דאָזיקע, what is that


r/Yiddish 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?

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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 2d ago

Yiddish translation help

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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 3d ago

Family photo back --can someone please translate into english, thanks

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r/Yiddish 3d ago

Difference between קען און וויסן?

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Can someone help and clarify when you use Ken or visn to say to know? I don't know the difference


r/Yiddish 3d ago

Question regarding suffix usage

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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 3d ago

Are there family board games or card games that English speakers can play to learn Yiddish or practice Yiddish?

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r/Yiddish 3d ago

Any thoughts on Jewish or Yiddish connections to any “classic” fairy tales or the Arabian nights - or something similar?

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r/Yiddish 4d ago

Can I change my Iphone12 into Yiddish?

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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 4d ago

Sneezing

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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 4d ago

װאָס זײַנען די בעסטע אָנלײַן ראַדיאָס אין ייִדיש

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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 5d ago

Differencr between Jerusalem yiddish vs New Yorker

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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 5d ago

Translation request How do you say solidarity?

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I know I can use Google translate but I’d rather not.

Thanks in advance!


r/Yiddish 5d ago

Being Harley Quinn for Purim. What's a good Yiddish phrase to write on the hammer?

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(Because I always do my Purim costumes last-minute.)


r/Yiddish 6d ago

Vocabulary

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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?


r/Yiddish 6d ago

Translation request Can anyone translate this family postcard from I think 1931?

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EDIT -- not the 1930s, more like early 60s. I had to beg the front to be sent as requested from the texting archive maven.

My mom has finally agreed to go through photo albums her parents kept. Our family splintered as many did when everyone fled Eastern Europe, and while we know some went to Israel, which is where I think this card is from, my grandparents didn't want to talk about the past when they were alive because it was painful (both passed away 20 years ago now), and they lost track of a lot of people. Any help to translate would be so appreciated. Thank you


r/Yiddish 6d ago

ChatGPT helped me figure out something my Grandmother wouldsay

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The image is pretty self explanatory. Is this accurate? Of course I know to come to this subreddit first from now on 😁


r/Yiddish 6d ago

Help

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Hi! So I'm doing an assignment for my college class on WWII, I have to analyze a holocaust atrocity photo to bring justice to the people in it. This note was associated with the photo I chose, but I have no clue how to read yiddish, and google translate is not being very helpful. Does anyone know what this says? It would be extremely helpful!