Why is אָ pronounced [oː] here? In the video below: Yiddish Alphabet Video | Yiddish Book Center At least, that's what I hear... I can't find a...

Hello everyone, I've been wondering for quite a while now about the roots of the word for jewish prayer/praying: to daven/davening (Yinglish)...

Sources disagree about whether יי is pronounced [ej] or [aj] in "Ukrainish" (Southeastern) Yiddish, but no source I checked says that both...

אָ as [o] in an open syllable and [ɔ] in a closed syllable but ע as [ɛ] consistently? From the alef-beys video here: Yiddish Alphabet Video |...

Hi, So I am attempting to cite a Yiddish poem found in a Yiddish book that was scanned and put online in a database. I've decided to include the...

Hi there. In the recently released film The Limehouse Golem there is a part where the actress is tricked into saying what she believes to be...

Good day, On the "Special Thanks" page of a book, the author lists the name of his wife and children, mentioning their names one by one, then the...

Hello everybody, This is a question in yiddish, so that I hope I am in the right Forum. I remember that my parents used this word to describe a...

According to one native speaker from New York 'where are you from' is 'fin vi bisti', 'and' is 'in' and so on. Is this how people speak today?...

שלום לכולכם, I was told by a friend that in Yiddish nafka means whore. Recently I searched nafka to try to find its plural, and I came upon a...

Imgur: The most awesome images on the Internet Some symbols/letters might not be written accurately. I tried to look at a Yiddish alphabet...

Sholem! My question is on Yiddish dialects. The thing is that I'm very interested in learning Yiddish but it seems like there are multiple - very...

Not sure about the 'du' the second letter is stained. Context: A phrase located in a letter (from a Jewish family) in which a son is telling his...

Can anyone who is well-versed in Modern Hebrew, Yiddish, and Arabic explain to me how to pronounce the a-type and i-type vowels in each? Whether...

Hello, Am I correct in recalling that Geh feifen ahfen yam means literally "Go peddle your fish elsewhere" referring to people trying to sell...

I'd like to know if " מיר וועלן לעבן אויף אייביק " is grammatically correct and if not what should be the correct form. It should mean "we will...

Hi everybody! I am translating a book from French and there are some words in hebrew in it, as the family of tha main character is Jewish. I am...

Hello, Is there anybody who could tell me about Yiddish? I want to use the words in bold in the Yiddish sentence (1) to make a sentence that...

What does the Yiddish expression אָן אַ שיר (on a shir) mean? I have seen it used in a few songs to as an intensifier for love and other things...

Hi! I would like to know what is the etymology of "lobus" (little monster in Yiddish). Thanks in advance! Bartocus ;)

Hi. :) I've been listening to a song by a group called 'THE CHEVRA', called 'CHAI'. I know what that means... but there's a Hebrew word in...

Hi everyone, I'm reading S.Y Agnon and ran into this - אויסגירכנט הייטע. It's from his story פנים אחרות. "עכשיו רואה אותי טוני בניוולי. הרהר...

I am using music software to format a version of the song טום־באַלאַלײַקע for a balalaika club. I need to put in the lyrics to help me keep track...

Hey everyone, So I was listening to this video (<<link removed by moderator>>) and he said that there is a yiddish word for when you deeply care...

Hello, My friend does not speak Hebrew but when he went to Google Translate he put in some unknown text, translated it and then said this to me:...

Hi all, I'm doing something about "testimonial literature" (literatura testimonial, Zeugnisliteratur), notably the literature written by...

Hi all, I am working on a stage play about Mayor LaGuardia, and there is a short Yiddish passage in the text that I think was written...

Hi there, Am reading The Three Weissmanns of Westport by Cathleen Schine. One passage is about Joseph and Betty meeting a mediator (as they are...

Shalom to everyone, First of all, excuse me if probably my question is odd. I've been talking to Sefardis from different places in Europe and...

Yes, this is from the song טום־באַלאַלײַקע. I have two questions: 1. What does it mean? (The stones in caves grow only with water, so what...

Hi everybody! I wonder if the expressions "OY Gevalt!", "Buhbie" and "Bubeleh" are in use among Italian Jews too. I checked their meaning on...

Hello! Could somebody please tell me what the words "es dich git un" mean in the following sentence: הֶער זִיךְ צוּ פֵייטֶעלֶע מַיינֶער, דוּ...

Hello, In the context of a post match interview last week-end ; Paul 'O Connell, captain of the Munster rugby team said "I think we started off...

Hello! I was reading a children's book in Yiddish named "דער אינגער מתמיד"/"Der yinger masmid" and I didn't quite understand the following...

Can anyone translate Shayna in Yiddish writing big enough that I can print out for a project? I've gotten a translation once before but when I...

I have a partial text from a postcard (Russia 1918). First of all: is it Yiddish? Second, can anyone help with approximate translation. Thank...

Hi, I'm already back with a new sentence: « Mir huben rachmones tzu dir moydia zein vegen dee Niftoyres foon dein veib Bessa. » Does that mean...

Hi, I'm reading a play based on the book "Tuesdays with Morrie". Morrie is an old Jewish teacher in Sociology and uses from time to time...

Bonsoir, Bon, peut-être suis-je trop optimiste mais je tente toujours... oui, il s'agit d'un passage yiddish dans un livre américain, donc je...

Hi, I would like to ask for help in translation of the script on the back of the early 20th century photo. The scanned image of the script is...

Hello... I have a tattoo on my back that is supposed to say Psalm 23, from the Bible (not the verse but the actual word "Psalms") in Yiddish but I...

Hi to you all In the Yiddish Bible you find "Liebepelech" for "mandrake" in English or "Glückswürzel" in German. Does anybody know where this...

Hola a todos. ¿Alguien tiene remota idea de los que es 'pintel a yid'? Ni siquiera estoy segura de si es inglés, podría ser algún termino...

alguien sabe qué quiere decir "oy vaï smir"? Creo que es una expresión insertada en un contexto judío...

Hi! I'd like to know how to say "Maccabee" in Yiddish :) Thanks in advance

This is a song by the Andrews Sisters, but does anyone knows what they say? 'schon' or 'schön'? for me it makes more sense the second one than the...

Hi, people. I was reading Kafka's Trial in a Yiddish version, where the first sentence goes like: A ponem az emetser hob Josef K. געמסרט;...

Hi everybody! I know that it means way, manner and so on, but apparently it has other sense, too. I've heard phrases such as Oyfn hoyz..., Oyfn...

Hi! I would like to write "There is no Facebook page available for Yiddish". Here is my try: (Es iz) nisht faran keyn Facebook zaytl far yidish....