Yiddish - 02

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Yiddish Online Education Program

Let's continue with the song from lesson 1:

Slide your mouse on each word to see its transliteration and translation.
Click on each Yiddish word to hear it.

(Singing all the Khasidim
Ay Dy Hop Hop Hop)

Click on the transliteration of the words below to hear them and repeat after me:

ZIngen Ale khSIdim.
Ay Dy HOp HOp HOp

click on each colored letter to hear its sound and learn more about it:

*Click the Yiddish words to hear their sound*
(M)-Masculine, (F)-Feminine, (PL)-Plural, (S)-Singular
Means...	Pronounced...	The word
all	A'leh
to sing	ZEEngen
to have	HObn
should	ZOln
have you?	HOStu?
yes	YO
no	NEyn
not	NIt/NIsht
well, come on	NU
what	VOs
how	VEE
the (n), (2)	DOs
the (f),(Pl.), (2)	DEE
an (3)	A'n
teacher (m)	LErer
teacher (f)	LErern
song (m)	LEEd
grandmother	BObe
work (f)	A'rbet

Notes:

The infinitive form of Yiddish verbs always ends in (Langer Nun).
Most nouns are preceded by a definite article (m), (f and pl), and
for a neuter noun.
Indefinite article before a vowel.

Click to check your progress by looking at the Yiddish Alphabet.
Click to watch the Alphabet scroll and identify the position of the letters you have learned in it.

Directions:

Click to bring up the pad.
Follow the suggested writing "direction"

Use your mouse and the pad's "freehand" mode to hand-write on the canvas.

Write the letters in script:

and

Print these notes and the vowel table below and keep them handy for quick reference.

The vowel "Yud" may also be a consonant like the letter "Y" in "yellow". It may also sound like a long "E" as in "baby", or a short "I" as in "in".

The Diphthong Tzvey Yudn sounds like "ey" in Grey.

Note:

At the beginning of a word both the vowel
and the Diphthong are preceded by a silent .

Click on the Yiddish vowels to hear their sound:

In...	Sounds like...	The vowel...
baby or in	E/I
Grey	Ey

The Hasid, Hasidism and Yiddishkeit:

The word derives from Hebrew, meaning "pious one". It is a pietistic movement within Judaism that began in the 18th century in southeastern Poland (Volhynia and Podolia) and continues to exist today especially in the United States and Israel.

Click on:

to learn more about Hasidism and its links to the Yiddish language and Culture.

These self activities will help you exercise the material you learned in the classroom.

For questions about the course material please email Mindelle Wajsman

For questions regarding these self activities, please email Center for Yiddish Culture

: Identify the vowel:; Choose a sound option from the drop down choices on the left and identify the related vowel by typing its number in the textbox:

Click to check your answers:

: Multiple choice Quiz on pronunciation; Practice the Yiddish letters and words you learned:
Identify and check the correct transliterated sound.
Press "Reset" to begin.
View your score below.

Sounds:	The letter/word:	#
An En In		6
Va Vo Vi		7
Vos Vas Ves		8
Das Dos Des		9
Ala Alu Ale		10

Sounds:	The letter/word:	#
Neyn Nayn Niyn		1
Zaln Zeln Zoln		2
Hobn Hoben Haben		3
Zingan Zingen Zingin		4
Hastu Haste Hostu		5

Your Quiz Score is:

: Multiple choice Quiz:; Identify and check the correct definite article.
Press "Reset" to begin.
View your score below.

: Identify the letters:; Play a timing game with the Yiddish letters.
Click the picture below to begin.
Good Luck

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  Slide your mouse over a line to see its transliteration.
  Colored letters represent intonation.

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