Yiddish - 03

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Yiddish Online Education Program

Let's continue with another popular Yiddish song

Click a colored letter to learn more about it.
Click for translation and transliteration.
Click to listen to a stanza.
Click the title to hear the entire song.

*Click the Yiddish words to hear their sound*
(M)-Masculine, (F)-Feminine, (PL)-Plural, (S)-Singular
Means...	Pronounced...	The word
week	VOkh (f)
Sunday	ZUntik (m)
Monday	MOntik (m)
Tuesday	DInstik (m)
Wednesday	MItvokh (m)
Thursday	DOnershtik (m)
Friday	FRAytik (m)
Saturday	**SHAbes (m)

Note:

The word derives from Hebrew. Its first letter is the
("SHIn"), and its last letter is the ("SOf").

Means...	Pronounced...	The word
the lunch	DOs VAremes
the supper	DI VEtshere
the bread	DOs bROyt
the meat	DOs fLEysh
the potatoes	DI BUlbes
the pudding	DEr KUgl
with	MIt
and	OOn

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.

Egnlish equivalent	Yiddish name	Script	Print
Like Y in My Sky	Pasekh Tsvey Yudn

Note:

At the beginning of a word the diphthong

is preceded by a silent

are were

and

. Thus,

, and

Egnlish equivalent	Yiddish name	Script	Print
Like Tsh/Ch in Charade	Tes Shin

Hebrew and Yiddish:

Many Yiddish names and words derived from Hebrew-Aramaic or the "Loshn-Kodesh" (holy language). They may have, however, different pronunciations, grammatical forms or meanings.

Click on:

to see some such similarities and differences.

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:	#
Vroyt Broyt Brovt		4
Flaysh Fleesh Fleysh		5
Zuntik Zontik Zuntek		6

Sounds:	The letter/word:	#
Vakh Vokh Voakh		1
Shabes Shobes Shabat		2
Balbes Bolbes Bulbes		3

Your Quiz Score is:

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

Sounds:	The letter/word:	#
Tuesday Thursday Wednesday		6
Week Day Month		7
Potatoes Pudding Bread		8
Potatoes Pudding Bread		9
Supper Lunch Pudding		10

Sounds:	The letter/word:	#
Sunday Monday Tuesday		1
Sunday Monday Tuesday		2
Wednesday Thursday Friday		3
Wednesday Thursday Friday		4
Sunday Monday Tuesday		5

Your Quiz Score is:

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

: Find the word:; A Hint: The "day of rest". Spelled the same way in Yiddish and Hebrew.

Spin-N-Discover! Good luck! Just Touch Your Cursor to Handle at Right

Click the picture to listen.

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