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A Sort of Important Message from Shmelke – (at least to me)

Hi Everyone, This is Shmelke, from www.yiddishacademy.com.. So basically, Corona’s given me the time to majorly overhaul my site. I’ve brought the look up to 2021(ish), I’ve made it much easier to navigate and login… I even added Google/Facebook login How neat! It’s easier for me to get in too! The thing is, a long…

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Parshas Chayei Sarah

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The Dreidel Song- and the Chanukah Song

Ikh Bin a Kleyner Dreydl” – “איך בין א קליינער דריידל” Ikh bin a kleyner dreydl, emakht bin ikh fun blay, To lomir ale shpiln, In dreydl eyns, tsvey, dray. Oy, dreydl, dreydl, dreydl, Oy, drey zikh, dreydl, drey, To lomir ale shpiln, In dreydl eyns un tsvey. Un ikh hob lib tsu tantsn, Zikh…

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Dreyen

דאס יידישע ווארט-פון-דער-וואך                                         Shulamit Seidler-Feller Click here to go straight to the songs. Dreyen – דרייען \DREY-en\ Verb: To turn, twist, twirl, rotate; dial (a number); cheat. To whirl, spin, wriggle, wind, twist (with reflexive zikh [זיך]). Pronunciation: Click here to hear a native Yiddish speaker use this word in conversation. Synonyms: kern…

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Kung-Fu Khanuka

I'm not sure if everyone is going to appreciate this. It's kind of quirky, and it's based on a 70's Kung-Fu series. I (Shmelke) do all the voices, which is silly in itself. Nu…    

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I’m Sorry, We’re no RoseEttaCohen

We don’t have a Rabbi in the room with you, but we do want to give you what this fictional course would. 🙂 This vid is so funny, and really in the spirit of the course. Warning: The Yiddish speaking truck drivers at the end get a bit racy with their Yiddish slang! (They do…

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Exercise 5g

Use it Schmooze it: By now we’re sure you’ve been using your Yiddish with family and friends, so translate Gary and Barry’s schmooze and show yourself what you’re made of! Go get ‘em tiger!   װוּ איז די אַקאַדעמיע? Vu iz di akademie? Barry: What’s doing Gary? _________________________________ Gary: A lot!! _________________________________ Barry: Yeah…..? _________________________________…

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Exercise 5h

Hungry? Translate this schmooze between the Yiddishe Mame and her kind. דו װילסט עסן? Du vilst esn? You wanna eat? מאַמע׃ זיסעלע, דו װילסט טרינקען? Mame: Zisele, du vilst trinken? _________________________________ קינד׃ נײן, איך װיל נישט טרינקען. Child: Neyn, ikh vil nisht trinken. _________________________________ מאַמע׃ זיסעלע, דו װילסט עסן אַ ביסל ברױט? Mame: Zisele, du…

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Exercise 5b

Use it Schmooze it: By now we’re sure you’ve been using your Yiddish with family and friends, so translate Gary and Barry’s schmooze and show yourself what you’re made of! Go get ‘em tiger! װוּ איז די אַקאַדעמיע? Vu iz di akademie?   Barry: What’s doing Gary? _________________________________ Gary: A lot!! _________________________________ Barry: Yeah…..? _________________________________…

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Exercise 5f

Food glorious food! They tried to kill us …we won…..let’s eat! Write in the English translation.   עסן Esn __________   פֿרישטאָג Frishtog __________   מיטאָג Mitog __________   נאַכטמאָל Nakhtmol __________   ברױט Broyt __________   קיכעלעך kikhelekh __________   מילך Milkh __________   פּוטער Puter __________   קעז Kez __________   פֿיש Fish…

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Exercise 5d

Fill it in! Let’s rock these verbs and get’em good, fill in the proper pronoun and/or verb in the missing spaces. Examples of verb conjugation _____  גײען צו שולע אין מאַנהאַטען. _____ geyen tsu shule in Manhattan.  _____  קומט פֿון אײַרלאַנד. _____ kumt fun Ayerland. _____  עסט אַ סאַך עסן אױף שבת. _____ est a…

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Exercise 5c

What’s the verb? On the lines provided write in the Yiddish Verb. נוצליכער װערבין Nutslikher verbin Go _________________________________ Come _________________________________ Want _________________________________ Need _________________________________ Eat _________________________________ Schmooze _________________________________ Speak _________________________________ Know _________________________________ Say _________________________________ Sleep _________________________________ Buy _________________________________ Sell _________________________________ Do _________________________________ Show off/ Sweat _________________________________ Live (location-Where does he live?) _________________________________ Live (time span-How…

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Exercise 5b

Presenting….(drum roll please) Present tense Fill in the correct form of the verb גײ  gey meaning go. (Remember this is really important to remember.) _________איך Ikh________   __________דו Du_________   __________ער Er_________   __________עס Es__________   __________מיר Mir_________   __________זײ Zey_________   _________איר Ir___________

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Exercise 5a

Great job!!! On the lines below write the translation of this very humorous …story…uh….or maybe its more like a joke. Whatever it is keep up the great work! 😉   נאָך אַ פּאָר Nokh a por ___________________    אַ יִיד האָט געטראָפֿען אַ כעלמער אין דער גאַס. זעט ער אַז דער כעלמער טראָגט אײן שװאַרצע …

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Lesson 5i- Proverb Keep at it!

אַ שפּריכװאָרט “פֿון אַ ביסל מיט אַ ביסל װערט אַ פֿולע שיסל.” “Fun a bisl mit a bisl vert a fule shisl”   “From a little with a little becomes a full plate.”   Meaning: Keep at it, and you’ll see a little become a lot.   If you’ve kept it up, you’ve added word…

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Lesson 5h- Schmooze 2 Do you want to eat?

דו װילסט עסן?     Du vilst esn? You wanna eat?   In this poignant story, the protagonist is introduced to a common problem. מאַמע׃ זיסעלע, דו װילסט טרינקען?   Mame: Zisele, du vilst trinken?             Sweety, do you want to drink? קינד׃ נײן, איך װיל נישט טרינקען.   Child: Neyn, ikh vil nisht trinken.…

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5g- Schmooze 1- Where’s the Academy?

װוּ איז די אַקאַדעמיע? Vu iz di akademie? Where is the academy?  I thought this was just silly.    בערי׃ װאָס הערט זיך,גערי?   Barry: Vos hert zikh Geri?          What’s doing Gary? גערי׃ אַ סאַך!!   Gary: A sakh!!         A lot!! בערי׃ נו…   Barry: Nu…          yeah… ("well," an interjection)…

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5f- Food Words

ווערטער-אוצר (אויצער) Verter-oytser Vocabulary Very, very important. Yiddish Food words. עסן Esn Food פֿרישטאָג Frishtog Breakfast מיטאָג Mitog Lunch נאַכטמאָל Nakhtmol Dinner ברױט Broyt bread קיכעלעך kikhelekh cookies מילך Milkh milk פּוטער Puter butter קעז Kez Cheese פֿיש Fish Fish אײ Ey Egg פֿלײש Fleysh meat לאָקשען Lokshen Noodles טשאָלענט Tsholent Stew קוגעל Kugel Potatoe…

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5e- Men

Use of מען men (Nothing to do with using men for their money or sports cars) מען “men” is an impersonal pronoun which means one, people or they. It’s conjugated just like the second person. (It’s the same as he, she, it, and you (pl.).) When used with a verb the ending ט “t” is…

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