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A shmek yidish—A Taste of Yiddish
Place Vocabulary
)‫ די שפּראַך(ן‬di shprakh(n) – language
ָ‫ דאָס לאַדינא‬dos ladino – Ladino )language of Sephardic Jews(
‫ דאָס העברעיִש‬dos hebreish – Hebrew
ָ‫דאָס עספּעּראַנטא‬
dos esperanto – Esperanto
‫ דאָס דײַטש‬dos daytsh – German )language(
‫ דאָס פֿראַנצײזיש‬dos frantseyzish – French
‫ די אײראָפּע‬di eyrope – Europe
‫ אײראָפּעיִש‬eyropeish – European
)‫ די שטאָט (שטעט‬di shtot (shtet) – city
)‫ דאָס שטעט(עך‬dos shtetl(ekh) – town
ּ‫ װו‬vu – where
)‫ דאָס לאַנד (לענדער‬dos land (lender) – country
‫ די אַמעריקע‬di amerike – America
‫ דאָס יאַפּאַן‬dos yapan – Japan
‫ דאָס דײַטשלאַנד‬dos daytshland – Germany
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ahsHh egna T
A shmek yidish—A Taste of Yiddish
‫ די אוקראַיִנע‬di ukraine – Ukraine
‫ דער סאָװעטן־פֿאַרבאַנד‬der sovetn-farband – Soviet Union
‫ די פֿאַראײניקטע שטאַטן‬di fareynikte shtatn – United States
‫ דאָס פֿראַנקרײַך‬dos frankraykh – France
‫ די שפּאַניע‬di shpanye – Spain
‫ די געאָגראַפֿיע‬di geografye – geography
)‫ די הױפּטשטאַט (הױפּטשטעט‬di hoyptshtot (hoyptshtet) – capital
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ahsHh egna T
A shmek yidish—A Taste of Yiddish
Notes
)1( For the names of languages, the definite article is typically not employed in standard usage, just like
in English:
‫ער לײענט דײַטש און רעדט פֿראַנצײזיש‬
Er leyent daytsh un redt frantseyzish
He reads German and speaks French
)2( The same applies for the names of most countries and continents )see Geography Terms
lesson/vocabulary list for names of continents(:
‫מיר װױנען אין יאַפּאַן און פֿאָרן קײן שפּאַניע‬
Mir voynen in yapan un forn keyn shpanye
We live in Japan and travel to Spain.
)3( But the definite article is used for the US and USSR:
‫די ייִדישע קאָמוניסטן זײַנען אַװעקגעפֿאָרן פֿון די פֿאַראײניקטע שטאַטן און האָבן זיך באַזעצט אין דעם סאָװעטן־פֿאַרבאַנד‬
Di yidishe komunistn zaynen avekgeforn fun di fareynikte shtatn un hobn zikh bazetst in dem sovetnfarband
The Jewish Communists left the United States and settled in the Soviet Union
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