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The impact of Yiddish on American English goes far beyond the "Borscht Belt" words and expressions I grew up with related to the physicality of life such as bupkes, drishke, greps, grob, kishkes, knish, kvetch, pupik, and various words not to be mentioned in polite society. Unlike ...
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Learning the real Yiddish language (slang, expressions, etc.) used by ordinary native speakers Getting accustomed to the way native speakers speak in real (casual) Yiddish conversation Making a friend in the Yiddish-speaking culture. What You Can Do Here ...
All expressions are presented in Yiddish (using Hebrew letters), YIVO transliteration, and English translation. Notes below illustrations may include explanations and related sayings. A published source in Yiddish is given for every saying. See Resources for complete references and List of all ...
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English-Yiddish Yiddish-English Dictionary Includes an appendix of idiomatic expressions and proverbs as well as appendixes of common Yiddish words used in English. DC Gross 被引量: 0发表: 1995年 English-Yiddish, Yiddish-English dictionary Expanded edition. Harduf,D Mendel - 《Massachusetts Press》...
Orplats. Literally, to explode, as in aggravation. “Well, don’t plotz!” is similar to “Don’t have a stroke!” or “Don’t have a cow!” Also used in expressions such as, “Oy, am I tired; I just ran the four-minute mile. I could just plotz.” That is, collapse. ...
The richness of dialect differences and historical developments are noted in entries, and also included are words and expressions from Yiddish literature, newspapers and other written sources. Buy from: Amazon.com or Amazon.co.uk Grammar x Now Playing x Long and short vowel sounds Share ...