Learn some Yiddish

Yiddish is a High German–derived language historically spoken by the Ashkenazi Jews with its origins from Central Europe in the 9th century.

There are somewhere between 1 and 2 million speakers.

Basic Yiddish phrases. 1 Learn

Basic Yiddish phrases. 2Learn

Yiddish Colours Learn

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The days in Yiddish Learn

Yiddish words for Fruit Learn

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The Months in Yiddish Learn

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Yiddish Numbers. 1 to 10 Learn

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Yiddish Numbers. 11 to 20 Learn

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Yiddish words for Vegetables Learn

Grammatical points

Adjectival agreements, Illustrative sentences. 1, Illustrative sentences. 2, Plural nouns. Examples, Possessive adjectives, Questions. Examples, Verbs.

Yiddish verbs

Learn Yiddish verbs such as 'zayn' (to be), 'hobn' (to have) and 'lebn' (to live).

And a basic Yiddish grammar.

Yiddish proverbs

Bay nakht zaynen ale ki royt By night, all cows are black.

Yiddish phrases

A few first words. 1, A few first words. 2, Animals, Common Nouns 1, Common Nouns 2, Common Nouns 3, Common Yiddish Words. 1, Common Yiddish Words. 2, Conversation. Introductions, Conversational General. 1, Conversation. General. 2, Conversation. Filler words, Conversation. Expressions. 1, Conversation. Expressions. 2, Countries, Describing things. Colours, Describing things. Adjectives, Days. General, Days of the week, Family members, Food words, Food words. Fruit, Food words. General, Food words. Vegetables, Months of the year, Numbers. 1 to 10, Numbers. 11 to 20, Numbers. 30 to 1000, Health, Parts of the body, Places and buildings, Proverbs. 1, Proverbs. 2, Proverbs. 3, Question and size words, Talking about family, Time, The house, Useful words.

Resources

Yiddish proverbs
Phrases by topic. Hundreds of Yiddish phrases ordered by topic.
Online Yiddish Dictionary
Hebrew and Yiddish songs
eyiddish.org An online Yiddish teaching and learning community..

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