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The document contains a word list in English and Yiddish with translations and key phrases. It also includes notes on Yiddish grammar. Some key points: - The word list contains common words for to speak, to want, to understand, we, I, they, not, book, a, and, something with their Yiddish translations. - Key phrases show examples of translations like "I speak" as "Zey redn" and "They speak a language" as "Zey redn a shprakh." - Notes on grammar explain that the infinitive of every Yiddish word ends in "N" and how to change the verb form based on the subject "

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Word Lis T: Gram M Ar

The document contains a word list in English and Yiddish with translations and key phrases. It also includes notes on Yiddish grammar. Some key points: - The word list contains common words for to speak, to want, to understand, we, I, they, not, book, a, and, something with their Yiddish translations. - Key phrases show examples of translations like "I speak" as "Zey redn" and "They speak a language" as "Zey redn a shprakh." - Notes on grammar explain that the infinitive of every Yiddish word ends in "N" and how to change the verb form based on the subject "

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Wo r d L i s t

To speak
To want
To understand
We
I
They
Not
Book
A
And
Something

Redn
Veln
Farshteyn
Mir
Ikh
Zey
Nisht
Bukh
A
Un
Epes

Key Phrases
I speak (I am speaking) Zey redn

In English, people say "I am speaking, I am eating, I am doing." In Yiddish
this does not exist. The normal present tense is used with "I am speaking."
They speak a language Zey redn a shprakh

We want to speak
Mir veln redn

I do not understand
Ikh farshtey nisht

Yiddish
yiddish
I do not speak English
Ikh red nisht english

"I do not" in Yiddish is just one word "Nisht." It comes after the verb.
We want something
Mir veln epes
I want something
Ikh vel epes
David and Rachel
Dovid un Rokhl

understand English
farsteyn english
Hannah and Alex speak Khane un Sender redn

Yiddish
Yiddish
Many common names exist with a Yiddish translation.

Grammar
The infinitive of every word in Yiddish always end with the letter "N" .

To make the verb with "i": Remove the "N"


To make the verb with "we" or "they." Do nothing. Its the same as the
infinitive.
See table below:
Infinitive

We

They

Redn

Ikh red

Mir redn

Zey redn

Veln

Ikh vel

Mir veln

Zey veln

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