I like Yiddish more than Hebrew because Hebrew is an abjad and remembering each pronunciation is too daunting. Also pronunciation is easier in Yiddish.
Congratulations to the gentleman! He really understands the subject he is talking about! And his teaching skills are amazing! We finally have a reliable Yiddish course on TH-cam. Alles Gute, weiter so! Es macht echt Spaß, Ihre Videos anzuschauen.
I’ve been to Poland this week for commemoration of Warsaw Ghetto uprising. Next year I want to be able to read the Yiddish on all the memorials and sing Zog Nit Keynmol and Es Brent reading it in Yiddish script
I'm sure you will know much more in a year! :) Just watch the videos a few times. Alef-beys takes a bit of getting-used-to but you'll be able to read in no time. I really wanted to go to Warsaw as well, but unfortunately work kept me from going. How was it?
It was Fantastic moving, inspirational. I can send you some pictures and videos if you like . I went to Alternative commemoration (I believe in the Bundist ideology) after a week of study - history of Jews in Poland, talks museums, singing Yiddish songs and treblinka.
@@suehughes1507 Please do so. My email address is ikh.lern.zikh.yiddish@gmail.com Thank you in advance! So far I've only visited Warsaw, Krakow and Auschwitz in Poland. But Poland has such a rich Jewish and Yiddish history, I wanna go back at some point to see more.
I realize that you made this series a long time ago so you may no longer be reading comments. However, I will ask anyway. Your pronunciation of Yiddish is the pronunciation I would wish to learn. Is it Russian/Ukranian/Polish; is it YIVO standard (Litvak); is it Hungarian? What is your native language? Your presentation is excellent.
Thank you for your videos. I m currently learning yiddish, and it helps me a lot to complement my class since i dont have chevrusa. Please continue posting more !
it took me a bit to muster the courage, but id like to learn yiddish. im of jewish blood and as is my family but i wasnt taught due to the stigma and fear. i dont want to let my family situation hold me back from what i believe and its all just refreshing to me. im learning, and thats what i value in this short life i may live. thanks a lot, for making videos.
I'm in love with the way your videos are structured! Your explanations are on point and the examples are really good! As a native German speaker, who's speaking English and has some basic knowledge in Russian the pronunciation so far is relatively easy compared to the other languages I speak. So I'm looking forward to your other videos!
I have only just started the series but I have browsed through the videos that exist on your channel, and I have to commemorate you. You are one of the only (if not the only) language channel I’ve found for any language that I’m interested in that doesn’t just teach you words and phrases with little to know explanation , but actually goes in depth with the grammar of the language. Well done, and I’m excited to continue learning from your channel in the future!
Oh yes, the majority of words are from the common ancestor: Middle High German. Other than that Yiddish has a fair share of Hebrew and Arameic, and even Slavic words, but most of the vocabulary is from Middle German.
Very Happy to have found this. I can understand a lot of yiddish (we spoke german and a little yiddish at home) but I can't read or write. Making a promise to myself to work hard.
Even though my family immigrated to Canada in 1800, they all spoke fluent Yiddish up till my mother's generation even though they were "secular". They were all fluent English speakers as well. My generation stopped speaking Yiddish. I am kicking myself in the ass now for not learning when I had the perfect opportunity. I was embarrassed to speak it or even hear it when I was a kid and so, refused to learn it. But some did sink in despite my best attempts to ignore it. Why Ikh lern ZIKH Yiddish, and not just Ikh lern Yiddish?
Thanks for watching. Yes, it is. I use standard Yiddish pronunciation where the vov is pronounced as /u/ while Duolingo uses the Hungarian dialect where the vov is pronounced as /i/. Both are legit variations of the language therefore it's up to you which one you prefer.
Thank you very much! I'm afraid the grammar of Yiddish and Moder Hebrew are very different, therefore there is almost nothing you can apply to Hebrew. The two languages share the same alphabet - with certain modifications. There are overlaps in vocabulary, but even if a certain word is spelt the same way, the pronunciation is going to be different. For example: the word for important is חשוב but in Yiddish the pronunciation is /khoshev/ and in modern Hebrew it is /khashuv/.
Yiddish uses the Hebrew Alephbet (originally Aramaic) as an Alphabet (mostly); however, Hebrew uses it as an Abjad, niqqudot not required. Not much different than using the Latin Alphabet to write different European languages.
So since words of Hebrew origin are spelt as in Hebrew and must be rote learned, if I wanted to approach both Yiddish and Hebrew, am I correct in assuming that I should probably tackle Hebrew first?
Hebrew and Yiddish are 2 separate languages, unrelated. Yiddish is classified as a West Germanic language (along with English and Dutch) while Hebrew is Semitic. The commonality is the alphabet. English and French both use the Latin alphabet but they are not the same or even similar and are classified in different linguistic groups.
About the letter Aleph, you say that if I want to write down a word starting with ther letter "yud", I can put a shtumer alpeh at he beginning of the word. But the word "Yiddish" starts with a yud without a shtumer aleph. Did I got something wrong ?
Well, yes and no. Yiddish (ייִדיש) starts with a 'yi' (ייִ) the 'y' being a consonant, but there are other orthographies - אידיש and there you start with a shtumer alef. You can see this rule applied in words starting with just one 'yud': אינזשעניר (inzhenir - engineer), איטאַליע (italie - Italy), איבער (iber - over). Hope it makes sense.
Oh Thank you so much for clearing up a doubt I had for years. In many articles I have read that the letters are 46 or 41, and therefore I was confused. In conclusion, the Yiddish alphabet has 16 more letters than Hebrew. 38 Yiddish letters, 22 Hebrew letters. Are there any letters that have Yiddish and Hebrew in common or are they all different?
I grew tired of the fact that much bigger organisations and university courses use my materials without even asking me. And it’s sad that people email me with a question and I spend hours creating grammar explanation and exercises to that specific question (for free!) and then I don’t even get a thank you in return. I’m not doing it anymore.
@@ikhlernzikhyiddish thank you for sharing. I am sorry to hear that. May the Lord help and guide you in figuring out what pleases Him and brings His Kingdom the most glory. The night comes when no man can work.
@@ikhlernzikhyiddish I feel like we all connected in some poetic process spanning way back to our migration patterns. Oh as one should say, "divide and conquer" :D
@@ikhlernzikhyiddish According to Google Translate it means: "Some facts about the Yiddish writing system: 1.) The Yiddish alphabet is based on the Hebrew alphabet."
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You're the best teacher I've ever met to teach Yiddish.
Thank you!
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@@ikhlernzikhyiddish Shouldn't "Aleph" be written: aleph, lamed, ayin, nun in Yiddish?
As a Yiddish learner this video is a golden ticket
I like Yiddish more than Hebrew because Hebrew is an abjad and remembering each pronunciation is too daunting. Also pronunciation is easier in Yiddish.
I agree, but whenever I come across a loshn koydesh word in Yiddish, I just feel so smart haha
איך בין אַזוי צופרידן אַז מענטשן ווילן צו לערנען מיין שפּראַך! 😭❤️ ליבע פון דייַטשלאַנד 🇩🇪❤️
Congratulations to the gentleman! He really understands the subject he is talking about! And his teaching skills are amazing! We finally have a reliable Yiddish course on TH-cam.
Alles Gute, weiter so! Es macht echt Spaß, Ihre Videos anzuschauen.
Thank you ever so much!
@@ikhlernzikhyiddish will you post videos again and do you speak yiddish fluently? Great work!
Thank you for this serie. I deeply want to learn yiddish. Peace from Canada
Thanks for the comment :)
I’ve been to Poland this week for commemoration of Warsaw Ghetto uprising. Next year I want to be able to read the Yiddish on all the memorials and sing Zog Nit Keynmol and Es Brent reading it in Yiddish script
I'm sure you will know much more in a year! :) Just watch the videos a few times. Alef-beys takes a bit of getting-used-to but you'll be able to read in no time.
I really wanted to go to Warsaw as well, but unfortunately work kept me from going. How was it?
It was Fantastic moving, inspirational. I can send you some pictures and videos if you like . I went to Alternative commemoration (I believe in the Bundist ideology) after a week of study - history of Jews in Poland, talks museums, singing Yiddish songs and treblinka.
@@suehughes1507 Please do so. My email address is ikh.lern.zikh.yiddish@gmail.com
Thank you in advance!
So far I've only visited Warsaw, Krakow and Auschwitz in Poland. But Poland has such a rich Jewish and Yiddish history, I wanna go back at some point to see more.
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I realize that you made this series a long time ago so you may no longer be reading comments. However, I will ask anyway. Your pronunciation of Yiddish is the pronunciation I would wish to learn. Is it Russian/Ukranian/Polish; is it YIVO standard (Litvak); is it Hungarian?
What is your native language?
Your presentation is excellent.
Thank you for your videos. I m currently learning yiddish, and it helps me a lot to complement my class since i dont have chevrusa. Please continue posting more !
I'm glad to hear you're learning Yiddish. Sorry for not uploading regularly. I'll try to improve on that.
it took me a bit to muster the courage, but id like to learn yiddish. im of jewish blood and as is my family but i wasnt taught due to the stigma and fear. i dont want to let my family situation hold me back from what i believe and its all just refreshing to me. im learning, and thats what i value in this short life i may live. thanks a lot, for making videos.
So excited for these videos ✨
great videos ! Congratulations and Thank You !!!
Shalom, Rabi! Thank you for your endeavours and kindness to teach us!
I’m glad you enjoy my videos. But I’m no rabbi though ;)
@@ikhlernzikhyiddish hahahahah
congratulations for this course, you are the better!!!
I really needed some help on my Yiddish. Thank You!!
I'm in love with the way your videos are structured! Your explanations are on point and the examples are really good!
As a native German speaker, who's speaking English and has some basic knowledge in Russian the pronunciation so far is relatively easy compared to the other languages I speak. So I'm looking forward to your other videos!
I'm learning with your videos and I'm so glad, B'H'. Thanks a ton (Y).
Your speaking are slowly so that I can totally understand what you said!
My mother language is not English ,thank you so much !
Thank you for watching! I'm really glad you can understand everything!
Thank you very much
Thank you very much. I like yiddish very much. I also thank you very much for your video. This video helps me learn Yiddish very much
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Thank you so much for this video. It is so helpful 😍😍😍
You are an excellent teacher, wow. Thank you!
Thank you very much! I'm really glad you like the videos :)
Ikh Lern Zikh Yiddish :)))
I am very excited to join these amazing lessons. Thank you, Mr. Teacher !
Welcome on board :)
I have only just started the series but I have browsed through the videos that exist on your channel, and I have to commemorate you. You are one of the only (if not the only) language channel I’ve found for any language that I’m interested in that doesn’t just teach you words and phrases with little to know explanation , but actually goes in depth with the grammar of the language. Well done, and I’m excited to continue learning from your channel in the future!
Thank you very much. That's most kind of you.
Really good, thanks. 🕎
So clear, so concise, so easy to grasp. Thank you.
Thank you for saying that!
Thank you so much ! I recently heard yiddish being spoken and sang for the first time and it is such a beautiful language
Thank you!
This is perfect for the lockdown! (Say that in Yiddish)
ס'איז פּערפֿעקט פֿאַר פֿאַרשפּאַרן
(S'iz perfekt far farshparn)
The best lesson ever!!! Great
Thank you :)
Gott segne dich, Wunderbar
Vielen Dank
Wow, I didnt knew the vocabulary is THAT much like german!
Oh yes, the majority of words are from the common ancestor: Middle High German. Other than that Yiddish has a fair share of Hebrew and Arameic, and even Slavic words, but most of the vocabulary is from Middle German.
VERY helpful! Need to learn Yiddish for my Jewish friends
You can add "giraffe" - דזשעראַף to your דזש words. :-)
Very Happy to have found this. I can understand a lot of yiddish (we spoke german and a little yiddish at home) but I can't read or write. Making a promise to myself to work hard.
I hope my videos will help you on the way!
Thank you! :)
alphabet starts at 3:16
This guy has the cutest voice ever omg
Thanks :) that's a thing I most certainly have never heard before :D
That’s difficult to believe tho😄
I would definitely remember such a nice compliment. You're too kind :)
This is what happens after one binge-watch Unorthodox on a rainy weekend :)
Welcome here :)
@@ikhlernzikhyiddish
Btw, which textbook would you recommend for self teaching? Thanks.
I’m a little confused but I’m excited! 😃👍
Glad to hear :) thanks for watching
Even though my family immigrated to Canada in 1800, they all spoke fluent Yiddish up till my mother's generation even though they were "secular". They were all fluent English speakers as well. My generation stopped speaking Yiddish. I am kicking myself in the ass now for not learning when I had the perfect opportunity. I was embarrassed to speak it or even hear it when I was a kid and so, refused to learn it. But some did sink in despite my best attempts to ignore it.
Why Ikh lern ZIKH Yiddish, and not just Ikh lern Yiddish?
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The R in yiddish and R in hebrew are the same hebrew if more throat. Just a tip for a learner.
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Thank you for this! On Duolingo vov is pronounced /i/ rather than /u/. Is this a dialectal difference?
Thanks for watching.
Yes, it is. I use standard Yiddish pronunciation where the vov is pronounced as /u/ while Duolingo uses the Hungarian dialect where the vov is pronounced as /i/. Both are legit variations of the language therefore it's up to you which one you prefer.
@@ikhlernzikhyiddish א דאנק!
Thanks! You explain it so well ☺ some of these rules could I use it in morden hebrew? If I can't do it, what rules can i use?
Thank you very much! I'm afraid the grammar of Yiddish and Moder Hebrew are very different, therefore there is almost nothing you can apply to Hebrew. The two languages share the same alphabet - with certain modifications. There are overlaps in vocabulary, but even if a certain word is spelt the same way, the pronunciation is going to be different. For example: the word for important is חשוב but in Yiddish the pronunciation is /khoshev/ and in modern Hebrew it is /khashuv/.
Yiddish uses the Hebrew Alephbet (originally Aramaic) as an Alphabet (mostly); however, Hebrew uses it as an Abjad, niqqudot not required. Not much different than using the Latin Alphabet to write different European languages.
צוויי וון
אני מקווה לזכור. אפשר לחבר ליגטורה שיראה כמו v או x
So since words of Hebrew origin are spelt as in Hebrew and must be rote learned, if I wanted to approach both Yiddish and Hebrew, am I correct in assuming that I should probably tackle Hebrew first?
Hebrew and Yiddish are 2 separate languages, unrelated. Yiddish is classified as a West Germanic language (along with English and Dutch) while Hebrew is Semitic. The commonality is the alphabet. English and French both use the Latin alphabet but they are not the same or even similar and are classified in different linguistic groups.
Pasekh alef looks like an alef with patah like in Hebrew🙂
Doing in more class of in yddish
Shu-alhakyem is an yiddsh word that how you can produncinate hi in yiddish
(just reminding people)
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Aha! So, what is the difference phonetically between veys and tsvey vov? If they both represent [v], why have two?
@@amykaufman6327 Thank you! Good to know.
About the letter Aleph, you say that if I want to write down a word starting with ther letter "yud", I can put a shtumer alpeh at he beginning of the word.
But the word "Yiddish" starts with a yud without a shtumer aleph. Did I got something wrong ?
Well, yes and no. Yiddish (ייִדיש) starts with a 'yi' (ייִ) the 'y' being a consonant, but there are other orthographies - אידיש and there you start with a shtumer alef. You can see this rule applied in words starting with just one 'yud': אינזשעניר (inzhenir - engineer), איטאַליע (italie - Italy), איבער (iber - over). Hope it makes sense.
איך לערן זיך יידיש
How many letters does the Yiddish alphabet have?
38 + 3 letter combinations resulting in one sound. But diphthongs are already counted in the 38 letters.
Oh Thank you so much for clearing up a doubt I had for years. In many articles I have read that the letters are 46 or 41, and therefore I was confused. In conclusion, the Yiddish alphabet has 16 more letters than Hebrew. 38 Yiddish letters, 22 Hebrew letters. Are there any letters that have Yiddish and Hebrew in common or are they all different?
Frog is Frosh (פראש)
Sorry to hear you are discontinuing producing videos and would be interested in hearing why. Please reconsider deleting your already posted content.
I grew tired of the fact that much bigger organisations and university courses use my materials without even asking me. And it’s sad that people email me with a question and I spend hours creating grammar explanation and exercises to that specific question (for free!) and then I don’t even get a thank you in return. I’m not doing it anymore.
@@ikhlernzikhyiddish thank you for sharing. I am sorry to hear that. May the Lord help and guide you in figuring out what pleases Him and brings His Kingdom the most glory.
The night comes when no man can work.
Is this Russian Yiddish?
Why isn't there a "d" in "un"?
Because it's Yiddish and not German.
There's also no "d" in the Bavarian word for "and". Bavarian and Yiddish are actually quite similar in phonetics.
Yiddish is a High German language similar to Swiss, Austrian, Bavarian and other alpine German languages. They also use "un" for "and".
I feel like asian languages are the long lost daughters of yiddish lol
That's one I've never heard haha
@@ikhlernzikhyiddish I feel like we all connected in some poetic process spanning way back to our migration patterns. Oh as one should say, "divide and conquer" :D
@@ikhlernzikhyiddish you are a very good teacher by the way.
Totally unrelated. Yiddish = west Germanic. Asian languages are ... Asian I guess.
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یدش تحریری نظام کے بارے میں کچھ حقائق: 1.) یدش الفبیب عبرانی حروف تہجی پر مبنی ہے
Sorry, I do not understand it.
@@ikhlernzikhyiddish According to Google Translate it means: "Some facts about the Yiddish writing system: 1.) The Yiddish alphabet is based on the Hebrew alphabet."
@@WaaDoku Yes Yiddish uses the Hebrew alphabet but it is a totally different language.
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