I've been using it incorrectly this whole time, haven't it? I'll try to remember next time. Thanks, and I hope my mispronunciation wasn't too distracting :)
German native speaker here. Thank you so much for your videos! Especially the cursive handwriting examples! Just a little correction: 0:32 The sound that Khes and Khof represent is very rare in Standard German and we don't usually pronounce words like "Bach" or "Dach" with this sound. It's usually a [x] sound in these words rather than a [χ] sound. Only when we "overpronounce" a word, e.g. when someone didn't understand or when someone is extremely disappointed or irritated they will sometimes use the exclamation "Ach" [ʔɐχː]. The sound does exist and is very common in Swiss German, though.
Thank you very much and also the nice and fast answers you sent to me! I will look for the books. Have a good time today. Dutch has a different sound then German BUT we have ( Luckly ) the throat gggg. Makes Yiddish much easier ha, ha, ha! Again, lots of greetings= groetjes with a hard GH
Thank you for the good explanation. I'm from Holland ( The Netherlands ) We got a lot of Yiddish words in our language. Because I have lived in Germany, I understand and see a lot of same words. My question is, I want to learn Yiddish because it is an and beautiful language. Please, can you tell me how to buy a Yiddish book. Just to read and to learn it better? Thank you and you are doing it very well! Groeten vanuit Nederland-Holland= Greetings from Holland.
Thanks for watching! With Dutch and German you're off to a good start. I'd recommend getting a book from the Yiddish Book Center. They have a large online library, pick one and just start to read it. In addition to that I'd advise you to check out a grammar book and read it through and mark the differences between Yiddish and German. My favourite grammar books are: 1.) Dovid Katz: Grammar of the Yiddish language 2.) Rebecca Margolis: Basic Yiddish (And of course keep watching my channel hehe)
In your 1st introduction video I noticed that you studied in Israel, do many people speak Yiddish there? I assume you went to learn Hebrew, but did you find any Yiddish speakers? Thank you.
Question: In videos about Hebrew cursive handwriting, Tes (Tet) is usually written bottom-up. Is this a variation that only exists in Yiddish or does the Hebrew handwriting of this letter also sometimes start from the top? Reference: th-cam.com/video/sEuRdbtQNYE/w-d-xo.html
I keep coming back to these alphabet videos, especially to understand vowel pronunciation. Excellent!
Thank you!
I am sure I'll be back to these also, and I am just starting.
I'm completely in love with Yiddish!
I thank God for You. Love, Light, Peace, Music and Joy
A dank!
*Muchas Gracias*
Recuerdo Mi *Casa*
This sounds like German but isn’t and Viktig sounds almost like wichtig and also means important. I love this language it’s so easy for me too
Not surprizing. It's an old German dialect with a lot of Hebrew (and also Slavic) words and written with Hebrew letters.
So useful! Thank you.
Surprising amount of similar words to Swedish, cool!
lol, viktig means important in norwegian too
And, of course, "wichtig" is important in German.
Hello, your videos help me a lot. But I just can’t find the third video regarding the Alef beys….
I really like this course! Just one thing: the verb is "pro-noun-ce" but the noun is : "pro-nun-ciation."
I've been using it incorrectly this whole time, haven't it? I'll try to remember next time. Thanks, and I hope my mispronunciation wasn't too distracting :)
Köszönöm!
Nincs mit 😉
These videos are really well put together. Thanks for posting these. These have really helped my Yiddish!
I'm very glad to hear that!
Thank you!
The pronunciation of ח and of כ
are the same like Bach.
Yes, that's correct.
German native speaker here. Thank you so much for your videos! Especially the cursive handwriting examples!
Just a little correction: 0:32 The sound that Khes and Khof represent is very rare in Standard German and we don't usually pronounce words like "Bach" or "Dach" with this sound. It's usually a [x] sound in these words rather than a [χ] sound. Only when we "overpronounce" a word, e.g. when someone didn't understand or when someone is extremely disappointed or irritated they will sometimes use the exclamation "Ach" [ʔɐχː]. The sound does exist and is very common in Swiss German, though.
Where's the third video?
i would also like to know :(
Thank you very much and also the nice and fast answers you sent to me! I will look for the books.
Have a good time today. Dutch has a different sound then German BUT we have ( Luckly ) the throat gggg. Makes Yiddish much easier ha, ha, ha!
Again, lots of greetings= groetjes with a hard GH
Green field means lushen-koidesh
Thank you for the good explanation. I'm from Holland ( The Netherlands ) We got a lot of Yiddish words in our language. Because I have lived in Germany, I understand and see a lot of same words. My question is, I want to learn Yiddish because it is an and beautiful language. Please, can you tell me how to buy a Yiddish book. Just to read and to learn it better? Thank you and you are doing it very well! Groeten vanuit Nederland-Holland= Greetings from Holland.
Thanks for watching!
With Dutch and German you're off to a good start. I'd recommend getting a book from the Yiddish Book Center. They have a large online library, pick one and just start to read it. In addition to that I'd advise you to check out a grammar book and read it through and mark the differences between Yiddish and German. My favourite grammar books are: 1.) Dovid Katz: Grammar of the Yiddish language 2.) Rebecca Margolis: Basic Yiddish
(And of course keep watching my channel hehe)
yeshar koyach
Blue field means final letters
In your 1st introduction video I noticed that you studied in Israel, do many people speak Yiddish there? I assume you went to learn Hebrew, but did you find any Yiddish speakers? Thank you.
Question: In videos about Hebrew cursive handwriting, Tes (Tet) is usually written bottom-up. Is this a variation that only exists in Yiddish or does the Hebrew handwriting of this letter also sometimes start from the top?
Reference:
th-cam.com/video/sEuRdbtQNYE/w-d-xo.html
Did you mean Chirik Yud rather than Kirech Yud?
You're right. I's KHIREK yud. I've been using it incorrectly this whole time. Sorry about it and thanks for the correction.