Colors in Yiddish and Hebrew

Today we are learning colors in Yiddish and Hebrew!!  

For an updated list of colors in Hebrew go here: 

http://www.baba-mail.co.il/content.aspx?emailid=2104

For Colors in English, Hebrew and Yiddish go here: 

Study the chart and then say some sentences in Yiddish using the colors! 

Image by DigitalArtist

Colors	ייִדיש טראַנסליטערירט	יידש	צבע	עברית
English	Yiddish transliterated	Yiddish	Color	Hebrew
Red	royt	רויט		אדום
pink	raz	ראָז		ורוד
orange	marantz	מאַראַנץ		כתום
yellow	gayl	געֶל		צהוב
brown	brun	ברוין		חום
blue	bloiy	בלוי		כחול
purple	lila	לילאַ		סגול
green	grin	גרין		ירוק
white	vais	וויַיס		לבן
black	shvartz	שוואַרץ		שחור
grey	groy	גרוי		אפור

Also study this page: 

https://www.pinterest.ch/pin/273945589819184210/

My shoes are blue 

מייַן שיכלעך זענען בלוי mayn shikhlekh zenen bloy

My notebook is red 

מייַן העפט איז רויט    mayn heft iz royt

The cat is brown and white

די קאַץ איז ברוין און ווייַס di kats iz broyn aun vays

Have fun learning Yiddish!  

Try to speak to Bubbie and Zaydi!  

Tell them all the colors!

Rachael Alice: 

https://en.amazingtalker.com/teachers-and-tutors/rachael-alice 

Yiddish Lesson 2 Hot or Cold, let's go Swimming!

Today we are learning some more words in Yiddish, hot, cold, eat, play and so on.  

How many sentences can you make with these words? go here and listen and repeat Kapital 2 http://www.yiddishpop.com/level1/kapitl1/lektsye2/

Yiddish	Transliterated	English	Hebrew
שפילן	shpiln	play	לשחק
שווימען	shfiln	swim	לשחות
עסן	esn	eat	לאכול
קאלט	kalt	cold	קר
הייס	heys	hot	חם

Translate into Yiddish!

I am hot!

I am cold!

Let's go to swim! 

Lets go to play!  

I want to eat! 

Check yourself here:  

איך בין הייס!

איך בין קאַלט!

זאל ס גיין פֿאַר אַ שווימען!

זאל ס גיין שפּיל!

איך וויל עסן!

ikh bin heys!

ikh bin kalt!

zal s geyn far a shvimen!

zal s geyn shpil!

ikh vil esn!

Conversation in Yiddish lesson 1

Yiddish is the traditional language of the Jews of Eastern Europe, known as Ashkenazim.  It was the lingua franca for many many years.  Now however, it is only spoken in select places in the world.  As with many cultures young people haven't thought that it was useful.  But there are many Jews who speak Yiddish, in America, especially Boro Park, New York, Mea Sharim in Jerusalem. 

I even performed with my women's band at a Yiddish culture event in Tel Aviv  on the auspicious date of Dec. 31 1999!  Sorry no video because we didn't have the technology then. 

So here are some Yiddish phrases that you can practice with your friends!

First go to this site and do lesson 1 to get a feeling for the pronunciation,

http://www.yiddishpop.com/

And now: use this chart to practice with your grandmother or grandfather, I tell you they will love to speak Yiddish with you!!

		Yiddish conversation!
Yiddish	העלא איך בין אַ מיידל		איך בין א יונגעל
transliterated	hela ikh bin a meydl		ikh bin a iungel
English	Hello, I am a girl		I am a boy
Hebrew	שלום אני ילדה		אני בן
Yiddish	צי איר לעבן אין ירושלים, אָדער ווינסטאָן?		ער איז מיין חבר
transliterated	tsi ir lebn in irushlim, oder vinston?		er iz meyn khbr
English	Do you live in Jerusalem, or Winston?		He is my friend
Hebrew	האם אתה גר בירושלים, או ווינסטון?		הוא חבר שלי
Yiddish	איך וואוין אין ירושלים, וואו וואוינסטו?		מיר זענען חברים
transliterated	ikh vaoyn in irushlim, vau vkh vaoyn in irushlim, vau vaoynstu?aoynstu?		mir zenen khbrim
English	I live in Jerusalem, where do you live?		We are friends
Hebrew	אני גר בירושלים, איפה אתה גר?		אנחנו חברים

For more information and lessons go here: https://en.amazingtalker.com/users/rachael-alice