Yiddish Nouns
Welcome to the third Yiddish lesson about nouns. This time we will first learn about fruits and vegetables, followed by grammar rules, then food items, finally a conversation in Yiddish to help you practice your daily phrases.
potatoes קאַרטאָפלז |
tomatoes פּאָמידאָרן |
onions ציבּעלעס |
carrots מערען |
fruits פרוכטן |
apples עפּל |
bananas בּאַנאַנעס |
oranges מאַראַחצן |
Nouns Grammar Rules
In general nouns refer to a person, an object, or abstract ideas. For example: a fast runner the noun is [runner] because it refers to a person. The examples below use nouns in different ways and places to demonstrate how they behave in a sentence.
| Grammar + Rules - Yiddish |
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| do you have milk? [verb + noun] האַט איר מילך? |
| I have milk and coffee [preposition + noun] איך האָב מילך און קאַווע |
| he has three apples [number + plural noun] ער האָט דריי עפּל |
| she only has one apple [number + singular noun] זי האָט בלויז איינער עפּל |
| we live in a small house [adjective + noun] מיר לעבן אין אַ קליין הויז |
| I like our breakfast [pronoun + noun] מיר געפֿעלט אונדזער פרישטיק |
The following are nouns of food items that you might be interested in learning and memorizing.
bread ברויט |
milk מילך |
butter פּוטער |
cheese קעז |
coffee קאַווע |
sandwich שניטקע |
meat פלייש |
chicken הינדל |
fish פיש |
breakfast פרישטיק |
lunch מיטאָג–עסן |
dinner וואַרעמעס |
Conversation in Yiddish
Now we finally reach the fun part, the practice of the daily conversations. These phrases are used to get to know new people, and break the ice.
| English - Yiddish |
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| Do you speak (English/ Yiddish)? רעד איר יידיש? |
| Just a little נאָר אַ ביסל |
| I like Yiddish מיר געפעלט יידיש |
| Can I practice with you? קען איך מיט דיר לערנען? |
| How old are you? וֹוֹײַ אַלט זייד יאר? |
| I'm thirty three years old איך בין 33 יאר אַלט |
| It was nice talking to you עס איז געווען פיין צו רעדען מיט דיר |
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