I am born in Germany and I understood all the numbers and the intro you said they were all basically German. I think in that way I'm pretty advantaged. On the other hand I am Arab from Morocco so I understand Arabic which is very similar to Hebrew and I understand half of it. And I recently started a Hebrew lesson and now I can read Hebrew but I really struggle in Grammar and Speaking and it's a bit difficuilt to read without the Nikkud ( Vowels) but YIDDISH💪 Is much more easier and is summarizing MY Identity in one language😂❤ Mohammed from Frankfurt, Germany🇩🇪 and Casablanca, Morocco🇲🇦
Hey - you didn't add the main one I would have said. Because Yiddish was spoken by my ancestors. It's my mame loshn because my parents both spoke it and their parents and family spoke it - a long way back. Therefore it is my traditional heritage and culture. Language holds the key to connecting with and understanding your own ancestors. Our people. The Ashkenazi Jews. We can honour those who perished by learning Yiddish and reading what they wrote. By understanding what they would have found important. Because it belongs to us. And we could revitalize it to connect to our very real past. And present . And make it travel to the future.
Yiddish is my first language so I speak it quite fluently. I don't speak yiddish in the same accent as you did in your video. Modern day (Hasidic) yiddish has an entirely different accent than German and is very distinguishable. Also even tho I speak near perfect yiddish, I can't follow a conversation in German. געניג גערעדט. שכח פארן ווידעא 😆🙃
This series is great, especially when you give nine reasons to learn a small language. It gives overlooked languages and cultures a chance to shine a bit.
What a great video for beginners :) remember that imperatives for more than one person end in t. Zayt gezunt - zay gezunt for one person! In my polish Yiddish we’d say zaats gesint for many people and zaa gezint for one person :)
As a heritage language, to give respect to all the Jews murdered in the Holocaust, to be able to eavesdrop on conversations around me, to enjoy Yiddish literature and music and all the fun expressions and, curses. I just learnt a bisl mit a bisl macht a fuln shisl. Thanks Lindsay!
I'm not fluent in German, but using what I do know I can understand a lot of Yiddish. It sounds so much like German that someone who didn't know either would think they were the same language just by listening to them.
I learn ydiish because I am a Talmud learner and I learn the responsas written by the grand Rabbis like Hatam Sofer or Noda biYehouda and in some of the responsas when they want to allow a Agouna to marry again they write the testimony of somebody who saw the man dead and the testimony is written in Ydish so I wanted to learn a bit .
I’m trilingual, my mother tongue is English as I grew up in & around New York City. However, my family is from Sweden, so I grew up speaking that at home as well. Lastly, I studied French for 6 years in school, & continued studying it after I graduated, to the point where I consider myself fluent, as I have spent a lot of time in both Quebec & France. Also, I’m just starting to learn German, so I know the very basics. I’ve also been working in the restaurant industry for about 7 years now, so I’ve picked up a decent amount of Spanish as well. I tried learning Japanese a few years ago, but took & break & never got back to it, so I know very basic Japanese & some key phrases. Last one, I understand some Czech, as my ex fiancée was from Czech Republic.
The Marx Brothers spoke German, specifically, Plattdeutsch. Their parents were both from German-speaking parts of Europe, and they grew up in Yorkville on the upper east side of Manhattan-a German-speaking neighborhood.
All my life I've been walking around orthodox Jews and just now understood I stupid my country is for not making Yiddish as a must learn language as part of the education system. Damn it
I love these '9 reasons to learn ...' videos. I'm learning english and indonesian languages. By the way, How is your indonesian language going? I'm from Hungary. Please make a video about hungarian language too. Would be awesome. 😊 Hungarian language is one of the most hardiest language to learn. I've heard that from many people.
Ive tryed learning Russian, But now Im gonna try yiddish. Im American but i know some german, The german alphabet, counting, The basics. And Id like to learn Yiddish. (I am also an Atheist, For your information.)
I often lose confidence in my grasp on the hebrew alphabet until I realize it's just an english word transliterated. The word used in the video is just "Alphabet" :D.
(Not really) fun fact: In Hungarian, most modern slang and conlang that isnt based off of English is based of the most common romani dialect. Old conlang and slang however is mostly yiddish. Words like frájer(pronounced as fryer, meaning loser or dumbass) or córesz(tzores, meaning trouble or suffering) were mostly used on the turn of the century.
Merci. Je suis linguiste. It's a Jewish mother who speaks Hebrew to her son but the boy doesn't stop to reply in Yiddish . A man asked then the woman why she speaks Hebrew to his son as he doesn't speak Hebrew . The woman said to the man : '' Sorry, it was just so my son doesn't forget he's Jewish''
I am from Holland and in the Dutch language we still use more than 100 Jiddisch words, like bajes for jail or tochus for but. We love the language, but since wwII the langauge is gone with the many, many victims........ Alas.
it's just a German accent written in Hebrew letter, and when a Luxembourger tells you he speaks Luxembourgish tell him No you just speak a form of twisted german language just like Yiddish and lower German in areas like schleswig holstein
I am born in Germany and I understood all the numbers and the intro you said they were all basically German.
I think in that way I'm pretty advantaged.
On the other hand I am Arab from Morocco so I understand Arabic which is very similar to Hebrew and I understand half of it.
And I recently started a Hebrew lesson and now I can read Hebrew but I really struggle in Grammar and Speaking and it's a bit difficuilt to read without the Nikkud ( Vowels) but
YIDDISH💪 Is much more easier and is summarizing MY Identity in one language😂❤
Mohammed from
Frankfurt, Germany🇩🇪
and
Casablanca, Morocco🇲🇦
Hey - you didn't add the main one I would have said. Because Yiddish was spoken by my ancestors. It's my mame loshn because my parents both spoke it and their parents and family spoke it - a long way back. Therefore it is my traditional heritage and culture. Language holds the key to connecting with and understanding your own ancestors. Our people. The Ashkenazi Jews. We can honour those who perished by learning Yiddish and reading what they wrote. By understanding what they would have found important. Because it belongs to us. And we could revitalize it to connect to our very real past. And present . And make it travel to the future.
How surprising! Yesterday, I decided to learn at least some basics of Yiddish. And today - voila! New video with "9 reasons to learn". Thank you :)
Yiddish is my first language so I speak it quite fluently. I don't speak yiddish in the same accent as you did in your video. Modern day (Hasidic) yiddish has an entirely different accent than German and is very distinguishable. Also even tho I speak near perfect yiddish, I can't follow a conversation in German. געניג גערעדט. שכח פארן ווידעא 😆🙃
This series is great, especially when you give nine reasons to learn a small language. It gives overlooked languages and cultures a chance to shine a bit.
What a great video for beginners :) remember that imperatives for more than one person end in t. Zayt gezunt - zay gezunt for one person! In my polish Yiddish we’d say zaats gesint for many people and zaa gezint for one person :)
As a heritage language, to give respect to all the Jews murdered in the Holocaust, to be able to eavesdrop on conversations around me, to enjoy Yiddish literature and music and all the fun expressions and, curses. I just learnt a bisl mit a bisl macht a fuln shisl. Thanks Lindsay!
Next do 9 reasons to learn Afrikaans
I'm not fluent in German, but using what I do know I can understand a lot of Yiddish. It sounds so much like German that someone who didn't know either would think they were the same language just by listening to them.
Learning German
I noticed straight away many words that Yiddish uses.
My first exposure of Yiddish was TV (Laverne & Shirley) and MAD Magazine.
I do speak German and understand a ton of Yiddish, but the writing system makes me shiver. I tried to learn Hebrew once and it wasn't pretty.
Can you do a video on greek and russian ? Please, that would be amazing!
As a native Yiddish speaker it's interesting watching Charlie Chaplin and others and knowing that we share the same mother tongue.
Lol I'm german
Time to learn my fifth language
I learn ydiish because I am a Talmud learner and I learn the responsas written by the grand Rabbis like Hatam Sofer or Noda biYehouda and in some of the responsas when they want to allow a Agouna to marry again they write the testimony of somebody who saw the man dead and the testimony is written in Ydish so I wanted to learn a bit .
I’m trilingual, my mother tongue is English as I grew up in & around New York City. However, my family is from Sweden, so I grew up speaking that at home as well.
Lastly, I studied French for 6 years in school, & continued studying it after I graduated, to the point where I consider myself fluent, as I have spent a lot of time in both Quebec & France.
Also, I’m just starting to learn German, so I know the very basics. I’ve also been working in the restaurant industry for about 7 years now, so I’ve picked up a decent amount of Spanish as well.
I tried learning Japanese a few years ago, but took & break & never got back to it, so I know very basic Japanese & some key phrases.
Last one, I understand some Czech, as my ex fiancée was from Czech Republic.
Please do next 9 reasons to learn lithuanian!!!Because i live there.;)
The Marx Brothers spoke German, specifically, Plattdeutsch. Their parents were both from German-speaking parts of Europe, and they grew up in Yorkville on the upper east side of Manhattan-a German-speaking neighborhood.
All my life I've been walking around orthodox Jews and just now understood I stupid my country is for not making Yiddish as a must learn language as part of the education system. Damn it
Cool video, I really like your style!
Thanks for the video!
א גרויסע יישר כוח פאר אייער ארבעט!! יא... איך האב זיך געלערענט יידיש וועגען דיר!!
I love these '9 reasons to learn ...' videos. I'm learning english and indonesian languages. By the way, How is your indonesian language going?
I'm from Hungary. Please make a video about hungarian language too. Would be awesome. 😊
Hungarian language is one of the most hardiest language to learn. I've heard that from many people.
Just began today.
I didn't know about yiddish... btw, could you pls do a 9 reasons for learning catalan, occitan or aragonese (this last one is really endangered)?
Cool video! :)
Ive tryed learning Russian, But now Im gonna try yiddish. Im American but i know some german, The german alphabet, counting, The basics. And Id like to learn Yiddish.
(I am also an Atheist, For your information.)
The numbers sound just like German!
Numbers except for 9 sound almost the same as in German wow :D
now recognized as an official minority language (?) in Sweden
I often lose confidence in my grasp on the hebrew alphabet until I realize it's just an english word transliterated. The word used in the video is just "Alphabet" :D.
If you speak slowyl I understand Yiddish and also Dutch. Et un peu de francais.
Stamford Hill and Golders Green! Cast-Yiddish, Scots-Yiddish! Yinglish!
Yiddish is my first languish thanks for the video by the way when someone speaks German I don't understand it
(Not really) fun fact: In Hungarian, most modern slang and conlang that isnt based off of English is based of the most common romani dialect. Old conlang and slang however is mostly yiddish. Words like frájer(pronounced as fryer, meaning loser or dumbass) or córesz(tzores, meaning trouble or suffering) were mostly used on the turn of the century.
I can speak it a bit.
Lindsay Williams what country you are?
A sheynem dank far di video.
Please make a video about 9 reasons to learn Turkish!
Yiddish and German share the same High Germanic branch but German still has a richer grammar than Yiddish.
Merci. Je suis linguiste.
It's a Jewish mother who speaks Hebrew to her son but the boy doesn't stop to reply in Yiddish . A man asked then the woman why she speaks Hebrew to his son as he doesn't speak Hebrew . The woman said to the man : '' Sorry, it was just so my son doesn't forget he's Jewish''
ווער פארשטייט וואס איך האב דא געשריבן?
romanian?
I am from Holland and in the Dutch language we still use more than 100 Jiddisch words, like bajes for jail or tochus for but. We love the language, but since wwII the langauge is gone with the many, many victims........ Alas.
Do Russian or Ukrainian
ניין ניין ניין ניין ניין
It’s scary how similar it is to German
Why do people say Yiddish is a german dialect? That's what I've heard
it's just a German accent written in Hebrew letter, and when a Luxembourger tells you he speaks Luxembourgish tell him No you just speak a form of twisted german language just like Yiddish and lower German in areas like schleswig holstein
Sounds german to me