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Yiddish Grammar
The Yiddish grammar allows you to manipulate the vocabulary to obtain multiple forms of a word. The grammatical rules below are the most important in Yiddish and help connect words or shape the structure. We start with the prepositions:
| And: אוּן | Under: ונטער |
| Before: פריער | After: נאָך |
| Inside: אַריין | Outside: אַרויס |
| With: מיט | But: אָבער |
| For: פֿאַר | From: פון |
| To: צו | In: אין |
Questions and Adverbs
To ask questions, use the following:
| What?: וואָס? | Who?: ווער? |
| How?: ווי? | Why?: פאַרוואָס? |
| Where?: ווו? |
Some of the most important time adverbs:
| Never: קיינ מאָל ניט | Rarely: זעלטן |
| Sometimes: אַ מאָל | Usually: געווענליך |
| Always: שטענדיק | Very: זייער |
Most commonly used pronouns in Yiddish:
| I: איך | You: דו |
| He: ער | She: זי |
| We: מיר | They: זיי |
To express the possession of something [possessive form]:
| My: מייַן | Your: דיין |
| His: זייַן | Her: איר |
| Our: אונדזער | Their: זייער |
Grammar in a sentence
Some random verbs to show how it's being used:
| I speak English: איך רעד ענגליש |
| You speak French: דו רעדסט פראנצייזיש |
| He speaks German: ער רעדט דײַטש |
| She speaks Italian: זי רעדט איטאַליעניש |
| I visited France: איך האָב באזוכט פֿראַנקרײַך |
| I will drink milk: איך וועל טרינקען מילך |
Some extra grammatical structures:
| I understand you: איך פאַרשטיי אייך |
| I don't understand you: איך פאַרשטיי אייך ניט. |
| I don't speak French: איך רעד ניט פראנצויזיש |
| This is my house: דאָס איז מיין הויס |
| That restaurant is far: דער רעסטאָראַן איז ווײַט |
| No problem: קיין פּראָבלעם |
The above Yiddish grammar can provide tools to use in coordination with the Yiddish vocabulary to obtain some popular Yiddish phrases.
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Did you know? Grammar can help you increase your vocabulary dramatically. Grammar is like a tool which helps you manipulate words in a sentence by changing the shape and location of a word to create something new out of the old one. |