For those of you who say each others

Sunny Days

Wed, Dec 02 2020, 10:38 am

amother [ Aquamarine ] wrote:

I said YOUR brother.
Sorry you missed that.
I am more tzimisht than ever, but had more laughs than I did in a long time, so all's good.

Oh I totally chapped that, just threw it right back at ya Wink

3rd person talk Laugh

Too bad you’re anonymous! You’re too funny! I’m glad you laughed Very Happy

Sunny Days

Wed, Dec 02 2020, 10:42 am

tigerwife wrote:

No... I thought flassig meant fluent?
Oh dear. It’s worse than I thought!

Fleisig is more like diligent I guess in a super conscientious way.
The exact translation is escaping me atm. Can anyone help me out here?

amother

Cerise

Wed, Dec 02 2020, 11:54 am

my ears always hurt when I hear the word noises, I.e. I heard noises....
I looked it up multiple times and it's in the dictionary and yet it bugs me every time I hear it. it just sounds off.
I'm sure there are other words that sound incorrect but they are just fine grammatically.

amother

Gray

Wed, Dec 02 2020, 12:12 pm

gamzehyaavor wrote:

It’s part of the yeridas hadores & the diminishing use of the more correct Yiddish usage Sad

Saying coat instead of mantel, diaper/pamper instead of vindel or carriage/stroller for vegela & store/shop for gesheft is considered “mainstream” Yiddish because the end of the day Yiddish is adapted from other languages and it will always reflect your current country’s words. Though real Yiddish speakers will put an emphasis on different syllables so it does sound a bit different and kind of “yidish’ize” it.

But the inz geyen is just too wrong and on a different level as above.

I wouldn't call it a yerida, it's just change. Yiddish always borrowed a lot from the surrounding language, so why not borrow from english now and say "window" and "furniture". But I agree with you on "Inz geyen". This hurts my ears too. Just like "good" instead of "well" in english.

amother

Vermilion

Wed, Dec 02 2020, 12:20 pm

amother [ Gray ] wrote:

Most ppl say the shortened מ׳גייט or גיי מיר אוועק פון דא

Sunny Days

Wed, Dec 02 2020, 1:13 pm

amother [ Gray ] wrote:

I was referring to the inz usage

amother

White

Wed, Dec 02 2020, 1:13 pm

amother [ Pink ] wrote:

Excuse me? Are all Chassidish women dumb?

Mines? Really? Borrow me? Seriously!!

I for one am ultra Chassidish with a double head covering and speak a perfect English .

I’ll be awaiting an apology for this stereotype.

Oh please, if you really are so Chassidish, you know this is true (especially in Willy & KJ where Yiddish is their first language) and that you are (possibly) an exception.

amother

Gray

Wed, Dec 02 2020, 3:01 pm

amother [ Vermilion ] wrote:

Most ppl say the shortened מ׳גייט or גיי מיר אוועק פון דא

The "mer" in "m'geyt" or "mer geyt" is different from "gey mir" and also different from "mir geyen"
"mer geyt" is "one walks" or "people walk"
gey mir (awek) - go (away) for me - (that sounds weird in english)

mir geyen - we go

ExtraCredit

Wed, Dec 02 2020, 3:33 pm

amother [ Gray ] wrote:

🤯
I’d fail your class! Sad

amother

Dodgerblue

Wed, Dec 02 2020, 3:37 pm

amother [ White ] wrote:

Oh please, if you really are so Chassidish, you know this is true (especially in Willy & KJ where Yiddish is their first language) and that you are (possibly) an exception.

She's not an exception, she said 'a perfect English', which is a phrase I have only come across on this site, and I assume is limited to Yiddish speakers.

ExtraCredit

Wed, Dec 02 2020, 3:42 pm

amother [ Amber ] wrote:

דזיגן
For all true yiddish speakers

I pronounced this as jeegen.
If you meant דאזיגן you needed the א there. Yiddish doesn’t have nekudos. You need the vowels for that. In fact some might spell it דאזיגען for this reason too.

amother

Vermilion

Wed, Dec 02 2020, 3:49 pm

amother [ Dodgerblue ] wrote:

She's not an exception, she said 'a perfect English', which is a phrase I have only come across on this site, and I assume is limited to Yiddish speakers.

Because English speakers never make mistakes.................

nchr

Wed, Dec 02 2020, 3:59 pm

ExtraCredit wrote:

🤯
I’d fail your class! Sad

I also don't think I'd do so well since I'm a little confused about some of what she is saying, a certain tone implies a connecting word? Those words are all different, but can all be used correctly if you choose to. Plus it is too confusing to read with the English alphabet.

suremom

Wed, Dec 02 2020, 4:05 pm

gamzehyaavor wrote:

Fleisig is more like diligent I guess in a super conscientious way.
The exact translation is escaping me atm. Can anyone help me out here?

Fleisig would be industrious.
Fleesig (flisig?)
a- liquid(y) ie, the batter is to fleesig
b- something that is consistent, not halting. ie he has a fleesige shprach (speech)

ExtraCredit

Wed, Dec 02 2020, 4:15 pm

nchr wrote:

I think her “mer” should’ve been “men”. But it wouldn’t help me much even with this correction.

amother

Dodgerblue

Wed, Dec 02 2020, 4:22 pm

amother [ Vermilion ] wrote:

Because English speakers never make mistakes.................

English speakers make lots of mistakes, but this specific one is something I only see on this site, so I'm assuming it's a Yiddish characteristic.

silverlining3

Wed, Dec 02 2020, 5:56 pm

gamzehyaavor wrote:

Fleisig is more like diligent I guess in a super conscientious way.
The exact translation is escaping me atm. Can anyone help me out here?

Very well explained lol

Fleisig means hard-working, untiring. Often used for; He learns fleisig, (often added) with geshmack.

Fleesig means fluent-in language/speech, and runny-smooth in food batters/liquids.