Peek a boo in Yiddish

crbc

Sun, Aug 27 2023, 8:02 pm

How do you say " peek a boo" ( as in a game with little child) in Yiddish ? Thanks!

ftm1234

Sun, Aug 27 2023, 8:06 pm

I don't think it exist.

Grew up with Yiddish as my first language and we never had a Yiddish version of this.

happy chick

Sun, Aug 27 2023, 8:21 pm

Olive wrote:

My bubbie would say coo coo

Same

Blessing1

Sun, Aug 27 2023, 8:27 pm

Olive wrote:

My bubbie would say coo coo

Oh right! Koo koo, I forgot about that!
My grandparents said "koo kooch", but it's not yiddish...

Lovable

Sun, Aug 27 2023, 8:58 pm

My mother played with us in yiddish
'vee iz ______ ? Uh Doo! '

SuperWify

Sun, Aug 27 2023, 9:27 pm

So funny! My Israeli MIL says coo coo. Can’t image it’s Yiddish.

Mommyflower

Sun, Aug 27 2023, 9:32 pm

Did anybody else play "Potchie Potchie Fiselach" with their parents or grandparents? Please help me remember the words. Is this right?

Potchie Potchie Fiselach

Mama's baken kichelach

Daddy (or Tatty's) kafen shichelach

Zie gezunt in your bekelach!

Rubber Ducky

Sun, Aug 27 2023, 9:33 pm

Mommyflower wrote:

Translation?

mommy12

Sun, Aug 27 2023, 9:43 pm

Mommyflower wrote:

My grandparents did this with us! But I don't know the correct words. I wish I did!

Mommyflower

Sun, Aug 27 2023, 9:54 pm

I think it's clappy clappy little feet (some people substitute hentelach--hands) and you clap along
Mommy's baking little kichel (cookies)
Daddy's buying shoes
Good health on your little cheeks! (you pick up the baby's hands and bring them to his face at the end)

I looked and there are some old threads on this one. Seems like there are also variations on the words.

Frumwithallergies

Sun, Aug 27 2023, 9:56 pm

Mommyflower wrote:

YES!
My Grandmother with me, and my mother with my dc.

yidishmamma

Sun, Aug 27 2023, 10:24 pm

Lovable wrote:

My mother played with us in yiddish
'vee iz ______ ? Uh Doo! '

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yidishmamma

Sun, Aug 27 2023, 10:24 pm

yidishmamma wrote:

I did this with my children or peek a boo. Sometimes this and sometimes that

Blessing1

Sun, Aug 27 2023, 10:32 pm

Mommyflower wrote:

What about
Keezala meizala
Dee meizela hut geboit a heizela
Dee heilela hut zich tzeebruchen
Dee meizela iz antufen.....
And they'd tickle the kids up the arms. Ha memories!

yellowroses

Sun, Aug 27 2023, 10:39 pm

Mommyflower wrote:

We had a similar version:
Potchie potchie hentelech
Mami koyft de shichelech
Tatty koyft de sokelech
Far ___ shayne fisselech

silverlining3

Sun, Aug 27 2023, 11:16 pm

yellowroses wrote:

We had a similar version:
Potchie potchie hentelech
Mami koyft de shichelech
Tatty koyft de sokelech
Far ___ shayne fisselech

I play this version (think my own lol) with my toddlers;

Potchie potchie feesalach
Mami koyfn sheechalach
For ___.... Tickling up to the thigh, and the child giggles away.

chocolatine

Sun, Aug 27 2023, 11:42 pm

Our version is

Patchie patchie hentelech
Tatty koifen shichelach
Mammy nayen sekelech
A gezunte oif __ bekelech