Yiddish
Conjugate VerbsFacts
- Language: Yiddish
- Alternate names: Judeo-German, Yiddish
- Language code: yid
- Language family: Indo-European, Germanic, West, High German, Yiddish (SIL classification)
- Number of speakers: 3142560
- Script: Hebrew script
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Introduction
Yiddish (ייִדיש yidish or אידיש idish, literally: "Jewish") is a non-territorial Germanic language, spoken throughout the world and written with the Hebrew alphabet.
The verb
Sample verb: פֿאַרלירן farlirn 'lose'
פֿאַרלירן farlirn 'lose' | |
איך ikh | פֿאַרליר farlir |
דו du | פֿאַרלירסט farlirst |
ער er/זי zi/עס es | פֿאַרלירט farlirt |
מיר mir | פֿאַרלירן farlirn |
איר ir | פֿאַרלירט farlirt |
זיי zey | פֿאַרלירן farlirn |
Notes
References
- Heathcote, H.. First steps in Yiddish: Reading and Grammar. London, 1907.
- Birnbaum, Solomon A.. Yiddish: A Survey and a Grammar. University of Toronto Press. Toronto, 1979.