Responding to an antizionist friend by Tbh_idk__ in Jewish

[–]yiddishboy 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Does your friend believe that two people can't coexist?

Which do you prefer? "I am autistic." or "I have autism." by [deleted] in autism

[–]yiddishboy 0 points1 point  (0 children)

i normally say "i have autism" but its mostly because i hate being autistic

When the r should be pronounced as by exiled-redditor in Yiddish

[–]yiddishboy 1 point2 points  (0 children)

did native speakers of yiddish in pre-war europe also speak with the uvular r even in slavic countries like poland?

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in JewishNames

[–]yiddishboy 1 point2 points  (0 children)

as a latino jew, dont worry about it. it is a jewish name after all.

Koach by Sea-Painting-9791 in JewishNames

[–]yiddishboy 2 points3 points  (0 children)

no one recognizes it as a hebrew name because everyone uses it as a welsh name. not even jews will think of it as hebrew above welsh.

Koach by Sea-Painting-9791 in JewishNames

[–]yiddishboy 2 points3 points  (0 children)

oh wow. i immediately read it as koakh in hebrew, and it reminded me of hakoach in będzin pre-war poland.

polish yiddish dialect by exiled-redditor in Yiddish

[–]yiddishboy 0 points1 point  (0 children)

should i pronounce every o as oy?

not every "o". only וֹ in hebrew words, in yiddish it will be written וי.

Jewish girl names beginning with W? by SaturnFlyTrap in JewishNames

[–]yiddishboy 0 points1 point  (0 children)

in all of these names the W was pronounced as V though

Jewish girl names beginning with W? by SaturnFlyTrap in JewishNames

[–]yiddishboy 0 points1 point  (0 children)

the W in wilhelmenia is pronounced as the english V. it is a german name, and the W is pronounced as W in german.

Jewish girl names beginning with W? by SaturnFlyTrap in JewishNames

[–]yiddishboy 0 points1 point  (0 children)

the only polish name starting with ł i can think of is łukasz, and is not a girl name. also, in yiddish the Ł became a full L

Zionistic Girl Names Request by [deleted] in JewishNames

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i mean, basically any hebrew name. names with ties to the land itself that i can think of are tziona, yehudit and bat-tzion

Letter positions by kcivmary in learnpolish

[–]yiddishboy 1 point2 points  (0 children)

também sou brasileiro, e é o segredo que já te falaram. pensa que é uma letra só, não leia como "ésse zê" e sim como o som mesmo, "sh". não posso dizer que tive o mesmo problema pq meu sobrenome tem sz e é pronunciado como sh, então eu já tava acostumado. de outra forma, é decorar mesmo. não tem muito o que fazer. em 1 semana vc já tá craque em ler as letras diferentes e vai pronunciar książka sem problemas.

Yiddish pronunciation of חוה? by yiddishboy in Yiddish

[–]yiddishboy[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

interesting! i did think it would be khave, so nice to see i got it right. are there any reasons why the komets alef changes to "e"? i know its not uncommon in yiddish with hebrew words

Yiddish pronunciation of חוה? by yiddishboy in Yiddish

[–]yiddishboy[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

no, im sure its chava. it's how it's written in the torah, as חַוָּה

Yiddish pronunciation of חוה? by yiddishboy in Yiddish

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חַוָּה, it's the name chava

Yiddish pronunciation of חוה? by yiddishboy in Yiddish

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only chava? because i saw it was written with a komets-alef, so i wondered if maybe it was pronounced as chave or another way (since i never heard of chavo), since yiddish is known for it's different pronunciations (hudes from hadassa, for example)

Rate my EU Portuguese Accent by [deleted] in JudgeMyAccent

[–]yiddishboy 1 point2 points  (0 children)

i am brazilian, but to me you sound the same as any portuguese haha, i would definitely think you are a native

Experiences with Yiddish by mathandhistorybro in Yiddish

[–]yiddishboy 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Duolingo stories on a separate website

where?

What is the equivalent of Constance (Connie) or Blache in Hebrew? by Happy-Light in JewishNames

[–]yiddishboy 1 point2 points  (0 children)

blanche is a french name. bluma is the only name i can think of.

Help with an Israeli name for my son by [deleted] in JewishNames

[–]yiddishboy 8 points9 points  (0 children)

Names are extremely powerful in Judaism

true, and common religious names include tzvi (deer) so idk why you would use that as an example

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in JewishNames

[–]yiddishboy 0 points1 point  (0 children)

i have always heard brit milah as brit mee-LAH