Re: [Cz-L] Yiddish

Pe data de Mon, 30 Jun 2008 07:25:23 +0300
"HARDY BREIER" <HARDY3_at_BEZEQINT.NET> scris-a:

> The appendix "Zhe" in Yiddish.
> (From the Ukrainean )
> By adding the "Zhe " to a verb it becomes a plea, a supplication.
> " Sug-zhe mir " is - please , tell me.
> " Schluf-zhe " please sleep - sings the mother in a lullaby.
> But not only , "What did he tell you " is " Wus hot er dir gesugt "
> but we used to say : " Wu-zhe hot er dir gesugt ? "
> Something like : "What, then , did he tell you ?



As it happens, I was going through stuff left by my late father (he died
last year at the ripe age of 98) and found a few pages with Czernowitzer
expressions. I will scan them and make them available to whoever is
interested. Unfortunately my German is poor and I can't fully appreciate
the language or the Czernowitzer flavour so I'll leave that to others.



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Daniel Dubowy <ddubowy_at_gmx.net>
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