RE: [Cz-L] The joys of Yiddish

Do not know about the rest of the words but "sie ist eine ganz proste" is
common in ordinary German. Cornel

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Subject: Re: [Cz-L] The joys of Yiddish

Yes, but not necessarily starting with Zh;

Blotte - mud
Temneh - dark
vetshcern - to eat supper, from the Ukrainian Vetshcere meaning evening.
na viru - like in nature, wild
prosteh - simple, uncomplicated, unsophisticated
prosteh pushet - half Ukrainian half Hebrew from the word "Pashut",
meaning simple. Used as an adverb.
Zhmenie - meaning handful.
Smarkate - in this case I cannot think of an equivalent English word.

But from here starts the vulgar, so I better stop.

Mimi

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