Re: [Cz-L] Rumanian Yiddish.

I wrote about the different pronunciations. Hardy wrote leig a Hond, but we
said a hand. The Bessarabian said "Pores" and we said Gelt - money.
we said "nisht" and the Hungarians said "nix" for none
We said "eich" and the Warsxhauer said "Iach" for I
Paul/Pessach Heger

2010/6/12 HARDY BREIER <HARDY3_at_bezeqint.net>

> I had many neighbors from Iasi and other Moldovian Jewish congregations.
> They used Yiddish as their main conversional language .
> They used translated Rumanian idioms that were funny at first but
> understandable like :
> " Leig a Hond " from "Pune mana" meaning Give us a hand .
> " Gib es dem Weig" from "Da-i drumul " - Let it go.
> " Ziehen a Feier " from " A trage un foc " - to shoot.
> And also " Ein Shtick " one piece - meaning" continuously "-source
> unclear.
> Use : " Er dillt mir dem Kopp - ein Shtick" .
> Do these ring a bell ? Do you know others ?
> Hardy

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