Function words (from College Yiddish) Flashcards
here (adv)
do
there (adv)
dort
where? (adv)
vu
from/through/up to here
fun/durkh/biz danen
from/through/uo to there
fun/durkh/biz dortn
from/through/up to where?
vuhin
to here
tsu aher
to there
tsu ahin
to where
vuhin
such (sing. attributive adj)
aza
such (pl. attributive adj)
azelkhe
each (attributive adj)
ieder (not inflected when attributive)
each one, everyone, everybody (pronoun)
ieder (masc: -er, -n, -n, -ns; fem -e, -er, e, es. No neuter, no plural)
somebody/someone (pronoun)
emetser, -n, -n, -ns (masc only, no plural)
nobody/no one (pronoun)
keiner (-er, -m, -m, -ms) nit (masc only, no plural)
something (pronoun)
epes
everything (pronoun)
altz
nothing (pronoun)
gornit; kein zakh nit
somewhere (adv)
ergetz vu; in ergets
everywhere (adv)
umetum
nowhere (adv)
in ergetz nit
sometimes (adv)
a mol
always (adv)
ale mol; tomid
never (adv)
kein mol nit
who (pronoun)
ver; vemen; vemen; vemens (masc gender only, no plural)
an other (attributive adj)
ander (sing. uninflected in preceded by ‘an’ or ‘kein;’ plural takes -e ending (eg. andere mentchn)
the other (attributive adj)
ander (masc -er, -n, -n; fem -e, -e, -er; pl -e, -e, -n; plural -e)
anyway (adv)
sai vi sai
once, twice … (adv)
ain mol, tsvey mol …
differently (adv)
andersh
you know, obviously
dokh
then, at that time (adv)
demolt
‘then’ used in a question, to connote doubt
den
so, in that case (conj)
to
on time (adv)
bai tsaitns
yesterday
nekhtn
tomorrow
morgn
day before yesterday
eirnekhtn
day after tomorrow
ibermorgn
come on, now; you’re kidding
gei, gei!
I’m cold (I feel cold)
es is mir kalt; mir is kalt
every day / week
ale tog / vokh
how are you doing?
vos makht ir / makhtsu?
how’s it going?
vi get es?
you know what?
veist vos?
not yet
nokh nit
once
a mol
nokh alts
still
he / she is cold
im / ir is kalt
we are cold
undz is kalt
according to
loit
afterwards
nokh dem
again
nokh a mol; vider
all right, OK
gut
approximately, about
an erekh
because of, on account of
tsulib
besides
akhuts (dem)
both … and
sai … sai
certainly
zikher, avade
different/ly
andersh
this will do
es vet klekn
good evening
gutn ovent
good morning
gut morgn
good night
a gute nakht
goodbye
a gutn tog
hardly
kimat … nit
hello
gut morgn, gutn ovent, sholem aleikhem
here (in pointing)
ot
however, but
ober
if not for
ven nit
indeed, really
take
that is (i.e.)
dos heist
although; at least
khotch
mainly
der iker
it doesn’t matter to me
es makht mir nit ois
meanwhile
dervail
more
nokh
no more
mer nit
necessarily
davke
neither
oikh nit
it occurs to me
es falt mir ain
once again
nokh a mol
only
nor
in order to
k’dey tsu
otherwise
anit
(one’s) own (adj)
eign
perhaps, maybe
efsher
please (polite request)
ikh bet dikh/aykh; zai(t) azoi gut
rarely
zeltn
right (direction)
rekht
right (correct)
rikhtik
right (person)
gerekht
the same (attributive adj)
zelbik (inflected)
it seems to me
dakht zikh mir
so
to
some
teil; andere
as soon as
bald vi
still
nokh (alts)
then, at that time
demolt
then, in that case
to
therefore
derfar
these
(ot) di
this
(ot) der, di, dos
those
yene
until, up to (prep)
biz
up, upstairs
aroif
what a …
sara
what kind of
voser
whether
tsi
which
velkher
while
beys
who
ver; (acc/dat) vemen; rel pronoun vos
whose
vemens
yet
nokh
yet/nevertheless
dokh
