In this seminar we learnt about present tense verbs in Yiddish
We also read a simple text ‘מײַן משפּחה’
Here is a recap of there session for revision purposes:
Monthly Archives: November 2017
Seminar 5, week 8
In this seminar, we covered more on the loshn-koydesh component of Yiddish:
- revision of LK letters
- more vocabulary
- recognition of LK words
- reading practice
Here is a recap video of the seminar session:
Seminar 4, week 7
In this session we learnt about final forms and the loshn-koydesh letters
See the training video below
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Week 7, lecture 5
In this lecture, we covered the musical life of Łódź ghetto.
Łódź was a predominantly Yiddish-speaking ghetto, a major centre of Yiddish-language culture in the first half of the twentieth century. We discussed how the extreme conditions of the ghettos affected musical culture there.
As part of the lecture, we listened to the following pieces of music:
‘ver klapt du azoy’ Łódź ghetto song
‘Makh tsi di eygelekh’ Łódź ghetto song
‘Ver klapt du azoy’ Łódź ghetto song
Playlist here
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אינטערעסאַנטסטע באַגעגענישן אין מײַן לעבן: אַבֿרהם סוצקעווער, איליאַ ערענבורג און אַנדערע | Interetsing encounters in my life: Avrom Sutzkever, Ilya Ehrenburg and others
Lecture in Yiddish by Maria Pol’nikaite
Seminar 3, week 6
In this seminar we learnt the following letters:
- consonants: zayin, kuf, tsvey vovn
- vowel onset marker: shtumer alef
- diphthongs: tsvey yudn, pasekh tsvey yudn, vov yud
Below is a short recap of the full seminar:
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Seminar 2 , week 5
In this seminar we covered the following:
Second 10 letters: vov, yud, khof, lamed, nun, pey, fey, tsadik, resh, shin.
Below is a recap videos to help you practice the letters we learnt this week:
If you have any questions, please use the comments field below.
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אַ גאָר אַנדערע זײַט פֿון אַל דזשאָלסאָן – עונג־שבת
דער קאָמיקער זינגט אַ רירנדיקן נוסח פֿון „אַ חזנדל אויף שבת‟.
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