My First Yiddish Word Book

redlshikh

roller skates

hoyde

swing

shpringshnur

jump rope

glitshke

slide

pictures by

Pépi Marzel

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Edited by

Joni Kibort Sussman Pictures by

Pépi Marzel

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To my parents, who instilled in me a love of Yiddish — J.K.S. Sincere thanks to Dr. Markle Karlen and Itzik Gottesman for their help with word selection and editing.

Text copyright © 2009 by Joni Kibort Sussman Illustrations copyright © 2005 by Pépi Marzel All rights reserved. International copyright secured. No part of this book may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted in any form or by any means—electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording, or otherwise—without the written permission of Lerner Publishing Group, Inc., except for the inclusion of brief quotations in an acknowledged review. Kar-Ben Publishing A division of Lerner Publishing Group, Inc. 241 First Avenue North Minneapolis, MN 55401 U.S.A. 1-800-4KARBEN Website address: www.karben.com Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Sussman, Joni Kibort My first Yiddish word book / by Joni Kibort Sussman ; pictures by Pepi Marzel. p. cm. ISBN: 978–0–8225–8755–2 (trade hard cover : alk. paper) 1. Picture dictionaries, Yiddish—Juvenile literature. 2. Picture dictionaries, English—Juvenile literature. 3. Yiddish language—Dictionaries, Juvenile—English. 4. English language—Dictionaries, Juvenile—Hebrew. I. Marzel, Pepi. II. Title. PJ5117.S87 2009 439'.182421—dc22 2007028347 Manufactured in the United States of America 1 2 3 4 5 6 – DP – 14 13 12 11 10 09

eISBN-13: 978-0-7613-5182-5

Pronunciation Guide Yiddish is a very old language. For nearly 1000 years, Yiddish was the main language spoken by Ashkenazic (Eastern European) Jews. While it sounds similar to German, it is written in Hebrew characters. Unlike the written Hebrew, the vowels do not appear under the letters, but rather certain Hebrew letters take on vowel sounds in Yiddish. The Hebrew letter “alef” is the Yiddish vowel for the sound “ah” or “aw.” The Hebrew letter “ayin” is the Yiddish vowel for the sound of “eh.” And, as in Hebrew, the letter “vav” is the sound of “uh” and the letter “yud” is the sound of “ee.” The English transliterations have been written phonetically. The consonant pair “kh” is pronounced like the “ch” in “Bach.” If you can read Hebrew, you can read Yiddish so have fun sounding out the Yiddish words!

hor

hair

kop

ikh

head

I

noz

oygn

nose

eyes

oyern

ears

moyl

mouth

ponem

face

hent

hands baykhele

tummy

guf

body fis

feet

3

mishpokhe

family

4

kats

zeyde

bubbe

bruder

feter

cat

grandpa

grandma

brother

uncle

mumeh

eyfeleh

mameh

tateh

shvester

aunt

baby

mother

father

sister 5

onton

clothes

6

shikh

hoyzn

sveter

hemd

henger

shoes

pants

sweater

shirt

hanger

kleydl

hitl

rekl

shpigl

zokn

skirt

hat

jacket

mirror

socks 7

hoyz

house

8

dakh

fentster

tir

ployt

foygl

roof

window

door

fence

bird

groz

blumen

boym

brivkastn

treplekh

grass

flowers

tree

mailbox

steps 9

gasttsimmer

living room

10

televizye

divan

tepekh

kompyuter

telefon

tish

television

sofa

rug

computer

telephone

table

kikh

kitchen

messer

gopl

lefl

top

oyvn

frizhider

knife

fork

spoon

pot

oven

refrigerator 11

shul

school

12

talmidim

papir

sherl

krayd

rukzak

bikher

students

paper

scissors

chalk

knapsack

books

benkl

blayer

shraybtish

kraydlech

tovl

lererin

chair

pencil

desk

crayons

chalkboard

teacher 13

shpilplats

playground

14

flishlang

bal

glitshke

keend

zamdkastn

kite

ball

slide

child

sandbox

bitsikl

hoyde

redlshikh

shpringshnur

bank

bicycle

swing

roller skates

jump rope

bench 15

shtot

city

16

oytobus

gaas

maseh-oyto

oyto

restoran

bus

street

truck

car

restaurant

binyen

forsignal

aeroplan

krom

bibliotek

building

traffic light

airplane

store

library 17

shpayzkrom

grocery

18

pomidor

broyt

kikhlekh

milelch

kartofl

tomato

bread

cookies

milk

potato

vegeleh

eyer

hun

epl

marants

shopping cart

eggs

chicken

apple

orange 19

tsayt tsu shlofn

bedtime

20

bet

dek

kishn

lomp

bukh

bed

blanket

pillow

lamp

book

zeyger

shank

shpilekhl

levoneh

shtern

clock

closet

toy

moon

stars 21

vashtsimmer

bathroom

22

zeyf

shifl

blezlekh

vaneh

vasser

soap

boat

bubbles

bathtub

water

hantekh

tseynbershtl

klozet

vashtish

horbershtl

towel

toothbrush

toilet

sink

hairbrush 23

geboyrn-tog

birthday

24

balon

khaverim

lets

foto-aparat

ayzkrem

balloon

friends

clown

camera

ice cream

tsukerl

matoneh

likhtlekh

tort

zaft

candy

present

candles

cake

juice 25

zoo-gortn

zoo

26

ber

leyb

helfand

tiger

malpeh

bear

lion

elephant

tiger

monkey

popugay

shlang

dzhiraf

keml

yam-hoont

parrot

snake

giraffe

camel

seal 27

28

friling

zumer

spring

summer

regn-boygn

regn

shirem

zun

plazhe

rainbow

rain

umbrella

sun

beach

harbst

vinter

fall

winter

vint

blat

shlitn

shneymentsh

shney

wind

leaf

sled

snowman

snow 29

numer

number

drei

30

fir

eyns

tsvey

one

two

finef

zeks

three

four

five

six

zibn

akht

nayn

tsen

seven

eight

nine

ten

farbn

colors royt

grin

shvarts

broyn

vays

red

green

black

brown

white

oranzh

bloy

lila

gell

orange

blue

purple

yellow

31

Word List

clock closet clothes clown

airplane

17

colors

apple

19

computer

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5 5

cookies crayons

14

desk

24

door

22

ears

22

eggs

28

elephant

26

eyes

20

face

20

fall

15

family

15

father

8

fence

20

flowers

22

fork friends

20

giraffe

12

grandma

18

grandpa

4 22

grass grocery

17

hair

16

hairbrush

25

hands

27

hanger

24

hat

25

head

25

house

16

I

4

rgyuhPnte ¨ lgkfhe lgkshhre © ahychhra © rhy irghut rghht sbtœ © pkgv idhut ohbP yxcrtv © vjPan gyty ©

feet

24

3

rgdhhz ebta © ityb ¨ t¨ .k

ice cream

13

jacket

12

juice

13

jump rope

19

kitchen

14

kite

16

knapsack

21

knife

21

lamp

6 24

library

31

lion

10

living room

18

mailbox

13

milk

13

mirror

8

monkey

3

moon

19

mother

26

mouth

3

number

3

nose

29 4 5 3

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8 9 11 24 27 4 4 9 18 3 23 3 6 7

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leaf

3 8 3 24 7 25 15 11 14 12

rgxgn Pntk ¨ rgygkc gythchce ¨ chhk rgnhmyxtd © iyxteuuhrc © lgkhn kdhPa gPktn © vbœck gntn © khun

ztb ¨ orange .btr © tn © oven iuuhut pants izhuv paper rhPtP © parrot hhduP © tP ¨ pencil rghhkc © pillow iahe playground .tkPkhPa pot Pty ¨ potato kœptyr ¨ te © present vbTn rain idgr rainbow idhucÎidgr refrigerator rgshazhrœp restaurant itr © tyxgr ¨ roller skates lhaksgr roof lts © rug lgPgy sandbox iyxtesn © tz © school kua scissors krga seal ybuv-oh shirt sngv shoes lha shopping cart gkgdgu sink ahyatuu © sister rgyxguua skirt kshhke

11

sled

20

slide

29

snake

17

snow

26

snowman

10

soap

9

socks

18

sofa

7

spoon

26

spring

21

stars

5

steps

3

store

30

street

3

students

19

summer

11

sun

6

sweater

12

swing

27

table

13

teacher (f.)

20

telephone

14

television

11

tiger

18

toilet

25

tomato

28

toothbrush

28

towel

11

toy

16

traffic light

15 8

tree truck

10

tummy

14

umbrella

12

uncle

12

water

27

wind

6

window

6

winter

19 23 5 7

zoo

e iyhka geayhkd dbtka © hhba aybgnhhba ;hhz ietz ¨ ituuhs © kœpgk dbhkhrœp irgya lgkPgry otre ¨ xtd © ohshnkT rgnuz iuz rgyguux gshuv ahy ihrgrgk itœ ¨ pgkgy ghzhuugkgy rgdhy ygztke ¨ rtshn ¨ tP ¨

29 14 27 29 29 22 7 10 11 28 21 9 17 16 12 28 28 6 15 10 13 10 10 26 23 18 23

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23 21 17 9 16 3 28 4 22 29 8 29 26

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Young children can learn everyday Yiddish words through entertaining scenes of daily life. Over 150 words used at home, school and play—in Yiddish, transliteration and translation. A fun introduction to the Yiddish language. With pronounciation guide and dictionary.

A Game for You: Can you find these Yiddish words in this book?

talmidim

ber

boym

shvester

zeyger

matone

students

bear

tree

sister

clock

present