Who speaks Jewish well very well not Hebrew

[Yisrael]

There are a few Yiddish speaking members here.

One of the global mods speaks Yiddish.

Ver?
 Mir?

Yu Yu...

Vos tit sach?

Ch'ab gehat a tzvilling.

A Yingel und a maidel. Zeir Shaine kinderlach. Der Eibershte hat mir gebentcht.

Mazal Tov, Mazal Tov!!!

Asach nachas.

Zeir shein!

[jdl4ever]

Well, I also thinks that the Yiddish accent speaking Hebrew sounds horrible.  Sad to say I'm not fluent in either language but only speak a basic Hebrew.  I don't speak any Yiddish but my father and mother are fluent in Yiddish though. 

[judeanoncapta]

I don't speak any Yiddish but my father and mother are fluent in Yiddish though. 

So were mine, they used it as their secret language, but now I know it quite well.

[mord]

my grandfather used to call certain people tinkerlach what dies that mean

[judeanoncapta]

my grandfather used to call certain people tinkerlach what dies that mean

I'm not familiar with the term but I know that tink means plaster in Yiddish so maybe it is a slang term for dolls.

What do you think?

How did he use it?

What type of people did he call tinkerlach?

[Yisrael]

I searched on www.pass.to/glossary and couldn't find Tinkerlach.

Mord, maybe you can ask people who knew your grandfather or people who heard him say it. I can ask around and see what I get.

[mord]

I think it meant shvartza

[judeanoncapta]

I think it meant shvartza

Interesting.

[mord]

Yes it migh be slang or something ask people that speak yiddish Ukraine

[judeanoncapta]

Yes it migh be slang or something ask people that speak yiddish Ukraine

Where in Ukraine?

My family is from Zhitomir.

[Dexter]

yiddish sounds very annoying and irritating for me.

If you like Arabic better, I can speak some for you.

Naam weana bidda tihki arabi lak, sadiqi.

eesh anta bidda tihki?

Where did you learn Arabic like that ?

[Vito]

I think it meant shvartza

I thought something along the lines of "gräner" meant schwartza?

[mord]

Yes it migh be slang or something ask people that speak yiddish Ukraine

Where in Ukraine?

My family is from Zhitomir.

It's not there anymore my great granparents came after the revolution i think zomachov

[judeanoncapta]

yiddish sounds very annoying and irritating for me.

If you like Arabic better, I can speak some for you.

Naam weana bidda tihki arabi lak, sadiqi.

eesh anta bidda tihki?

Where did you learn Arabic like that ?

I took a course.

[OdKahaneChai]

yiddish sounds very annoying and irritating for me.

Aside from that, why would Jews continue to speak a language that is a result of oppression by the Germans? I say forget the Yiddish and learn Hebrew..

Who says it's the result of "opression"?  It's a beautiful language.

[Ambiorix]

About that word tinkerlach.

The only thing i can come up with is, that tinker could mean tunker, like in Dutch donker.
which means dark.

lach in fact means smile.

darksmile??

[mord]

About that word tinkerlach.

The only thing i can come up with is, that tinker could mean tunker, like in Dutch donker.
which means dark.

lach in fact means smile.

darksmile??

THATS  WHAT MY GRANDFATHER MUST HAVE MEANT

[Ambiorix]

About that word tinkerlach.

The only thing i can come up with is, that tinker could mean tunker, like in Dutch donker.
which means dark.

lach in fact means smile.

darksmile??

THATS  WHAT MY GRANDFATHER MUST HAVE MEANT

In my local dialect we say "bruinsmoel"

Brownface...

lach = smile = smoel

[mord]

About that word tinkerlach.

The only thing i can come up with is, that tinker could mean tunker, like in Dutch donker.
which means dark.

lach in fact means smile.

darksmile??

THATS  WHAT MY GRANDFATHER MUST HAVE MEANT

In my local dialect we say "bruinsmoel"

Brownface...

lach = smile = smoel

YOU KNOW I WAS SO YOUNG IT MIGHT HAVE BEEN DONKERLACH

[Ambiorix]

About that word tinkerlach.

The only thing i can come up with is, that tinker could mean tunker, like in Dutch donker.
which means dark.

lach in fact means smile.

darksmile??

THATS  WHAT MY GRANDFATHER MUST HAVE MEANT

In my local dialect we say "bruinsmoel"

Brownface...

lach = smile = smoel

YOU KNOW I WAS SO YOUNG IT MIGHT HAVE BEEN DONKERLACH

Were did your grandparents live?

[mord]

About that word tinkerlach.

The only thing i can come up with is, that tinker could mean tunker, like in Dutch donker.
which means dark.

lach in fact means smile.

darksmile??

THATS  WHAT MY GRANDFATHER MUST HAVE MEANT

In my local dialect we say "bruinsmoel"

Brownface...

lach = smile = smoel

YOU KNOW I WAS SO YOUNG IT MIGHT HAVE BEEN DONKERLACH

Were did your grandparents live?

THE BRONX NY BUT MY GRANDFATHERS PARENTS WERE FROM THE UKRAINE AND AUSTRIA HIS FATHER UKRAINE MOTHER AUSTRIA

[Vito]

yiddish sounds very annoying and irritating for me.

Aside from that, why would Jews continue to speak a language that is a result of oppression by the Germans? I say forget the Yiddish and learn Hebrew..

Who says it's the result of "opression"?  It's a beautiful language.

Yiddish was a secret German dialect among Jews..  they had no other reason to use a secret language other than oppression. As far as it being a beautiful langauge, to each is own I guess. I personally think it's annoying, but I like Hebrew a lot..

[judeanoncapta]

Lach is  a plural form in Yiddish not smile.

[judeanoncapta]

yiddish sounds very annoying and irritating for me.

Aside from that, why would Jews continue to speak a language that is a result of oppression by the Germans? I say forget the Yiddish and learn Hebrew..

Who says it's the result of "opression"?  It's a beautiful language.

Yiddish was a secret German dialect among Jews..  they had no other reason to use a secret language other than oppression. As far as it being a beautiful langauge, to each is own I guess. I personally think it's annoying, but I like Hebrew a lot..

It's not much of a secret language.

Germans understand it very well.

[Ambiorix]

Lach is  a plural form in Yiddish not smile.

thanks.
That makes more sense.