Yiddish In 10 Lessons!! Give the Gift of Continuity!!
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Express
It In Yiddish:
an
unsuccessful person, a schlemiel, a good for nothing, a no-goodnik,
useless, incompetent, unproductive
ביש
גדא, חוסר
מזל, שלומיאל,
יוצמך,
למך,
לא
טוב לכלום,
חסר
תועלת, שלימזל
ער
טויג נישט צו קידוש,
נישט
צו הבדלה
er
toyg nit tsu kidush, nit tsu havdo'le
he
is neither suitable for Kiddush nor for Havdalah
הוא
לא מתאים לקידוש ולא להבדלה
Yiddish is rich with expressions. In fact, sometimes the same phrase can be said in a number of different ways. I try to bring the unique ones, where it is is not obvious from the literal translation what the expression means.
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