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1. זײַט אַזוי גוט און רעדט פּאַמעלעכער.

   Zayt azoy gut un redt pamelekher.

   Please speak more slowly.

   Usage

   A polite request to slow down

   Grammar Note

   "זײַט אַזוי גוט און …" is a set polite request ("please …"; literally "be so good and …")

2. קענט איר דאָס פֿאַר מיר אויפֿשרײַבן?

   Kent ir dos far mir oyfshraybn?

   Can you write that down for me?

   Usage

   Use it to ask someone to write down something you did not catch

   Grammar Note

   "אויפֿשרײַבן" is a separable verb, but after a modal it appears whole as an infinitive at the end. Composed from known words and sentence patterns; native review recommended

3. וואָס מיינט דאָס וואָרט?

   Vos meynt dos vort?

   What does this word mean?

   Usage

   Use it to ask the meaning of an unfamiliar word

   Grammar Note

   "מיינען" means both "to think" and "to mean". "וואָרט" is a neuter noun. Composed from known words and sentence patterns; native review recommended

4. ווי אַזוי רעדט מען דאָס אַרויס?

   Vi azoy redt men dos aroys?

   How do you pronounce this?

   Usage

   Use it to ask how a word or sentence is pronounced

   Grammar Note

   "אַרויסרעדן" (to pronounce) is a separable verb: in a main clause the prefix "אַרויס" goes to the end. Composed from known words and sentence patterns; native review recommended

5. איך בין אַן אָנהייבער. זײַט ביטע געדולדיק מיט מיר!

   Ikh bin an onheyber. Zayt bite geduldik mit mir!

   I am a beginner. Please be patient with me!

   Usage

   Use it to say you are a beginner and ask for patience

   Grammar Note

   Two sentences. "זײַט געדולדיק" is the plural imperative ("be patient"), the polite form addressed to "איר". Composed from known words and sentence patterns; native review recommended

6. איך לערן ייִדיש.

   Ikh lern yidish.

   I am learning Yiddish.

   Usage

   Use it to say that you are learning Yiddish, which is also a way to start a conversation

   Grammar Note

   "לערנען" means both "to learn" and "to teach"; here it is "to learn". Composed from known words and sentence patterns; native review recommended

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