Mon 21 Mar, 2011 08:37 am - The sentence is: "With one difference: Mendele struggled with the problem of influence, either taking on the שלפֿדיקע present, or the great past. For the new poetry that problem is:... (view)
Sun 20 Mar, 2011 08:13 pm - No, no. It's certainly an F.
The author of the text sets it against "great past". So it has to mean something like "small", "plain", "common",... (view)
Sun 20 Mar, 2011 07:53 pm - I know hebrew words loose vowels. What I was trying to say, is that since the word derives from a german word, I'm not sure about the loss of vowels.
But than again, I'm no expert too. (view)
Sun 20 Mar, 2011 07:38 pm - Yes, but hebrew verb for sleeping is לישון, and the word שלאָפן comes from german "shlafen". Therefore I don't really think that word should loose vowels, it can however... (view)
Sun 20 Mar, 2011 06:04 pm - It's rather hard to guess the pronunciation due to the lack of vowels. That's what makes me think it's a loanword from hebrew, despite the fact that I can't find any hebrew word... (view)
Sun 20 Mar, 2011 05:16 pm - I've been trying to read a book in yiddish (which I don't really know very well, but am trying to learn) and came across a word I'm not familiar with, and that, to my disappointment,... (view)
