2006-12-22 11:32:57 · 5 answers · asked by K V 3 in Society & Culture ➔ Languages
I was able to understand my parents when they spoke Yiddish because I had studied German. In fact, _I_ had to translate something from Yiddish into English because my parents misinterpreted something! They were amazed that I was correct and they weren't.
So yes, if you speak a little bit of German, picking up Yiddish won't be that tough for you.
2006-12-22 12:11:43 · answer #1 · answered by barrych209 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Learn To Speak Yiddish
2016-10-31 22:35:49 · answer #2 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
If you understand some German, then you will probably likewise understand Yiddish at least a little bit. If you're fortunate enough to live in a community where Yiddish is spoken, definitely find someone who will help you learn more! Don't go for formal lessons - just go, tell them what you want, and do your best to talk to them IN Yiddish; you'll pick it up before you know it.
2006-12-22 11:36:36 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Though the Yiddish vocabulary is not primarilly a German vocabulary, the Yiddish Grammar is very much like German grammar. If you understand your German grammar - Yiddish shouldn't be too difficult for you to learn.
2006-12-22 13:37:13 · answer #4 · answered by me 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
i'm a close-by English speaker and have found out all 3 languages you ask of... German, French and Spanish. i got here upon that German has the main complicated grammar, so which you won't like that. There are 3 diverse "genders" for words (male, lady, neuter) and four diverse situations. even with the undeniable fact that, i admire the sound of it and that's amazingly phonetic so that's ordinary to learn the pronunciation. French and Spanish are extra convenient for English audio equipment grammar-clever, yet no longer inevitably in pronunciation. I easily have an extremely no longer ordinary time when I attempt to pronounce French words properly. I stay in California, so Spanish is the language i'm specializing in getting extra powerful at when you consider that I stay so on the fringe of Mexico. in keeping with possibility you may desire to evaluate which language you will get the main use out of in Poland. i could guess German, when you consider which you're so on the fringe of Germany and different German conversing international places and cities. confident, the grammar could be complicated at situations, yet so can French and Spanish. no longer something is as no longer ordinary as English :)
2016-10-05 22:16:18 · answer #5 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋