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Author Topic: Master thread to help me with words/phrases.  (Read 200610 times)

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Re: Master thread to help me with words/phrases.
« Reply #420 on: March 26, 2015, 01:56:42 PM »
I just found a new supply of forks!

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Re: Master thread to help me with words/phrases.
« Reply #421 on: March 26, 2015, 01:57:28 PM »
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Someone who returns to his/her faith (ie someone who grew up non religious and then became religious)

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Re: Master thread to help me with words/phrases.
« Reply #422 on: March 26, 2015, 02:17:49 PM »
Someone who returns to his/her faith (ie someone who grew up non religious and then became religious)

CM is CV?

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Re: Master thread to help me with words/phrases.
« Reply #423 on: May 03, 2015, 10:51:31 AM »
Sorry for hijacking this thread but seeing as CV hasn't been active in a while I'm sure he wouldn't mind...

How would you translate להוציא מדעת הטועים?

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Master thread to help me with words/phrases.
« Reply #424 on: May 03, 2015, 10:54:56 AM »

Sorry for hijacking this thread but seeing as CV hasn't been active in a while I'm sure he wouldn't mind...

How would you translate להוציא מדעת הטועים?


To prevent(/correct) the mistaken( I want to say mistake'ers but that's not a word)

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Re: Master thread to help me with words/phrases.
« Reply #425 on: May 03, 2015, 11:04:48 AM »
Sorry for hijacking this thread but seeing as CV hasn't been active in a while I'm sure he wouldn't mind...

How would you translate להוציא מדעת הטועים?

To prevent misunderstandings

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Re: Master thread to help me with words/phrases.
« Reply #426 on: May 03, 2015, 11:11:41 AM »
How about if I bring the whole sentence:
החכם צבי בא להוציא מדעת הטועים הכופרים בהשגחת הקב"ה בעולמו

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Re: Master thread to help me with words/phrases.
« Reply #427 on: May 03, 2015, 11:38:11 AM »
How about if I bring the whole sentence:
החכם צבי בא להוציא מדעת הטועים הכופרים בהשגחת הקב"ה בעולמו
Maybe here it would mean to disprove
I wonder what people who type "u" instead of "you" do with all their free time.

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Re: Master thread to help me with words/phrases.
« Reply #428 on: May 03, 2015, 12:16:12 PM »
Maybe here it would mean to disprove
Thanks, that's better.

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Re: Master thread to help me with words/phrases.
« Reply #429 on: May 03, 2015, 03:30:53 PM »
How about if I bring the whole sentence:
החכם צבי בא להוציא מדעת הטועים הכופרים בהשגחת הקב"ה בעולמו

The Chacham Tzvi came to exclude/preempt/negate from the understanding of the misguided who deny g-ds Devine Providence.

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Re: Master thread to help me with words/phrases.
« Reply #430 on: May 03, 2015, 03:31:43 PM »
The Chacham Tzvi came to exclude/preempt/negate from the understanding of the misguided who deny g-ds Devine Providence.
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Re: Master thread to help me with words/phrases.
« Reply #431 on: May 12, 2015, 04:42:59 PM »
I can't think of a better thread to post this in. Maybe someone can help.

We are teaching our kids "vetter verter" ie: how to describe the weather in Yiddish.

How would you say "partly cloudy"? (Or for that matter "partly sunny"?)

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Re: Master thread to help me with words/phrases.
« Reply #432 on: May 12, 2015, 04:46:02 PM »
טיילווייז? ביסלאכווייז?

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Re: Master thread to help me with words/phrases.
« Reply #433 on: May 12, 2015, 04:55:32 PM »

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Re: Master thread to help me with words/phrases.
« Reply #434 on: May 12, 2015, 05:02:57 PM »
So Achas and LoLo, you would say, "teilvaiz zunik" and "teilvaiz farvolkent"?

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Re: Master thread to help me with words/phrases.
« Reply #435 on: May 12, 2015, 05:05:14 PM »
Maybe if it came attached to another word I would take the "vaiz" out?

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Re: Master thread to help me with words/phrases.
« Reply #436 on: May 12, 2015, 05:11:02 PM »
Maybe if it came attached to another word I would take the "vaiz" out?
Nu, I am making a chart. There is zunik, regndik, vintik, farvolkent, shturemdik. So how do I say partly sunny or partly cloudy?

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Re: Master thread to help me with words/phrases.
« Reply #437 on: May 12, 2015, 05:15:17 PM »
Nu, I am making a chart. There is zunik, regndik, vintik, farvolkent, shturemdik. So how do I say partly sunny or partly cloudy?
"teilvaiz zunik" and "teilvaiz farvolkent"?
This I think.

I'm not an expert on formal Yiddish though, so don't hold me responsible.

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Re: Master thread to help me with words/phrases.
« Reply #438 on: May 12, 2015, 05:26:36 PM »
So Achas and LoLo, you would say, "teilvaiz zunik" and "teilvaiz farvolkent"?

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Re: Master thread to help me with words/phrases.
« Reply #439 on: May 12, 2015, 05:31:02 PM »


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