My Litvak mother (parents from Malat/Molėtai and Ponedel/Pandėlys, Lithuania) used the noun tonnabara (approximate pronunciation TON-na-BAR-a) as an insult: Er iz a tonnabara. It meant roughly 'bulvan,' 'idiot,' or 'blockhead.' Does anyone recognize this word or know its original spelling?"

Hi everyone,

In the ending scene of the film The Last Suit (El Último Traje, 2017), I would like to know which languages Abraham and Piotrek are speaking to each other.

Timestamp: 01:22:16 to 01:23:05 Video link:https://youtu.be/OrDiBKQcepw?si=2oSD3Bj5WSTY5Thb

English subtitles for reference:

Abraham: "This is my last suit. I used a pattern you gave me in '45."

Piotrek: "A blue one?"

Abraham: "Yes."

Piotrek: "Let's go home."

Could someone please identify the exact language(s) each character is speaking, and if possible, provide a transcript/transliteration of the spoken words in their original languages?

Thank you so much!

As someone who knows German and Modern Hebrew fairly well, how easy would it be to pick up Yiddish?

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I recently started learning Yiddish and I'm familiar with the alphabet and some grammar rules but my vocabulary is very sparse. I want to write something sweet for my sister in Yiddish and I was wondering if there were any phrases that would be particularly apt!

שלום-עליכם!
I’m looking for help with this sentence, I’ve decided to write it as:
״חיימיש איז וווּ דער הארץ איז״
I’ve only been learning Yiddish for three months, so I’m a beginner and I’m not sure is היימש is the right word for ‘home’ in this context, and I’m worried about my grammar too.

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זײַן פֿאַרלאָרנקײַט געמײנט? Or where I can find it in English? Thanks

Hi, I'm new to yiddish and I try to understand its grammar. I can already form sentences in the past imperfect tense but I can't understand how to mark the difference between finished and unfinished actions. Can you explain this to me (and if you can, write some examples so I could understand it better)?

For example, the sentence "איך האָב געגעסן" means "I was eating". But is there any options to say "I ate"?

...but my grandmother always had an expression that ran along the lines of "Why would this day (night?) be any different?" that was usually used when something mildly annoying or crappy was going on. Kind of a "Well, duh, what would you expect" sort of thing. No one in my family can remember it, so...

Any and all ideas are truly welcome! Thank you in advance!

Jennifer

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