Can gentiles learn Yiddish?

The purest Yiddish I've ever heard spoken, in the very mainstream dialect of western Galicia—no Austro-German contamination, no modern Israeli Hebrew element, not even additions from his native …

Top stories for Long   Can gentiles learn Yiddish? Charles Polák, MA Linguistics & Logic, University of St Andrews (1984) • Updated July 17, 2024 The purest Yiddish I've ever heard spoken, in the very mainstream dialect of western Galicia—no Austro-German contamination, no modern Israeli Hebrew element, not even addi... Read more » 89 18   What is the difference between ʼʼ have to ʼʼ and ʼʼmustʼʼ? Francesca Colloridi, lives in Milan, Italy (1970-present) • Answered February 21 Must : inner obligation or something that is imposed by law, customs, … .I must study hard, my parents are paying for my education. E.g. You must slow down when you cross a... Read more » 100 3   If I, a person with good eyes, wear the glasses of someone with many diopters, do I see as bad as this other person sees without glasses? Bill Otto, Top Writer Eyesight & Optometry at Quora • Answered November 18, 2024 No. Not usually. You see, if, for example the glasses are for myopia, by wearing them, you will be temporarily far-sighted. But you have a secret weapon. Your crystalline le... Read more » 47 5   Does a human being know they're dead once they die? June Glenda, former Customer Support at Logistics (2019-2021) • Answered September 13, 2024 Yes they do. Mine was my experience with my best friend when she passed away as at around 7 pm ,I was all alone in my room reading my favourite book and then someone knocked... Read more » 8.9K 1.1K   My fasting blood sugar is 108, but my HbA1c is showing 7.2. What does this indicate? Kids at Risk for Diabetes LLC, B.S.N. Nursing & Nutrition, Indiana University • Answered July 26, 2024 A1c of 7.2 indicates your average blood sugar is 176. Your fasting blood sugar was 108 at the time you took it. This indicates that your body struggles all night to get your... Read more » 1.1K 151   Why did nature never develop a natural predator for humans? Francis, Fairly numerate. It helps. • Answered April 11 Because animals aren't normally suicidal and homo sapiens (including neanderthals and other cousins), the humans of the past 250,000 years, have objectively broken tradeoff... Read more » 3K 158   Which has a greater impact on loss: voltage or current in electricity? Gautam Sandeep, Electrical Engineer (2014-present) • Answered July 4, 2024 The primary characteristic of Power flowing through conductors or electrical wires is Current, which mainly contributes to electrical losses due to its flow against the res... Read more » 46 3   Will scammers ask for a name, address, email address, and number? Pamela, Professor Emerita at University of Granada (2020-present) • Updated August 20, 2024 Yes, scammers have always requested this information when they wished to send me flowers and a teddybear. Most of the time, however, they ask for my name/address/phone numb... Read more » 209 73   Do older cars before 1974 have to be modified to run on unleaded fuel? Stephen Carey, A marine engineer for over 50 years. • Answered September 18, 2018 So I've been told, as I have a 1949 Riley 2.1/2 litre sports saloon. This was built when "pool petrol" was the norm (just after the war), so it was made with lower compress... Read more » 585 55   What is an example of a dirty trick that a thief tried but backfired when they saw your dog? William Elliott, World traveller who meets a lot of people • Answered October 19, 2024 This story happened in about 1990. I lived in the Northwest of England at that time. Though it only incedently includes me. The dogs involved were my two pet German Shepherd... Read more » 2.4K 78   Can you provide examples of operating systems that are based on Linux but are not referred to as "Linux"? Mike DeAngelo, Autodidact • Answered May 15 Can you provide examples of operating systems that are based on Linux but are not referred to as "Linux"? There is one big one and one HUGE one that I can think of off the t... Read more » 57 6   Why doesn't the Chinese foreign minister speak English? Joseph Wang, lives in Hong Kong • Answered October 7, 2018 Because he is the foreign minister of China, and when you speak on things that could result in WWIII, you don't want to get things wrong. Wang Yi happens to speak fluent Eng... Read more » 159 6 Read more in your feed

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