Discover Your Yiddish Pronunciation Style
Discover Your Yiddish Pronunciation Style
Take this engaging quiz to explore your personal style of Yiddish pronunciation and usage. Whether you’re a native speaker or just passionate about the language, this quiz is designed to reveal unique insights into how you relate to Yiddish.
- Test various pronunciations and spellings
- Identify your use of common Yiddish phrases
- Learn about the subtleties of Yiddish language
How do you pronounce the word "maker" in English?
Like the word "mocker"
May-ker
Mah-core
May-care
Mah-care
What do you usually call Yiddish, in Yiddish?
Eydish/Idish (eye-dish)
Just Yiddish
Eydish/Aydish (ey-dish)
Iddish/Idish (idd-ish)
How do you generally pronounce "Baserabya" (as in, the region of Europe)
Bess-ur-ah-bee-uh
Bess-ah-reb-yuh
Bah-seh-ra-bee-uh
Boss-ur-eb-yuh
Boss-ah-ra-bee-uh
I don't know the word
How do you pronounce a -ke ending for a word/nickname?
Ka
Kee
Kuh
Keh
How do you pronounce a nickname ending in -ele/-elah?
Eh-leh
Ah-leh
Eh-luh
Ah-luh
Eh-lah
Ah-lah
I consider -alah and -elah nicknames different
How do you pronounce the Yiddish version of keyn ayin hara?
Kay-na-ha-ra
Kay-neh-ha-ra
Kay-neh-hor-uh
Kay-nah-hor-uh
Kay-neh-ha-reh
Kay-nah-hor-eh
How do you pronounce "mein"
Like mine
Like main
How do you pronounce "Rebbe"
Reb-eh
Reb-ee
Check all of the words you use, if any (actually use, not just understand)
P'nimius
P'nimiusdiker
Gashmius/b'gashmius
Emesdiker
Random -diker endings in general
Bedieved
L'chatchilah
None
Extra bonus thing if you use all of them
How many words in the last question have you never even seen/heard in your life?
100% all of them WTF
1 or 2
3 or 4
5 or 6
I know and use all of them
I knew or have heard all/most of them but don't use any
I recognized 2 and only 2, and they were bedieved and l'chatchilah
In Yiddish, to say someone is from somewhere, which are you more likely to say?
[Place]-sker
[Place]-er
Which English mistakes do you make at least somewhat frequently
Spelling -ish nationalities with -isch(e)
Yiddish endings like -en, -er, -diker, -ische where they don't belong
Wrong subject-verb order
Using words like fun, der/dem, etc
Generally replacing similar words
Stacking too many negatives
Wrong preposition order
Not using articles at all
Saying it with a neutral tone, where would you put a pause in the sentence "Which English mistakes do you make at least somewhat frequently"
After "which"
After "mistakes"
After "make"
After "which" AND "make"
I wouldn't put a pause in
Which words would you elongate or emphasize in this question I am asking?
Which
Words
Would
You
Elongate
Or
Emphasize
In
This
Question
I
Am
Asking
None of them
Do you ever turn S into an Sh sound?
No
I mix them up both ways and/or it's a speech impediment
Only in Yiddish
Only in Hebrew
In both Hebrew and Yiddish
In Yiddish + Hebrew + English
Only in Yiddish and English
Do you ever turn S into a Th sound?
No
Yes but it's just a speech impediment
Only in Yiddish
Only in Hebrew
In both Yiddish and Hebrew
In Yiddish + Hebrew + English
Only in Yiddish and English
Do you ever use "by" to mean "in, from, or according to" (ex. "the opinion by so-and-so is...")
Yes
No
Sometimes
I use it to mean "from" and/or "according to" but not "in"
I use it to mean "in" but not the others
Which phrasing would you more likely use in conversation to ask someone if they can do something?
"Are you able to..."
"Can you..."
"Are you capable of..."
Do you roll a lot of Rs in Yiddish?
Yes
No
It depends
Do you say "dos" or "deys/deis"
I don't know what this question means
Dos, and I haven't heard of "deis"
Dos
Deys
Usually deys, but it depends on tone
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