Mendele: Yiddish literature and language
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Contents of Vol. 15.005
May 25, 2005

1) preglen ayngemakhts (Elye Palevsky)
2) Songs from childhood (Lori Cahan-Simon)
3) Ear drum (Gilles Rozier)
4) kak zey bkheyrim (Lyuba Dukker)
5) Housekeeping (Moderators)

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Date: May 21, 2005
Subject: preglen ayngemakhts
‫מע קען אױך פּרעגלען אױף האָניק און צוקער און ניט מיט פֿעטס.‬

 געפֿרעגט בײַ דער מאַמען, האָט זי מיר דערמאָנט װי זי פֿלעגט אַמאָל
 פּרעגלען אײַנגעמאַכטס פֿון שװאַרצן רעטעך, צוערשט צעשנײַט מען דעם
 רעטעך אױף דינע פּאַסיקלעך, מע קאָכט עס גוט אױס ביז דער ריח גײט אָפּ
 אָבער מע דאַרף היטן עס זאָל זיך ניט צעקריכן. דערנאָך פּרעגלט מען עס
 אין האָניק און צוקער. בײַ איר אין דער הײם (סװינציאַן) האָט מען אָט די
 פּאָטראַװע אָנגערופֿן אײַנגעמאַכטס כאָטש די מאַמע האָט באַמערקט
 אַז מע קען דאָס אױכעט מאַכן מיט מאַראַנצן שאָל און אײגנטלעך מאַכט זי
 פּסחדיקע טײגלעך אױף אַן ענלעכן אױפֿן ־ טעם גן־עדן!

 צי דאָס איז חל אױף בעסאַראַביע װײס איך ניט, נאָר אפֿשר האָט מאַנגער'ס
 װשטי גאָר געשטאַמט פֿון אַרום װילנע. זי איז דאָך געװען אַ גרױסע
 עקשנטע.

 



me ken oykh preglen af honik un tsuker un nit mit fets.

gefregt bay der mamen, hot zi mir dermont vi zi flegt  amol preglen
ayngemakhts fun shvartsn  retekh, tsuersht tseshnayt men dem retekh af dine
pasiklekh, me kokht es gut oys  biz der reyekh geyt op ober me darf hitn es
zol zikh nit tsekrikhn. dernokh preglt men es in honik un tsuker. ba ir in
der heym (svintsyan)  hot men ot di potrave ongerufn ayngemakhts khotsh di
mame hot bamerkt az me ken dos oykhet makhn mit marantsn shol un eygntlekh
makht zi peysakhdike teyglekh af an enlekhn oyfn - tam ganeydn!

tsi dos iz khal af besarabye veys ikh nit, nor efsher hot  manger's vashti
gor geshtamt fun arum vilne. zi iz dokh geven a groyse  akshnte.

Elye Palevsky

2)----------------------------------------------------
Date: May 20, 2005
Subject: Re: Songs from Childhood

The second of the two songs mentioned by Elisa Steinberg [Mendele 15.001]
is called "hert a mayse" or "dos iz emes" depending on the source. Author:
Nokhem Yud, composer of the tune I looked at in di gilderne pave, New York,
1949: Y. Tsherniovski.  Unfortunately, I could not locate the other song
mentioned in the post. I have filled in the blanks in the song below:

 hert a mayse, kinderlekh,
 hert mit noz un oygn:
 iber bobe yakhnes dokh
 iz a ku gefloygn.
          dos iz emes, dos iz emes
          dos iz emes altz geven,
          dos iz emes, dos iz emes,
          dos hob ikh aleyn gezen.

 zumer ovnt in der fri
 iz a shney gegangen
 un af a farbrentn shtroy
 is a ber gehangen.
         dos iz emes...
 oyf a boym getantst a sher
 hobn gendz un tsign,
 un a kats hot zikh gezetst
 oysmelkn di flign.
        dos iz emes......
 hot di pave ayngeshpant
 hekht a por in tseber
 un ba Yoysken af der noz
 hengt a lung un leber.
      dos iz emes......

Lori Cahan-Simon
Cleveland, Ohio

3)----------------------------------------------------
Date: May 22, 2005
Subject: Ear-drum

ikh zukh vi azoy me zogt 'ear-drum' (tympan in French) oyf yidish.

Aldos beste

Gilles Rozier
Paris, France

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Date: May 23, 2005
Subject: kak zey bkheyrim

I have one of those always-wanted-to-know-but-was-afraid-to-ask questions:
what does expression kak zey bkheyrim mean, exactly? I have heard it
uttered by my mother-in-law in frustration. When I asked what it means, she
explained as ikh shpay af zey alemen, ikh veys aleyn vos darf men ton .Yes,
but what does it mean literally?

Lyuba Dukker

5)----------------------------------------------------
Date: May 25, 2005
Subject: Housekeeping

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asked about the souls in Purgatory, suppose there are some who want their
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