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Learning the Yiddish Questions displayed below is vital to the language. Yiddish questions may be either a linguistic expression used to make a request for information, or else the request itself made by such an expression. Usually it starts with why, how, where, when ... Here are some examples:
| English Questions | Yiddish Questions |
|---|---|
| Questions | פֿראגן |
| how? | ווי? |
| what? | וואָס? |
| who? | ווער? |
| why? | פארוואס? |
| where? | ווו? |
| where is he? | ווו איז ער? |
| what is this? | וואָס איז דאָס? |
| why are you sad? | פארוואס זענען איר טרויעריק? |
| how do you want to pay? | ווי טאָן איר ווילן צו באַצאָלן? |
| can I come? | קענען איך קומען? |
| is he sleeping? | איז ער סליפּינג? |
| do you know me? | טאָן איר וויסן מיר? |
| do you have my book? | טאָן איר האָבן מיין בוך? |
| how big is it? | ווי גרויס איז עס? |
| can I help you? | קענען איך העלפֿן איר? |
| can you help me? | קענען איר העלפֿן מיר? |
| do you speak English? | טאָן איר רעדן ענגליש? |
| how far is this? | ווי ווייַט איז דאָס? |
| what time is it? | וואָס צייַט איז עס? |
| how much is this? | ווי פיל איז דאָס? |
| what is your name? | וואָס איז דיין נאָמען? |
| where do you live? | ווו טאָן איר לעבן? |
Notice the structure of the Questions in Yiddish.
Below is a list of the Questions and interrogative expressions in Yiddish placed in a table. Memorizing this table will help you add very useful and important words to your Yiddish vocabulary.
| English Questions | Yiddish Questions |
|---|---|
| Vocabulary | וואָקאַבולאַרי |
| Countries | לענדער |
| Australia | אויסטראַליע |
| Cambodia | קאַמבאָדיאַ |
| Canada | קאַנאַדע |
| China | טשיינאַ |
| Egypt | מצרים |
| England | ענגלאַנד |
| France | פֿראַנקרייַך |
| Germany | דייַטשלאַנד |
| Greece | גריכנלאנד |
| India | ינדיאַ |
| Indonesia | ינדאָנעסיאַ |
| Italy | איטאליע |
| Japan | יאַפּאַן |
| Mexico | מעקסיקא |
| Morocco | מאָראָקקאָ |
| Peru | פּערו |
| Spain | ספּאַין |
| Thailand | טיילאַנד |
| USA | USA |
| Languages | שפּראַכן |
| Arabic | אַראַביש |
| Chinese | כינעזיש |
| English | ענגליש |
| French | פראנצויזיש |
| German | דייַטש |
| Greek | גריכיש |
| Hebrew | העברעיש |
| Hindi | הינדיש |
| Italian | איטאַליעניש |
| Japanese | יאַפּאַניש |
| Korean | קאָרעיִש |
| Latin | לאַטייַן |
| Russian | רוסיש |
| Spanish | שפּאַניש |
| Urdu | אורדו |
| Days | טעג |
| Monday | מאָנטיק |
| Tuesday | דינסטיק |
| Wednesday | מיטוואָך |
| Thursday | דאָנערשטיק |
| Friday | פרייַטיק |
| Saturday | שבת |
| Sunday | זונטיק |
| time | צייַט |
| hour | שאָ |
| minute | מינוט |
| second | צווייט |
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