Yiddish Tongue Twisters
Stuck with you assignment?
Get inspired with IvyPanda's free short essay examples
Get inspired with IvyPanda's free short essay examples
Original:
Fir Funr Forn Firn Korn, Barg Arup un Barg Arip.
English:
Four wagons are driving carrying wheat, uphill and downhill.
Original:
Fin Minsk kin Brisk geit a fux in holt a bix in pisk.
English:
From Minsk to Brisk a fox goes with a rifle in the mouth.
Original:
Gelernt iz gut, un gelernt iz nit gut
English:
Learning is good, and learning is not good
Original:
Drei draye dremlakhs durkh drei draye dremlakhs
English:
Three dry draydlakhs through three dry draydlakhs
Original:
Vos vilt ir, vos vilt ir, vos vilt ir vi a kleyn kind
English:
What do you want, what do you want, what do you want like a little child
Original:
Vos iz der nayer nign, vos iz der nayer nign
English:
What is the new melody, what is the new melody
Original:
Der khosn hot gekocht a kokh, der kokh hot gekocht a khosn
English:
The groom cooked a cook, the cook cooked a groom