Words Spelled Differently, Have Different Meanings, but Pronounced the
Same in Yiddish and English.

English Yiddish Yid. Meaning
     
A ey egg
ail eyl oil
align alayn alone
awn on without
bench bentsh bless
board bord beard
build bild picture
buy, bye bay by, at
cane keyn going to
coo, coup ku cow
cook kuk look
court kort card
crook kruk hook
cumin kumen to come
cup kop head
cushion kushn kissing
D di the (f)
Dick dik thick
dine dayn your
dinner diner servant
do, dew, due du you
ear ir you
fear fir four
feel fil full
fell fel to miss
foil foyl lazy
free fri early
gain geyn to go
gate (gait) geyt goes
gay gey go
grate greyt prepare
gut got G-d
haste heyst known as
hell hel blonde
hemmed hemd shirt
hub hob have
hut hot has
Kate keyt chain
key ki cows
kick kik look
knew, new nu so, well
knit nit not
light layt people
mention mentshn people
mess mes corpse
mine mayn mine
mitt mit with
mitten mitn with them
moss mos measure
near nir kidney
nigh nay new
nine nayn no
pay pey letter P
rain reyn clean
riddle ridl shovel
S es eat
share sher scissors
shine shayn pretty
teller teler plate
tire tayer dear
vine vayn wine
your yor year
Z zi she
Zion zayen to filter

Last Updated on
1/23/09

By PHIL Fishl KUTNER

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