Yiddish Quiz

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1 again advokat   46 lake mekhaber  
2 agree akhuts   47 lawyer metsie  
3 almost almen   48 lion mid  
4 always almone   49 magic mies  
5 among andersh   50 member mitglid  
6 angry aparat   51 miracle moyekh  
7 apartment arbl   52 mirror neytik  
8 artery arterye   53 mistake nes  
9 author barimt   54 napkin nokhmakhn  
10 bargain batamt   55 necessary nul  
11 beach baytl   56 outside oder  
12 brain bazunder   57 passport ozere  
13 building bildung   58 patch pas  
14 business bime   59 patience pasek  
15 camera binyin   60 perspire plazhe  
16 cancer brilyant   61 pleasure rak  
17 carpenter broygez   62 portion rateven  
18 carpet dire   63 pulpit regirung  
19 charity dor   64 rag ridl  
20 circle droysn   65 rescue servetke  
21 copy etlekhe   66 rope shirem  
22 delicious far vos   67 science shmate  
23 diamond fargenign   68 separate shpigl  
24 different fidl   69 several shpitol  
25 dozen foyst   70 shovel shtendik  
26 dream gayst   71 skin shtrik  
27 education geduld   72 sleeve shvitsn  
28 enemy genetsn   73 strap soyne  
29 except gesheft   74 tired stolyer  
30 excuse gliklekh   75 ugly tepekh  
31 famous hoyt   76 umbrella terets  
32 fist indzl   77 vein toes  
33 flood kelner   78 very tsdoke  
34 funeral kheylek   79 violin tsukunft  
35 future kholem   80 waiter tsvishn  
36 generation kimat   81 wallet tuts  
37 ghost kishef   82 weather ven  
38 gift kotlet   83 what veter  
39 government krayz   84 when vider  
40 hamburger late   85 where vikhtik  
41 happy levaye   86 why visnshaft  
42 hospital leyb   87 widow vits  
43 important mabl   88 widower vos  
44 island maskim   89 yawn vu  
45 joke matone   90 zero zeyer  

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Answer Sheet:

1 again vider 46 lake ozere
2 agree maskim 47 lawyer advokat
3 almost kimat 48 lion leyb
4 always shtendik 49 magic kishef
5 among tsvishn 50 member mitglid
6 angry broygez 51 miracle nes
7 apartment dire 52 mirror shpigl
8 artery arterye 53 mistake toes
9 author mekhaber 54 napkin servetke
10 bargain metsie 55 necessary neytik
11 beach plazhe 56 outside droysn
12 brain moyekh 57 passport pas
13 building binyin 58 patch late
14 business gesheft 59 patience geduld
15 camera aparat 60 perspire shvitsn
16 cancer rak 61 pleasure fargenign
17 carpenter stolyer 62 portion kheylek
18 carpet tepekh 63 pulpit bime
19 charity tsdoke 64 rag shmate
20 circle krayz 65 rescue rateven
21 copy nokhmakhn 66 rope shtrik
22 delicious batamt 67 science visnshaft
23 diamond brilyant 68 separate bazunder
24 different andersh 69 several etlekhe
25 dozen tuts 70 shovel ridl
26 dream kholem 71 skin hoyt
27 education bildung 72 sleeve arbl
28 enemy soyne 73 strap pasek
29 except akhuts 74 tired mid
30 excuse terets 75 ugly mies
31 famous barimt 76 umbrella shirem
32 fist foyst 77 vein oder
33 flood mabl 78 very zeyer
34 funeral levaye 79 violin fidl
35 future tsukunft 80 waiter kelner
36 generation dor 81 wallet baytl
37 ghost gayst 82 weather veter
38 gift matone 83 what vos
39 government regirung 84 when ven
40 hamburger kotlet 85 where vu
41 happy gliklekh 86 why far vos
42 hospital shpitol 87 widow almone
43 important vikhtik 88 widower almen
44 island indzl 89 yawn genetsn
45 joke vits 90 zero nul

 

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