Cold in Yiddish די קעלט
קאַלט װי אײַז
Kalt vi ayz Cold as ice
קאַלט װי אױף דרױסן (אין דרױסן)
Cold as outdoors
קאַלט װי אין אַ לאָדאָװניע
kalt vi in a lodovnye Cold as in an icebox (or refrigerator)
עס נעמט אַ פֿראָסט.
Es nemt afrost It is freezing cold.
עס בלאָזט אַ װינט.
Es blost a vint The wind is blowing.
עס קלאַפּט אַ צאָן אין אַ צאָן.
Es klapt a tson in a tson My teeth are chattering.
עס װאַרפֿט אַ קדחת.
Es varft a kadokhes It causes ague (kadokhes).
עס נעמט אַדורך די בײנער.
Es nemt adurkh di beyner It goes through your bones.
עס נעמט ביזן מאַרך פֿון די בײנער.
Es nemt bizn markh fun di beyner It goes through to the marrow of your bones.
עס פֿאַרגײט אונטערן האַרצן.
Es fargeyt untern hartsn It penetrates to your heart.
זינט גאָט האַנדלט מיט פֿראָסט איז נאָך אַז אַ פֿראָסט ניט געװען!
Zint Got handlt mit frost, iz nokh aza frost nit geven!
Since God has been dealing with cold weather there hasn’t been cold weather like this!
posted by the chocolate doctor מרת שאקאלאד at 11:37 AM
4 Comments:
Frost shmost. At least we have central heating. Things were harder in China.
In 1922, Walter Lippmann said, “The rich and vulgar and pretentious Jews of our big American cities … are the real fountain of anti-Semitism…. You cannot build up a decent civilization among people who, when they are at last, after centuries of denial, free to go to the land and cleanse their bodies, now huddle together in a steam-heated slum” cited in Ronald Steel’s "Walter Lippmann and the American Century."
LOL! I love this, especially the last one. I'm glad it's supposed to warm up a little in the next few days.
Hey, I noticed your blog, liked some of these posts! Would you mind if we republished some of these articles in our newsletter or on our own site? It’s mainly a site for industry professionals in food/beverage, but I think a lot of them simply love every part of the world and would enjoy reading your blog. Let me know? I’ve linked to our site so you can see it.
Neilesh
Warming up is necessary to the cold places if you won't do this you would die to freeze.
Post a Comment
<< Home