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Yiddish for Yeshivah Bachurim/Prepositions
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There are quite a few prepositions in Yiddish, and they don't all quite correspond to an equivalent English expression. It takes a while to get used to all of their different uses. Here are a few examples of some common ones.
בּײַ by, and all sorts of other words
בּײַ רעק"א איז עס גאָר פּשוט. That's very clear to Rebbi Akiva Eiger.
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פֿון from, of
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אין in
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אױף (pronounced אַף) on
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צו to
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בּיז until
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פֿאַר before
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נאָך after
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מיט with
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אָן without
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אַקעגן opposite
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