Farshtey: Understand Yiddish

Farshtey ("understand" in Yiddish) teaches you to read a sicha in the original — and understand it. The sicha is divided into short passages. Each passage has two steps: • Study — read the passage. Tap any word to see what it means right here, with its dictionary form and type (Yiddish, Lashon Hakodesh, phrase). Every sentence also has a translation of the whole sentence. • Play — then a short game makes sure you understood: the same passage, without translations. Choose what each word means, and finish with a comprehension question on the whole passage. Each passage you pass unlocks the next, along a path of 24 passages to the end of the sicha. The first sicha: Shabbos Parshas Bereishis 5752. A Reading chapter, for anyone who doesn't yet read Yiddish fluently: • In Yiddish the vowels are letters: אָ, ע, י, וי, יי. The vowel table shows the matching niqqud for each one. • "How is it…