Israeli Soldier Demonstrates How to Load Ammunition in Yiddish

Isaac Bashevis Singer once claimed that since Yiddish was a stateless language, it possesses no words for weapons or ammunition. Here, a soldier named Yonatan, proves him wrong.

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  • @BSHcat123
    @BSHcat1238 ай бұрын

    Hello Jonathan, I’m Jens from Germany , I grow up in the city of Mainz ( was called Magenza in Jiddish) , my home town has and still have a Jewish heritage and it’s a part of the SchUM community ( Three Jewish heritage cities in the south west of Germany ) - I just want tell you , the most of what you say on jiddish I can understand- we are with ISRAEL 🇮🇱.

  • @sulomor

    @sulomor

    8 ай бұрын

    G.. bless you friend

  • @tzafas2

    @tzafas2

    6 ай бұрын

    Worte von einem Deutschen wecken alles andere als positive Gefühle ganz besonders bei deutschen , polnischen bzw. Ashkenazi Juden .

  • @zygmuntkezele

    @zygmuntkezele

    4 ай бұрын

    @@tzafas2 das was sie behaupten ist Stuss.

  • @Lagolop

    @Lagolop

    Ай бұрын

    @@tzafas2 You're being a putz

  • @andreaskobbe664
    @andreaskobbe6645 ай бұрын

    Hello Jonatan! I am a reservist in the artillery in the German army. 🫡 Great video in Jiddish! Thank you! 🙏🏻 I understood almost everything very well. May the IDF be victorious! #Istandwithisrael 🇮🇱

  • @nobeerlion3991
    @nobeerlion39918 ай бұрын

    This is so close to (Swiss) German. I understood almost all of it. Be safe guys!

  • @anastasiaklein4674

    @anastasiaklein4674

    8 ай бұрын

    Weil Schweizerdeutsch u. Jiddisch d. gleichen Ursprung- Mittelhochdeutsch haben ;)

  • @nobeerlion3991

    @nobeerlion3991

    8 ай бұрын

    @@anastasiaklein4674 Das ist mir bekannt:) Danke trotzdem.

  • @fennecabumukallalabdulmasi3867

    @fennecabumukallalabdulmasi3867

    8 ай бұрын

    ​@@anastasiaklein4674Sholem Anastasia, dos Yiddish kumt meyr ois dem "Mittelschwäbisch", nit "Mittelhochdeutsch", dos erkennt men om shvebishn diminutiv. Dos "Schwizrdütsch" stammt fun "Alemannisch" un iz oikh a "Südform" fun "Schwäbisch"...😅 Nor Yiddish iz 1000 yor oids "Schwäbisch". 😊 Notirlikh nit di verter "demonstratsiya", "hidroulisha", di sent fun poyln, nit fun shvobn... 😅

  • @abraxxas2013

    @abraxxas2013

    7 ай бұрын

    ​@@bitzibien7871Not true. This is clear perfect Yiddish. A German accent sounds different. As a German myself I can tell

  • @Lagolop

    @Lagolop

    7 ай бұрын

    @@bitzibien7871 It is absolutely YIDDISH, and I can say that as somebody who was raised in a Yiddish speaking home. Besides, Yiddish IS a Germanic language.

  • @JLTJr.
    @JLTJr.8 ай бұрын

    Gee , thanks to my 3 years of Jr. High School German from 50 years ago , I can pick out about every 8th word . Be safe , fellas .

  • @haroldgoodman130
    @haroldgoodman1308 ай бұрын

    A dank aykh far a sheyne demonstratsye. Zolstu alle blayben gezunt un shtark Am yisroal chai ve kayam biz eybig. Be well brothers. You are protecting the entire Jewish people from those who want to kill us.

  • @godblessukraine1386
    @godblessukraine13868 ай бұрын

    Sholem Aleykem.Great post. Yiddish is not dead.

  • @fennecabumukallalabdulmasi3867

    @fennecabumukallalabdulmasi3867

    8 ай бұрын

    Sholem oleykhem, Yiddish iz nit dod (dead) un Yiddish vet ni shterbn, vayl beyt ikh yedn tog azoy: Am Yisraël, khayi ! 😊 De mimo el Ladino andaluz no etá muerto y nunca jamá' morirá! Shomer Yisraël, koumah ! Koumah, Adonayi Tsevaoth, neged oyvekha ! Baroukh Ha ba be Shem Adonayi Eloheynou: HaMashiakh Melekh ben David la Olam va'ed !

  • @bluebee5266
    @bluebee52667 ай бұрын

    So funny, hearing that language I'm expecting them to tell us how to make potato kugel and almond cookies.

  • @jerryp.4459
    @jerryp.44597 ай бұрын

    I'm blown away. How did he learn to speak Yiddish so well? Hearing him brought back memories of my parents, may they rest in peace. Stay safe, Jonathon.

  • @shevetlevi2821
    @shevetlevi28218 ай бұрын

    Funny and weird. I lived in Israel and served in the IDF. Other than the ultrareligious neighborhoods I almost think of Israel as a Yiddish free zone, even moreso for the army. My Sephardic and Mizrachi brothers would have no idea what's going on.

  • @moamineismoamineiss315

    @moamineismoamineiss315

    8 ай бұрын

    god bles al Jews Sons Of Israel ❤❤❤❤

  • @Drtoe2ner
    @Drtoe2ner8 ай бұрын

    The spirit of the Partizans has come into the souls of these blessed fighters for peace. Am Yisroel Chai, Now and Forever. May Hashem forever bless you and your dear families.

  • @fennecabumukallalabdulmasi3867

    @fennecabumukallalabdulmasi3867

    8 ай бұрын

    Amen ve Amén ! 😊

  • @fennecabumukallalabdulmasi3867

    @fennecabumukallalabdulmasi3867

    8 ай бұрын

    These are thé grandchildren of those who lost thé Battles of Vilna and Varshava. But this time will it get another Outcome, this time thé ennemies will Run away, not thé jews. Gotenyou in himl , huif Nathan tsom finden olle tunneloisgeng di er tsushisn zull... Blaybt zhye mir gezond ! 44 Kg, der gantse tog azoy fil heybn, dos geyt oifn rikn vun der Kamrad "onloader". Yevarekhekha ! Blaybt zhye mir gezond olle zamen mitanand !

  • @alexrablnovich7157

    @alexrablnovich7157

    8 ай бұрын

    ❤❤❤❤❤

  • @JaimKlein
    @JaimKlein5 ай бұрын

    When Bashevis Singer lamented that there were no words in Yiddisch for weapons, we had no weapons at all, and we paid heavily for it. Now we have a State and we have weapons and we have words for them. Thanks, Jonathan.

  • @kirstyburden9262
    @kirstyburden92628 ай бұрын

    Love your video.

  • @330Dodge
    @330Dodge8 ай бұрын

    אַ שײנעם דאַנק פֿאַרן װידעאָ. גאָט זאָל אַײַך אלעמען בענטשן!!!

  • @joshuazeitman184
    @joshuazeitman1848 ай бұрын

    Thanks. Your yiddish is great

  • @brunoperriard4142
    @brunoperriard41427 ай бұрын

    Mes meilleurs vœux de réussite pour l’armée israélienne. Courage!

  • @levikorf5306
    @levikorf53068 ай бұрын

    א גרויסן יישר כח פאר דער דעמאסטראציע! בלייבט געזונט און שטארק און האבט פיל הצלחה! זאל מען נאר הערן גוטע נייעס!

  • @itieltischler9065
    @itieltischler90658 ай бұрын

    גאנץ שיין, זאלסט אלע שונאים פארטריבען !

  • @kkm3089
    @kkm30897 ай бұрын

    Tank you very much. Am Israel Chay.

  • @fennecabumukallalabdulmasi3867
    @fennecabumukallalabdulmasi38678 ай бұрын

    Shalom le Coulam Nahal ! If each grenade weighs 44 kg, your Onloader got a really heavy job ! I'll pray for the health of his vertebral disks and for those of his colleagues in the whole battaillon... Does he have to lift that up every time you find a tunnelissue on the israeli side of the fence? How often does he has to do that during one shift? Blaybt zhye mir gezond ! Shomer Yisraël, koumah ! Koumah, Adonayi Tsevzoth, neged oyvekha ! Baroukh Ha ba bé Shem Adonayi Eloheynou: HaMashiakh Ben David, Melekh ha Olam, El Gibbor ve Shadday ! Amen ve Amen !

  • @wernerwork8385
    @wernerwork83858 ай бұрын

    sey gesund! dank

  • @julioalexo
    @julioalexo7 ай бұрын

    I'm learning Yiddish as a Mexican - How much is that understandable for regular Germanic people?

  • @abraxxas2013

    @abraxxas2013

    7 ай бұрын

    80% I woul say

  • @irrwitza7

    @irrwitza7

    7 ай бұрын

    A bit difficult, I understand individual words, but the context makes it work again. It sounds like Swiss German in terms of pronunciation. I think it's great. 😊

  • @kellymcbright5456

    @kellymcbright5456

    2 ай бұрын

    It is a german dialect. I got 100 percent of what the instructs us.

  • @SionTJobbins
    @SionTJobbins8 ай бұрын

    with my school boy German (learning in 1980s but topped up by some holidays in Germany and Austria) I could make out quite a bit of this. How undertandable is it for fluent/native German speakers? Does it have words which may be peculiar to some German dialects and not others?

  • @irrwitza7

    @irrwitza7

    7 ай бұрын

    Unfortunately I don't understand it that well, it actually reminds me of Swiss German in terms of pronunciation, just with different words. Nevertheless, I really like this language.😊

  • @matthewwinn4006
    @matthewwinn40068 ай бұрын

    Ich verstehe vielen davon. Very angenehm.

  • @sprotte6665
    @sprotte66653 ай бұрын

    This video made me feel odd. So casual and friendly with the war machine. I guess it just reflects reality for a lot of people who live with war machines, a reality I have been shielded from. The forverts has been a confusing place lately, but in many cases safer and more human than other publications. Complex. Nuanced. I guess this video does not quite feel like that. Learned and enunciated stage yiddish in combination with the physical realities of war just feels absurd. Smiling, handsome israelis in uniform are a dime a dozen, but the use of yiddish makes it harder for my heart to dismiss and makes it sink like a stone. Life was easier when I was able to be a wholehearted pacifist. I hope I‘ll never have to become as comfortable with a rocket as these guys. My heart sinks and falls and shatters. Good luck!

  • @miriamgrynglas8446
    @miriamgrynglas84468 ай бұрын

    Brachá veHatslachá!

  • @hansdaniel6964

    @hansdaniel6964

    18 күн бұрын

    In current German phonetically as "Hals und Beinbruch" 1:34 . Translated by the Imigrated German Jewish Movie profession as "brake an arm and a leg"

  • @miriamgrynglas8446

    @miriamgrynglas8446

    18 күн бұрын

    Brachá= Benção; Hatslachá= Sucesso 🥰

  • @tzafas2
    @tzafas26 ай бұрын

    Hallo Jonathan könntest du das nächste mal bitte ein bisschen langsamer reden? Danke.

  • @goosiechild
    @goosiechild8 ай бұрын

    vi azoy zugt men "wholesome"?

  • @fennecabumukallalabdulmasi3867

    @fennecabumukallalabdulmasi3867

    8 ай бұрын

    Shalom Genskind, vu hot er gzogt "wholesome" ? Zog on an velkher stell er dos vort zogt! Zayn english vort vor "onloader" bay 7" un dos is a vort vos hot di HaGanah fun di Britn un doher hots di IDF... "onloader" kennst ibrzetsn mit oiflodr. Der vu di 44 kilo far di kats kehobn hot far di demostratsiya... 😅

  • @knarfmachandel3433
    @knarfmachandel343313 күн бұрын

    Ich verstehe Alles. Auch die wenigen Hebräismen. Ich vermute der Sprecher spricht besser Hochdeutsch.

  • @alexanderkaper7881
    @alexanderkaper78817 ай бұрын

    איי ער איז גוט - אפילו פארט דאס ווארט "הארמאט" פאסט מער פאר קאנאן

  • @zhafi15o
    @zhafi15o8 ай бұрын

    Funny ❤

  • @fennecabumukallalabdulmasi3867

    @fennecabumukallalabdulmasi3867

    8 ай бұрын

    ???

  • @Danielseven-ir2mq
    @Danielseven-ir2mq7 ай бұрын

    גוט דערקלערט. אַלע די בעסטער צו אונדזער זעלנער.

  • @r-xo4tg8yy1z
    @r-xo4tg8yy1z5 ай бұрын

    נישט די אלע וערטער איז אין יידיש

  • @TheLakingc
    @TheLakingc8 ай бұрын

    No sound no matter what i do.

  • @fennecabumukallalabdulmasi3867

    @fennecabumukallalabdulmasi3867

    8 ай бұрын

    Sholem oleykhem, in Yiddish thé expression "nem avek" means put it away, so thé seargant ordered to his onloader to lay back thé grenade to thé stock cuz this is only a "demonstratsiya" what he calls a "kourts erklerunk", meaning only a démonstration serving as short explanation. 😅 Their duty is not to spoil taxmoney, so they only make noise after finding a tunnelissue to close by shooting a grenade into thé tunnel. BTW: If they would "make a sound", for sure they would put on their ear protectors... Or have you ever seen a tankcrew making a sound without earprotectors on their heads? 😂 Ven men tapt oyf di kleyntshike koyl, dos tôt an poyk ton, nit blos di koyl, dotsou tôt dos TNT an poyk ton, vos dut vey em kop drey teg long on oyrnshuts ! 😢

  • @fennecabumukallalabdulmasi3867

    @fennecabumukallalabdulmasi3867

    8 ай бұрын

    P.S.: There is no sound cuz it's only a démonstration , otherwise they would not show this without earprotectors, unless they would get minimum three days with headaches. Thé expression a "kleyns fayerl ven men tapt" is pure humour, a yiddishr vits, cuz it would not be a lil fire, it would make a big bang sound, louder than non-tankers can even imagine...😅

  • @joannaczaban2735
    @joannaczaban27355 ай бұрын

    jesus christ! vos iz dos!

  • @Lagolop

    @Lagolop

    Ай бұрын

    S'iz Yiddish ;)

  • @claremitchellmusic
    @claremitchellmusic8 ай бұрын

    Gay Roken a plutsn shtifl unt nem avek dus yokisher weg.

  • @TheMaddav
    @TheMaddav7 ай бұрын

    My motivation for learning Yiddish stemmed partly from the fact that, unlike German, it had not - and by definition could not - be soiled by the national socialist episode. This idea mentioned above, attributed to Isaac Bashevis Singer, that Yiddish lacked a word for weapons because it is a stateless language, is actually a very beautiful one. Unfortunately, the only point you are proving here is that nation-states are a deadly poison, they only lead to war and death.

  • @abunizaribrahim4697
    @abunizaribrahim46977 ай бұрын

    Don't forget to wear diapers #free_palestine 🇵🇸🇵🇸🇵🇸❤️❤️❤️🇮🇩🇮🇩🇮🇩

  • @Lagolop

    @Lagolop

    Ай бұрын

    Free plasticine .... putz.

  • @jedkronfeld6948
    @jedkronfeld69488 ай бұрын

    a shande

  • @markus3376
    @markus33768 ай бұрын

    בעפריין פאלעסטינא!

  • @abykatz11

    @abykatz11

    8 ай бұрын

    עס איז פריי

  • @markus3376

    @markus3376

    8 ай бұрын

    @@abykatz11 דאס לעבען אים געטטאָ איז נישט פריי

  • @avrahambentzvi

    @avrahambentzvi

    8 ай бұрын

    זאָג מיִר. דוּ ביִסט פוּן ײוּדנראַט?

  • @markus3376

    @markus3376

    8 ай бұрын

    @@avrahambentzvi וואָס פֿאַר אַ נאַרישע פֿראַגע? געטטאָ איז דאָס וואָס מדנת ישראל האָט געמאהט אין עזה.איך בין נישט פֿון עזע און נישט פֿון ישראל.

  • @avrahambentzvi

    @avrahambentzvi

    8 ай бұрын

    @@markus3376 דער נביִא ישעיהוּ האָט אַ מאָל געזאָגט: ״מִהֲרוּ בָּנָיִךְ מְהָרְסַיִךְ וּמַחֲרִבַיִךְ מִמֵּךְ יֵצֵאוּ״. ער האָט געמײַנט מענטשן אזױ װיִ דוּ! דוּ ביסט ניִשט אײנער פוּן אוּנזערע. דוּ ביסט אַן אױס־ייִד.

  • @user-ph1fu2us5g
    @user-ph1fu2us5g8 ай бұрын

    I am not interested what this two are talking about. I am more interested to know how any women and children they have killed with those weapons and if they have any remorse to be so criminals.

  • @kottelkannim4919

    @kottelkannim4919

    7 ай бұрын

    1. any-->many. 2. Only one is talking. The other on is doing all the heavy lifting. 3. Probably not so many women and children since many fled to the southern part of Gaza strip. 4. As a convicted criminal, I can testify remorse is necessary only before one is sentenced.

  • @hp8029
    @hp80298 ай бұрын

    free palestine

  • @JLTJr.

    @JLTJr.

    8 ай бұрын

    Free your mind to learn the truth .

  • @markus3376

    @markus3376

    8 ай бұрын

    @@JLTJr.and the truth is certainly what israeli propaganda says 😅

  • @LNL6709

    @LNL6709

    8 ай бұрын

    from arabs 😆

  • @shalitHaim

    @shalitHaim

    8 ай бұрын

    Palestine is free and now called Israel. The land of all religions, beliefs, straights and LGBTQ. Try that in Arabia.

  • @missc2742

    @missc2742

    5 ай бұрын

    As a queer person I think it's lame when you try to use LGBTQ rights to justify a friggin genocide. "But we're nicer to our gays!" is no excuse for dropping bombs and unarmed people. And I've never been to a more blatantly, visibly intolerant place than Israel. And that's coming from a very racist region.@@shalitHaim