See ווי on Wiktionary
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"english": "I don't know how to say it in Yiddish.",
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"text": "איך ווייס ניט ווי זאָגט מען דאָס אויף ייִדיש.",
"translation": "I don't know how to say it in Yiddish.",
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"word": "פֿון"
},
{
"word": "איידער"
},
{
"word": "פֿאַר"
}
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60
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"english": "He saw that, at this moment, she was avoiding his gaze as if he would her harm.",
"ref": "167, Chaim Grade, צמח אַטלאַס [Tsemakh Atlas], volume 1, page 213:",
"roman": "er hot gezen az dos mol maydt zi oys zayn blik vi er volt ir shlekhts geton.",
"text": "ער האָט געזען אַז דאָס מאָל מיידט זי אויס זיין בליק ווי ער וואָלט איר שלעכטס געטאָן.",
"translation": "He saw that, at this moment, she was avoiding his gaze as if he would her harm.",
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}
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},
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},
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"roman": "vi azoy",
"word": "ווי אַזוי"
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13,
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"english": "I don't know how to say it in Yiddish.",
"roman": "ikh veys nit vi zogt men dos oyf yidish.",
"text": "איך ווייס ניט ווי זאָגט מען דאָס אויף ייִדיש.",
"translation": "I don't know how to say it in Yiddish.",
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"ref": "167, Chaim Grade, צמח אַטלאַס [Tsemakh Atlas], volume 1, page 213:",
"roman": "er hot gezen az dos mol maydt zi oys zayn blik vi er volt ir shlekhts geton.",
"text": "ער האָט געזען אַז דאָס מאָל מיידט זי אויס זיין בליק ווי ער וואָלט איר שלעכטס געטאָן.",
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}
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