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English term or phrase: there is
Is it s'gibt or s'gib ?
benstoik
Poland
Local time: 16:16


Summary of answers provided
5(e)s iz do/(e)s zaynen do
Lena Watson


  

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(e)s iz do/(e)s zaynen do


Explanation:
s'gibt is too German.

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Note added at 13 hrs (2009-05-15 09:44:09 GMT)
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I see. I gave you the standard Yiddish, while the song comes from Poland and was therefore written in the Polish Yiddish dialect, which is closer to German. So, my feeling is that the 's'gibt' is original.

Lena Watson
United Kingdom
Local time: 15:16
Native speaker of: Native in RussianRussian
Notes to answerer
Asker: Please see: http://holocaustmusic.ort.org/index.php?id=kalt I'm trying to understand if it was really "s'gibt" or if it was "Germanized" later.

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