| א |
silent |
איי |
[EY] |
egg |
|
| אַ |
A |
אַלץ |
[ALTS] |
everything |
|
| אָ |
O |
אָרעם |
[OREM] |
arm |
|
| ב |
B |
באַקן |
[BAKN] |
bake |
|
| בֿ |
V |
רבֿ |
[ROV] |
rabbi |
|
| ג |
G |
געבן |
[GEBN] |
give |
|
| ד |
D |
דין |
[DIN] |
thin |
|
| ה |
H |
האָבער |
[HOBER] |
oats |
|
| ו, וּ |
U |
קומען, וווּ |
[KUMEN], [VU] |
come, where |
|
| וו |
V |
וואָס |
[VOS] |
what |
|
| וי |
OY |
אויער |
[OYER] |
ear |
|
| ז |
Z |
זען |
[ZEN] |
see |
|
| זש |
Zh |
זשעדנע |
[ZhEDNE] |
greedy |
As distinguished from, e.g., אַזהרה. [AZ-HORE] |
| ח |
Kh |
חרטה |
[KhAROTE] |
regret |
As distinguished from, e.g., פּיקהאָלץ. [PIK-HOLTS] |
| ט |
T |
טאָן |
[TON] |
tone |
|
| י, יִ |
I |
צי, ציִען |
[TSI], [TSIEN] |
whether, pull |
|
| י |
Y |
יאָר |
[YOR] |
year |
Pronounced [Y] when preceding a vowel |
| ײ |
EY |
ביימער |
[BEYMER] |
trees |
|
| ײַ |
AY |
לײַט |
[LAYT] |
people |
|
| כּ |
K |
כּשר |
[KOShER] |
kosher |
|
| כ, ך |
Kh |
כאַפּן, רויך |
[KhAPN], [ROYKh] |
grab, smoke |
As distinguished from, e.g., פּיקהאָלץ. [PIK-HOLTS]; in word-final. position ך |
| ל |
L |
לעבן |
[LEBN] |
live |
|
| מ, ם |
M |
מאַכן, שוואָם |
[MAKhN, ShVOM] |
make, sponge |
in word-final position ם |
| נ, ן |
N |
ניסן |
[NISN] |
sneeze |
in word-final position ן |
| ס |
S |
סלופּ |
[SLUP] |
pole |
|
| ע |
E |
עסן |
[ESN] |
eat |
|
| פּ |
P |
פּאַקן |
[PAKN] |
pack |
|
| פֿ, ף |
F |
פֿיש, טיף |
[FISh], [TIF] |
fish, deep |
in word-final. position ף |
| צ, ץ |
TS |
צען, קאַץ |
[TSEN], [KATS] |
ten, cat |
in word-final. position ץ |
| ק |
K |
קעמל |
[KEML] |
comb |
|
| ר |
R |
רעדן |
[REDN] |
speak |
|
| ש |
Sh |
שיקן |
[ShIKN] |
send |
As distinguished from, e.g., אויסהאַלטן. [OYS-HALTN] |
|
| שׂ |
S |
מעשׂה |
[MAYSE] |
story |
|
| תּ |
T |
תּורה |
[TOYRE] |
Torah |
|
| ת |
S |
אות |
[OS] |
letter of the alphabet |
|