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What language do you know ma nishtana in?
Topic Started: Mar 28 2007, 06:46 PM (508 Views)
realeez
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(ma nishtana - 4 questions for pesach).

I know it in Hebrew, English, in elementary school I knew it in french, and now my kids know it in yiddish...

what about you?
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conundrum1
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Same, I used to know it in French, but I've forgotten it. I also used to know it in yiddish, but that's gone from my database as well.

Hebrew and English are good enough for me :D
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zuncompany
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I know it in english, hebrew, and while I don't know it by heart in yiddish I do say it every year for the past 6 in yiddish.
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Estie
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I know it in Hebrew, English, Yiddish and I remember 90% of the French.
Pourqoi cette nuit est el different de tout les outre nuit de l'anee? (I don't remember how to spell in French that well so sorry)
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conundrum1
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Tres bien!

Very impressive Estie :)
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ScrappingMom
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I know it in Hebrew, Yiddish, English. When we went to my parents for the Seder, we would all ask my father the Mah Nishtana. Every year, my brothers would tease me that I didn't know it in Yiddish. Since I'm the oldest, I went last and had the last laugh. :D
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zuncompany
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we also have everyone say it. My Rebbatzin and Rabbi in tucson would call their parents erev pesach to ask it if they weren't going to be with them. I loved that so we also have everyone say it. We used to laugh that it took hours by the Rabbi's house to say it cause everyone had their turn.
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rikal
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Up until now my 3 youngest all said it in Hebrew, this year only the youngest will probably say it. He is the only under BM we have. DS#1 repeats afterwards in Yiddish. I know it in both languages because I taught it to all of them. The Yiddish I forget now. I would love next year to have dd w/us as well because #1 GS will be right after his upsheren be"h and it would be cute to have a little boy say it again.
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Marion
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English, Hebrew, French (although the version I learned is different from Estie's). I have a haggadah that also has them in Spanish, Russian, and Yiddish, and my parents also have one in Ladino (although none of us can read it!). I also translated to Mandarin one year, and have that tucked into my haggadah, but DH has so far been unable to convince me to use it.
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Estie
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Mar 29 2007, 05:35 AM
English, Hebrew, French (although the version I learned is different from Estie's).

I think our French teacher translated it from English (I don't know if she was frum or could read Hebrew) which is why it is different.
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realeez
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maybe one is french canadian and the other real french?
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realeez
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some of my students in sunday school translated mah nishtana into french during snack time - they did a good job (from what I understood) and i gained brownie points with the moms LOL!
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Hebrew and English. I'll ask at this years seder if anyone knows it in any other language. Other languages that are spoken in the family are: Yiddish, Polish, Russian, Hebrew, Spanish, Latvian (grandma knew it.. I'll test her memory).
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ScrappingMom
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Dh says it in Spanish and Hebrew.

Barbie, it would be cool to record her for posterity.
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Zeesachaya
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My bro and I always asked it in Hebrew together. Then we'd alternate questions and read them aloud individually in English. As he was always the youngest boy at the table, he'd have first dibs and then I'd ask if I could join in and he'd say sure.
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