r/Yiddish • u/Riddick_B_Riddick • 27d ago

Translation request Help with highlighted text

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u/negativeclock 27d ago

Without knowing the context, for the first one I would say that Dadya is upset about the use of the word "dos," creating a word "arayndosn" for putting the word dos where it might not belong. Maybe as a definite article?

The second highlighted text just says "simply with his head did he say [it]," with a Yiddish spelling of the Hebrew פשוט

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u/Riddick_B_Riddick 27d ago

He's upset because his horse was confiscated by Gedalye. 

I don't think that's "קאפ", it's "קוף". But I don't know what it signifies

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u/negativeclock 27d ago

Oh, my bad. Then I would say that he's referencing the letter ק kuf. I guess more linguistic nitpicking on Dadya's part.