r/hebrew • u/Maleficent_Hand_4031 • 10h ago
Help Hebrew versus Yiddish
Hello!
Apologies if I have missed this discussion, the only threads I saw about it didn't quite seem to help.
So I have tried to look this up already, but I have a lot of trouble distinguishing reading Hebrew from Yiddish. The main thing that I have read explaining the differences that has seemed to click is that Yiddish vowels are spelled out, and that Hebrews are represented with niqqud (so essentially when written, generally not actually represented on the page unless you are looking at poetry or something that uses them a lot).
I am not sure how to distinguish aside from that, and even that mostly just feels like I guess. Since I can read Hebrew, I am confused while I am struggling so much, but I am, so, any help would be so appreciated! I feel really embarrassed by this question, so please be kind.