Obey verb = heicha
— compare listen (verb)
Miah missa Gott heicha.
- Obeyed verb = keicht past tense
Si hott iahra maemm keicht.
Of them = funna
Samm funna henn parts missing.
Vels funna gleichsht’s besht?
Offer verb = offera
Often = oft (frequently; compare with oftentimes.)
Deah vayk is oft da vayk es miah gayn.
(more) Often = eftah
Sell haebbend eftah es difoah.
Oftentimes = als (usually connected with a verb. See also once; compare with oft)
’S vatt is als getrenslayt “veld”.
Old adj (as in age)
- ald (with neuter nouns)
’S macht nix aus vi ald es du bisht. - aldah (with m nouns)
- aldi (with f and plural nouns)
Older adj = eldah (as in comparison to something else)
Vi doon selli es eldah sinn shpiahra veyyich yungi?
Ich binn eldah heit es ich voah geshtah!
’Sis hatt fa eldah vadda.
- eldahra (with m nouns)
Shvetz mitt dei eldahra broodah diveyya. - eldri (with f and plural nouns)
Eldri shveshtra braucha hilf.
Shvetz mitt dei eldri shveshtah diveyya.
Oldest adj = eldsht
Once = als (at one time, oftentimes)
Leit henn vennichah leevi es si als katt henn.
Old (people) noun = di eldri plural
Vi kenna eldri un yingahri nannah helfa?
One (number) = ayn (See also ay, ayn, ayns, and vann language lesson)
Miah henn drei geil: zvay sinn brau, un ayn is shvatz.
One = ay (a single item) (See also ay, ayn, ayns, and vann language lesson)
Ay mann un ay fraw.
One (of) = ayns (one of several; always used with funn) (See also ay, ayn, ayns, and vann language lesson)
Sell is ayns funn di reesins es miah shaffa missa.
One pro = vann (when refering to another person)
When used as a pronoun, vann will use da or di right in front of it — depending on whether the noun being replaced is masculine or feminine.
Da Andy is da vann es ‘s haus gebaut hott.
Di Donna is di vann es ‘s broht gmacht hott.
- Ones pro = di vans plural (as in other people)
Oneself pro = em (more personal. See also us)
Open verb = uf macha (opposite of close)
Mach dei maul uf.
Ich zayl di deah uf macha.
Openly adv = fanna rumm (opposite of secretly)
Opportunity noun = di gleyyaheit | di opportunity
Ouchy noun = atzi (a boo-boo; used for pain with very small children)
Our
- unsah (when talking to a group)
- em sei (more personal; when having a conversation with someone)
(out) loud adj = laut
(with a verb, it often means out loud)
(See also loud and sound (verb))
Kansht du di shrift laut laysa?
Favass du ich nett laut laysa…
Own pro = ayknes
Uf unsah ayknes kenna miah nett acht gevva uf alles.
Own verb = aykna
- (du) aykensht
- (eah/see/es) aykend
- (miah) aykna
- (diah) ayknet
- (si) aykna
- Owned verb = gaykend past tense
Own adj:
- aykni (with f and pl nouns)
- ayknah (with m nouns)