Bilingualism? Trilingualism? Lost-in-Translation-ism?

[amonseuldesir]

 

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[un_sedentary]

Haha, nice.

It's trilingual - the first part is in Hebrew, while the last part is half Yiddish half Hebrew.

[un_sedentary]

Actually, I'm guessing you weren't asking what it was, since you clearly understood it... so never mind. XD

[amonseuldesir]

For a second I thought you have found the hat..

[mad_troll]

Ah, but the Yiddish-illiterate in this community are grateful for the explanation!

I was wondering if I'd lost my brain..

[corvus]

Haha! That's totally cute.

[pne]

What does it say?

I could only read the English and the Yiddish.

I assume the first two lines of the Hebrew are the same as the English, so I'm missing the third line of the Hebrew as well as the bits after the Yiddish.

(Except that I'm guessing the stuff on the same line as the Yiddish means "If you read Yiddish", going by the mapping of "am" = "if" that seems to be in "If you don't" vs. "Am atah la ...", and Maltese qara-taqra = "to read".)

[naatz]

This is what the Hebrew says: "A Borsalino hat was found! If you don't know what is a Borsalino, you probably didn't lose it. If you did [do?]- you're welcome to call. Nathan, [] not on Saturday."

The [do]/[did] is because it's unclear what is "yes". Do you know what a Borsalino hat is, or did you lose it? This is one of those things you could understand literally and bug that poor Nathan for life. ;)

|Meduza|

[pne]

What's the bit at the bottom say, underneath the English?

[naatz]

I don't know any Yiddish, so up until the full stop I have no idea what it says. The Hebrew, though, says this: "If you read Yiddish check out with the guys if somebody lost [one]."

I kind of like this guy's humour.

|Meduza|

[dcseain]

Ok, what am i missing?

[amonseuldesir]

Well, missing you are probably not - yet the three layers of languages in this short note, each with its own flavor, syntax, additions and omissions - do create a tasty sandwich for language lovers.