What does nu mean in yiddish

The last piece left to enter the mobile world is the text of the Prayers and Blessings. I minimally updated it, but I am working on improving it by shortening each line of Hebrew text to be narrow enough to fit on a mobile screen.

For larger screens, the Hebrew and English will appear side-by-side. I am finding that this shorter text makes it easier to see what the individual words and phrases mean, if you are interested in learning and understanding the Hebrew. Wagging a pointer finger at a young child while saying, "Nu, nu, nu! It basically means, "No" or "Don't do that," the Jewish Israeli way.

You have to adopt a stern frown, to show that the scolding is serious business — even if the disciplinarian act lasts only as long as it takes you to get the words out of your mouth. Now you know what to do the next time a child in your vicinity is committing a misdemeanor. So nu, what are you waiting for? Shoshana Kordova Aug. Nu An all-purpose word that doesn't really mean anything, like "well," "so" or "wassup?

A friend of mine who worked for a Jewish history museum joked that they answered the phone "Jew mu, nu? If someone says something that doesn't seem to make any sense, you might say, "nu? Shmutz Dirt. Refers to a trivial amount of nuisance dirt, not real filth.

Example: "You have some shmutz on your shirt; brush it off. Can be used as a noun, but is usually used as a verb. Examples: "Come to our party! Eat, drink and shmooze! Examples: "The collector had so many tchatchkes that he had to buy a bigger house! Laurel Snyder I scribble a lot. I talk too much.