Can anyone translate the following: ani od paam mishtafen
Thanks in advance.

What language is it deprived from? I might be able to help. I speak three different languages and have some knowledge of others. But then again, you could always go to an online translater.

tokyoboi - 26 December 2008 10:48 AM

What language is it deprived from?

Correction: derived...not deprived. Sorry.

ani od paam mishtafen

ani = אני modern Israeli Hebrew “I”

od paam = עוד פעם “again” cf. ex lingua אף פעם af pa‘am “never”

mishtafen = perhaps one Yiddish corruption of a rather malodorous loanword from original German Misthaufen “dungheap”:

Now with zero Heb. copula, “I’m (a) dungheap again!”

Boy are you opening yourself up with that translation ! ! ! ! !
Got to love what you do with stuff, here.

Strange vocabulary “mishtafen” perhaps just one more way of apologizing to some mistreated, old girlfriend—proper rhetorical context may often be too privy for a right thorough understanding!