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Yiddish
Etymology
From a Slavic language. Compare Russian же (že) and Polish że / -że.
Adverb
זשע • (zhe)
- (in questions) then, so
- אבֿרהם רייזען (Avrom Reyzen), מאַי־קאָ משמע־לן? (may-ko mashme-lon?, “Mai Ka Mashma Lan?”)
מאַי־קאָ משמע־לן דער רעגן? / וואָס־זשע לאָזט ער מיר צו הערן?- may-ko mashme-lon der regn? / vos-zhe lozt er mir tsu hern?
- What does the rain come to teach? / What, then, does it let me hear?
וואָס זשע ווילסטו?- vos zhe vilstu?
- What do you want?
ווער זשע האָט מײַן הוט גענומען?- ver zhe hot mayn hut genumen?
- Who took my hat?
- used after imperative verbs as an intensifier
גיב זשע מיר די שליסלען!- gib zhe mir di shlislen!
- Give me the keys!