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Anonymous Posted 19 years ago
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inflected

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Please tell me what the word 'inflected' mean in this partial sentence.

always spoke Hebrew inflected with Yiddish and English
  

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Anonymous Hi, Please tell me what the word 'inflected' mean in this partial sentence. always spoke Hebrew inflected with Yiddish and English Here "inflect" means to alter. You could also use "peppered" to express the idea of including Yiddish and English words and phrases while speaking Hebrew.

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  • Anonymous Hi, Please tell me what the word 'inflected' mean in this partial sentence.
  • always spoke Hebrew inflected with Yiddish and English Here "inflect" means to alter.
  • You could also use "peppered" to express the idea of including Yiddish and English words and phrases while speaking Hebrew.
  • More common, I rather imagine, is speaking English peppered with Yiddish.
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AnonymousHi,

Please tell me what the word 'inflected' mean in this partial sentence.

always spoke Hebrew inflected with Yiddish and English
Here "inflect" means to alter. You could also use "peppered" to express the idea of including Yiddish and English words and phrases while speaking Hebrew. More comm
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inflected: not too good
peppered: much better
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