https://dewofyouryouth.com/A blog by Jacob Shore about genealogy, language learning, faith, and software — tracing family history, studying Arabic, and thinking carefully about things that matter.enTue, 26 May 2026 13:44:54 UTChttps://dewofyouryouth.com/post/modern-standard-arabic-hebrew-and-the-ghost-of-yiddish/https://dewofyouryouth.com/post/modern-standard-arabic-hebrew-and-the-ghost-of-yiddish/Tue, 26 May 2026 07:54:09 +0200 Hebrew became the mother tongue of millions; Modern Standard Arabic remains a formal register nobody speaks at home. Both underwent deliberate standardization in the same historical window — the difference reveals what language revival actually requires.https://dewofyouryouth.com/post/what-duolingo-doesnt-teach-you-about-turkish/https://dewofyouryouth.com/post/what-duolingo-doesnt-teach-you-about-turkish/Wed, 14 Jan 2026 09:24:40 +0200 A beginner-friendly Turkish phrase list with IPA cues, early pronunciation notes, and why Duolingo basics miss what you actually need first.https://dewofyouryouth.com/post/weekly-vlog-in-hebrew/https://dewofyouryouth.com/post/weekly-vlog-in-hebrew/Sun, 07 Sep 2025 14:05:04 +0300 I will now start a weekly vlog in Hebrew - similar to what I do with the Daily Derja.https://dewofyouryouth.com/post/hacking-my-memory-for-vocab/https://dewofyouryouth.com/post/hacking-my-memory-for-vocab/Wed, 27 Aug 2025 19:08:51 +0300 What I do when a word refuses to stick—why brute force fails, and how I hack the brain’s tagging system.https://dewofyouryouth.com/post/new-arabic-pages/https://dewofyouryouth.com/post/new-arabic-pages/Mon, 23 Jun 2025 18:03:26 +0300 An explanation of the new Arabic pageshttps://dewofyouryouth.com/post/eat-/-feed-/-teach-/-learn/https://dewofyouryouth.com/post/eat-/-feed-/-teach-/-learn/Sat, 17 May 2025 21:37:20 +0200 Tunisian Arabic Verbs With Causative Formshttps://dewofyouryouth.com/post/tunisian-arabic-study/https://dewofyouryouth.com/post/tunisian-arabic-study/Wed, 07 May 2025 08:18:33 +0300 Current Tunisian Arabic study stack: Anki workflows, mnemonics, Easy Tunisian Arabic, and Obsidian notes.https://dewofyouryouth.com/post/two-simple-dialogues/https://dewofyouryouth.com/post/two-simple-dialogues/Tue, 29 Apr 2025 21:23:47 +0200 Jacob meets a friend for coffee and visits the doctorhttps://dewofyouryouth.com/post/images-for-random-vocabulary-words/https://dewofyouryouth.com/post/images-for-random-vocabulary-words/Tue, 29 Apr 2025 16:12:10 +0200 Some AI generated images for Tunisian vocabulary words.https://dewofyouryouth.com/post/language-learning-so-far/https://dewofyouryouth.com/post/language-learning-so-far/Thu, 20 Mar 2025 11:07:22 +0200 My methods for learning Arabichttps://dewofyouryouth.com/post/darija-start/https://dewofyouryouth.com/post/darija-start/Tue, 18 Mar 2025 08:12:29 +0200 Starter notes for Moroccan Darija with greetings, transliterations, and embedded audio.