Colloquial Yiddish
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Colloquial Yiddish

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Colloquial Yiddish

About this book

Specially written by an experienced teacher, Colloquial Yiddish offers a step-by-step approach to Yiddish as it is spoken and written today.

Colloquial Yiddish provides the first widely available, easily accessible, comprehensive Yiddish course designed primarily for the twenty-first-century international English-speaking independent learner and suitable for use in Yiddish classes worldwide.

Each unit presents numerous grammatical points that are reinforced with a wide range of exercises for regular practice. A full answer key can be found at the back as well as useful vocabulary summaries throughout.

Key features include:

  • graded development of speaking, listening, reading and writing skills
  • realistic and entertaining dialogues
  • jargon-free and clearly structured grammatical explanations
  • a range of dynamic and appropriate supporting exercises
  • supplementary texts presenting many of the most significant and relevant aspects of Yiddish culture

By the end of this rewarding course you will be able to communicate confidently and effectively in Yiddish in a broad range of situations.

Course components:

The complete course comprises the book and audio materials. These are available to purchase separately in paperback, ebook, CD and MP3 format. The paperback and CDs can also be purchased together in the great-value Colloquials pack.

Paperback: 978-0-415-58019-9 (please note this does not include the audio)

CDs: 978-0-415-58020-5

eBook: 978-0-203-85120-3 (please note this does not include the audio, available to purchase from http://ebookstore.tandf.co.uk/audio_viewbooks.aspx)

MP3s: 978-0-415-58021-2 (available to purchase from http://ebookstore.tandf.co.uk/audio_viewbooks.aspx)

Pack: 978-0-415-58022-9 (paperback and CDs)

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Unit One

ืžืึทื›ืกื˜ื•? ืฉืœื•ื ืขืœื™ื›ื! ื•ื•ืึธืก

Hello! How are you?
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In this unit you will learn:
โ€ข how to introduce yourself and others
โ€ข how to ask how someone is
โ€ข how to ask and answer yes/no questions
โ€ข how to ask and answer open-ended questions
โ€ข how to use the indefinite article (a/an)
โ€ข pronouns
โ€ข the present tense of the verbs ื–ืฒึทืŸ (to be) and ื”ืึธื‘ืŸ (to have)
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Dialogue 1

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(Audio 1:7)
Khane (the Yiddish equivalent of Hannah) is a new student on an intensive week-long Yiddish course. After one of the lessons she wants to try out some of the greetings that she has learned. She introduces herself to Rokhl (Rachel), a more advanced student.
ืฉืœื•ื ืขืœื™ื›ื! ื—ื ื”
ืขืœื™ื›ื ืฉืœื•ื! ืจื—ืœ
ืื™ืš ื”ืฒืก ื—ื ื”. ื•ื•ื™ ื”ืฒืกื˜ื•? ื—ื ื”
ืื™ืš ื”ืฒืก ืจื—ืœ. ื•ื•ืึธืก ืžืึทื›ืกื˜ื•? ืจื—ืœ
ื–ืฒืขืจ ื’ื•ื˜, ืึท ื“ืึทื ืง. ื•ื•ืึธืก ืžืึทื›ืกื˜ื•? ื—ื ื”
ืคึฟืจืขื’ ื ื™ืฉื˜! ืื™ืš ื‘ื™ืŸ ื–ืฒืขืจ ืžื™ื“ ืื•ืŸ ืื™ืš ื”ืึธื‘ ืึท ืกืš ืึทืจื‘ืขื˜! ืจื—ืœ
KHANE sholem aleykhem!
ROKHL aleykhem sholem!
KHANE ikh heys khane. vi heystu?
ROKHL ikh heys rokhl. vos makhstu?
KHANE zeyer gut, a dank. vos makhstu?
ROKHL freg nisht! ikh bin zeyer mid un ikh hob a sakh arbet!
KHANE Hello!
ROKHL Hello!
KHANE My name is (literally: I am called) Khane. Whatโ€™s your name (literally: how are you called)?
ROKHL My name is Rokhl. How are you?
KHANE Good, thanks. How are you?
ROKHL Donโ€™t ask! Iโ€™m very tired and I have a lot of work!
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Vocabulary

Hannah khane ื—ื ื” [ื›ืึทื ืข]
hello sholem aleykhem ืฉืœื•ื ืขืœื™ื›ื [ืฉืึธืœืขื ืึทืœืฒื›ืขื]
Rachel rokhl ืจื—ืœ [ืจืึธื›ืœ]
hello (in reply) aleykhem sholem ืขืœื™ื›ื ืฉืœื•ื [ืึทืœืฒื›ืขื ืฉืึธืœืขื]
I ikh ืื™ืš
am called heys ื”ืฒืก
Whatโ€™s your name (literally: how are you called)? vi heystu? ื•ื•ื™ ื”ืฒืกื˜ื•?
how vi ื•ื•ื™
How are you? vos makhstu? ื•ื•ืึธืก ืžืึทื›ืกื˜ื•?
what vos ื•ื•ืึธืก
very zeyer ื–ืฒืขืจ
good gut ื’ื•ื˜
thanks a dank ืึท ื“ืึทื ืง
Donโ€™t ask! freg nisht! ืคึฟืจืขื’ ื ื™ืฉื˜!
am bin ื‘ื™ืŸ
tired mid ืžื™ื“
and un ืื•ืŸ
have hob ื”ืึธื‘
a lot, much a sakh ืึท ืกืš [ืกืึทืš]
work arbet ืึทืจื‘ืขื˜
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Language points

1 Greetings

There are two main ways of saying hello in Yiddi...

Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Half Title
  3. Title Page
  4. Copyright Page
  5. Table of Contents
  6. Acknowledgements
  7. Introduction
  8. The Yiddish alphabet and pronunciation
  9. 1 ืžืึทื›ืกื˜ื•? ืฉืœื•ื ืขืœื™ื›ื! ื•ื•ืึธืก Hello! How are you?
  10. 2 ื•ื•ื•ึผ ื•ื•ืฑื ืกื˜ื•? Where do you live?
  11. 3 ื•ื•ืึธืก ื”ืึธืกื˜ื• ืœื™ื‘ ืฆื• ื˜ืึธืŸ? What do you like to do?
  12. 4 ืžืฒึทืŸ ื“ื™ืจื” ืื™ื– ืฆื• ืงืœืฒืŸ! My flat is too small!
  13. 5 ื•ื•ื•ึผ ื•ื•ืฑื ื˜ ื“ืฒึทืŸ ืžืฉืคึผื—ื”? Where does your family live?
  14. 6 ื“ืขืจ ืงืึธืคึผ ื˜ื•ื˜ ืžื™ืจ ื•ื•ืฒ! My head hurts!
  15. 7 ื“ืึธืก ืฉื•ื•ืึทืจืฆืข ื”ืขืžื“ ื–ืขื˜ ืืฑืก ืฉืฒืŸ! The black shirt looks nice!
  16. 8 !ื“ื• ื”ืึธืกื˜ ื ื™ืฉื˜ ื’ืขื’ืขืกืŸ ื“ื™ ื’ืขืคึฟื™ืœื˜ืข ืคึฟื™ืฉ You didnโ€™t eat the gefilte fish!
  17. 9 ื•ื•ื™ ืื™ื– ื’ืขื•ื•ืขืŸ ื“ื™ ื ืกื™ืขื”? How was the trip?
  18. 10 ืขืก ื•ื•ืขื˜ ื‘ืึทืœื“ ืฉื ืฒืขืŸ! Itโ€™s going to snow soon!
  19. 11 !ืื™ืš ื”ืึธื‘ ืคึฟืฒึทื ื˜ ืžืฒึทืŸ ืึทืจื‘ืขื˜! I hate my job!
  20. 12 ื•ื•ื™ืคึฟืœ ื”ืึธืกื˜ื• ื‘ืึทืฆืึธืœื˜ ืคึฟืึทืจ ื“ื™ ืงืึธืžืคึผืึทืงื˜ืœืขืš? How much did you pay for the CDs?
  21. 13 ืื™ืš ื•ื•ื™ืœ ื–ืขืŸ ืึท ื ืฒึทืขื ืคึฟื™ืœื ืืฑืฃ ื™ื™ึดื“ื™ืฉ! I want to see a new film in Yiddish!
  22. 14 ืื™ืš ืงืขืŸ ื ื™ืฉื˜ ืœืฒืขื ืขืŸ ืžืฒึทื ืข ื‘ืœื™ืฆื‘ืจื™ื•ื•! I canโ€™t read my emails!
  23. 15 ืื™ืš ืคึฟืœืขื’ ืœืฒืขื ืขืŸ ืึท ืกืš I used to read a lot
  24. Additional resources
  25. Grammar summary
  26. Key to exercises
  27. Yiddishโ€“English glossary
  28. Englishโ€“Yiddish glossary
  29. Grammatical index
  30. Topic index

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