Basic Yiddish
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Basic Yiddish

A Grammar and Workbook

  1. 176 pages
  2. English
  3. PDF
  4. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - PDF

Basic Yiddish

A Grammar and Workbook

About this book

Basic Yiddish: A Grammar and Workbook comprises an accessible reference grammar with related exercises in a single volume.

The workbook is structured around 36 short units, each presenting relevant grammar points which are explained using multiple examples in jargon-free language.


Basic Yiddish

is suitable for both class use as well as independent study. Key features include:

  • a clear, accessible format
  • many useful language examples
  • jargon-free explanations of grammar
  • abundant exercises with a full answer key

Clearly presented and user-friendly, Basic Yiddish provides readers with the essential tools to express themselves in a wide variety of situations, making it an ideal grammar reference and practice resource for both beginners and students with some knowledge of the language.

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Table of contents

  1. Front Cover
  2. Basic Yiddish
  3. Copyright Page
  4. Contents
  5. Preface
  6. 1. Introduction to nouns, articles, attributive adjectives, noun phrases, the nominative case, pronouns
  7. 2. Introduction to verbs, regular verbs in the present indicative tense
  8. 3. Irregular verb to be the predicative (predicate nouns, pronouns and adjectives)
  9. 4. Adverbs and adjective quantifiers
  10. 5. Numbers
  11. 6. Possessive pronouns
  12. 7. Negation
  13. 8. Yiddish word order 1: verb position, direct questions, the second person conjugation of the imperative mood (direct commands)
  14. 9. Yiddish word order 2: conjunctions, relative pronouns, relative clauses, consecutive word order (“so”)
  15. 10. Irregular infinitives: to have and others
  16. 11. The accusative case, declension of proper names
  17. 12. Prepositions, adverbs designating place
  18. 13. Indirect object, the dative case, declension of nouns, the dative as possessive case
  19. 14. Declension of pronouns
  20. 15. The pronoun
  21. 16. Yiddish word order 3: verbs with more than one part: the periphrastic verb to like, love
  22. 17. Mood: modal verbs, conjugations of the first and third person of the imperative mood, the subjunctive mood
  23. 18. The future tense
  24. 19. The past tense
  25. 20. Verbs with prefixes: separable prefix verbs (complemented verbs), inseparable prefix verbs
  26. 21. Aspect: repeated action in the past aspectual verbal constructions
  27. 22. The conditional mood
  28. 23. The participle and suffixes on nouns, adjectives and verbs
  29. 24. Demonstrative pronouns
  30. 25. Comparative and superlative adjectives
  31. Glossary of working vocabulary
  32. Key to exercises
  33. Index

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