Colloquial Yiddish

Specially written by an experienced teacher for self-study or class use, the course offers you a step-by-step approach to written or spoken Yiddish. No prior knowledge of the language is required.

Lily Kahn is a postdoctoral researcher in the Department of Hebrew and Jewish Studies, University Colledge London.

Acknowledgements Introduction The Yiddish Alphabet and Pronunciation 1. Hello! How are you? 2. Where do you live? 3. What do you like to do? 4. My flat is too small! 5. Where does your family live? 6. My head hurts! 7. The black shirt looks nice! 8. You didn't eat the gefilte fish! 9. How was the trip? 10. It's going to snow soon! 11. I hate my job! 12. How much did you pay for the CDs? 13. I want to see a new film in Yiddish! 14. I can't read my emails! 15. I used to read a lot. Additional Resources Grammar Summary Key to Exercises Yiddish-English Glossary English-Yiddish Glossary Grammatical Index Topic Index