ABSTRACT

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 https://ebookstore.tandf.co.uk/audio_viewbooks.aspx)

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

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

chapter |14 pages

The Yiddish alphabet and pronunciation

chapter 1|14 pages

Hello How are you?

chapter 2|15 pages

Where do you live?

chapter 3|11 pages

What do you like to do?

chapter 5|18 pages

Where does your family live?

chapter 6|16 pages

My head hurts!

chapter 7|13 pages

The black shirt looks nice!

chapter 8|15 pages

You didn't eat the getilte fish!

chapter 9|18 pages

How was the trip?

chapter 10|15 pages

It's going to snow soon!

chapter 11|15 pages

I hate my job!

chapter 12|14 pages

How much did you pay for the CDs?

chapter 13|14 pages

I want to see a new film in yiddish!

chapter 14|12 pages

I can't read my emails!

chapter 15|12 pages

I used to read a lot