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CONVERSATIONAL YIDDISH For Adult Groups, Extension Classes and Self-Study compiled by SOLOMON COLODNER BLOCK PUBLISHING ^The 31 West CO. Jewish Book Concern 31st Street, New York, N, Y, 10001 mi e:,;„. , m i PREFACE The educated Jew in America speaks English — but is expected to know some Hebrew, the ''holy tongue" of Torah C'l'shon ha-kodesh'O and the living language of the State of Israel rivrith"). Many read and understand Yiddish -- the vernacular of our parents and grandparents ; the language in which a vast literature and cultural treasures are preserved. Yiddish, to this very day, serves as a bond between the past and present — between generations of Jews in various lands of origin. It was also part of Jewish prayer and study, a vital part of the Jewish stream of life. Yiddish, the Italian who language spoken since the year 1000, when French and to migrate to the Rhineland, was spoken by the masses Jews began immigrated to the U. S. The base of Yiddish is the language spoken by the Franks in the Rhine — now called Middle High German. To this base were added Hebrew, Aramic, old French, Italian and later — Slavic elements. Yiddish developed into an independent lauguage with an original syntax and grammar. Valley Yiddish people. reflects The life in the "'shtetr' Hebrew element forms a and expressions that are related to the Jew are derived from Hebrew. — part of the soul vital spiritual of the Jewish Yiddish. All words and religious life of the part of one who knows elementary Hebrew, Yiddish reading and writing a minimum of effort in one or two sessions. To speak Yiddish well, one must live with Yiddish speaking people and engage in continuous conversation. It must become ""Mahme loshon" — the mother's tongue. It is advisable to study the material in the Appendix before studying the lessons in conversation. For one who never studied Hebrew it is vital that he or she first master the phonetics of the Hebrew alphabet. For can be learned with This digest of is not a text for the intensive study common and well-known of Yiddish. It phrases and expressions — is rather a with a sup- plement of the familiar Yiddish proverbs. It should prove helpful and inin Yiddish classess of High School Youth, Extension Classes and Adult Study Groups — as well as for Self-Study. Gratitude is hereby expressed to Mr. Yudel Mark, Consultant of the Jewish Education Committee of New York, for reading the manuscript and for making valuable suggestions; and to Education Committee and Dr. Elias Schulman, Librarian of the Jewish Seminary, N. Y. for Jewish Teachers at literature the Yiddish instructor of formative examining the text and helping in its preparation for the press. S. C. CONTENTS Lesson '/ Greetings Hello! Hello! How Thank How you? are ? n^s t3Dxa op DDxa op you, very well do you feel? So So Excellent How He is (Fine) your brother? ? ij?7nai nsr^-'s