By Rabbi Benjamin Blech
You’re no fool, of course. you could serve up a median s’il vous plaît in a French bistro, reside los angeles vida loca for an evening of margaritas, and deal with a sayonara! after sushi, sake, and karaoke. but if it involves throwing round a bit Yiddish, you are feeling like a complete nebbish! Don’t throw up your arms in a helpless “Oy, vey” simply but! the total Idiot’s advisor® to studying Yiddish is your consultant to this distinctive tongue, no matter if you’re tackling principles of grammar or simply throwing round a few key terms so that you sound rather less goyish. during this entire Idiot’s advisor® you get: --A attention-grabbing clarification of ways and why Yiddish constructed. --An effortless creation to the Yiddish alphabet, in addition to to the particular sound of Yiddish. --All the Yiddish you’ll want for speaking with friends and family or for bargain-hunting on New York’s decrease East facet. --A treasury of Yiddish phrases and words for every little thing.
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You want to go see moleray (paintings), or perhaps some skulptur (sculpture). You probably should buy a firer-bikhl (a guide book). Make sure to ask before you take photographs: Tsi meg ikh fotografiren (May I take pictures)? Â < previous page page_140 next page > If you like this book, buy it! < previous page page_141 next page > Page 141 Hooray, It's on Sale Of all the things to do, shopping is surely one of the most enjoyable. You not only have a good time, but you come home with something. Shopping is a religious experience.
Previous page page_14 next page > Page 14 Besides, you already bought the book, so it would be a shande (shame) to waste the money. Trust me. Your own mother would tell you: Read. Study. Talk a little Yiddish. And enjoy, enjoy! Â < previous page page_14 next page > If you like this book, buy it! < previous page page_140 next page > 55 56 Page 140 strokes for different folksor, as we say in Yiddish, nisht yeder eyner est mit di zelbe tseyner (not everyone eats with the same teeth, meaning people have different tastes).
For Jews, as anyone who has seen Fiddler on the Roof surely knows, the prayer "To life, to life, l'khayim," is the wish that is most repeated in every social setting. Life is God's greatest gift. Life offers opportunities for divine service and the accumulation of good deeds that will stand us in good stead as tickets to heaven. The English call for "cheers," the Swedes yell out, skoal, Spaniards say salud. Yiddish takes the word khai (life) and doubles it with the plural Hebrew ending -im so that we will be blessed with twice as much as expected.