The complete idiot's guide to learning Yiddish /
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| Author / Creator: | Blech, Benjamin. |
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| Imprint: | Indianapolis, IN : Alpha Books, c2000. |
| Description: | xviii, 366 p. : ill. ; 23 cm. |
| Language: | English |
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| Format: | E-Resource Book |
| URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/4823193 |
Table of Contents:
- Part 1. Getting to Know Yiddish
- 1. So What Do You Think, Yiddish Is Dead?
- Those Were the Days, My Friend
- The Three Giants of Yiddish Literature
- Laughing Through Tears
- Universal Yiddish
- Richer Than Rothschild
- The Play's the Thing
- Oy Vey--Why Yiddish Almost Died
- L'Chayim--To Life: The Modern Rebirth
- The Top Ten Reasons to Learn Yiddish
- 2. So Where Does Yiddish Come From?
- What's in a Name?
- Yiddish Is Older Than You Think
- Why Not Hebrew?
- Mame-loshen--A Language Spoken by Mothers
- What a Mishmash!
- My Yiddish, Your Yiddish
- I Don't Understand You
- Hold the Back Page
- 3. So Who Says You Don't Know Yiddish Already?
- Some of My Best Friends Are Yiddish
- And Then There's Yinglish
- And Don't Forget the Grammar
- Almost Identical Twins
- So How Come?
- So Now You Can Kvel
- Part 2. So Let's Get Started Already
- 4. It's as Easy as ABC--That's Easy?
- Try It with Honey
- A Picture Is Worth a Thousand Words
- The Sound of Music
- Show Me You're Finished
- Here's How to Say It
- Try Speaking a Bisel (Little)
- 5. The Basic Words
- The Ten Most Popular Words in Yiddish
- The Sexy Words
- Asking Questions in Yiddish
- Getting Personal in Yiddish
- Here's Looking at You
- Let's Be Objective
- Short and Sweet
- Time for Some Exercise
- 6. Meeting People and Making Friends
- Saying Hello
- Opening Questions
- A Little More About "You"
- Giving the Right Answers
- Infinitives and Introductions
- Did You Notice?
- Be Polite
- Asking a Question
- Parting Is Such Sweet Sorrow
- 7. The Days of Our Lives
- Is It Shabes Yet?
- The Months and the Seasons
- Side By Side
- An Ode to Potatoes
- Units of Time
- Timely Words and Expressions
- Wise Idioms
- So How Old Are You?
- Combining Numbers
- What Time Is It?
- Part 3. Home, Sweet Heym
- 8. All in the Family
- The Mamas and the Papas
- A Yiddish Mama
- A Lid far der Mamen
- Der Tate: The Father
- The Members of the Wedding
- It's a Zun
- The Rest of the Mishpokhe
- Welcoming the "Green" Cousin
- So What Are They Like?
- Time for Some Exercise
- Turning Adjectives into People
- 9. Kum Areyn--Come in, Please
- Such Nice Rooms!
- Looking All Around You
- Help Me Find It
- When "Men" Are Not "Men"
- Wear It in Good Health
- Such Beautiful Colors
- Try the House "Specials"
- Baked Stuffed Gefilte Fish--a la Ita
- Light-as-a-Feather Matza Balls
- What's a Meal Without Cake?
- Your Handy Cooking and Baking Guide
- 10. Let's Eat--Esen, Esen, Esen
- Don't Forget Breakfast
- When Do We Eat?
- The I'll-Do-It-Now Words
- The I'll-Do-It-Later Words
- So What's for Dinner?
- Start with an Appetizer
- Jewish Penicillin
- Ready for the Entree?
- You're Entitled to Two Sides
- A Little Dessert?
- Part 4. On the Town
- 11. How Should We Go?
- Let's Take the Car
- Travel Tips by Car
- Oy Vey, I'm in Trouble
- Better by Teksi
- ... or Public Transportation
- Did You Sing on the Trip?
- Living in the Past
- There's Always an Exception
- 12. A Table for Ten
- Pick a Restaurant
- Two Sets of Silverware
- The Yiddish Pocahontas
- Words to Remember
- At the Restaurant
- Constructive Criticism
- L'Khayim
- 13. Let Me Entertain You
- How About a Movie?
- Let's Go to the Theater Instead
- Agreeable Adjectives
- Who Says It's Not Nice to Compare?
- Where Else Can We Go?
- Let's Have a Ball
- Life's a Gamble
- Other Diversions
- Hooray, It's on Sale
- Where Did You Buy It?
- Look for a Metsiye
- It's Time for a Makeover
- A Sheyner Yid
- 14. Let's Go on Vacation
- Tell Me, Where Shall I Go?
- Getting There Is Half the Fun
- Thank God, It's Past Tense
- Going All the Way
- Milk and Honey
- Room and Board
- The Air Raid Siren
- Part 5. That's Life
- 15. Don't Get Sick!
- Discussing Body Parts
- S'tut Vey--It Hurts
- And That's the Truth
- I'm Not a Hypochondriac
- If You Don't Know, Ask
- Gevalt!
- Don't Make Me Younger
- The Expensive Funeral
- 16. Get a Good Job
- Doctor, Lawyer, Indian Chief?
- What Should I Become?
- So Many Choices
- Call Me
- Happiness Is
- Show Me the Money
- Lots and Lots
- The -en Ending
- Ten Dollars, Lots of Dollars
- Move Your -s
- To -er Is Human
- Leave Me Alone
- 17. God Bless You
- What Should We Call You, God?
- Thou Shalt Not Take My Name in Vain
- "Kosher" Nicknames
- The Respectful Son-in-Law
- God Talk
- Spiritual Words
- 18. You Gotta Follow the Rules
- Let's Be Definite
- Being Accusative
- Making a Dative
- Please Cut It Short
- The Ingenious Genitive
- Learn to Be More Possessive
- When Yiddish Is Hebrew
- As Long as You're Well
- Part 6. The Popular, the Powerful, and the Profound
- 19. Comparisons, Curses, and Blessings
- Biblical Similes
- Descriptive Expressions
- Rewarding the Philanthropist
- It's Imperative
- Put-Downs and Perfect Squelches
- Curses for All Seasons
- Blessings and Good Wishes
- 20. Morons and Misfits
- 21. Mentshen and Meyvinim
- When the Saints Come Marching In
- Meeting Mentshen
- The Good, the Bad, and the Beautiful
- The Terrible "D" Word
- Say It Ain't So
- Part 7. Yiddish Selections
- 22. The Wisdom of Proverbs
- Love Is a Many-Splendored Thing
- Es, Es--Eat, Eat
- All in the Family
- Good Advice
- Friends and Enemies
- Grow Old Along with Me
- Thinking About It
- 23. "Velvel" Shakespeare--and Other Classics
- Romeo, Shmoeo--What's in a Name?
- Ham Is Bad, but Hamlet's Great
- "Avrohom" Lincoln
- The Gettysburg Address (Original Version)
- And Now for the Yiddish
- Some Phrases to Remember
- The Ten Commandments
- The First Commandment
- The Second Commandment
- The Third Commandment
- The Fourth Commandment
- The Fifth Commandment
- The Sixth Commandment
- The Seventh Commandment
- The Eighth Commandment
- The Ninth Commandment
- The Tenth Commandment
- Exercising Your Mind
- From Shakespeare
- From Abraham Lincoln
- From God
- 24. Pop Culture in Yiddish Clothing
- The Top Ten Movie Quotes
- Slogans and Famous Sayings
- Guess Who Said It?
- The Envelope, Please
- What Did They Say?
- The Man and the Message
- Take Note of These
- 25. Voices of the Masters
- Hello, Sholom Aleichem
- The Treasure
- Try This Test
- The Popular Peretz
- The Head or the Heart?
- Introducing the Cast
- How High Is High?
- Fill in the Missing Word
- A Nobel Singer
- The Washer Woman
- Try to Write Like a Singer
- With a Song in My Heart
- Out of the Depths of Despair
- Song of the Partisans
- 26. Now That's Funny
- The Punch Line Is Yiddish
- Say It Again, Sarah
- The First Jewish President
- The Yid-English Dictionary
- Yiddish Types
- Oy, Vey, the Rabbi
- Listen to Your Rabbi
- Some Words to Remember
- Fill in the Missing Word
- Only in America
- Can You Figure It Out?
- You Figure Out the Punch Line
- The Jewish Atheist
- How Moses Won
- Taking No Chances
- Getting the Last Laugh
- Why Always Jews?
- 27. A Little Exercise Wouldn't Hurt You
- It Sounds Just Like It (Chapter 3)
- That's a Good Idea (Chapter 4)
- I Do Declare (Chapter 5)
- Let's Have Sex Again (Chapter 5)
- Living in the Present (Chapter 5)
- Objectively Speaking (Chapter 5)
- I Can't Live Without You (Chapter 5)
- Meet and Greet (Chapter 6)
- Infinitives Aren't Infinite (Chapter 6)
- Got the Time? (Chapter 7)
- Countdown (Chapter 7)
- You Can't Choose Your Relatives (Chapter 8)
- Clothes Make the Man and Woman (Chapter 9)
- A Rainbow Coalition (Chapter 9)
- Coming Right Up (Chapter 10)
- I'll Get to It (Chapter 10)
- What's the Problem? (Chapter 11)
- What's Past Is Past (Chapter 11)
- Let's Compare (Chapter 13)
- You'll Find It At ... (Chapter 13)
- What Hurts? (Chapter 15)
- So What Do You Do for a Living? (Chapter 16)
- Tell Me More (Chapter 16)
- Wise as King Solomon (Chapter 22)
- Parting Is Such Sweet Sorrow
- Appendixes
- A. Suggested Reading
- B. Take Me to the Movies
- C. Music to My Ears
- D. Answer Key
- Index