Ok, this is one of the Yiddish lessons where we give you the opportunity to piece together the text yourself. You can do it! Especially since the Yiddish vocab is all at the bottom… So you don’t have to scroll back and forth and lose your place and get your mouse hand tired, we’ve inserted…

Have patience… keep it up, you’re teaching yourself Yiddish already! By the end of this unit you should know about 80 common Yiddish words! By the end of the course you will know over 300 words, and know quite a few important Yiddish grammar rules, including how to conjugate present tense for every pronoun (it’s…

This conversation uses greetings and vocab introduced earlier, as well as adding new common Yiddish words and expressions. Test yourself with Exercise 1h. As always, listen, and then pronounce the words for yourself!   טײַרון: וואָס מאַכסטו, פֿרעד?   Tyrone:Vos Makhstu, Fred?              How are you?   פֿרעד: אַלעס איז זייער גוט!   Fred:Ales iz…

באַגריסונגען Bagrisungen Greetings Welcome to the very first lesson of the of the 44 lesson Yiddish Academy course! Greetings are obviously important if you want to be a mensch (lit. human, a civilized person.)  Instructions: Listen to the audio by clicking the play button on the player under the word. Go through the list of…

This short morning exchange incorporates Yiddish greetings and vocabulary learned in 1a and 1b. If you think you can, try Exercise 1c before you look here. You're learning Yiddish fast!   If you're less confident, review and listen to the schmooze below first. You'll want to hear it anyway, because it's funny without really meaning…

Well, our paragraphs so far are really conversations, but the idea is that you piece it together on your own. It’s more satisfying that way, no? And you retain the info better, because it’s interactive. Don’t worry, all of the words used are on the bottom again, and the links and cheat button are there.…

Here’s another short exchange, just to give you a feel for the Yiddish greetings, and a bit more vocab usage. Again, if you think you have it down, you can skip to Exercise 1d to see if you have it. Either way, enjoy Moshe and I schmoozing together.   בערעל: שלום עַליכם. Shalom Aleykhem. Berel:…

The first Yiddish  words we will learn are very common. In fact, if you saw Fiddler on the Roof, you probably know some of the already! Just add a few more basic words and  you can pretend you speak Yiddish, even if you don’t. That isn’t our goal here, of course. We want to learn…

    1a Common Words 1b Greetings 1c Shmooze 1 1d Shmooze 2 1e Paragraph 1 1f Paragraph 2 1g Shmooze 3 1h Shmooze 4 1i Proverb

The continuing saga of Shmelke and Moyshe. Looks like Moyshe is doing a bit better… Try some role-playing if you haven’t already. You should already know most of these words, no? If it’s easy peezy, try the exercise first.    משה:  אַ גוט וואָך!   Moyshe: A gut voch! A good week! שמעלקע: אַ גוטן.…