Articles

This could very possibly be the most important Yiddish exercise that you do today.

Remember…… the indefinite article is either a or an. (See lesson 2d for explanation.)

Fill it in: In the space provided fill in the proper indefinite article.

1.           _____ bisel ביסעל

2.           _____ gesheft געשעפֿט

3.           _____ ovnt אָװנט

4.           _____ sheyne tog שײנע טאָג

5.           _____ immigrant אימיגראַנט

6.           _____ gebortstog געבורצטאָג

7.           _____ shprakh שפּראַך

8.           _____ gas גאַס

9.           _____ sakh dolar סאַך דאָלאַר

10.  _____ shmues  שמועס

11.  _____ andere אַנדערע

12.  By now you should know that the indefinite article is more often than not: _____.

Shh... Big hint below!

Remember …….the definite articles are di די dos דאָס and der דער. We’re going to teach you how to discern the gender of the noun in a later lesson. For now, unless the gender of the noun is obvious you can get away with using di די as the definite article.