Exercise 5g
Use it Schmooze it: By now we’re sure you’ve been using your Yiddish with family and friends, so translate Gary and Barry’s schmooze and show yourself what you’re made of! Go get ‘em tiger!
Barry: What’s doing Gary?
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Gary: A lot!!
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Barry: Yeah…..?
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Gary: I am learning Yiddish.
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Barry: Where are you learning Yiddish?
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Gary: In the Yiddish Academy.
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Barry: You travel every day in a car?
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Gary: No no, I don’t need to travel.
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Barry: You don’t need to travel? What do you mean?
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Gary: The academy is on the internet.
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Barry: Aha! You mean a website!
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Gary: Yeah yeah something like that.
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Barry: Is it good?
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Gary: It’s not only good, it’s amazing!
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Barry: How much does the tuition cost, probably a few thousand dollars?
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Gary: No no, the opposite, it’s inexpensive.
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Barry: Inexpensive?! What’s the explanation?
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Gary: They want people to know the language!
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Barry: Thanks for the information.
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Gary: Ain’t no thing!
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