Yiddish Greeting Exercise
We feel it’s definitely good to get off your computer and write some things down, or at least to sound things out out loud if you have to stay on. So every lesson of the course includes written exercises, and of course they are now a part of your free Yiddish Greetings lesson.
Don’t get nervous, but this is a test! So some folks like to print this page out while others answer the questions out loud. Some really keen students do both! Exercise 1a Yiddish Greetings PDF printout
Either way, we promise not to laugh at your mistakes! We know you’ll get all these Yiddish Greetings down… you’ll be using Yiddish throughout your day!
Enjoy!
Vocab Check –up: Write the English translation for each of the following Yiddish greetings/phrases on the line below them.
שלום עַליכם!
Shalom aleykhm!
עַליכם שלום!
Aleykhm Shalom!
אַ גוטן
A guten
אַ גוטן טאָג
A guten tog
אַ גוט מאָרגען
A gut morgen
אַ גוטן אָוונט
A gutn ovent
אַ גוטע נאַכט
A gute nakht!
אַ גוט יאָר
A gut yor
אַ גוטן חודש
A gutn choydesh
וואָס איז נײַעס?
Vas iz nayes?
וואָס טוט זיך?
Vas tut zikh?
וואָס הערט זיך?
Vas hert zikh?
וואָס מאַכסטו?
Vas makhstu?
זײַ געזונט
Zay Gezunt
לעב געזונט
Leb Gezunt
זײַ מצליח
Zay matzliakh
Hey wadda you say? Answer the following questions with the vocab taught in this lesson. Write the answer in the Hebrew script or Yivo transliteration.
1. How will you greet your friends on January 1st?
2. What will you ask your college buddy when you bump into him at the Yiddish theater in the city?
3. How will you greet Gus the bus driver in the morning?
4. What will Gus reply?
5. What is your favorite Yiddish Greeting?