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Author Margolis, Rebecca

Title Basic Yiddish : a Grammar and Workbook
Published Hoboken : Taylor and Francis, 2013

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Description 1 online resource (176 pages)
Contents Front Cover; Basic Yiddish; Copyright Page; Contents; Preface; 1. Introduction to nouns, articles, attributive adjectives, noun phrases, the nominative case, pronouns; 2. Introduction to verbs, regular verbs in the present indicative tense; 3. Irregular verb to be the predicative (predicate nouns, pronouns and adjectives); 4. Adverbs and adjective quantifiers; 5. Numbers; 6. Possessive pronouns; 7. Negation; 8. Yiddish word order 1: verb position, direct questions, the second person conjugation of the imperative mood (direct commands)
9. Yiddish word order 2: conjunctions, relative pronouns, relative clauses, consecutive word order ("so")10. Irregular infinitives: to have and others; 11. The accusative case, declension of proper names; 12. Prepositions, adverbs designating place; 13. Indirect object, the dative case, declension of nouns, the dative as possessive case; 14. Declension of pronouns; 15. The pronoun; 16. Yiddish word order 3: verbs with more than one part: the periphrastic verb to like, love; 17. Mood: modal verbs, conjugations of the first and third person of the imperative mood, the subjunctive mood
18. The future tense19. The past tense; 20. Verbs with prefixes: separable prefix verbs (complemented verbs), inseparable prefix verbs; 21. Aspect: repeated action in the past aspectual verbal constructions; 22. The conditional mood; 23. The participle and suffixes on nouns, adjectives and verbs; 24. Demonstrative pronouns; 25. Comparative and superlative adjectives; Glossary of working vocabulary; Key to exercises; Index
Summary Basic Yiddish: A Grammar and Workbook comprises an accessible reference grammar with related exercises in a single volume. The workbook is structured around 36 short units, each presenting relevant grammar points which are explained using multiple examples in jargon-free language. Basic Yiddish is suitable for both class use as well as independent study. Key features include:a clear, accessible format many useful language examples jargon-free explanations of grammar abundant exercises with a full answer key>
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Subject Yiddish language -- Textbooks for foreign speakers -- English
FOREIGN LANGUAGE STUDY -- Scandinavian Languages (Other)
Yiddish language
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Form Electronic book
ISBN 9781136671586
1136671587