Where one can learn Yiddish

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    mastercoach
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    I recently came across a book that was just released named Yiddish In 10 Lessons. It is a workbook with CD’s that goes through the whole language. It is done in a Litvish Yiddish and you can really learn to read, write and speak the language. I bought it in Judaica Plus in Cedarhurst. People have been looking for a decent Yiddish book that was published by a frum author.

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    Toi
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    and if we mention this post, can you give us 10% off?

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    What does it cost

    #966471
    147
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    Don’t be Mevatel Talmud Toroh just to study some ancient language.

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    Torah613Torah
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    Boro Park.

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    WIY
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    The best way to learn a language is to immerse yourself in it. You should go spend some time with chassidim and try talking to them in yiddish and ask them to correct you when you get something wrong.

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    Go to the Yiddish Farm!

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    rebdoniel
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    Going to Yiddish shiurim or quite frankly, speaking with some altere chasidim is a good way to learn it.

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    akuperma
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    There are lots of secular textbooks and courses, but the dialect they teach didn’t make it past the mid-20th century, and contemporary Yiddish is as different from “YIVO” Yiddish, and modern English is from Shakespeare. Pre-war “literary” Yiddish was much more influence by German, and also a lot less “clean” than the dialect spoken by Bnei Torah.

    Assuming you already know Hebrew and English, but not German, I’ld suggest hanging outsomewhere where children speak Yiddish on the street. You can build some vocabulary from secular books, or from translating a newspaper or children’s books.

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    apushatayid
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    Take 4 or 5 roud trips on the monroe bus and you will know enough yiddish to get by.

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    yaakov doe
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    Villiamsburg or Munrow.

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    zahavasdad
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    Yiddish is not spoken today.

    I dont know what they speak in certain communities , but its not Yiddish.

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    ziplock
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    It’s not the corrupted YIVO language of the seculars, but it certainly is Yiddish.

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    mastercoach
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    I am not sure why some try to distinguish the various types of Yiddish, making distinctions between secular Yiddish and so called Frum Yiddish. The language is all the same. The words are the same. There might be some pronunciation differences between the Chassidish Yiddish and Lithuanian. Then there is Yurishalmi Yiddish, Belgian Yiddish. It all boils down to a basic Yiddish with accents and words that come from the origin where the people come from. For example Russian Yiddish has many Russian words built into the Yiddish. Galician Yiddish have many Polish words and so on.

    Nowadays, when you hear Yiddish spoken in Williamsburg, almost every other word is an English word. For example

    Lomir crossen di street meaning Let’s cross the street. It’s kind of Yiddishized. You add an en to cross making it ‘crossen’ and it’s Yiddish.

    Basically, what I am trying to say is that there is only one Yiddish language with slightly different variations and it’s alive and kicking.

    As I previously posted the book Yiddish In 10 Lessons teaches you the pre war Yiddish not mixing Yinglish words and is a phenomenal way to learn Yiddish. It is a workbook with exercises and 2 CD’s explaining the language beautifully and sells for $99.00. You can easily get in on Amazon

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