Yiddish for Yeshivah Bachurim

Though the Yiddish language took a heavy toll during the Holocaust, when most of its speakers were lost, the language is still commonly used to give shiurim or musar shmuessn in yeshivos. Unfortunately, many English-speaking yeshiva-students, though they already know many Yiddish words, and even incorporate them into their English, are unable to understand a full shiur given in Yiddish.

The purpose of this guide is to teach enough vocabulary and grammar to understand a Yiddish shiur.

Table of Contents

 * /Introduction/

Grammar

 * 1)  /Reading Yiddish/
 * 2)  /Conjugating verbs/
 * 3)  /Verbs with prefixes and זיך/
 * 4)  /Possessive pronouns/

Vocabulary

 * 1)  /Some very common words/
 * 2)  /Questions/
 * 3)  /Prepositions/
 * 4)  /Verbs/
 * 5)  /Nouns and adjectives/
 * 6)  /Phrases that do not fit into other lessons/

Miscellaneous

 * /About contributing/ - Please read this before editing this book
 * /Authors/