Yiddish You Say - Nu

a Yiddish Wordbook

Sasha Newborn

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Yiddish

Mudborn Press
08 January 2014

Usage & grammar guides; Languages & ESL; Yiddish - Beginner Self-Study; Yiddish - Vocabulary; Yiddish - Languages

A vocabulary of Yiddish terms, common expressions, and proverbs. Many Yiddish terms have entered the English language, describing character or emotion (usually displeasure) that have no ready equivalent, such as klutz, kvetch, shmoose, or kibbitz. Yiddish as a language grew out of Medieval German and Hebrew, and spread through Eastern Europe among Ashkenazi Jews. With the worldwide spread of Jewry in many countries, Yiddish plays two roles: as a language unto itself, and as a lending language for terms and attitudes about business, sexuality, or human relations.

By: Sasha Newborn
Imprint: Mudborn Press
Dimensions: Height: 203mm, Width: 127mm, Spine: 6mm
Weight: 113g
ISBN: 9780930012656
ISBN 10: 0930012658
Pages: 96
Publication Date: 08 January 2014
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

The editor, Sasha Newborn, lived in New York City for several years, and has been a small publisher (Mudborn Press, Bandanna Books, Beta Books) for forty years, now living in Santa Barbara. Newborn has written two novels; edited several anthologies; translated texts from Greek, Urdu, Russian; published bilingual texts; and modernized a number of classics, including the Shakespeare Director's Playbook series.