A Dictionary Of Yiddish Slang & Idioms

by Fred Kogos

Book Overview

Yiddish was born in the eleventh century and has been the living language of the Jewish people ever since. Ten million people speak Yiddish (a low estimate), and the tongue is so universal that it has... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0806503475
• Release Date: January 1976
• Publisher: Kensington Publishing Corp.
• Length: 176 Pages
• Weight: 0.49 lbs.
• Dimensions: 8.3" x 0.4" x 5.3"

Customer Reviews

Was so excited----but had no phonetic translations

i had a book with a similar title back in the 1980ies. I thought this was it. But this book had NO phoenetic translations and WHY LEARN TO SEE WORDS WHEN YOU DO NOT HAVE NOA KUUNSEPTA OFA DE PERNONSIASHUN? feel me?

Fred Kogos does Yiddish justice.

The setup of the book makes it easy to use. The words and phrases are accurate; my native Yiddish speaking mother liked it. We were able to start talking and having fun right away. I was raised around Yiddish, but it hadn't occurred to my parents to teach it to their children. Love this book.