Book of Yiddish Proverbs and Slang
Author: Fred Kogos
Publisher:
Published: 1970
Total Pages: 326
ISBN-13: 9780890096185
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Author: Fred Kogos
Publisher:
Published: 1970
Total Pages: 326
ISBN-13: 9780890096185
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Author: Fred Kogos
Publisher: Citadel Press
Published: 1997
Total Pages: 396
ISBN-13: 9780806518855
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →This fascinating, useful, and funny collection of proverbs, curses, maxims, and ribald expressions will teach readers all they ever wanted to know about this remarkable language.
Author: Fred Kogos
Publisher: Citadel Press
Published: 1983
Total Pages: 180
ISBN-13: 9780806503479
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Yiddish idioms appear in romanized form.
Author: Chronicle Books
Publisher: Chronicle Books
Published: 2013-02-19
Total Pages: 98
ISBN-13: 1452115737
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Decade after decade, Yiddish proverbs continue to capture the humor, warmth, and traditions of Jewish life. Now, the beloved Yiddish Wisdom (more than 100,000 copies sold) has been expanded with even more proverbs and fresh illustrations to be cherished by a new generation. With more than 150 folk sayings translated in Yiddish and English—from the whimsical and witty (Dress up a broom and it will also look nice/Az men batziert a bezem iz er oich shain) to the poignant (When one must, one can/Az me muz, ken men) and practical (When you look to the heights, hold on to your hat/Az du kukst oif hoicheh zachen, halt tsu dos hitl)—this treasured volume is the perfect gift for any celebration.
Author: Fred Kogos
Publisher:
Published: 1995
Total Pages: 0
ISBN-13: 9780806504551
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Author: David C. Gross
Publisher: Hippocrene Books
Published: 1997
Total Pages: 132
ISBN-13: 9780781805292
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →The transliterated and translated proverbs are arranged by Hebrew subject; a complete index in English accompanies the text.
Author: Gershon Weltman
Publisher:
Published: 2009
Total Pages: 0
ISBN-13: 9781440140167
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →"A cute and charming addition to Yiddish folklore." -I.B. Singer, Nobel Prize, 1978 "Juicy, savory, spicy." -Henry Miller The Yiddish sayings in this book have been praised by such world-acclaimed writers as Henry Miller and Isaac Bashevis Singer. They should equally delight all who can appreciate the coarse, wry humor of the turn-of-the-century European shtetl, which gave rise to so much of American humor as well. Some may be offended by their sexuality and lewdness, but they expose the basic humanity of a lost Jewish culture. For too long eydlkayt - refinement - has drawn a curtain over the smutty side of the shtetl. Enjoyable folklore, funny sayings you'll find yourself using in quite modern situations.
Author: Michael Wex
Publisher: Macmillan + ORM
Published: 2007-04-01
Total Pages: 320
ISBN-13: 1429909900
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →As the main spoken language of the Jews for more than a thousand years, Yiddish has had plenty to lament, plenty to conceal. Its phrases, idioms, and expressions paint a comprehensive picture of the mind-set that enabled the Jews of Europe to survive a millennium of unrelenting persecution: they never stopped kvetching---about God, gentiles, children, food, and everything (and anything) else. They even learned how to smile through their kvetching and express satisfaction in the form of complaint. In Born to Kvetch, Michael Wex looks at the ingredients that went into this buffet of disenchantment and examines how they were mixed together to produce an almost limitless supply of striking idioms and withering curses (which get a chapter all to themselves). Born to Kvetch includes a wealth of material that's never appeared in English before. You'll find information on the Yiddish relationship to food, nature, divinity, and humanity. There's even a chapter about sex. This is no bobe mayse (cock-and-bull story) from a khokhem be-layle (idiot, literally a "sage at night" when no one's looking), but a serious yet fun and funny look at a language that both shaped and was shaped by those who spoke it. From tukhes to goy,meshugener to kvetch, Yiddish words have permeated and transformed English as well. Through the idioms, phrases, metaphors, and fascinating history of this kvetch-full tongue, Michael Wex gives us a moving and inspiring portrait of a people, and a language, in exile.