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Basic Yiddish: A Grammar And Workbook Comprises An Accessible Reference Grammar With Related Exercises In A Single Volume.the Workbook Is Structured Around 36 Short Units, Each Presenting Relevant Grammar Points Which Are Explained Using Multiple Examples In Jargon-free Language. Basic Yiddish Is Suitable For Both Class Use As Well As Independent Study. Key Features Include: A Clear, Accessible Format, Many Useful Language Examples, Jargon-free Explanations Of Grammar, Abundant Exercises With A Full Answer Key. Clearly Presented And User-friendly, Basic Yiddish Provides Readers With The Essential Tools To Express Themselves In A Wide Variety Of Situations, Making It An Ideal Grammar Reference And Practice Resource For Both Beginners And Students With Some Knowledge Of The Language.--provided By Publisher. Unit 1. Introduction To Nouns, Articles, Attributive Adjectives, Noun Phrases, The Nominative Case, Pronouns -- Unit 2. Introduction To Verbs, Regular Verbs In The Present Indicative Tense -- Unit 3. Irregular Verb To Be, The Predicative (predicate Nouns, Pronouns And Adjectives) -- Unit 4. Adverbs And Adjective Quantifiers -- Unit 5. Numbers -- Unit 6. Possessive Pronouns -- Unit 7. Negation -- Unit 8. Yiddish Word Order 1: Verb Position, Direct Questions, The Second Person Conjugation Of The Imperative Mood (direct Commands) -- Unit 9. Yiddish Word Order 2: Conjunctions, Relative Pronouns, Relative Clauses, Consecutive Word Order (so) -- Unit 10. Irregular Infinitives: To Have, And Others -- Unit 11. The Accusative Case, Declension Of Proper Names -- Unit 12. Prepositions, Adverbs Designating Place -- Unit 13. Indirect Object, The Dative Case, Declension Of Nouns, The Dative As Possessive Case -- Unit 14. Declension Of Pronouns -- Unit 15. The Pronoun -- Unit 16. Yiddish Word Order 3: Verbs With More Than One Part: The Periphrastic Verb To Like, Love -- Unit 17. Mood: Modal Verbs, Conjugations Of The First And Third Person Of The Imperative Mood, The Subjunctive Mood -- Unit 18. The Future Tense -- Unit 19. The Past Tense -- Unit 20. Verbs With Prefixes: Separable Prefix Verbs (complemented Verbs), Inseparable Prefix Verbs -- Unit 21. Aspect: Repeated Action In The Past, Aspectual Verbal Constructions -- Unit 22. The Conditional Mood -- Unit 23. The Participle And Suffixes On Nouns, Adjectives And Verbs -- Unit 24. Demonstrative Pronouns -- Unit 25. Comparative And Superlative Adjectives. Rebecca Margolis. Includes Bibliographical References And Index. English And Yiddish.