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I recently came across a book that was just released named Yiddish In 10 Lessons. It is a workbook with CD’s that goes through the whole language. It is done in a Litvish Yiddish and you can really learn to read, write and speak the language. I bought it in Judaica Plus in Cedarhurst. People have been looking for a decent Yiddish book that was published by a frum author.
and if we mention this post, can you give us 10% off?
What does it cost
Don’t be Mevatel Talmud Toroh just to study some ancient language.
Boro Park.
The best way to learn a language is to immerse yourself in it. You should go spend some time with chassidim and try talking to them in yiddish and ask them to correct you when you get something wrong.
Go to the Yiddish Farm!
Going to Yiddish shiurim or quite frankly, speaking with some altere chasidim is a good way to learn it.
There are lots of secular textbooks and courses, but the dialect they teach didn’t make it past the mid-20th century, and contemporary Yiddish is as different from “YIVO” Yiddish, and modern English is from Shakespeare. Pre-war “literary” Yiddish was much more influence by German, and also a lot less “clean” than the dialect spoken by Bnei Torah.
Assuming you already know Hebrew and English, but not German, I’ld suggest hanging outsomewhere where children speak Yiddish on the street. You can build some vocabulary from secular books, or from translating a newspaper or children’s books.
Take 4 or 5 roud trips on the monroe bus and you will know enough yiddish to get by.
Villiamsburg or Munrow.
Yiddish is not spoken today.
I dont know what they speak in certain communities , but its not Yiddish.
It’s not the corrupted YIVO language of the seculars, but it certainly is Yiddish.
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