Just Say Nu
Subtitle: Yiddish for Every Occasion (When English Just Won't Do)
Publisher: St. Martin's Press
Published: October 16, 2007
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 320
ISBN-13: 9780312364625
Subjects: Yiddish; Language Arts & Disciplines / Translating & Interpreting; Translating & Interpreting; Language Arts & Disciplines; Foreign Language - Dictionaries / Phrase Books; Language Arts / Linguistics / Literacy; Idioms; Social aspects; Terms and phrases; Yiddish language; Language
Description: A practical guide to using Yiddish words and expressions in day-to-day situations, along with enough grammar to enable readers to put together a comprehensible sentence and avoid embarrassing mistakes. Wex also explains the five most useful Yiddish words--shoyn, nu, epes, takeh,and nebakh--what they mean, how and when to use them, and how they can be used to conduct an entire conversation without anybody ever suspecting that the reader doesn't have the vaguest idea of what anyone is actually saying. Readers will learn how to shmooze their way through such activities as meeting and greeting; eating and drinking; praising and finding fault; maintaining personal hygiene; going to the doctor; driving; parenting; getting horoscopes; committing crimes; going to singles bars; having sex; talking politics and talking trash. There's nothing in the world that can't be improved by translating it into Yiddish, and this book shows you how.--From publisher description.