Grammer Flashcards
Using Adjectives (Adj.)-pt 1
When Adj goes before a noun, it must have endings
Neutral:
noun____ a (Only time adj has no ending)
e________ dos
Feminine:
noun e____ di/a
Masculine:
noun er____ dos/a
When two adjectives are in the same sentence, they will have the same ending.
Using Adjectives (Adj) Plurals-pt 2
same ending for all genders and all cases
e_______ di
Modal Verbs
does not have the final “t” at the end of the third-person singular form (he, she, it). So it looks exactly like the “I” form
darfn- to be obligated, need to, should
kenen-to be able to, can
veln- to want
Negatives
always put “nit” after the verb
goes before the adj and noun
Negative Indefinite Article
“keyn”
–replaces the “a”
–doesn’t replace the “the”
–goes before a noun
–put it when there is no article
–if there is no noun phrase, there is no “keyn”
Ex: Ikh hob nit keyn bukh. I do not have a book.
impersonal pronoun
“men”’ means one
a singular pronoun
implied “the”
in….bibliotek, vald, kave-huiz, sport-zal, klas
regular verb conjugation
Ikh_____ mir_______n
du_____st ir_________t
er, zi, es______t zey_____n
irregular verbs- ton
ton-to do
tu tuen
tust tut
tut tuen
irregular verbs-geyn
geyn- to go
gey geyen
geyst geyt
geyt geyen
irregular verbs- zen
zen-to see
ze zeen
zest zet
zet zeen
irregular verbs- hobn
hobn-to have
hob hobn
host hot
hot hobn
irregular verbs- zayn
zayn- to be
bin zaynen
bist zayt
iz zaynen
Using Adjectives (Adj)-pt. 3
Adjectives that follow the verb “to be” does not change.
Ex: Der ber iz gut.
no articles “the”
in Yiddish we say “di bobe” but we translate it as “grandmother” not “the grandmother” in English
