Re: Dos in Yiddish as a pronoun

2010-05-07 Thread Robert Talbott
Helllo Yossi: A quick look in Weinreich drives away the shadows: 1. art. The (neuter) 2. pron. This. Harkavy is a bit better since he also indicates that it sometimes acts as a conjunction and gives examples. It might be nice to have a nod to this in a future ed. of Maher. B Joseph

Re: Dos in Yiddish as a pronoun

2010-05-07 Thread Zachary Baker
Yossi, Weinreich's 2nd definition applies here. This דאָס is a demonstrative pronoun and not the neuter-gender definite article. Zachary Joseph Galron-Goldschlaeger wrote: I have this title: דאָס איז געווען דער אָנהייב As my Yiddish/German knowledge goes - I don't think that דאָס is an