Fwd: [PCCLIST] Clarification: LCRIs and LCPSs

- Forwarded Message - From: Regina S. Koo r...@gpo.gov To: pccl...@listserv.loc.gov Sent: Friday, May 7, 2010 6:09:55 AM Subject: [PCCLIST] Clarification: LCRIs and LCPSs [This clarification is being cross-posted to multiple lists. Please excuse the duplication.] Apologies if the

Dos in Yiddish as a pronoun

I have this title: דאָס איז געווען דער אָנהייב As my Yiddish/German knowledge goes - I don't think that דאָס is an article and that it should not be ignored. Am I correct? Yossi -- Joseph (Yossi) Galron-Goldschlaeger Head, Hebraica Jewish Studies Library 355A Thompson Memorial Library The

Re: Dos in Yiddish as a pronoun

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

Is it really in Russian

I have in hand Yizkor book for Drahichyn (Belarus) in Yiddish and found OCLC record number 79830682 with Russian script. Can someone verify that there is also a Russian edition of this book? There are also the following records in OCLC: 8746971 79833229 and 221957418 -- Joseph (Yossi)

Re: Dos in Yiddish as a pronoun

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