A Simple Grammar of Pennsylvania Dutch

This is my family’s history. I got it for my mom for Christmas, and she loves it. Great book!

Excellent! It is written with the German, rather than English pronunciation of the Pennslyvania Dutch words-in the way my parents spoke it. I have looked at books of several authors who have written with the English pronunciation and find that unless you've heard the real words from old timers you will not learn the proper pronunciation with the English spelling and the final result will be some sort of mumble of Pennsylvania Dutch--I consider that to be Ohio style and off track. It may be more difficult to learn the dialect with the German pronunciation but if you want to learn it, do it the right way so we can understand one another.

Item was delivered on time and was as advertised.

This is a detailed-and-user-friendly-grammar book of a less-commonly-taught language. I highly recommend this book in any PD learner's library.-enough said

I am updating my original "four-stars" 1997 review of Frey's excellent grammar to reflect my subsequent six years of occasional learning in the topic. I now believe that Frey's concise grammar deserves a five-star review.All comments made in my earlier review are accurate. What I did not realize at the time is that there exists a large body of written Pennsyvania German or "Pennsylvania Dutch" literature that would be inaccessible to the uninitiated with the existence of books like Frey's that explain the traditional grammatical constructions. (Haag's Pennsylvania German Anthology - available on Amazon and other sites - is a very useful introduction to this largely forgotten written world.) Even those interested in spoken rather than written Pennsylvania Dutch will find it useful to understand how the language traditionally operated, even if the usage has changed somewhat among some present-day Amish speakers.The only alternative I've found to Frey's concise work is Haag's A Pennsylvania German Reader and Grammar, which requires more time and lacks Frey's polish but seems more orientated to those with no background in German. I would advise any serious student of Pennsylvania German or "Pennsulvania Dutch" to acquire both books.