CONJUGATION OF THE VERB TO SHLEP
PRESENT
Present
I shlep
you shlep
he/she/it shleps
we shlep
you shlep
they shlep
Present continuous
I am shleping
you are shleping
he/she/it is shleping
we are shleping
you are shleping
they are shleping
Present perfect
I have shleped
you have shleped
he/she/it has shleped
we have shleped
you have shleped
they have shleped
Present perfect continuous
I have been shleping
you have been shleping
he/she/it has been shleping
we have been shleping
you have been shleping
they have been shleping
Present tense is used to refer to circumstances that exist at the present time or over a period that includes the present time. The
present perfect refers to past events, although it can be considered to denote primarily the resulting present situation rather than the events themselves.
PAST
Past
I shleped
you shleped
he/she/it shleped
we shleped
you shleped
they shleped
Past continuous
I was shleping
you were shleping
he/she/it was shleping
we were shleping
you were shleping
they were shleping
Past perfect
I had shleped
you had shleped
he/she/it had shleped
we had shleped
you had shleped
they had shleped
Past perfect continuous
I had been shleping
you had been shleping
he/she/it had been shleping
we had been shleping
you had been shleping
they had been shleping
Past tense forms express circumstances existing at some time in the past,
FUTURE
Future
I will shlep
you will shlep
he/she/it will shlep
we will shlep
you will shlep
they will shlep
Future continuous
I will be shleping
you will be shleping
he/she/it will be shleping
we will be shleping
you will be shleping
they will be shleping
Future perfect
I will have shleped
you will have shleped
he/she/it will have shleped
we will have shleped
you will have shleped
they will have shleped
Future perfect continuous
I will have been shleping
you will have been shleping
he/she/it will have been shleping
we will have been shleping
you will have been shleping
they will have been shleping
The
future is used to express circumstances that will occur at a later time.
CONDITIONAL
Conditional
I would shlep
you would shlep
he/she/it would shlep
we would shlep
you would shlep
they would shlep
Conditional continuous
I would be shleping
you would be shleping
he/she/it would be shleping
we would be shleping
you would be shleping
they would be shleping
Conditional perfect
I would have shlep
you would have shlep
he/she/it would have shlep
we would have shlep
you would have shlep
they would have shlep
Conditional perfect continuous
I would have been shleping
you would have been shleping
he/she/it would have been shleping
we would have been shleping
you would have been shleping
they would have been shleping
Conditional or "future-in-the-past" tense refers to hypothetical or possible actions.
IMPERATIVE
Imperative
you shlep
we let´s shlep
you shlep
The
imperative is used to form commands or requests.
NONFINITE VERB FORMS
Present Participle
shleping
Infinitive shows the action beyond temporal perspective. The
present participle or gerund shows the action during the session. The
past participle shows the action after completion.
10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «SHLEP»
Discover the use of
shlep in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to
shlep and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Zink: The Myth, the Legend, the Zebra : a Play for Young ...
The Myth, the Legend, the Zebra : a Play for Young Audiences Cherie Bennett.
ZILCH. Listen, you pathetic pile of shrunken simian ambulatory AstroTurf, for the
last time: You. Are. Not. A. Zebra! SHLEP (thinks for a few beats). Am too. ZILCH.
2
Perspectives on American English
I recall an S. J. Perelman play on TV in 1959, in which a Jewish psychiatrist
remarked: 'If 1 want an orange, I don't have to go shlep myself to some
supermarket.' A New York department store recently used the term as both verb
and noun, ...
3
Found in Translation: Common Words of Uncommon Wisdom
Shlep6 (Yiddish) [shlep] verb: to carry, drag I made some discoveries about
myself during my sabbatical year, especially in those first weeks away from the
daily demands of classroom teaching. The quality of time spent working at home
is ...
Pamela Jay Gottfried, 2010
Shlemiel. A shlemiel (pronounced “shleh-MEAL”) is an incompetent, socially
maladjusted, foolish person, who constantly makes mistakes. A well-known
Yiddish phrase says that when a shlemiel falls on his back, he breaks his nose.
Shlep.
Rabbi Ted Falcon, David Blatner, 2011
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Found in Translation paperback
Shlep6 (Yiddish) [shlep] verb: to carry, drag I made some discoveries about
myself during my sabbatical year, especially in those first weeks away from the
daily demands of classroom teaching. The quality of time spent working at home
is ...
6
Confessions of a Government Man: How to Succeed in Any ...
The S HLEP Analogy S H L E P is an acronym to help people remember my
foremost principles of success and survival in the jungle. SHLEP is a Yiddish
word meaning, as a verb, to carry, and as a noun it is slang for someone with a
weak ...
Go figure. See also GOY, SHIKSA. shiksa (SHIHK-suh) YIDDISH: a non-Jewish
female. Like SHAYGETS, the term may be broadened to refer to nonreligious
Jewish women as well as Gentiles. See also GOY. shlep (shlehp) YIDDISH: to
carry ...
8
Meshuggenary: Celebrating the World of Yiddish
Many words starting with shinmodern Yiddish transcription have taken sch in
English as thepreffered spelling;for example schlep, schlock, schmoozeand
schmuck (while shlep,etc. arestill acceptableas alternate spellings). English
seems ...
Sol Steinmetz, Payson R. Stevens, 2002
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Quality Moving, Packing, Storage. . . Never a No-show. Free Accurate Estimates.
#1795, 226 East 83rd, (212) 472-3925. Vertical Blinds — Fabric. . . Aluminum.
... shlep call SHLEP- PERS and let us Shlep for you! Quality Moving, Packing.
Never a No-show. Free Accurate Estimates. #1795, 226 East 83rd, (212) 472-
3925. Perfection— CLEMENT'S MOVING INCORPORATED, 132 Saint Marks
Place, ...
10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «SHLEP»
Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term
shlep is used in the context of the following news items.
Giving Reubenites and Gaddites benefit of doubt
Or are they saying they don't want to shlep their families along? Do they make any mention of what role they intend to play or not play on the coming battlefield? «The Jewish Star, Jul 15»
Thoughts from the ammo line
I'm guessing she intends to shlep this mattress from here all the way to Assisted ... So I am proposing that in the future, EVERYBODY gets to shlep some totem ... «Power Line, Jun 15»
Hillary speaks on email scandal
She wanted to carry only one email device, a Blackberry, and would have had to shlep around a separate device for .gov emails. She admits now that “it would ... «American Thinker, Mar 15»
Big Island man charged in tip jar theft case
02:33 FOR THEM TO DO SOMETHING LIKE THAT TO GIRL NEED SHLEP IS CRAZY MIDN BOGGLING EVERYONE HAS ETTIQUETTE IEVEN CRIMINALS ... «KITV Honolulu, Feb 15»
Roadie App Wants To Help Shlep Your Stuff Faster Than UPS
There are other benefits to being a stuff-shlepping Roadie: The app team has begun to line up restaurants and gas stations as Roadhouse Partners who will ... «Fast Company, Jan 15»
Two Dorchester Avenue markets seek beer and wine licenses; only …
Two residents made the shlep all the way downtown to support Nguyen's proposal; both praised the Nguyens as pillars of the community and responsible ... «Dorchester Reporter, Jan 15»
How New Orleans Is Coping With the Decline Of Drew Brees
Be kind, rewind, and sprinkle some faded confetti on your shoulders as you shlep back along with me to the fall of 2010. The Saints were fresh off winning the ... «GQ Magazine, Nov 14»
Recently Renovated UES Townhouse Wants $10.9 Million
one guest toilet next to the front door? ... that's a long shlep from the top floor ...and ... of food up stairs to the dining room? ... that's a lot of shlepping for $10.9M. «Curbed NY, Oct 14»
The Quip and the Dead
In the Kindle Single I did about Louis C.K., King Louie, an essay-meditation that all the caddies are talking about as they shlep along the verdant greens. «Vanity Fair, Sep 14»
Love Scrabble? Brush Up on Your Yiddish
And virtually every word you can think of that starts with a “sh” — shlub, shlep, even shmuck — is not only accepted, but can be spelled with or without a “c” in ... «Jewish Daily Forward, Aug 14»
