Malka Zelikovna Altman

née Bluvshteyn · recorded in Bălți, Briceni, 2005

3 recordings · 155 minutes · 39 min of questionnaire

Interviewed by Dov-Ber Kerler, Moisei Lemster, Dovid Katz · recorded together with Raisa (Rukhele) Izrailevna Faiershtein

Conversations 1

Each line is one conversation with Altman, whichever tapes carry it; ▶ opens it with its own player, which runs through its parts in sequence. The tape links play from that point on the tape's page.

• 2005-12-15 – 2005-12-16
  ▶ Bălți · 1.9 h two sources agree

  MDV 120 37:41–57:37 · MDV 121 · MDV 122 (3 tapes)

Topics

Questionnaire

57 questions put to Altman. Each link opens the recording at that moment.

• MDV 121 0:16
  meaning of a guter yid — meaning of 'a guter yid'
• MDV 121 2:17
  what was sung at weddings
• MDV 121 2:45
  was there a badkhn
• MDV 121 9:03
  hello (здравствуйте) — how to say hello
• MDV 121 9:59
  give me please a book (Дай мне, пожалуйста, книгу) — how to say 'give me please a book'
• MDV 121 11:56
  thank you (спасибо) — how to say thank you
• MDV 121 12:49
  mouse (мышь) — how to say mouse
• MDV 121 14:03
  belly (живот) — how to say belly
• MDV 121 14:10
  house (дом) — how to say house
• MDV 121 14:31
  room (комната) — how to say room
• MDV 121 15:09
  groats (крупа) — how to say groats
• MDV 121 15:56
  skin (кожа) — how to say skin
• MDV 121 16:13
  pleasure — how to say pleasure
• MDV 121 16:25
  pigeon (голубь) — how to say pigeon
• MDV 121 16:47
  blue (синий) — how to say blue
• MDV 121 17:03
  to build (a construi (RO)) — how to say 'to build'
• MDV 121 17:54
  meaning of mover — meaning of 'mover'
• MDV 121 18:17
  sour (кислый) — how to say sour
• MDV 121 18:30
  also (также) — how to say 'also'
• MDV 121 18:40
  deaf (глухой (deaf)) — how to say deaf
• MDV 121 18:45
  kiss (поцелуй) — how to say kiss
• MDV 121 19:06
  he came here (он пришёл сюда) — how to say 'he came here'
• MDV 121 19:17
  unclear — unclear question
• MDV 121 19:29
  late (поздно) — how to say late
• MDV 121 19:57
  cold (холодно) — how to say cold
• MDV 121 20:04
  earlier (раньше) — how to say earlier
• MDV 121 21:28
  faster (быстрее) — how to say faster
• MDV 121 21:40
  near (близко) — how to say near
• MDV 121 21:52
  he will also come (он тоже придет)
• MDV 122 1:38
  to run away (убежать) — 'to run away' in Yiddish
• MDV 122 2:06
  honest (честный) — 'honest' in Yiddish
• MDV 122 2:54
  meaning of frumer — meaning of 'פרומער'
• MDV 122 3:57
  very sick (очень болен) — 'very sick' in Yiddish
• MDV 122 4:11
  meaning of krank — meaning of 'קראנק'
• MDV 122 4:20
  difference between krank and shlaf — difference between קראנק and שלאף
• MDV 122 4:31
  I like him very much (он мне очень нравится) — 'he pleases me very much' in Yiddish
• MDV 122 5:25
  cross (крест) — 'cross' in Yiddish
• MDV 122 6:16
  meaning of meshumet — meaning of 'משומעת'
• MDV 122 7:08
  peasant (крестьянин) — 'peasant, farmer' in Yiddish
• MDV 122 8:14
  hit him (ударь его) — 'hit him' in Yiddish
• MDV 122 8:38
  my head hurts (голова болит) — 'head hurts' in Yiddish
• MDV 122 8:58
  I ask you / please (я вас прошу) — 'I ask you' in Yiddish
• MDV 122 9:06
  please give me the book (дайте мне пожалуйста книгу) — 'give me the book please' in Yiddish
• MDV 122 11:24
  I live on this street (живу на этой улице) — 'I live on this street' in Yiddish
• MDV 122 11:41
  river (река) — 'river' in Yiddish
• MDV 122 12:42
  well (колодец) — 'well' in Yiddish
• MDV 122 13:19
  potato (картошка) — 'potato' in Yiddish
• MDV 122 13:23
  thousand (тысяча) — 'thousand' in Yiddish
• MDV 122 13:47
  vodka (водка) — 'vodka' in Yiddish
• MDV 122 14:20
  to pray (молиться) — 'to pray' in Yiddish
• MDV 122 18:32
  flowers (цветы) — 'flowers' in Yiddish
• MDV 122 19:11
  store (магазин) — 'store' in Yiddish
• MDV 122 19:24
  I don't hear her (её я не слышу) — 'I don't hear her' in Yiddish
• MDV 122 19:31
  I don't hear him (я его не слышу) — 'I don't hear him' in Yiddish
• MDV 122 19:39
  I need him very much (он мне очень нужен) — 'I need him very much' in Yiddish
• MDV 122 20:11
  I was at father's (я был у отца) — 'I was at father's' in Yiddish
• MDV 122 20:35
  I sat at the table (я сидел за столом) — 'I sit at the table' in Yiddish