Khaim Samsonovich Brandler (Khayim)

born 1921 in Mostyska ("Mostiska" in the catalogue) two sources agree · recorded in L'viv, 2005

4 recordings · 243 minutes · 40 min of questionnaire · 5 min of singing

Also written: Khaim (Khayim) Samsonovich Brandler

Interviewed by Dov-Ber Kerler, Jeffrey Veidlinger, Dovid Katz · recorded together with Volf Tsalevich Leibel

Conversations 1

Each line is one conversation with Brandler, 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.

• 2005-07-10
  ▶ L'viv · 3.7 h proposed

  MDV 569 · MDV 570 · MDV 571 · MDV 572 0:00–36:08 (4 tapes)

Topics

Questionnaire

86 questions put to Brandler. Each link opens the recording at that moment.

• MDV 571 1:32
  non-Jewish cemetery — Yiddish term for non-Jewish cemetery
• MDV 571 3:36
  rye (рожь) — Yiddish for rye
• MDV 571 3:51
  belly (живот) — Yiddish for stomach/belly
• MDV 571 4:04
  house (дом) — Yiddish for house
• MDV 571 4:13
  groats (крупа) — Yiddish for grain/groats
• MDV 571 4:19
  skin (кожа) — Yiddish for skin
• MDV 571 4:49
  mouse (мышь) — Yiddish for mouse
• MDV 571 5:40
  blue (синий) — Yiddish for blue
• MDV 571 6:00
  pigeon (голубь) — Yiddish for dove/pigeon
• MDV 571 7:08
  to build (a construi (RO)) — Yiddish for to build
• MDV 571 9:21
  give me please this book (дайте мне пожалуйста эту книгу) — translation of 'give me please this book'
• MDV 571 9:27
  please (пожалуйста) — Yiddish for please
• MDV 571 9:52
  thank you (спасибо) — Yiddish for thank you
• MDV 571 12:18
  sour (кислый) — Yiddish for sour
• MDV 571 12:47
  deaf (глухой (deaf)) — Yiddish for deaf
• MDV 571 13:17
  kiss her (поцелуй её) — translation of 'kiss her'
• MDV 571 13:22
  he came here today (пришёл сюда сегодня) — translation of 'came here today'
• MDV 571 13:56
  late (поздно) — Yiddish for late
• MDV 571 14:03
  later (позже) — Yiddish for later
• MDV 571 14:12
  earlier (раньше) — Yiddish for earlier
• MDV 571 14:19
  cold (холодно) — Yiddish for cold (weather)
• MDV 571 14:44
  high (высокий) — Yiddish for tall/high
• MDV 571 14:50
  higher (выше) — comparative of high
• MDV 571 15:03
  quickly (быстро) — Yiddish for fast/quickly
• MDV 571 15:11
  kitchen (кухня) — Yiddish for kitchen
• MDV 571 15:17
  near (близко) — Yiddish for close/near
• MDV 571 15:29
  nearer (ближе) — comparative of near
• MDV 571 15:39
  he will also come (он тоже придет) — translation of 'he will also come'
• MDV 571 15:47
  he knows this too (он знает это тоже) — translation of 'he knows this also'
• MDV 571 16:03
  she knows everything (она знает всё) — translation of 'he knows everything'
• MDV 571 16:09
  she knows everything (она знает всё) — translation of 'she knows everything'
• MDV 571 16:38
  where does he live (где он живет? (where does he live?)) — translation of 'where does he live'
• MDV 571 17:12
  listen to me (слушай меня) — translation of 'listen to me'
• MDV 571 17:21
  to breathe (дышать) — Yiddish for to breathe
• MDV 571 17:35
  very sick (очень болен) — translation of 'very sick'
• MDV 571 17:46
  she is very beautiful (она очень красивая) — translation of 'she is very beautiful'
• MDV 571 17:58
  I like him (он мне нравится) — translation of 'I like him' / 'he pleases me'
• MDV 571 18:05
  I don't like him at all (он мне очень не нравится) — translation of 'I don't like him at all'
• MDV 571 18:32
  barely walks (еле-еле ходит) — translation of 'barely walks'
• MDV 571 18:56
  to run away (убежать) — Yiddish for to run away / escape
• MDV 571 19:10
  he ran away from the Germans (он убежал от немцев) — translation of 'he ran away from the Germans'
• MDV 571 19:29
  honest (честный) — Yiddish for honest
• MDV 571 19:37
  pious (набожный) — Yiddish for pious / religious
• MDV 572 3:28
  peasant (крестьянин) — how do you say 'peasant'
• MDV 572 5:00
  my head hurts (голова болит) — my head aches
• MDV 572 5:11
  from where (откуда) — where are you from
• MDV 572 5:22
  from there (оттуда)
• MDV 572 5:35
  I am from there — I am (from there)
• MDV 572 9:08
  flowers (цветы)
• MDV 572 9:42
  vodka (водка)
• MDV 572 9:53
  thousand (тысяча)
• MDV 572 10:18
  this was in the fourteenth year (это было в четырнадцатом году)
• MDV 572 10:51
  twenty (двадцать)
• MDV 572 11:35
  you are young (ты молод)
• MDV 572 12:18
  you are right (ты прав)
• MDV 572 12:43
  I was there (я был там)
• MDV 572 12:51
  don't cry (не плачь)
• MDV 572 12:57
  to pray (молиться)
• MDV 572 14:03
  talking with mother (разговаривает с мамой)
• MDV 572 14:13
  I walk on the street (иду по улице) — I go along the street
• MDV 572 14:48
  I live on this street (живу на этой улице)
• MDV 572 14:50
  I see her poorly (я её плохо вижу) — I see it badly
• MDV 572 16:18
  I don't see him (я его не вижу)
• MDV 572 16:29
  he told her that he is sick (он ей сказал, что он болен)
• MDV 572 16:47
  well (колодец) — well (water well)
• MDV 572 16:53
  potato (картошка)
• MDV 572 17:04
  store (магазин) — shop, store
• MDV 572 17:27
  what does gesheft mean — what does 'gesheft' mean
• MDV 572 18:16
  I know everyone (я знаю всех)
• MDV 572 18:47
  today three came (сегодня пришло трое)
• MDV 572 18:53
  can one say dray ire — can you say 'dray ire' (three persons)
• MDV 572 20:17
  I was at father's (я был у отца)
• MDV 572 20:26
  I sat at the table (я сидел за столом)
• MDV 572 21:21
  you came from another city (ты прибыл из другого города) — you arrived from another city
• MDV 572 21:39
  one and a half (полтора)
• MDV 572 21:46
  otherwise I cannot (иначе не могу)
• MDV 572 22:05
  attic (чердак)
• MDV 572 22:59
  will you come or not (ты придешь или нет)
• MDV 572 23:22
  ceiling (потолок)
• MDV 572 23:45
  ceiling (потолок) — ceiling (another term)
• MDV 572 23:50
  beam (бревно)
• MDV 572 25:10
  probably (наверное) — probably (adverb)
• MDV 572 27:47
  whose child (чей ребёнок) — whose is this child
• MDV 572 28:59
  face (лицо) — face; what does 'tsire' mean
• MDV 572 30:38
  with a good head (с хорошей головой) — with a good head (which case is better)
• MDV 572 31:49
  enemy (враг)