Froim Kalmanovich Bukshtein

born 1923 in Novoselytsya ("Novoselitsa" in the catalogue) · recorded in Ivano-Frankivs'k, 2003

5 recordings · 304 minutes · 24 min of questionnaire · 38 min of singing

Interviewed by Dov-Ber Kerler, Jeffrey Veidlinger · recorded together with Polina (Pesel-Ester) Izrailovna Iuris, Genrikh Moiseevich Katz

Conversations 1

Each line is one conversation with Bukshtein, 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.

• 2003-05-14
  ▶ Ivano-Frankivs'k · 3.5 h proposed

  MDV 444 39:12–1:00:43 · MDV 445 · MDV 446 · MDV 447 · MDV 448 0:00–3:32 (5 tapes)

Topics

Questionnaire

80 questions put to Bukshtein. Each link opens the recording at that moment.

• MDV 447 0:00
  translation prompts — translation of Russian prompts into Yiddish
• MDV 447 2:59
  give me please a book (Дай мне, пожалуйста, книгу) — translation of 'give me please a book'
• MDV 447 3:35
  mouse (мышь) — Yiddish for 'mouse'
• MDV 447 3:54
  honest (честный) — how to say 'honest' in Yiddish
• MDV 447 4:02
  happiness/luck (счастье) — Yiddish for 'happiness'
• MDV 447 4:21
  house (дом) — Yiddish for 'house'
• MDV 447 4:43
  mouse (мышь) — Yiddish for 'mouse'
• MDV 447 4:43
  groats (крупа) — Yiddish for 'groats'
• MDV 447 5:23
  pigeon (голубь) — Yiddish for 'dove, pigeon'
• MDV 447 5:23
  blue (синий) — Yiddish for 'blue'
• MDV 447 6:03
  gray-haired (седой) — Yiddish for 'gray-haired'
• MDV 447 6:36
  to build (a construi (RO)) — Yiddish for 'to build'
• MDV 447 7:11
  stone building (каменная постройка) — Yiddish for 'stone building'
• MDV 447 7:42
  sour (кислый) — Yiddish for 'sour'
• MDV 447 8:08
  whether Jews drank vodka
• MDV 447 8:22
  ear (ухо) — Yiddish for 'ear'
• MDV 447 8:54
  deaf (глухой (deaf)) — Yiddish for 'deaf'
• MDV 447 9:09
  he came here today (пришёл сюда сегодня) — translation: he came here today
• MDV 447 10:16
  vodka (водка) — the Yiddish for 'vodka'
• MDV 447 10:20
  later (позже) — Yiddish for 'later'
• MDV 447 10:20
  earlier (раньше) — Yiddish for 'earlier'
• MDV 447 10:20
  higher (выше) — Yiddish for 'higher'
• MDV 447 10:20
  cold (холодно) — Yiddish for 'cold'
• MDV 447 10:20
  quickly (быстро) — Yiddish for 'fast, quickly'
• MDV 447 10:20
  high (высоко) — Yiddish for 'high'
• MDV 447 10:20
  late (поздно) — Yiddish for 'late'
• MDV 447 10:20
  colder (холоднее) — Yiddish for 'colder'
• MDV 447 10:20
  faster (быстрее) — Yiddish for 'faster'
• MDV 447 11:16
  near (близко) — Yiddish for 'near, close'
• MDV 447 13:19
  nearer (ближе) — Yiddish for 'closer'
• MDV 447 14:03
  meaning of dibek — what 'dibek' (dybbuk) means
• MDV 447 14:13
  where does he live (где он живет? (where does he live?)) — how to say 'where' (interrogative)
• MDV 447 14:38
  meaning of goylem — what 'goylem' means
• MDV 447 14:47
  to breathe (дышать) — Yiddish for 'to breathe'
• MDV 447 15:31
  very sick (очень болен) — translation: very sick
• MDV 447 15:57
  I like him very much (он мне очень нравится) — translation: I like him very much
• MDV 447 16:34
  pious (набожный) — Yiddish for 'pious, devout'
• MDV 447 16:34
  he ran away from the Germans (он убежал от немцев) — translation: he ran away from the Germans
• MDV 447 16:34
  barely (еле-еле) — Yiddish for 'barely'
• MDV 447 17:11
  cross (крест) — Yiddish for 'cross'
• MDV 447 17:11
  honest (честный) — Yiddish for 'honest'
• MDV 447 17:11
  mountain (гора) — Yiddish for 'mountain'
• MDV 447 17:54
  my head hurts (голова болит) — translation: head aches
• MDV 447 18:29
  from there (оттуда) — Yiddish for 'from there'
• MDV 447 18:29
  where are you from (откуда вы?) — translation and choice: 'zayt ir' or 'zent ir'
• MDV 447 19:09
  bed (кровать) — Yiddish for 'bed'
• MDV 447 19:09
  I ask you (я прошу вас) — translation: I ask you
• MDV 447 19:09
  flowerbed (клумба с цветами) — Yiddish for 'flowerbed'
• MDV 447 20:41
  to pray (молиться) — Yiddish for 'to pray'
• MDV 447 20:41
  midwife (акушерка) — Yiddish for 'midwife'
• MDV 447 21:32
  I walk on the street (иду по улице) — translation: I walk on the street
• MDV 447 21:32
  I live on this street (живу на этой улице) — translation: I live on this street
• MDV 447 21:32
  I don't see him (я его не вижу) — translation: I don't see him
• MDV 447 22:14
  he said that you are sick (он сказал что ты болен) — translation: he told her you are sick; kranк or not
• MDV 447 23:23
  well (колодец) — Yiddish for 'well'
• MDV 447 23:23
  potato (картошка) — Yiddish for 'potato'
• MDV 447 23:58
  flowers (цветы) — Yiddish for 'flowers'
• MDV 447 24:49
  store (магазин) — Yiddish for 'store'
• MDV 447 24:49
  I need him very much (он мне очень нужен) — word order: 'ikh darf im shtark' or 'shtark darf ikh im'
• MDV 447 24:49
  I don't hear him (я его не слышу) — translation: I don't hear him
• MDV 447 25:25
  all people (все люди) — 'ale' or 'ole' for 'all'
• MDV 447 25:52
  I was at father's (я был у отца) — translation and choice of preposition
• MDV 447 25:52
  I sat at the table (я сидел за столом) — translation: I sat at the table
• MDV 447 26:22
  on this street live only Jews (на этой улице живут одни евреи) — translation: on this street live only Jews; 'same' pronunciation
• MDV 447 26:22
  he came from another city (приехал из другого города) — translation: he came from another town
• MDV 447 27:13
  one and a half (полтора) — Yiddish for 'one and a half'
• MDV 447 27:13
  otherwise I cannot (иначе не могу) — translation: otherwise I can't
• MDV 447 27:13
  parts of oven — words for parts of the oven
• MDV 447 28:24
  will you come or not (ты придешь или нет) — translation: will you come or not
• MDV 447 28:24
  very pleased (очень приятно) — translation: very pleasant
• MDV 447 28:24
  singular and plural of river (река / реки) — Yiddish for 'river' singular and plural
• MDV 447 29:54
  plural of vogn — plural of 'vogn'
• MDV 447 29:54
  mistake (ошибка) — word for 'mistake'
• MDV 447 29:54
  whose child (чей ребёнок) — translation: whose child
• MDV 447 30:35
  probably (наверное) — Yiddish for 'probably'
• MDV 447 30:35
  man (мужчина) — Yiddish for 'man'
• MDV 447 30:35
  woman (женщина) — Yiddish for 'woman'
• MDV 447 31:28
  fence (забор) — Yiddish for 'fence'
• MDV 447 31:28
  meaning of tsire — what 'tsire' means
• MDV 447 31:28
  what was thrown on Tisha b'Av — what was thrown on Tisha B'Av