Efim (Khayim) Yakovlevich Dunaevskij

born 1923 in Bender ("Tighina (Yiddish: Bender)" in the catalogue) · recorded in Bender, 2006

2 recordings · 92 minutes · 34 min of questionnaire

Also written: Efim Yakovlevich Dunaevskij

Interviewed by Dov-Ber Kerler

Conversations 1

Each line is one conversation with Dunaevskij, 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.

• 2006-06-05
  ▶ Bender · 1.5 h

  MDV 214 · MDV 215 (2 tapes)

Topics

Questionnaire

88 questions put to Dunaevskij. Each link opens the recording at that moment.

• MDV 214 0:11
  whether Yiddish theater used to come
• MDV 214 0:15
  hello (здравствуйте) — Yiddish equivalent of Russian greeting здравствуйте
• MDV 214 0:40
  please (пожалуйста) — Yiddish equivalent of Russian пожалуйста
• MDV 214 1:03
  meaning of litvak — what 'litvak' means
• MDV 214 1:08
  thank you (спасибо) — Yiddish equivalent of Russian спасибо
• MDV 214 1:36
  meaning of dibek — what 'dibek' (dybbuk) means
• MDV 214 1:38
  mouse (мышь) — Yiddish word for 'little mouse'
• MDV 214 1:41
  tomato (помидоры) — how to say 'tomatoes' in Yiddish
• MDV 214 1:50
  happiness/luck (счастье) — Yiddish word for 'happiness, luck'
• MDV 214 2:12
  belly (живот) — Yiddish word for 'belly, stomach'; clarification on mouse
• MDV 214 2:17
  meaning of goylem — what 'goylem' means
• MDV 214 2:40
  narrative about war — narrative about the war
• MDV 215 0:43
  skin (кожа) — Yiddish for 'skin/leather'
• MDV 215 1:05
  to build (a construi (RO)) — Yiddish verb 'to build'
• MDV 215 2:34
  sour (кислый) — Yiddish for 'sour'
• MDV 215 3:20
  hot (жарко) — Yiddish for 'hot (weather)'
• MDV 215 3:50
  high (высоко) — Yiddish for 'high'
• MDV 215 4:50
  very beautiful (очень красивый) — Yiddish for 'very beautiful'
• MDV 215 5:34
  I like him very much (он мне очень нравится) — Yiddish sentence: he pleased me very much
• MDV 215 5:56
  barely walks (еле-еле ходит) — Yiddish for 'barely walks'
• MDV 215 6:08
  barely (еле-еле) — Yiddish for 'barely'
• MDV 215 6:14
  to run away (убежать) — Yiddish for 'to run away'
• MDV 215 6:33
  honest (честный) — Yiddish for 'honest'
• MDV 215 6:40
  pious (набожный) — Yiddish for 'pious, devout'
• MDV 215 7:31
  cross (крест) — Yiddish for 'cross'
• MDV 215 7:45
  Christmas (рождество) — Yiddish word for 'Christmas'
• MDV 215 8:00
  Christian (христианин) — Yiddish for 'Christian'
• MDV 215 9:00
  my head hurts (голова болит) — Yiddish for 'my head hurts'
• MDV 215 9:11
  where are you from (откуда ты?) — Yiddish for 'where are you from'
• MDV 215 9:31
  from there (оттуда) — Yiddish for 'from there'
• MDV 215 9:46
  bed (кровать) — Yiddish for 'bed'
• MDV 215 9:57
  I ask you (я прошу вас) — Yiddish for 'I ask you'
• MDV 215 10:07
  flowerbed/garden bed (грядка) — Yiddish for 'garden bed'
• MDV 215 10:12
  flowerbed (клумба с цветами) — Yiddish for 'flower bed'
• MDV 215 10:44
  teeth (зубы) — Yiddish for 'teeth'
• MDV 215 10:48
  ten (десять) — Yiddish for 'ten'
• MDV 215 10:57
  thousand (тысяча) — Yiddish for 'thousand'
• MDV 215 10:58
  in three days they will come (через три дня они приедут) — Yiddish sentence: 'in three days they will come'
• MDV 215 11:36
  then (тогда) — Yiddish for 'then'
• MDV 215 11:43
  you are young (ты молод) — Yiddish for 'you are young (right?)'
• MDV 215 11:49
  you (pl.) are right (вы правы) — second person plural form of 'you are right'
• MDV 215 12:04
  don't cry (не плачь) — Yiddish for 'don't cry'
• MDV 215 12:11
  pray (what gentiles do) (молится) — Yiddish for '(he/she) prays'
• MDV 215 12:18
  grandmother (бабушка) — Yiddish for 'grandmother'
• MDV 215 12:39
  what babe means — what does באבע mean
• MDV 215 12:54
  very tasty (очень вкусно) — Yiddish for 'very tasty'
• MDV 215 13:19
  I speak with mama (разговариваю с мамой) — Yiddish sentence: 'talk with mother'
• MDV 215 13:28
  I walk on the street (иду по улице) — Yiddish for 'I go on the street'
• MDV 215 13:42
  on the street (по этой улице) — Yiddish for 'on this street'
• MDV 215 13:50
  lake (озеро) — Yiddish for 'lake'
• MDV 215 14:12
  river (река) — Yiddish for 'river'
• MDV 215 15:51
  well (колодец) — Yiddish for 'well'
• MDV 215 16:24
  potato (картошка) — Yiddish for 'potato'
• MDV 215 16:33
  flowers (цветы) — Yiddish for 'flowers'
• MDV 215 17:01
  store (магазин) — Yiddish for 'store'
• MDV 215 17:43
  I don't hear him (я его не слышу) — Yiddish sentence: 'I don't hear him'
• MDV 215 18:10
  I need him very much (он мне очень нужен) — Yiddish sentence: 'I need him very much'
• MDV 215 18:31
  to bring order (навести порядок) — Yiddish for 'to put in order'
• MDV 215 18:36
  defeated the Germans (разбили немцев, разбили врага) — Yiddish sentence: 'we defeated the Germans'
• MDV 215 19:23
  I know everyone here (я знаю здесь всех) — Yiddish sentence: 'I know everyone here'
• MDV 215 19:41
  today three came (сегодня пришло трое) — Yiddish sentence 'today three came'; also: דריי vs דריי אירע
• MDV 215 20:04
  in our family were seven (в нашей семье было семеро) — Yiddish sentence: 'in our family there were seven'
• MDV 215 20:19
  I was at father's (я был у отца) — Yiddish sentence: 'I was at father's'
• MDV 215 20:27
  I sat at the table (я сидел за столом) — Yiddish sentence: 'I sat at the table'
• MDV 215 20:35
  on this street live only Jews (на этой улице живут одни евреи) — Yiddish sentence: 'on this street live only Jews'
• MDV 215 21:04
  this is another story (это другая история) — Yiddish sentence: 'that is another story'
• MDV 215 21:16
  you came from another city (ты прибыл из другого города) — Yiddish sentence: 'you came from another city'
• MDV 215 21:28
  one and a half (полтора) — Yiddish for 'one and a half'
• MDV 215 21:42
  otherwise I cannot (иначе не могу) — Yiddish sentence: 'I cannot otherwise'
• MDV 215 21:59
  attic (чердак) — Yiddish for 'attic'
• MDV 215 22:04
  I don't know whether he knows or not (не знаю, знает ли он или нет) — Yiddish sentence: 'I don't know if he knows or not'
• MDV 215 22:19
  will you come or not (ты придешь или нет) — Yiddish sentence: 'will you come or not'
• MDV 215 23:06
  paradise (рай) — Yiddish for 'paradise'
• MDV 215 23:11
  then (тогда) — Yiddish for 'then, at that time'
• MDV 215 24:24
  whose child (чей ребёнок) — Yiddish for 'whose child'
• MDV 215 24:33
  goods/merchandise (товар) — Yiddish for 'goods, merchandise'
• MDV 215 24:55
  man (мужчина) — Yiddish for 'man': מאן or מאנסבור
• MDV 215 25:12
  probably knows Yiddish (наверное знает идиш) — Yiddish sentence: 'he probably knows Yiddish'
• MDV 215 26:25
  floor (пол) — Yiddish for 'floor'
• MDV 215 26:35
  fence (забор) — Yiddish for 'fence'
• MDV 215 26:47
  face (лицо) — Yiddish for 'face'
• MDV 215 26:50
  meaning of tsire — what does צירה mean
• MDV 215 27:15
  farlozt or farlozn — which is better: פארלאזט or פארלאזן (she left the parents)
• MDV 215 27:21
  farlozt or farlozn — which is better: פארלאזט or פארלאזן (he grew a beard)
• MDV 215 27:40
  room (комната) — Yiddish for 'room'
• MDV 215 28:15
  suddenly (вдруг) — Yiddish for 'suddenly'
• MDV 215 28:24
  enemy (враг) — Yiddish for 'enemy'
• MDV 215 28:57
  plural of enemy (mult dușman) — plural of שונא (enemy)