Boris Matveevich Gershtein

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• 2003-05-08
  ▶ Kovel' or Luts'k · 3.1 h uncertain

  MDV 553 · MDV 576 · MDV 577 (3 tapes) · with Evgeniia Abramovna Shvardovskaia
• 2003-05-09
  ▶ Kovel' · 3.0 h

  MDV 554 · MDV 555 · MDV 556 (3 tapes) · with Ignat Petrovich Oykhovitch

Topics

Questionnaire

164 questions put to Gershtein. Each link opens the recording at that moment.

• MDV 553 1:13
  lives (живёт)
• MDV 553 1:15
  house (дом)
• MDV 553 1:16
  house (дом) — house/home
• MDV 553 1:56
  groats (крупа)
• MDV 553 2:07
  mouse (мышь)
• MDV 553 2:10
  windowpane
• MDV 553 2:38
  blue (синий)
• MDV 553 2:57
  pigeon (голубь) — pigeon/dove
• MDV 553 3:44
  to build (a construi (RO))
• MDV 553 4:15
  sour (кислый)
• MDV 553 4:29
  ear (ухо)
• MDV 553 4:51
  deaf (глухой (deaf))
• MDV 553 4:59
  kiss (поцелуй)
• MDV 553 5:43
  what did you say (что ты сказал) — 'what did you say'
• MDV 553 5:56
  late (поздно)
• MDV 553 6:00
  later (позже)
• MDV 553 6:07
  earlier (раньше)
• MDV 553 6:11
  cold (холодно)
• MDV 553 6:14
  colder (холоднее)
• MDV 553 8:08
  where does he live (где он живет? (where does he live?)) — 'where does he live'
• MDV 553 8:34
  where does he live (где он живет? (where does he live?)) — how to say 'where'
• MDV 553 9:10
  what did you say (что ты сказал) — 'what did you say'
• MDV 553 10:45
  to breathe (дышать)
• MDV 553 10:58
  to breathe (дышать) — to breathe (variant דעכן)
• MDV 553 11:57
  very sick (очень болен) — 'very sick'
• MDV 553 12:32
  she is very beautiful (она очень красивая) — 'she is very beautiful'
• MDV 553 12:40
  I like him (он мне нравится) — 'I like him'
• MDV 553 13:15
  barely walks (еле-еле ходит) — 'he barely walks'
• MDV 553 14:46
  very pious (очень набожен) — 'very pious/devout'
• MDV 553 15:11
  very pious (очень набожен) — 'very pious'
• MDV 553 15:11
  pious/honest Jew (очень честный) — 'very honest'
• MDV 553 15:50
  cross (крест) — cross (Christian symbol)
• MDV 553 16:03
  my head hurts (голова болит) — 'my head hurts'
• MDV 553 16:39
  my head hurts (голова болит) — 'my head hurts'
• MDV 553 16:57
  from where (откуда) — 'where from'
• MDV 553 17:21
  from there (оттуда) — 'from there'
• MDV 553 17:36
  bed (кровать)
• MDV 553 17:40
  I ask you (прошу вас) — 'I beg/ask you'
• MDV 553 17:53
  flowerbed (клумба с цветами)
• MDV 553 18:45
  flowers (цветы) — flowers (variant קווייטן)
• MDV 553 19:04
  sunflower oil (подсолнечное масло)
• MDV 553 19:18
  small tree (маленькое дерево)
• MDV 553 19:30
  tree variants and diminutives — tree (variants and diminutives)
• MDV 553 20:29
  in three days they will come (через три дня они приедут) — 'in three days they will come'
• MDV 553 21:11
  twenty (двадцать)
• MDV 553 21:15
  you are young (ты молод) — 'you are young'
• MDV 553 21:41
  you are young (ты молод) — 'you are young' (simple form)
• MDV 553 21:52
  you are right (ты прав) — 'you are right'
• MDV 553 22:15
  you (pl.) are right (вы правы) — 'you (pl.) are right'
• MDV 553 22:37
  I was there (я был там) — 'I was there'
• MDV 553 23:15
  I speak with mama (разговариваю с мамой) — how to say 'I'm talking with mama' in Yiddish
• MDV 553 23:43
  I walk on the street (иду по улице) — how to say 'I go on the street' in Yiddish
• MDV 553 24:27
  I don't see him (я его не вижу) — how to say 'I do not see him'
• MDV 553 24:27
  I see her poorly (я её плохо вижу) — how to say 'I see her poorly'
• MDV 553 24:56
  he told her that you are sick (он ей сказал, что ты болен) — how to say 'he told her that she is sick'
• MDV 553 25:16
  well (колодец) — the Yiddish word for 'well' (колодец)
• MDV 553 26:53
  I don't hear her (её я не слышу) — how to say 'I do not hear her'
• MDV 553 28:07
  defeated the Germans (разбили немцев, разбили врага) — how to say 'they defeated the Germans/enemy'
• MDV 553 30:07
  I sat at the table (я сидел за столом) — how to say 'I sat at the table'
• MDV 553 32:50
  otherwise I cannot (иначе не могу) — how to say 'otherwise I cannot'
• MDV 553 33:04
  I don't know whether he knows or not (не знаю, знает ли он или нет) — how to say 'I don't know whether he knows or not'
• MDV 553 33:29
  such things (такие дела) — how to say 'such things'
• MDV 553 34:34
  beam (бревно) — the Yiddish word for 'log' (бревно)
• MDV 553 34:52
  row (ряд) — the Yiddish word for 'row' (ряд)
• MDV 553 35:27
  plural of gvir — the plural of 'גביר' (rich man)
• MDV 553 35:41
  then (тогда) — how to say 'then' (тогда)
• MDV 553 36:41
  whose child (чей ребёнок) — how to say 'whose is this child'
• MDV 553 37:08
  man (мужчина) — the Yiddish word for 'man' (мужчина)
• MDV 553 37:34
  we will go (мы пойдём) — how to say 'we will go together'
• MDV 553 38:17
  he probably knows Yiddish (он, наверное, знает идиш) — how to say 'he probably knows Yiddish'
• MDV 553 39:07
  fence (забор) — the Yiddish word for 'fence' (забор)
• MDV 553 41:50
  back (назад) — how to say 'back, backwards'
• MDV 553 42:02
  room (комната) — the Yiddish word for 'room'
• MDV 553 42:10
  someone told me (кто-то мне сказал) — how to say 'someone told me'
• MDV 553 42:33
  suddenly (вдруг) — the Yiddish word for 'suddenly'
• MDV 553 43:39
  enemy (враг) — the Yiddish word for 'enemy'
• MDV 555 0:00
  difference between rov and rebe
• MDV 555 0:52
  meaning of dibek — meaning of 'dibek'
• MDV 555 0:52
  plural of rov
• MDV 555 1:10
  plural of rebe
• MDV 555 1:20
  meaning of goylem — meaning of 'goylem'
• MDV 555 1:50
  meaning of a gut ort — what 'a gut ort' means
• MDV 555 2:40
  please (пожалуйста) — Yiddish for 'please'
• MDV 555 3:16
  thank you (спасибо) — Yiddish for 'thank you'
• MDV 555 3:39
  mouse (мышь) — Yiddish for 'mouse'
• MDV 555 4:14
  meaning of a guter yid — what 'a guter yid' means
• MDV 555 4:16
  groats (крупа) — Yiddish for 'groats'
• MDV 555 4:16
  belly (живот) — Yiddish for 'belly/stomach'
• MDV 555 4:16
  house (дом) — Yiddish for 'house'
• MDV 555 5:59
  gray-haired (седой) — Yiddish for 'gray-haired'
• MDV 555 6:53
  barely walks (еле-еле ходит) — Yiddish for 'barely walks'
• MDV 555 6:53
  she is very beautiful (она очень красивая) — Yiddish for 'she is very beautiful'
• MDV 555 6:53
  very pious (очень набожен) — Yiddish for 'very pious/religious'
• MDV 555 6:53
  I like very much (мне очень нравится) — Yiddish for 'I like very much'
• MDV 555 6:53
  I like (мне нравится) — Yiddish for 'I like (him/her)'
• MDV 555 7:58
  cross (крест) — Yiddish for 'cross'
• MDV 555 7:58
  my head hurts (голова болит) — Yiddish for 'head hurts'
• MDV 555 8:27
  my head hurts (голова болит) — Yiddish for 'my head hurts'
• MDV 555 8:27
  twenty (двадцать) — Yiddish for 'twenty'
• MDV 555 8:27
  where are you from (откуда вы?) — Yiddish for 'where are you from'
• MDV 555 9:37
  I walk on the street (иду по улице) — Yiddish for 'I walk on the street'
• MDV 555 10:21
  I live on this street (живу на этой улице) — Yiddish for 'I live on the street'
• MDV 555 10:44
  I don't see him (я его не вижу) — Yiddish for 'I don't see him'
• MDV 555 10:44
  I see badly (я плохо вижу) — Yiddish for 'I see badly'
• MDV 555 11:16
  I was at father's (я был у отца) — Yiddish for 'I was at father's'
• MDV 555 11:33
  I sat at the table (я сидел за столом) — Yiddish for 'I sit at the table'
• MDV 556 0:00
  flowerbed (клумба с цветами)
• MDV 556 1:22
  to pray (молиться)
• MDV 556 2:30
  grandmother (бабушка)
• MDV 556 3:01
  bed (кровать)
• MDV 556 3:32
  small tree (маленькое дерево)
• MDV 556 3:32
  butter (масло) — oil/butter
• MDV 556 4:12
  teeth (зубы)
• MDV 556 5:10
  well (колодец)
• MDV 556 5:38
  well (колодец) — well (alternative term)
• MDV 556 5:49
  potato (картошка)
• MDV 556 6:19
  potato (картошка) — potato (Belarusian term)
• MDV 556 6:37
  flowers (цветы)
• MDV 556 6:37
  difference between kveytn and blumen — difference between קווייטן and בלומען
• MDV 556 7:49
  I need him very much (он мне очень нужен)
• MDV 556 7:49
  I have no money (нет денег) — there is no money
• MDV 556 9:11
  to bring order (навести порядок)
• MDV 556 10:42
  to dig (рыть)
• MDV 556 11:01
  all people (все люди)
• MDV 556 11:01
  I know everyone here (я знаю здесь всех)
• MDV 556 11:01
  defeated the Germans (разбили немцов) — they smashed the Germans
• MDV 556 11:40
  today three people came (сегодня пришло три человека)
• MDV 556 11:40
  in our family were seven (в нашей семье было семеро) — in our family there were seven people
• MDV 556 12:23
  on this street live only Jews (на этой улице живут одни евреи)
• MDV 556 12:23
  only Jews (одни евреи) — only Jews (gale)
• MDV 556 13:52
  this is another story (это другая история) — that is another story
• MDV 556 13:59
  one and a half (полтора)
• MDV 556 13:59
  you came from another city (ты прибыл из другого города)
• MDV 556 14:45
  will you come or not (ты придешь или нет) — will you come or not?
• MDV 556 14:45
  I don't know whether he knows or not (не знаю, знает ли он или нет)
• MDV 556 14:45
  to use (использовать)
• MDV 556 15:43
  such people (такие люди)
• MDV 556 15:43
  very pleased (очень приятно) — very pleasant
• MDV 556 16:51
  plural of gvir — plural of גוויר (rich man)
• MDV 556 17:26
  paradise (рай)
• MDV 556 18:33
  plural of vogn — plural of wagon
• MDV 556 18:49
  whose child (чей ребёнок) — whose child is it?
• MDV 556 18:49
  to make a mistake (сделать ошибку)
• MDV 556 19:45
  we will go (мы пойдём) — form of 'we will go'
• MDV 556 19:45
  he probably knows Yiddish (он, наверное, знает идиш)
• MDV 556 20:13
  probably (наверное) — probably (form of word)
• MDV 556 21:01
  ceiling (потолок)
• MDV 556 21:01
  floor (пол) — floor (opposite of ceiling)
• MDV 556 21:56
  fence (забор)
• MDV 556 22:43
  face (лицо)
• MDV 556 22:43
  meaning of tsure — meaning of צורה
• MDV 556 23:39
  he grew a beard (он отпустил бороду)
• MDV 556 23:41
  she left parents (она покинула родителей) — she abandoned her parents
• MDV 556 25:02
  many people (много людей)
• MDV 556 26:50
  suddenly (вдруг)
• MDV 556 28:17
  different (различные)
• MDV 556 28:35
  enemy (враг)
• MDV 577 0:00
  plural of rov — plural of רב (rov, rabbi)
• MDV 577 0:08
  meaning of dibek — meaning of 'dibek'
• MDV 577 0:15
  plural of rebe — plural of רבי (rebbe)
• MDV 577 0:41
  Jew from Lithuania — what you call a Jew from Lithuania
• MDV 577 0:46
  meaning of goylem — meaning of 'goylem'
• MDV 577 1:16
  what galitsyaner means — what גאליציאנער (Galician) means
• MDV 577 4:16
  hospital (באלניצער) — how to say 'hospital'