Avram (Avrohom ben Khayim Nisen) Khaimovich Khavin

born 1918 in Chernihiv · recorded in Chernihiv, 2003

4 recordings · 166 minutes · 32 min of questionnaire

Also written: Avram Khaimovich Khavin; Khavin

Interviewed by Dov-Ber Kerler, Dovid Katz

Conversations 2 ▶ play all in order

Each line is one conversation with Khavin, 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.

• 2003-05-27
  ▶ Chernihiv · 1.8 h

  MDV 400 · MDV 401 (2 tapes)
• 2003-05-27
  ▶ Chernihiv · 61 min

  MDV 404

Topics

Questionnaire

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

• MDV 400 0:04
  meaning of litvak — meaning of 'Litvak'
• MDV 400 0:10
  belly (живот) — the Yiddish word for 'belly'
• MDV 400 0:10
  house (дом) — the Yiddish word for 'house'
• MDV 400 0:45
  skin (кожа) — the Yiddish word for 'skin' (on a person)
• MDV 400 1:41
  what cat chases — what a cat chases (mouse)
• MDV 401 0:02
  well (колодец) — well (water source)
• MDV 401 0:09
  potato (картошка)
• MDV 401 0:13
  ceiling (потолок)
• MDV 401 0:36
  store (магазин) — store/shop
• MDV 401 0:38
  ceiling (потолок) — ceiling (alternative form)
• MDV 401 0:41
  ceiling (потолок) — ceiling (alternative forms)
• MDV 401 0:54
  beam (бревно)
• MDV 401 1:00
  ceiling (потолок) — ceiling (multiple alternatives)
• MDV 401 1:09
  floor (пол)
• MDV 401 1:21
  ceiling (потолок) — ceiling (alternative)
• MDV 401 1:43
  attic (чердак)
• MDV 401 1:53
  back (назад) — back, backward
• MDV 401 2:01
  go back — go back (alternative form)
• MDV 401 2:24
  suddenly (вдруг)
• MDV 401 2:27
  one and a half (полтора)
• MDV 401 2:45
  plural of gvir — plural of 'gvir'
• MDV 401 2:59
  probably (наверно) — probably, surely
• MDV 401 3:17
  probably (наверное) — probably (alternative form)
• MDV 401 3:41
  mistake (ошибка)
• MDV 401 4:02
  fence (забор)
• MDV 401 4:22
  to use (использовать) — to use (form choice)
• MDV 401 4:40
  he is very sick (он очень болен)
• MDV 401 5:03
  on this street live only Jews (на этой улице живут одни евреи)
• MDV 401 5:24
  I liked him very much (он мне очень понравился) — he pleased me very much
• MDV 401 5:39
  will you come or not (ты придешь или нет) — will you come or not?
• MDV 401 6:08
  I speak with mother (я говорю с мамой) — I speak/talk with mother
• MDV 401 6:22
  I go along the street (Я иду по улице)
• MDV 401 6:27
  where are you (где вы?) — where are you (pl.)
• MDV 401 6:29
  I walk on the street (иду по улице) — I go along this street
• MDV 401 6:53
  you are young (ты молод)
• MDV 401 7:01
  I don't know whether he knows or not (не знаю, знает ли он или нет) — I don't know if he knows or not
• MDV 401 7:04
  vodka (водка) — vodka/liquor
• MDV 401 7:17
  thousand (тысяча)
• MDV 401 7:32
  you (pl.) are right (вы правы) — you are right
• MDV 401 7:49
  I have pleasure (имею удовольствие)
• MDV 401 8:02
  bed (кровать)
• MDV 401 8:03
  pleasure — pleasure (alternative form)
• MDV 401 8:05
  I ask you (я прошу вас)
• MDV 401 8:13
  flower bed — flower bed (continued from earlier)
• MDV 401 8:44
  I don't see him (я его не вижу)
• MDV 401 10:05
  face (лицо)
• MDV 401 11:00
  flowers (цветы)
• MDV 401 11:48
  you (pl.) are right (вы правы) — you are right
• MDV 401 12:11
  cross (крест)
• MDV 401 12:17
  meaning of tseylem kop — meaning of 'tseylem kop'
• MDV 401 12:50
  from where (откуда)
• MDV 401 13:10
  from there (оттуда)
• MDV 401 13:17
  there (directional) (туда)
• MDV 401 14:04
  if (если)
• MDV 401 15:17
  to breathe (дышать)
• MDV 401 16:00
  catch one's breath (перехватить дух)
• MDV 401 17:06
  all people (все люди)