Shaiia Davidovich Kleiman

born 1931 in Rașcov ("Vadraskhov" in the catalogue) · recorded in Chernivtsi, 2003

2 recordings · 124 minutes · 22 min of questionnaire

Interviewed by Dov-Ber Kerler · recorded together with Riva Fridrikhovna Gimelbrandt

Conversations 1

Each line is one conversation with Kleiman, 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.

• 2003-05-16
  ▶ Chernivtsi · 1.5 h proposed

  MDV 411 · MDV 412 0:00–27:49 (2 tapes)

Topics

Questionnaire

55 questions put to Kleiman. Each link opens the recording at that moment.

• MDV 411 0:05
  meaning of dibek — meaning of 'dibek'
• MDV 411 1:51
  meaning of goylem — meaning of 'goylem'
• MDV 411 2:28
  belly (живот) — word for живот (belly)
• MDV 411 2:47
  to build a house (строить дом) — word for 'build a house'
• MDV 411 2:56
  skin (кожа) — word for кожа (skin), not leather
• MDV 411 3:09
  mouse (мышь) — word for мышь (mouse)
• MDV 411 3:56
  windowpane — word for windowpane
• MDV 411 4:10
  blue (синий) — word for синий (blue)
• MDV 411 4:16
  pigeon (голубь) — word for голубь (dove/pigeon)
• MDV 411 4:30
  gray-haired (седой) — word for седой (gray-haired)
• MDV 411 4:37
  builds (строит) — word for строит дом (builds a house)
• MDV 411 4:56
  sour (кислый) — word for кислый (sour)
• MDV 411 5:03
  deaf (глухой (deaf)) — word for глухой (deaf)
• MDV 411 5:06
  late (поздно) — word for поздно (late)
• MDV 411 5:22
  soon/quickly (скоро) — word for скоро (soon, quickly)
• MDV 411 5:29
  near (близко) — word for близко (near)
• MDV 411 5:36
  nearer (ближе) — word for ближе (nearer)
• MDV 411 5:41
  I know everyone here (я знаю здесь всех) — translation of 'I know everyone here'
• MDV 411 7:35
  meaning of shlof — meaning of 'shlof' (weak/seriously ill)
• MDV 411 8:19
  ran away (убежал) — word for убежал (ran away)
• MDV 411 8:45
  cross (крест) — word for крест (cross)
• MDV 411 10:27
  my head hurts (голова болит) — translation of 'my head hurts'
• MDV 411 10:40
  mountain (гора) — word for гора (mountain)
• MDV 411 11:00
  from where (откуда) — word for откуда (from where)
• MDV 412 1:04
  thousand (тысяча) — how to say 'thousand' in Yiddish
• MDV 412 1:12
  vodka (водка) — Yiddish word for vodka
• MDV 412 3:33
  you are young (ты молод)
• MDV 412 3:36
  you (pl.) are right (вы правы)
• MDV 412 3:43
  unclear — unclear (possibly 'were you there' from context)
• MDV 412 4:12
  to pray (молиться)
• MDV 412 4:26
  grandmother (бабушка) — grandmother (diminutive forms)
• MDV 412 5:27
  I speak with mama (разговариваю с мамой) — I speak with mother
• MDV 412 5:40
  I walk on the street (иду по улице) — I go on the street
• MDV 412 5:46
  I live on this street (живу на этой улице)
• MDV 412 6:03
  I see her poorly (я её плохо вижу) — I see her badly
• MDV 412 6:07
  I don't see him (я его не вижу)
• MDV 412 6:18
  well (колодец) — well (water source)
• MDV 412 6:39
  ceiling (потолок) — ceiling (confirmation)
• MDV 412 9:59
  potato (картошка)
• MDV 412 10:13
  flowers (цветы)
• MDV 412 11:50
  greeting — greeting (good eleven)
• MDV 412 13:11
  I was at father's (я был у отца)
• MDV 412 13:18
  I sat at the table (я сидел за столом)
• MDV 412 13:30
  this is another story (это другая история)
• MDV 412 13:40
  this is another story (это другая история) — this is another story (confirmation)
• MDV 412 14:35
  will you come or not (ты придешь или нет)
• MDV 412 15:26
  plural of gvir — plural of gvir (rich man)
• MDV 412 15:50
  plural of vogn — plural of vogn (wagon)
• MDV 412 16:17
  I made a mistake (я сделал ошибку)
• MDV 412 16:26
  mistake (ошибка) — error (toes from Hebrew)
• MDV 412 16:40
  ceiling (потолок) — ceiling (confirmation)
• MDV 412 16:57
  fence (забор)
• MDV 412 18:48
  man (мужчина)
• MDV 412 18:57
  woman (женщина)
• MDV 412 20:36
  plural of enemy (mult dușman) — plural of soyne (enemy)