Maria Leibovna Kleyman (Manye)

recorded in Lipcani, Mohyliv-Podil's'kyy, 2005

3 recordings · 184 minutes · 45 min of questionnaire · 1 min of singing

Also written: Maria (Manye) Leibovna Kleyman

Interviewed by Dov-Ber Kerler, Moisei Lemster, Dovid Katz · recorded together with Abram Davidovich Kaplan, Raisa Aizekovna Shvartzman, Iosif (Yosel) Matveyevich Shvartzman

Conversations 1

Each line is one conversation with Kleyman, 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.

• 2005-12-13 – 2005-12-14
  ▶ Lipcani · 2.0 h proposed

  MDV 185 18:52–1:00:57 · MDV 186 · MDV 187 0:00–14:22 (3 tapes)

Topics

Questionnaire

91 questions put to Kleyman. Each link opens the recording at that moment.

• MDV 186 0:58
  house (дом) — the Yiddish word for 'house'
• MDV 186 1:22
  groats (крупа) — the Yiddish word for 'groats'
• MDV 186 1:39
  Christian (христианин) — how to say 'Christian' in Yiddish
• MDV 186 1:54
  hand/arm (рука) — the Yiddish word for 'hand/arm'
• MDV 186 2:09
  mouse (мышь) — the Yiddish word for 'mouse'
• MDV 186 2:42
  blue (синий) — the Yiddish word for 'blue'
• MDV 186 2:52
  pigeon (голубь) — the Yiddish word for 'pigeon/dove'
• MDV 186 3:13
  gray-haired (седой) — the Yiddish word for 'gray-haired'
• MDV 186 3:39
  to build (a construi (RO)) — the Yiddish word for 'to build'
• MDV 186 3:55
  sour (кислый) — the Yiddish word for 'sour'
• MDV 186 4:22
  sweet and sour (кислосладкий) — the Yiddish for 'sweet-and-sour'
• MDV 186 4:46
  deaf (глухой (deaf)) — the Yiddish word for 'deaf'
• MDV 186 5:22
  near (близко) — the Yiddish word for 'close/near'
• MDV 186 5:27
  nearer (ближе) — the Yiddish word for 'closer'
• MDV 186 5:33
  he will also come (он тоже придет) — Yiddish for '(he) will also come'
• MDV 186 5:56
  cold (холодно) — the Yiddish for 'cold'
• MDV 186 6:06
  late (поздно) — the Yiddish word for 'late'
• MDV 186 6:10
  later (позже) — the Yiddish for 'later'
• MDV 186 6:24
  earlier (раньше) — the Yiddish word for 'earlier'
• MDV 186 6:27
  he came here (он пришёл сюда) — Yiddish for 'he came here'
• MDV 186 6:39
  kiss her (поцелуй её) — Yiddish for 'kiss her'
• MDV 186 6:50
  unclear
• MDV 186 7:21
  faster (быстрее) — the Yiddish for 'faster'
• MDV 186 7:29
  he knows this too (он знает это тоже) — Yiddish for 'he knows too'
• MDV 186 7:34
  she knows (она знает) — Yiddish for 'she knows'
• MDV 186 7:53
  unclear
• MDV 186 7:58
  unclear
• MDV 186 8:52
  listen to me (слушай меня) — Yiddish for 'listen to me'
• MDV 186 9:00
  he is very sick (он очень болен) — Yiddish for 'he is very sick'
• MDV 186 9:09
  she is very beautiful (она очень красива) — Yiddish for 'she is very beautiful'
• MDV 186 9:43
  I like him (он мне нравится) — Yiddish for 'I like him'
• MDV 186 10:03
  I don't like him at all (он мне очень не нравится) — Yiddish for 'I don't like him at all'
• MDV 186 10:12
  barely walks (еле-еле ходит) — Yiddish for 'barely walks'
• MDV 186 10:57
  whether there was Yiddish theater — whether there was a Yiddish theater
• MDV 186 11:09
  honest (честный) — the Yiddish word for 'honest'
• MDV 186 11:17
  pious (набожный) — the Yiddish word for 'pious/devout'
• MDV 186 11:44
  meaning of frumer — the meaning of 'פרומער'
• MDV 186 12:40
  cross (крест) — the Yiddish word for 'cross'
• MDV 186 12:43
  ladder (лестница) — the Yiddish word for 'ladder'
• MDV 186 14:12
  my head hurts (голова болит) — Yiddish for 'the head hurts'
• MDV 186 14:39
  from where (откуда) — the Yiddish for 'from where'
• MDV 186 14:52
  from there (оттуда) — the Yiddish for 'from there'
• MDV 186 15:08
  bed (кровать) — the Yiddish word for 'bed'
• MDV 186 15:12
  I ask you (я прошу вас) — Yiddish for 'I ask you'
• MDV 186 15:17
  please (пожалуйста) — the Yiddish for 'please'
• MDV 186 15:36
  give me please this book (дайте мне пожалуйста эту книгу) — Yiddish for 'please give me this book'
• MDV 186 16:10
  sunflower oil (подсолнечное масло) — Yiddish for 'sunflower oil'
• MDV 186 16:21
  diminutive for tree — diminutive for 'tree'
• MDV 186 16:34
  teeth (зубы) — the Yiddish word for 'teeth'
• MDV 186 16:50
  ten (десять) — the Yiddish word for 'ten'
• MDV 186 16:54
  thousand (тысяча) — the Yiddish word for 'thousand'
• MDV 186 17:01
  in three days they will come (через три дня они приедут) — Yiddish for 'in three days they will come'
• MDV 186 17:21
  it was in (19)14 or (19)15 (это было в 14-м или 15-м году) — Yiddish for 'it was in (19)14 or (19)15'
• MDV 186 17:46
  you are right (ты прав) — Yiddish for 'you are right' (singular)
• MDV 186 17:55
  you (pl.) are right (вы правы) — Yiddish for 'you are right' (plural)
• MDV 186 18:12
  I was there (я был там) — Yiddish for 'I was there'
• MDV 186 18:21
  don't cry (не плачь) — Yiddish for 'don't cry'
• MDV 186 18:23
  to pray (молиться) — the Yiddish word for 'to pray'
• MDV 186 19:49
  grandmother (бабушка) — the Yiddish word for 'grandmother'
• MDV 186 19:54
  midwife (акушерка) — the Yiddish word for 'midwife'
• MDV 186 20:17
  taste (вкус) — the Yiddish word for 'taste'
• MDV 186 21:32
  unclear
• MDV 186 21:41
  I live on this street (живу на этой улице) — Yiddish for 'I live on the street'
• MDV 186 22:05
  river (река) — the Yiddish word for 'river'
• MDV 186 23:31
  unclear
• MDV 186 23:38
  I don't see him (я его не вижу) — Yiddish for 'I don't see him'
• MDV 186 23:56
  I see her poorly (я её плохо вижу) — Yiddish for 'I see her poorly'
• MDV 186 24:30
  flowers (цветы) — the Yiddish word for 'flowers'
• MDV 186 25:22
  store (магазин) — the Yiddish word for 'store'
• MDV 186 26:02
  I don't hear him (я его не слышу) — Yiddish for 'I don't hear him'
• MDV 186 26:20
  defeated the Germans (разбили немцов) — Yiddish for 'defeated the Germans'
• MDV 186 26:51
  all people (все люди) — Yiddish for 'all people'
• MDV 186 27:15
  today three people came (сегодня пришло три человека) — Yiddish for 'today came three people'
• MDV 186 28:07
  I sat at the table (я сидел за столом) — Yiddish for 'I sat at the table'
• MDV 186 28:11
  on this street live only Jews (на этой улице живут одни евреи) — Yiddish for 'on this street live only Jews'
• MDV 186 28:35
  this is another story (это другая история) — Yiddish for 'it's a different story'
• MDV 186 29:32
  unclear
• MDV 186 29:42
  attic (чердак) — the Yiddish word for 'attic'
• MDV 186 29:56
  I don't know whether he knows or not (не знаю, знает ли он или нет) — Yiddish for 'I don't know whether he knows or not'
• MDV 186 30:17
  will you come or not (ты придешь или нет) — Yiddish for 'will you come or not'
• MDV 186 30:43
  such things (такие дела) — the form for 'such things'
• MDV 186 31:00
  pleasant (приятно) — the Yiddish word for 'pleasant'
• MDV 186 32:17
  plural of gvir — the plural of 'גוויר' (rich person)
• MDV 186 33:07
  then (тогда) — the Yiddish word for 'then/at that time'
• MDV 186 33:36
  plural of vogn — the plural of 'וואגן' (wagon)
• MDV 186 34:37
  probably (наверное) — the Yiddish word for 'probably'
• MDV 186 34:58
  ceiling (потолок) — the Yiddish word for 'ceiling'
• MDV 186 35:10
  floor (пол) — the Yiddish word for 'floor'
• MDV 186 35:17
  fence (забор) — the Yiddish word for 'fence'
• MDV 186 36:10
  what tsure means — the meaning of 'צירה' (face/visage)
• MDV 186 36:51
  back (назад) — the Yiddish word for 'back/backwards'