Zusia Izakovitch Lifshitz

Conversations 1

Each line is one conversation with Lifshitz, 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.

• 2003-05-28
  ▶ Chernihiv · 62 min uncertain

  MDV 402

Topics

Questionnaire

29 questions put to Lifshitz. Each link opens the recording at that moment.

• MDV 402 0:02
  mouse (мышь) — the word for 'mouse' (completing the riddle 'a head runs after a...')
• MDV 402 0:10
  well (колодец) — the Yiddish word for 'well' (Russian 'колодец')
• MDV 402 0:10
  back (назад) — the Yiddish for 'back, backwards'
• MDV 402 0:20
  room (комната) — the Yiddish for 'room'
• MDV 402 0:29
  attic (чердак) — the Yiddish word for 'attic' (Russian 'чердак')
• MDV 402 0:41
  one and a half (полтора) — the Yiddish for 'one and a half'
• MDV 402 0:44
  honest (честный) — how to say 'honest' in Yiddish
• MDV 402 0:47
  attic (чердак) — the Yiddish for 'attic'
• MDV 402 0:57
  color of sky — what color (the sky is)
• MDV 402 1:07
  cross (крест) — word for cross (Christian cross on a church)
• MDV 402 1:09
  what tsure means — meaning of 'tsore'
• MDV 402 1:30
  vodka (водка) — the Yiddish word for 'vodka'
• MDV 402 1:32
  well (колодец) — the Yiddish for 'well' (where one draws water from)
• MDV 402 1:54
  my head hurts (голова болит) — how to say 'head hurts' in Yiddish
• MDV 402 2:07
  potato (картошка) — the Yiddish for 'potato'
• MDV 402 2:09
  thousand (тысяча) — the Yiddish word for 'thousand'
• MDV 402 2:15
  where are you from (откуда вы?)
• MDV 402 2:23
  store (магазин) — the Yiddish for 'store, shop'
• MDV 402 2:38
  I live on this street (живу на этой улице) — Yiddish rendering of 'I live on this street'
• MDV 402 2:41
  my head hurts (голова болит) — how to say 'I have a headache' / 'my head hurts'
• MDV 402 3:03
  whether there were Hasidim — whether there were Hasidim in the town
• MDV 402 3:11
  I liked him very much (он мне очень понравился) — how to say 'I liked him very much'
• MDV 402 3:26
  this is another story (это другая история) — Yiddish rendering of 'that's a different story'
• MDV 402 3:38
  very sick (очень болен) — how to say 'very sick'
• MDV 402 3:52
  near (близко) — the Yiddish word for 'close/near'
• MDV 402 3:57
  whether there was Yiddish theater — whether there was a Yiddish theater
• MDV 402 4:02
  how did you say (как ты сказал?) — how to say 'what did you say'
• MDV 402 4:21
  where does he live (где он живет? (where does he live?)) — how to say 'where does he live'
• MDV 402 4:37
  he knows everything (Все он знает) — how to say 'he knows'