Solomon (Shloyme) Meir

born 1933 in Botoșani ("Botosani" in the catalogue) · recorded in Botoșani, 2006

2 recordings · 123 minutes · 37 min of questionnaire

Also written: Solomon Meir

Interviewed by Dov-Ber Kerler, Moisei Lemster, Jeffrey Veidlinger · recorded together with Iosif David

Conversations 1

Each line is one conversation with Meir, 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.

• 2006-05-29
  ▶ Botoșani · 1.6 h proposed

  MDV 223 · MDV 224 0:00–30:56 (2 tapes)

Topics

Questionnaire

38 questions put to Meir. Each link opens the recording at that moment.

• MDV 223 0:06
  whether heard a gut ort — whether informant has heard the expression 'a gut ort'
• MDV 223 8:16
  whether remembers Jewish weddings — whether informant remembers Jewish weddings
• MDV 224 1:15
  please (пожалуйста) — Yiddish for 'please'
• MDV 224 2:08
  give me please this book (дайте мне пожалуйста эту книгу) — sentence: give me please this book
• MDV 224 2:17
  thank you (спасибо) — Yiddish for 'thank you'
• MDV 224 3:22
  mouse (мышь) — Yiddish for 'mouse'
• MDV 224 4:21
  what cat catches — what the cat catches (a mouse)
• MDV 224 4:30
  bridge (pod (bridge)) — Yiddish for 'bridge'
• MDV 224 4:58
  house (дом) — Yiddish for 'house'
• MDV 224 5:20
  window (окно) — Yiddish for 'window'
• MDV 224 5:27
  pigeon (голубь) — Yiddish for 'pigeon'
• MDV 224 6:23
  to build (a construi (RO)) — Yiddish for 'to build'
• MDV 224 7:00
  deaf (глухой (deaf)) — Yiddish for 'deaf'
• MDV 224 7:00
  ear (ухо) — Yiddish for 'ear'
• MDV 224 7:23
  late (поздно) — Yiddish for 'late'
• MDV 224 7:26
  later (позже) — Yiddish for 'later'
• MDV 224 7:30
  earlier (раньше)
• MDV 224 8:01
  higher (выше) — Yiddish for 'higher'
• MDV 224 8:44
  near (близко) — Yiddish for 'near'
• MDV 224 10:40
  he is very sick (он очень болен) — Yiddish for 'he is very sick'
• MDV 224 11:18
  I like him (он мне нравится) — Yiddish for 'I like him'
• MDV 224 12:18
  ran away (убежал) — Yiddish for 'he ran away'
• MDV 224 12:49
  honest (честный) — Yiddish for 'honest'
• MDV 224 17:20
  from where (откуда) — Yiddish for 'from where are you'
• MDV 224 18:58
  thousand (тысяча)
• MDV 224 19:22
  to pray (молиться) — to pray (verb)
• MDV 224 19:51
  I live on this street (живу на этой улице) — Yiddish for 'I live on this street'
• MDV 224 20:41
  beets
• MDV 224 20:46
  potato (картошка) — Yiddish for 'potatoes'
• MDV 224 21:04
  all people (все люди) — Yiddish for 'all people'
• MDV 224 21:28
  I sat at the table (я сидел за столом) — I sat at the table (preposition)
• MDV 224 21:44
  sit (imperative) — sit (verb form)
• MDV 224 22:45
  floor (пол) — Yiddish for 'floor'
• MDV 224 27:04
  mistake/error
• MDV 224 27:08
  man/person (om (man/person)) — Yiddish for 'man/person'
• MDV 224 27:39
  unclear — unclear term
• MDV 224 30:16
  room (комната) — Yiddish for 'room'
• MDV 224 30:31
  enemy (враг) — Yiddish for 'enemy'