Moisei (Moyshe) Miaskovskij

born 1923 · recorded in Tomashpol', 2007

2 recordings · 81 minutes · 36 min of questionnaire

Also written: Moisei Miaskovskij

Conversations 1

Each line is one conversation with Miaskovskij, 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.

• 2007-05-28
  ▶ Tomashpol' · 82 min

  MDV 702 · MDV 703 (2 tapes)

Topics

Questionnaire

36 questions put to Miaskovskij. Each link opens the recording at that moment.

• MDV 702 1:29
  cold (холодно) — Yiddish for холодно (cold)
• MDV 702 1:43
  later (позже) — Yiddish for позже (later)
• MDV 702 4:10
  I don't like him (он мне не нравится) — Yiddish for 'he doesn't please me'
• MDV 702 4:30
  barely walks (еле-еле ходит) — едва ходит (barely walks)
• MDV 702 6:16
  honest (честный) — Yiddish for честный (honest)
• MDV 702 7:01
  pious (набожный) — Yiddish for набожный (pious)
• MDV 702 7:55
  cross (крест) — Yiddish for крест (cross)
• MDV 702 9:06
  mountain (гора) — Yiddish for гора (mountain)
• MDV 702 9:34
  peasant (крестьянин) — Yiddish for крестьянин (peasant) and христианин (Christian)
• MDV 702 11:41
  my head hurts (голова болит) — Yiddish for 'головаболит' (headache)
• MDV 702 12:06
  where are you from (откуда вы?) — Yiddish for откуда вы? (where are you from?)
• MDV 702 13:27
  from there (оттуда) — Yiddish for оттуда (from there)
• MDV 702 15:02
  sunflower oil (подсолнечное масло) — Yiddish for подсолнечное масло (sunflower oil)
• MDV 702 15:37
  small tree (маленькое дерево) — Yiddish for деревцо (small tree)
• MDV 702 15:55
  teeth (зубы) — Yiddish for зубы (teeth)
• MDV 702 16:09
  ten (десять) — Yiddish for десять (ten)
• MDV 702 16:11
  vodka (водка) — Yiddish for водка (vodka)
• MDV 702 18:14
  thousand (тысяча) — Yiddish for тысяча (thousand)
• MDV 702 18:48
  in three days (через три дня) — Yiddish for через три дня (in three days)
• MDV 702 21:38
  you are young (ты молод) — Yiddish for 'you are young'
• MDV 702 21:54
  you are right (ты прав) — Yiddish for 'you are right'
• MDV 702 22:43
  to pray (молиться) — Yiddish for молиться (to pray)
• MDV 702 22:53
  grandmother (бабушка) — Yiddish for бабушка (grandmother)
• MDV 702 23:29
  I speak with mama (разговариваю с мамой) — Yiddish for 'I am talking to mother'
• MDV 702 24:19
  I live on this street (живу на этой улице) — Yiddish for 'I live on this street'
• MDV 702 24:28
  I see her poorly (я её плохо вижу) — Yiddish for 'I see her poorly'
• MDV 702 25:33
  he said that you are sick (он сказал что ты болен) — Yiddish for 'he said you are sick' (ты/вы)
• MDV 702 26:30
  well (колодец) — Yiddish for колодец (well)
• MDV 702 27:00
  potato (картошка) — Yiddish for картошка (potato)
• MDV 702 27:56
  I need him very much (он мне очень нужен) — Yiddish for 'he really needs me / I really need him'
• MDV 702 28:45
  very (очень) — Yiddish for очень (very)
• MDV 702 29:33
  floor (пол) — Yiddish for 'floor' (what you stand/walk on)
• MDV 702 30:50
  I was at father's (я был у отца) — Yiddish for 'I was at father's'
• MDV 702 32:12
  lives (живёт) — Yiddish for живёт (lives) — נע די אוליצע זשיווט
• MDV 702 32:45
  this is another story (это другая история) — Yiddish for 'that's another story'
• MDV 702 33:41
  one and a half (полтора) — Yiddish for полтора (one and a half)