Mira Markovna Murovanaia (Mire)

recorded in Haysyn, Shpykiv, 2002

3 recordings · 117 minutes · 21 min of questionnaire · 3 min of singing

Also written: Mira (Mire) Markovna Murovanaia

Interviewed by Dov-Ber Kerler, Jeffrey Veidlinger, Dovid Katz · recorded together with Evgeniia Isaakovna Krasner

Conversations 1

Each line is one conversation with Murovanaia, 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.

• 2002-07-15 – 2002-07-16
  ▶ Haysyn · 2.0 h proposed

  MDV 366 · MDV 439 · MDV 666 (3 tapes)

Topics

Questionnaire

43 questions put to Murovanaia. Each link opens the recording at that moment.

• MDV 366 0:28
  greeting during the day (здравствуй) — greeting during the day (not morning)
• MDV 366 0:35
  please (пожалуйста) — please / you're welcome
• MDV 366 0:51
  crying (плач ребёнка) — crying (noun), when a child cries
• MDV 366 1:13
  I was (я был) — I was (past tense of 'to be', 1sg)
• MDV 366 2:13
  cross (крест)
• MDV 366 2:41
  vodka (водка)
• MDV 366 3:39
  I have no money (нет денег)
• MDV 366 3:53
  cold (холодно) — cold (adverb)
• MDV 366 4:05
  colder (холоднее) — colder (comparative)
• MDV 366 4:25
  to do (делать) — to do / make
• MDV 366 4:54
  mountain (гора)
• MDV 366 5:22
  all people (все люди) — all people / everyone
• MDV 366 6:01
  mouse (мышь)
• MDV 366 6:12
  happiness/luck (счастье) — happiness / luck
• MDV 366 6:20
  high (высоко) — high (adverb)
• MDV 366 6:45
  higher (выше) — higher (comparative)
• MDV 366 7:09
  late (поздно)
• MDV 366 7:32
  later (позже) — later (comparative)
• MDV 366 8:11
  monument/gravestone (памятник) — monument / gravestone
• MDV 366 8:36
  thank you (спасибо)
• MDV 366 9:03
  non-Jew (не еврей) — a non-Jew
• MDV 366 9:10
  other words for non-Jew
• MDV 439 0:18
  also (тоже) — Yiddish for 'тоже' (also)
• MDV 439 0:48
  cheap (дешево) — Yiddish for 'дешево' (cheap)
• MDV 439 1:59
  blue (синий) — what color is סיני
• MDV 439 2:02
  belly (живот) — Yiddish for 'живот' (belly)
• MDV 439 2:09
  mouse (мышь) — Yiddish for 'мышь' (mouse)
• MDV 439 2:28
  groats (крупа) — Yiddish for 'крупа' (groats)
• MDV 439 2:42
  pigeon (голубь) — Yiddish for 'голуб' (pigeon/dove)
• MDV 439 3:37
  deaf (глухой (deaf)) — Yiddish for 'глухой' (deaf)
• MDV 439 4:34
  what did you play on Hanukkah
• MDV 439 5:13
  can you sing Hanukkah song — can you sing it (the Hanukkah song)
• MDV 439 7:27
  plural of tsadik — plural of צדיק
• MDV 439 7:58
  paradise (рай) — Yiddish for 'рай' (paradise)
• MDV 439 8:48
  hell (ад) — Yiddish for 'ад' (hell)
• MDV 439 9:06
  mistake (ошибка) — Yiddish for 'ошибка' (mistake)
• MDV 439 9:37
  probably (наверное) — Yiddish for 'наверное' (probably)
• MDV 439 10:23
  ceiling (потолок) — what is the ceiling called
• MDV 439 10:30
  face (лицо) — Yiddish for 'лицо' (face)
• MDV 439 10:42
  meaning of tsire — what does צירה mean
• MDV 439 10:51
  back (назад) — Yiddish for 'назад' (back/backwards)
• MDV 666 1:49
  person's name — the person's name
• MDV 666 1:54
  person's name — the person's name (repeated)