Moyshe Nayman

recorded in Klyachanovo, Mukacheve, 2005

4 recordings · 243 minutes · 64 min of questionnaire · 5 min of singing

Interviewed by Dov-Ber Kerler, Jeffrey Veidlinger, Dovid Katz · recorded together with Hershel Ylyevich Vider

Conversations 2 ▶ play all in order

Each line is one conversation with Nayman, 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.

• 2005-07-05
  ▶ Mukacheve or Klyachanovo · 51 min proposed

  MDV 592 22:05–1:00:55 · MDV 595 0:00–12:22 (2 tapes)
• 2005-07-05
  ▶ Klyachanovo · 2.1 h

  MDV 593 · MDV 594 (2 tapes)

Topics

Questionnaire

78 questions put to Nayman. Each link opens the recording at that moment.

• MDV 593 0:58
  Christian (христианин) — Yiddish for 'Christian'
• MDV 593 9:41
  well (колодец) — Yiddish for 'well'
• MDV 593 11:21
  whether there were Bundists
• MDV 593 11:49
  meaning of litvak — meaning of 'litvak'
• MDV 593 12:54
  cemetery (кладбище) — Yiddish for 'Jewish cemetery'
• MDV 593 13:37
  cemetery (кладбище) — Yiddish for 'non-Jewish cemetery'
• MDV 593 13:53
  non-Jewish cemetery — term for non-Jewish cemetery
• MDV 594 0:20
  store (магазин) — the Yiddish word for 'shop' or 'store'
• MDV 594 0:32
  where one draws water from
• MDV 594 0:46
  potato (картошка) — the Yiddish word for 'potato'
• MDV 594 0:50
  cross (крест) — the Yiddish word for 'cross'
• MDV 594 1:43
  to cross oneself (перекреститься) — the Yiddish expression for 'to cross oneself'
• MDV 594 1:57
  honest person (честный человек (honest person)) — the Yiddish for 'honest person'
• MDV 594 2:54
  on this street live only Jews (на этой улице живут одни евреи) — Yiddish translation of the Russian sentence
• MDV 594 3:42
  kasha (каша) — the Yiddish word for porridge or kasha
• MDV 594 4:08
  pigeon (голубь) — the Yiddish word for dove or pigeon
• MDV 594 4:11
  probably (наверное) — the Yiddish for 'probably'
• MDV 594 5:01
  to make a mistake (сделать ошибку) — the Yiddish for 'to make a mistake'
• MDV 594 5:06
  deaf (глухой (deaf)) — the Yiddish word for deaf
• MDV 594 5:16
  ear (ухо) — the Yiddish word for ear
• MDV 594 5:22
  cross (крест) — the Yiddish word for cross
• MDV 594 6:08
  vodka (водка) — the Yiddish word for vodka or brandy
• MDV 594 6:28
  from where (откуда) — the Yiddish equivalent for 'from where'
• MDV 594 7:03
  my head hurts (голова болит) — the Yiddish sentence for 'the head hurts'
• MDV 594 7:16
  plural of vogn — plural of 'wagon'
• MDV 594 7:38
  quickly (быстро) — the Yiddish for 'quickly'
• MDV 594 8:54
  thank you (спасибо) — the Yiddish word for 'thank you'
• MDV 594 9:25
  barely (еле-еле) — the Yiddish for 'barely'
• MDV 594 9:34
  builds (строит) — the Yiddish verb for 'builds'
• MDV 594 9:37
  barely walks (еле-еле ходит) — the Yiddish for 'he can barely walk'
• MDV 594 9:50
  barely walks (еле-еле ходит) — the Yiddish for 'he can barely walk'
• MDV 594 10:33
  near (близко) — the Yiddish word for 'close, near'
• MDV 594 10:53
  nearer (ближе) — the Yiddish comparative form for 'closer'
• MDV 594 12:26
  grey (серый) — the Yiddish word for gray
• MDV 594 13:16
  sour (кислый) — the Yiddish word for sour
• MDV 594 15:37
  please (пожалуйста) — the Yiddish word for 'please'
• MDV 594 15:47
  give me please this book (дайте мне пожалуйста эту книгу) — the Yiddish sentence for 'please give me this book'
• MDV 594 17:29
  he came here today (пришёл сюда сегодня) — the Yiddish sentence for 'I came here today'
• MDV 594 18:14
  later (позже) — the Yiddish word for 'later'
• MDV 594 18:30
  earlier (раньше) — the Yiddish word for 'earlier'
• MDV 594 18:41
  cold (холодно) — the Yiddish word for 'cold'
• MDV 594 18:50
  colder (холоднее) — the Yiddish comparative for 'colder'
• MDV 595 0:40
  thank you (спасибо)
• MDV 595 1:04
  mouse (мышь)
• MDV 595 1:37
  how does he live (как он живёт?) — 'how does he live' in Yiddish
• MDV 595 1:54
  groats (крупа)
• MDV 595 1:54
  skin (кожа) — I cut the skin
• MDV 595 2:04
  listen to me (слушай меня) — 'listen to me' in Yiddish
• MDV 595 2:58
  mouse (мышь)
• MDV 595 3:10
  she is very beautiful (она очень красивая) — 'she is very beautiful' in Yiddish
• MDV 595 3:24
  windowpane — window panes
• MDV 595 3:38
  I like him (он мне нравится) — 'I like him' in Yiddish
• MDV 595 3:50
  I don't like (не нравится) — 'I don't like (him)' in Yiddish
• MDV 595 3:55
  blue sky (синее небо)
• MDV 595 4:12
  barely walks (еле-еле ходит) — 'he barely walks' in Yiddish
• MDV 595 5:14
  pigeon (голубь)
• MDV 595 5:26
  gray hair (седые волосы)
• MDV 595 5:43
  mouse (мышь)
• MDV 595 6:12
  to build (a construi (RO))
• MDV 595 7:16
  sour (кислый)
• MDV 595 7:24
  meaning of meshumed — term for a Jew who became Christian
• MDV 595 7:45
  ear (ухо)
• MDV 595 8:22
  non-Jew (не еврей) — term for a non-Jew
• MDV 595 8:38
  deaf (глухой (deaf))
• MDV 595 8:55
  kiss her (поцелуй её)
• MDV 595 9:10
  mountain (гора) — words for mountain
• MDV 595 9:21
  he came today (пришёл сегодня)
• MDV 595 9:43
  what did you say (что ты сказал)
• MDV 595 10:05
  later (позже)
• MDV 595 10:12
  earlier (раньше)
• MDV 595 10:30
  hit him (ударь его) — 'hit him' in Yiddish
• MDV 595 10:35
  cold (холодно)
• MDV 595 10:38
  cold (холодно) — very cold
• MDV 595 10:49
  high (высоко)
• MDV 595 10:59
  higher (выше)
• MDV 595 11:06
  quickly (быстро) — fast
• MDV 595 11:38
  faster (быстрее)
• MDV 595 12:07
  near (близко) — close, near