Perl Meirovna Nayman

born 1925 in Turia Bystra ("Turya-Bystra" in the catalogue) proposed · recorded in Vinnytsya, Vynohradiv, 2005, 2008

3 recordings · 186 minutes · 69 min of questionnaire

Interviewed by Dov-Ber Kerler, Jeffrey Veidlinger, Dovid Katz · recorded together with Arnold Grigorevich Khazin

Conversations 1

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.

• 2005-07-08 – 2008-05-20
  ▶ Vynohradiv · 3.1 h proposed

  MDV 771 2:48–1:02:30 · MDV 772 · MDV 773 (3 tapes)

Topics

Questionnaire

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

• MDV 772 1:16
  thank you (спасибо) — how to say 'thank you' in Yiddish
• MDV 772 6:20
  other words for non-Jews
• MDV 773 0:07
  please (пожалуйста)
• MDV 773 0:14
  please give me this book (дайте пожалуйста эту книгу) — please give me this book (sentence)
• MDV 773 0:40
  belly (живот) — belly, stomach
• MDV 773 0:50
  house (дом)
• MDV 773 1:20
  groats (крупа) — groats, grits
• MDV 773 1:40
  skin (кожа) — skin (I cut my...)
• MDV 773 1:54
  mouse (мышь)
• MDV 773 2:03
  windowpane — windowpane (can one say shoyb)
• MDV 773 2:45
  gray-haired (седой)
• MDV 773 3:09
  to build (a construi (RO))
• MDV 773 3:40
  sour (кислый)
• MDV 773 3:56
  ear (ухо)
• MDV 773 4:08
  deaf (глухой (deaf))
• MDV 773 4:14
  kiss her (поцелуй её) — kiss her (sentence)
• MDV 773 4:25
  he came here today (пришёл сюда сегодня) — he came here today (sentence)
• MDV 773 5:04
  what did you say (что ты сказал) — what did you say (sentence)
• MDV 773 5:21
  later (позже)
• MDV 773 5:46
  earlier (раньше) — earlier, before
• MDV 773 6:03
  cold (холодно)
• MDV 773 6:06
  colder (холоднее) — colder (comparative)
• MDV 773 6:14
  high (высоко)
• MDV 773 6:19
  higher (выше) — higher (comparative)
• MDV 773 6:24
  quickly (быстро)
• MDV 773 6:50
  kitchen (кухня)
• MDV 773 7:01
  near (близко)
• MDV 773 7:11
  nearer (ближе) — closer (comparative)
• MDV 773 7:23
  he will also come (он тоже придет) — will also come (sentence)
• MDV 773 7:50
  she knows everything (она знает всё) — she knows everything (sentence)
• MDV 773 7:58
  where does he live (где он живет? (where does he live?)) — where does he live (sentence)
• MDV 773 8:04
  how did you say (как ты сказал?) — how did you say (sentence)
• MDV 773 8:13
  listen to me (слушай меня) — listen to me (sentence)
• MDV 773 8:20
  to breathe (дышать)
• MDV 773 8:39
  he is very sick (он очень болен) — he is very sick (sentence)
• MDV 773 8:55
  she is very beautiful (она очень красива) — she is very beautiful (sentence)
• MDV 773 9:03
  he is pleasing (он нравится) — he is pleasing (sentence)
• MDV 773 9:12
  I don't like at all (мне очень не нравится) — I very much don't like (sentence)
• MDV 773 9:40
  barely walks (еле-еле ходит) — barely walks (sentence)
• MDV 773 9:54
  to run/flee (бежать) — to run, flee
• MDV 773 10:34
  honest (честный)
• MDV 773 10:42
  pious/religious (набожный, верующий) — pious, religious
• MDV 773 10:53
  what erlekher means — what does erlekher mean
• MDV 773 11:21
  cross (крест)
• MDV 773 11:31
  to cross oneself (перекреститься)
• MDV 773 12:28
  peasant (крестьянин) — peasant, Christian
• MDV 773 13:51
  my head hurts (голова болит) — head hurts (sentence)
• MDV 773 14:39
  from where (откуда)
• MDV 773 16:56
  from there (оттуда)
• MDV 773 17:12
  bed (кровать)
• MDV 773 17:48
  I ask you (я прошу вас) — I ask you (sentence)
• MDV 773 18:46
  tooth (зуб)
• MDV 773 18:55
  ten (десять)
• MDV 773 19:06
  vodka (водка)
• MDV 773 19:12
  thousand (тысяча)
• MDV 773 19:55
  twenty (двадцать)
• MDV 773 20:29
  it was in (19)14 or (19)15 (это было в тринадцатом году) — this was in the thirteenth year (sentence)
• MDV 773 21:00
  in the twentieth year (в двадцатом году)
• MDV 773 21:38
  you are young (ты молод) — you are young (sentence)
• MDV 773 21:49
  you are right (ты прав) — you are right (sentence)
• MDV 773 22:22
  I was there (я был там) — I was there (sentence)
• MDV 773 22:38
  don't cry (не плачь)
• MDV 773 22:46
  to pray (молиться)
• MDV 773 23:25
  grandmother (бабушка)
• MDV 773 25:17
  street (улица) — how to say 'street' (for Russian 'улица')
• MDV 773 28:31
  I don't see him (я его не вижу) — sentence: 'I don't see him'
• MDV 773 28:36
  he told her that you are sick (он ей сказал, что ты болен) — sentence: 'he told her that you are sick'
• MDV 773 29:39
  well (колодец)
• MDV 773 29:45
  potato (картошка) — potato (krumpirn)
• MDV 773 30:01
  shop/store
• MDV 773 32:12
  all people (все люди)
• MDV 773 32:23
  I know everyone here (я знаю здесь всех) — sentence: 'I know everyone here'
• MDV 773 33:24
  greeting during the day (здравствуй)
• MDV 773 34:36
  I sat at the table (я сидел за столом) — sentence: 'I sat at the table'
• MDV 773 34:47
  on this street live only Jews (на этой улице живут одни евреи) — sentence: 'on this street only Jews live'
• MDV 773 35:05
  this is another story (это другая история) — sentence: 'that's another story'
• MDV 773 36:13
  I don't know whether he knows or not (не знаю, знает ли он или нет) — sentence: 'I don't know whether he knows or not'
• MDV 773 37:06
  ceiling (потолок)
• MDV 773 41:14
  whose child (чей ребёнок) — whose child is this
• MDV 773 41:29
  he made a mistake
• MDV 773 42:05
  floor (пол) — floor (pol in Russian)
• MDV 773 42:43
  fence (забор)
• MDV 773 42:51
  Tisha B'Av customs — Tisha B'Av customs (throwing things)
• MDV 773 43:31
  someone (кто-то) — someone (Russian кто-то)
• MDV 773 43:50
  suddenly (вдруг)
• MDV 773 44:02
  different (различные) — different (which form)
• MDV 773 44:16
  with a good head (с хорошей головой) — with a good head (which case ending)
• MDV 773 44:22
  enemy (враг)
• MDV 773 44:42
  face (лицо)
• MDV 773 45:10
  what tsure means — what does 'tsure' mean
• MDV 773 45:13
  come back
• MDV 773 45:38
  probably (наверное) — probably (mestame)