Bernard (Dov, Boris) Resh

born 1924 in Chernivtsi · recorded in Iași, 2006

2 recordings · 90 minutes · 34 min of questionnaire

Also written: Bernard Resh

Interviewed by Moisei Lemster, Dov-Ber Kerler, Jeffrey Veidlinger

Conversations 1

Each line is one conversation with Resh, 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.

• 2006-05-25
  ▶ Iași · 1.5 h

  MDV 274 · MDV 275 (2 tapes)

Topics

Questionnaire

41 questions put to Resh. Each link opens the recording at that moment.

• MDV 274 1:57
  meaning of goylem
• MDV 274 2:38
  meaning of a guter yid — what 'a guter yid' means
• MDV 274 5:52
  please (пожалуйста) — Yiddish for 'please'
• MDV 274 6:48
  congratulations (поздравляю) — Yiddish for congratulations at a wedding
• MDV 274 7:07
  thank you (спасибо)
• MDV 274 7:30
  I have no luck (мне не везёт) — Yiddish for 'I have no luck'
• MDV 274 8:00
  house (дом) — words for house
• MDV 274 8:37
  room (комната) — word for room
• MDV 274 8:54
  window (окно) — Yiddish for window
• MDV 274 9:23
  skin (кожа) — Yiddish for skin
• MDV 274 9:29
  to build (a construi (RO)) — Yiddish for 'to build'
• MDV 274 10:46
  ear (ухо) — Yiddish for ear
• MDV 274 11:25
  late (поздно) — Yiddish for late
• MDV 274 11:36
  cold (холодно) — Yiddish for cold
• MDV 274 14:20
  what does it mean
• MDV 274 16:09
  I like him very much (он мне очень нравится) — translation: I like him very much
• MDV 274 16:14
  negative form
• MDV 275 3:24
  Christian (христианин) — how to say 'Christian' in Yiddish
• MDV 275 4:08
  my head hurts (голова болит) — sentence 'my head hurts'
• MDV 275 4:36
  bed (кровать) — word for 'bed' (unclear prompt)
• MDV 275 5:52
  tree variants and diminutives — word for 'tree' (diminutive)
• MDV 275 5:57
  tree variants and diminutives — word for 'tree'
• MDV 275 6:11
  teeth (зубы) — word for 'teeth'
• MDV 275 6:43
  thousand (тысяча) — word for 'thousand'
• MDV 275 8:22
  what one does in synagogue — what one does in synagogue (prays)
• MDV 275 8:49
  midwife (акушерка) — word for 'midwife' (באבע)
• MDV 275 9:11
  tastes good — word for 'tasty'
• MDV 275 9:33
  I go on the street — sentence 'I go on the street'
• MDV 275 10:19
  street (улица) — Yiddish word for 'street' (שטראז or הוליצע)
• MDV 275 12:19
  potato (картошка) — word for 'potato'
• MDV 275 12:46
  flowers (цветы) — word for 'flowers'
• MDV 275 16:14
  you came from another city (ты прибыл из другого города) — sentence 'you came from another city'
• MDV 275 17:48
  face (лицо) — word for 'face'
• MDV 275 19:47
  back (назад) — word for 'back' (צוריק or קריק)
• MDV 275 20:10
  room (комната) — word for 'room' (חדר, צימער or קאמער)
• MDV 275 20:15
  someone (кто-то) — word for 'someone'
• MDV 275 20:23
  suddenly (вдруг) — word for 'suddenly'
• MDV 275 21:15
  enemy (враг) — word for 'enemy'
• MDV 275 22:56
  mistake/error — word for 'mistake/error'
• MDV 275 23:39
  probably (наверное) — pronunciation of 'probably' (מסתם or מסתמא)
• MDV 275 24:07
  ceiling (потолок) — Yiddish word for 'ceiling'