Petro (Peretz) Tsalevich Shekhter

born 1919 in Nadvirna proposed · recorded in Fastiv, 2008

2 recordings · 108 minutes · 38 min of questionnaire

Also written: Petro Tsalevich Shekhter

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

Conversations 1

Each line is one conversation with Shekhter, 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.

• 2008-05-13
  ▶ Fastiv · 1.8 h

  MDV 434 · MDV 435 (2 tapes)

Topics

Questionnaire

86 questions put to Shekhter. Each link opens the recording at that moment.

• MDV 434 0:37
  sick (больной) — what to call someone who feels unwell, who is sick
• MDV 434 1:05
  meaning of a guter yid — what 'a guter yid' means
• MDV 434 2:39
  ceiling (потолок)
• MDV 434 2:46
  floor (пол)
• MDV 434 2:59
  window (окно)
• MDV 434 3:26
  mouse (мышь) — mouse (diminutive)
• MDV 434 4:03
  greeting during the day (здравствуй)
• MDV 434 4:11
  greeting at night
• MDV 434 4:59
  thank you (спасибо)
• MDV 434 5:22
  belly (живот) — belly, stomach
• MDV 434 5:34
  house (дом)
• MDV 434 5:45
  entrance hall (сени) — entrance hall, vestibule
• MDV 434 5:49
  meaning of dibek — what 'dibek' (dybbuk) means
• MDV 434 6:10
  meaning of goylem — what 'goylem' means
• MDV 434 7:10
  kasha (каша) — kasha, porridge
• MDV 434 8:14
  pigeon (голубь) — pigeon, dove
• MDV 434 8:32
  deaf (глухой (deaf))
• MDV 435 1:15
  sour (кислый) — the word for 'sour'
• MDV 435 1:33
  sour cucumbers (кислые огурцы) — Yiddish for 'sour cucumbers'
• MDV 435 1:58
  kiss (поцелуй) — Yiddish for 'kiss' (noun or verb)
• MDV 435 2:27
  later (позже) — Yiddish for 'later'
• MDV 435 2:42
  earlier (раньше) — Yiddish for 'earlier'
• MDV 435 2:55
  cold (холодно) — Yiddish for 'cold' (adverb)
• MDV 435 3:46
  higher (выше) — Yiddish for 'higher'
• MDV 435 3:57
  higher (выше) — Yiddish for 'higher (still)'
• MDV 435 4:05
  near (близко) — Yiddish for 'close, near'
• MDV 435 4:44
  nearer (ближе) — Yiddish for 'closer, nearer'
• MDV 435 5:43
  he will also come (он тоже придет) — Yiddish for 'will come too'
• MDV 435 6:00
  also (тоже) — Yiddish for 'also, too'
• MDV 435 7:33
  unclear
• MDV 435 7:39
  where does he live (где он живет? (where does he live?)) — Yiddish for 'where does he live'
• MDV 435 7:53
  she knows everything (она знает всё) — Yiddish for 'she knows everything'
• MDV 435 8:02
  he knows everything (Все он знает) — Yiddish for 'he knows everything'
• MDV 435 8:26
  she is very beautiful (она очень красива) — Yiddish for 'she is very beautiful'
• MDV 435 8:36
  he is very sick (он очень болен) — Yiddish for 'he is very sick'
• MDV 435 8:45
  I like her very much (она мне нравится) — Yiddish for 'she pleases me / I like her'
• MDV 435 9:42
  unclear
• MDV 435 10:16
  he ran away from the Germans (он убежал от немцев) — Yiddish for 'ran away from the Germans'
• MDV 435 11:07
  honest (честный) — Yiddish for 'honest'
• MDV 435 12:19
  cross (крест) — Yiddish for 'cross' (Christian symbol)
• MDV 435 13:13
  apostate (выкрест) — Yiddish for 'a Jew who converted to Christianity'
• MDV 435 14:36
  my head hurts (голова болит) — Yiddish for 'head hurts'
• MDV 435 14:49
  from where (откуда) — Yiddish for 'from where'
• MDV 435 15:46
  bed (кровать) — Yiddish for 'bed'
• MDV 435 15:51
  unclear
• MDV 435 16:03
  flowerbed (клумба с цветами) — Yiddish for 'flowerbed'
• MDV 435 16:20
  small tree (маленькое дерево) — Yiddish for 'small tree, sapling'
• MDV 435 17:13
  sunflower oil (подсолнечное масло) — Yiddish for 'sunflower oil'
• MDV 435 17:52
  teeth/ten (зубы / десять) — Yiddish for 'teeth' and 'ten'
• MDV 435 18:22
  vodka (водка) — Yiddish for 'vodka'
• MDV 435 18:30
  thousand (тысяча) — Yiddish for 'thousand'
• MDV 435 18:43
  in three days they will come (через три дня они приедут) — Yiddish for 'in three days they will come'
• MDV 435 20:05
  you are young (ты молод) — Yiddish for 'you are young'
• MDV 435 20:41
  you are right (ты прав) — Yiddish for 'you are right'
• MDV 435 20:58
  you (pl.) are right (вы правы) — Yiddish for 'you (pl.) are right'
• MDV 435 21:06
  I was there (я был там) — Yiddish for 'I was there'
• MDV 435 21:19
  don't cry (не плачь) — Yiddish for 'don't cry' (to a child)
• MDV 435 22:21
  pray (what gentiles do) (молится) — Yiddish for 'pray' (what gentiles do)
• MDV 435 23:37
  grandmother (бабушка) — the Yiddish for 'grandmother'
• MDV 435 24:54
  taste (вкус) — the Yiddish for 'taste'
• MDV 435 25:12
  very tasty (очень вкусно) — the Yiddish for 'very tasty'
• MDV 435 25:34
  not tasty (не вкусное) — the Yiddish for 'not tasty'
• MDV 435 25:44
  talking with mother (разговаривает с мамой) — the Yiddish for 'speaks with mother'
• MDV 435 26:54
  road (дорога) — the Yiddish for 'road'
• MDV 435 28:18
  I live on this street (живу на этой улице) — the Yiddish for 'I live on this street'
• MDV 435 28:48
  well (колодец) — the Yiddish for 'well'
• MDV 435 31:56
  flowers (цветы) — the Yiddish for 'flowers' in Nadvorna
• MDV 435 32:02
  store (магазин) — the Yiddish for 'store'
• MDV 435 32:58
  I don't hear him (я его не слышу) — the Yiddish for 'I don't hear him'
• MDV 435 34:00
  I don't need him (он мне не нужен) — the Yiddish for 'I don't need him'
• MDV 435 36:16
  I sat at the table (я сидел за столом) — how to say 'sat at the table'
• MDV 435 37:49
  preposition with father — preposition with 'father' (baym/barn)
• MDV 435 37:55
  attic (чердак) — the Yiddish for 'attic'
• MDV 435 38:12
  one and a half (полтора) — the Yiddish for 'one and a half'
• MDV 435 39:00
  unclear object — the word for a certain object (unclear, possibly 'cap' or 'mistake')
• MDV 435 39:36
  what one spun on Hanukkah
• MDV 435 39:43
  what was written on dreidel — what was written on the dreidel
• MDV 435 41:23
  singular and plural of wagon — singular and plural of 'wagon'
• MDV 435 42:09
  man (мужчина) — the Yiddish for 'man'
• MDV 435 42:17
  woman (женщина) — the Yiddish for 'woman' and whether 'mansbul' exists
• MDV 435 42:37
  paradise (рай) — the Yiddish for 'paradise'
• MDV 435 42:45
  hell (ад) — the Yiddish for 'hell'
• MDV 435 43:58
  Tisha B'Av customs — what was done on Tisha B'Av
• MDV 435 44:28
  face (лицо) — the Yiddish for 'face'
• MDV 435 45:11
  meaning of tsire — the meaning of 'tsire' (beautiful form)
• MDV 435 45:53
  back (назад) — the Yiddish for 'back(ward)'