Semen (Shome) Markovich Sherman

born 1916 in Telenești ("Telenes?ti" in the catalogue) two sources agree · recorded in Chișinău, 2006

2 recordings · 122 minutes · 31 min of questionnaire

Also written: Semen Markovich Sherman

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

Conversations 1

Each line is one conversation with Sherman, 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.

• 2006-05-22
  ▶ Chișinău · 2.1 h

  MDV 155 · MDV 156 (2 tapes)

Topics

Questionnaire

49 questions put to Sherman. Each link opens the recording at that moment.

• MDV 155 1:17
  plural of rov — plural of 'rov' (rabbi)
• MDV 155 1:44
  plural of rebe — plural of 'rebe' (rebbe)
• MDV 155 1:52
  meaning of a gut ort — meaning of 'a gut ort'
• MDV 155 3:29
  meaning of a gut ort — meaning of 'a gut ort' (repeated)
• MDV 155 6:03
  meaning of galitsyaner — meaning of 'galitsyaner'
• MDV 155 7:14
  meaning of dibek — meaning of 'dibek' (dybbuk)
• MDV 156 0:03
  flowers (цветы) — word for flowers
• MDV 156 0:04
  he is very sick (он очень болен) — how to say 'he is very sick' in Yiddish
• MDV 156 0:19
  greeting during the day (здравствуй) — greeting
• MDV 156 0:46
  when a gut elef was said — when 'a gut elef' was said
• MDV 156 0:59
  she is very beautiful (она очень красивая) — Yiddish for 'she is very beautiful'
• MDV 156 1:04
  I like him (он мне нравится) — Yiddish for 'I like him'
• MDV 156 1:23
  I like him (он мне нравится) — Yiddish for 'I like him'
• MDV 156 1:31
  I like him very much (он мне очень нравится) — Yiddish for 'I like him very much'
• MDV 156 1:35
  negative form — how to say the negative form
• MDV 156 1:46
  thank you (спасибо)
• MDV 156 1:55
  barely walks (еле-еле ходит) — Yiddish for 'he barely walks'
• MDV 156 2:42
  honest (честный) — Yiddish for 'honest'
• MDV 156 2:58
  house (дом)
• MDV 156 3:25
  kasha (каша) — porridge
• MDV 156 3:29
  cross (крест) — Yiddish for 'cross'
• MDV 156 3:33
  groats (крупа)
• MDV 156 3:46
  mouse (мышь)
• MDV 156 4:11
  mouse (мышь) — Romanian word for mouse
• MDV 156 4:13
  Christian (христианин) — Yiddish for 'Christian' (plural or collective)
• MDV 156 4:31
  Christian (христианин) — Romanian for 'Christian'
• MDV 156 4:52
  happiness/luck (счастье)
• MDV 156 4:55
  I have no luck (у меня нет счастья) — sentence: I have no luck
• MDV 156 4:58
  blue (синий) — blue (color)
• MDV 156 5:39
  my head hurts (голова болит) — Yiddish for 'the head hurts'
• MDV 156 5:49
  pigeon (голубь) — dove/pigeon
• MDV 156 6:06
  pigeon (голубь) — dove/pigeon (masculine)
• MDV 156 6:22
  I ask you (я прошу вас) — Yiddish for 'I ask you'
• MDV 156 6:22
  such people (такие люди) — Yiddish for 'such people'
• MDV 156 6:41
  to breathe (дышать) — Yiddish for 'to breathe'
• MDV 156 7:13
  tired (устал)
• MDV 156 7:37
  floor (пол) — Yiddish for floor (pol)
• MDV 156 7:48
  people (люди)
• MDV 156 7:49
  floor (пол) — Yiddish for floor
• MDV 156 9:24
  probably (наверное) — Yiddish for 'probably'
• MDV 156 9:49
  man (мужчина) — Yiddish for 'man'
• MDV 156 10:28
  plural of vogn — plural of wagon
• MDV 156 10:45
  plural of gvir
• MDV 156 11:33
  form of everything — everything (form choice)
• MDV 156 12:44
  fence (забор) — Yiddish for 'fence'
• MDV 156 12:55
  attic (чердак) — Yiddish for 'attic'
• MDV 156 13:53
  face (лицо) — Yiddish for 'face'
• MDV 156 15:30
  suddenly (вдруг) — Yiddish for 'suddenly'
• MDV 156 16:03
  plural of enemy (mult dușman) — plural of soyne (enemy)