Avrom Shvartz

born 1931 in Bârlad ("Bîrlad" in the catalogue) two sources agree · recorded in Iași, 2006

2 recordings · 74 minutes · 36 min of questionnaire

Interviewed by Moisei Lemster, Jeffrey Veidlinger

Conversations 1

Each line is one conversation with Shvartz, 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.

• 2006-05-26
  ▶ Iași · 75 min

  MDV 278 · MDV 279 (2 tapes)

Topics

Questionnaire

28 questions put to Shvartz. Each link opens the recording at that moment.

• MDV 278 0:31
  please (пожалуйста) — how to say 'please' in Yiddish
• MDV 278 0:57
  cemetery (кладбище) — the Yiddish word for cemetery
• MDV 278 1:22
  meaning of a guter yid — what 'a guter yid' means
• MDV 278 1:26
  thank you (спасибо) — how to say 'thank you' in Yiddish
• MDV 278 5:25
  ear (ухо) — word for 'ear'
• MDV 278 5:35
  deaf (глухой (deaf)) — word for 'deaf'
• MDV 278 7:12
  cold (холодно) — word for 'cold'
• MDV 278 7:45
  quickly (быстро) — word for 'fast'
• MDV 278 9:23
  where does he live (где он живет? (where does he live?)) — sentence: where does he live?
• MDV 278 10:01
  to breathe (дышать) — word for 'to breathe'
• MDV 278 11:19
  I like him very much (он мне очень нравится) — how to say 'I like him very much'
• MDV 278 13:22
  honest person (честный человек (honest person)) — word for 'honest person'
• MDV 278 18:03
  mountain (гора) — word for 'mountain'
• MDV 278 18:43
  my head hurts (голова болит) — sentence: my head hurts
• MDV 279 1:33
  street (улица) — Yiddish for 'street'
• MDV 279 2:58
  well (колодец) — Yiddish for 'well'
• MDV 279 3:17
  potato (картошка) — Yiddish for 'potatoes'
• MDV 279 3:26
  flowers (цветы) — Yiddish for 'flowers'
• MDV 279 3:40
  I don't hear him (я его не слышу) — Yiddish for 'I don't hear him'
• MDV 279 5:42
  I was at father's (я был у отца) — Yiddish for 'I was at my father's'
• MDV 279 5:51
  I sat at the table (я сидел за столом) — Yiddish for 'I sat at the table'
• MDV 279 7:10
  one and a half (полтора) — Yiddish for 'one and a half'
• MDV 279 7:56
  bridge (pod (bridge)) — Yiddish for 'bridge'
• MDV 279 8:51
  man/person (om (man/person)) — Yiddish for 'man/person'
• MDV 279 10:23
  face (лицо) — Yiddish for 'face'
• MDV 279 10:50
  much/many (много) — Yiddish for 'a lot'
• MDV 279 11:52
  man/person (om (man/person)) — confirmation of 'rumen' or 'rekhț' for 'person'
• MDV 279 12:06
  enemy (враг) — Yiddish for 'enemy'