Mendel Idlovich Trachtenberg

born 1926 in Novoseltsy not identified · recorded in Novoselytsya, 2009

3 recordings · 120 minutes · 47 min of questionnaire

Also written: Mendel Trachtenberg

Interviewed by Dov-Ber Kerler, Jeffrey Veidlinger, Margot Valles · recorded together with Bakmayev

The birth place "Novoseltsy" could not be placed securely; a candidate is candidate: Novoseltsy (Курманський район, Autonomous Republic of Crimea, Ukraine). many Novoseltsy / Novoselytsia; Nominatim returned one in Crimea

Conversations 2 ▶ play all in order

Each line is one conversation with Trachtenberg, 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.

• 2009-06-07
  ▶ Novoselytsya · 24 min

  MDV 362 · with Bakmayev
• 2009-06-07
  ▶ Novoselytsya · 1.6 h

  MDV 605 · MDV 606 (2 tapes)

Topics

Questionnaire

59 questions put to Trachtenberg. Each link opens the recording at that moment.

• MDV 605 0:05
  give me please this book (дайте мне пожалуйста эту книгу) — how to say 'give me, please, this book' in Yiddish
• MDV 605 0:42
  thank you (спасибо) — how to say 'thank you' in Yiddish
• MDV 605 1:07
  meaning of goylem — meaning of 'a goylem'
• MDV 605 1:22
  belly (живот) — how to say 'belly/stomach'
• MDV 605 1:29
  house (дом) — how to say 'house'
• MDV 605 2:14
  groats (крупа) — how to say 'groats/grain'
• MDV 605 2:31
  skin (кожа) — how to say 'skin'
• MDV 605 3:02
  to build (a construi (RO)) — how to say 'to build'
• MDV 605 3:44
  sour (кислый) — how to say 'sour'
• MDV 605 3:58
  sweet and sour (кислосладкий) — how to say 'sour-sweet'
• MDV 605 4:24
  gray-haired (седой) — how to say 'gray-haired'
• MDV 605 4:26
  whether there were klezmer — whether there were klezmer musicians
• MDV 605 4:49
  pigeon (голубь) — how to say 'pigeon/dove'
• MDV 605 5:14
  blue (синий) — how to say 'blue'
• MDV 605 5:51
  deaf (глухой (deaf)) — how to say 'deaf'
• MDV 605 6:06
  kiss (поцелуй) — how to say 'kiss' (verb or noun)
• MDV 605 8:02
  quickly (быстро) — how to say 'fast, soon'
• MDV 605 8:07
  faster (быстрее) — how to say 'faster'
• MDV 605 8:15
  near (близко) — how to say 'close/near'
• MDV 605 8:25
  nearer (ближе) — closer, not neenter?
• MDV 605 8:42
  shoulder — what is this (song)?
• MDV 606 0:48
  listen to me (слушай меня) — how to say 'listen to me' in Yiddish
• MDV 606 2:10
  I like him (он мне нравится) — 'she is very beautiful' or 'she pleases me'
• MDV 606 4:18
  honest (честный) — 'honest' in Yiddish
• MDV 606 5:44
  cross (крест) — 'cross' in Yiddish
• MDV 606 6:43
  Christian (христианин) — 'Christian' in Yiddish
• MDV 606 7:50
  little ladder (лесенка) — 'ladder' in Yiddish
• MDV 606 8:01
  to cross oneself (перекреститься) — 'to cross oneself' in Yiddish
• MDV 606 8:22
  peasant (крестьянин) — 'peasant' in Yiddish
• MDV 606 8:30
  what poyer means — what פויער means
• MDV 606 8:57
  to do (делать) — 'to do/work' in Yiddish
• MDV 606 11:00
  teeth (зубы) — 'teeth' in Yiddish
• MDV 606 12:40
  I speak with mother (я разговариваю с мамой) — 'I speak with mother' in Yiddish
• MDV 606 14:10
  potato (картошка) — 'potato' in Yiddish
• MDV 606 14:45
  flowers (цветы) — 'flowers' in Yiddish
• MDV 606 15:12
  flowerbed (клумба с цветами) — 'flowerbed' in Yiddish
• MDV 606 15:28
  to pray (молиться) — 'to pray' in Yiddish
• MDV 606 16:07
  vodka (водка) — 'vodka' in Yiddish
• MDV 606 16:17
  thousand (тысяча) — 'thousand' in Yiddish
• MDV 606 17:16
  very (очень) — 'very' in Yiddish
• MDV 606 17:51
  grandmother (бабушка) — 'grandmother' in Yiddish
• MDV 606 18:03
  midwife (акушерка) — 'midwife' in Yiddish
• MDV 606 19:21
  twenty (двадцать) — 'twenty' in Yiddish
• MDV 606 19:27
  in three days they will come (через три дня они приедут) — 'in three days they will come' in Yiddish
• MDV 606 22:38
  I was at father's (я был у отца) — 'I was at father's' in Yiddish
• MDV 606 23:51
  this is another matter (это другая история или это другое дело) — 'this is another matter' in Yiddish
• MDV 606 24:42
  attic (чердак) — 'attic' in Yiddish
• MDV 606 25:29
  will you come or not (ты придешь или нет) — 'will you come or not' in Yiddish
• MDV 606 25:44
  such (такие) — 'such' in Yiddish
• MDV 606 27:53
  singular and plural of wagon — singular and plural of 'wagon'
• MDV 606 28:52
  man (мужчина) — 'man' in Yiddish
• MDV 606 30:21
  ceiling (потолок) — 'ceiling' in Yiddish
• MDV 606 30:28
  floor (пол) — 'floor' in Yiddish
• MDV 606 30:58
  fence (забор) — 'fence' in Yiddish
• MDV 606 31:38
  face (лицо) — 'face' in Yiddish
• MDV 606 32:37
  farlozt or farlozn — which is better: פארלאזט or פארלאזן
• MDV 606 33:03
  room (комната) — 'room' in Yiddish
• MDV 606 33:51
  suddenly (вдруг) — 'suddenly' in Yiddish
• MDV 606 34:37
  enemy (враг) — 'enemy' in Yiddish