Nekha Froimovich Vainer-Shpak

born 1921 in Vinnytsya · recorded in Tul'chyn, Vinnytsya, 2003

2 recordings · 120 minutes · 22 min of questionnaire

Interviewed by Dov-Ber Kerler, Dovid Katz · recorded together with Isaak Peisekhovich Shveibush

Conversations 1

Each line is one conversation with Vainer-Shpak, 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.

• 2003-05-20 – 2003-05-21
  ▶ Vinnytsya · 1.8 h two sources agree

  MDV 718 12:40–1:02:17 · MDV 759 (2 tapes)

Topics

Questionnaire

62 questions put to Vainer-Shpak. Each link opens the recording at that moment.

• MDV 759 0:36
  whether spoke Yiddish — whether he spoke Yiddish
• MDV 759 0:55
  meaning of a guter yid — what 'a guter yid' means
• MDV 759 1:51
  meaning of goylem — what 'גולם' means
• MDV 759 2:13
  cemetery (кладбище) — Yiddish word for cemetery
• MDV 759 4:37
  greeting during the day (здравствуй) — Yiddish greeting in the morning
• MDV 759 5:16
  evening greeting — greeting in the evening
• MDV 759 5:28
  thank you (спасибо) — Yiddish for 'thank you'
• MDV 759 5:49
  mouse (мышь) — Yiddish for 'mouse'
• MDV 759 6:05
  belly (живот) — Yiddish for 'stomach/belly'
• MDV 759 6:30
  house (дом) — Yiddish for 'house'
• MDV 759 7:12
  groats (крупа) — Yiddish for 'groats'
• MDV 759 7:27
  mouse (мышь) — Yiddish for 'mouse' (larger)
• MDV 759 7:47
  glass (window) (стекло) — Yiddish for 'windowpane/glass'
• MDV 759 9:09
  pigeon (голубь) — Yiddish for 'pigeon/dove'
• MDV 759 9:29
  gray-haired (седой) — Yiddish for 'grey-haired'
• MDV 759 9:53
  blue (синий) — Yiddish for 'blue'
• MDV 759 10:17
  builds (строит) — Yiddish for 'builds' and infinitive
• MDV 759 10:37
  stone building (каменная постройка) — Yiddish for 'stone building'
• MDV 759 10:45
  sour (кислый) — Yiddish for 'sour'
• MDV 759 11:09
  deaf (глухой (deaf)) — Yiddish for 'deaf'
• MDV 759 11:20
  kiss (поцелуй) — Yiddish for 'kiss'
• MDV 759 11:38
  later (позже) — Yiddish for 'later'
• MDV 759 11:48
  later (позже) — Yiddish for 'later' (comparative)
• MDV 759 11:56
  earlier (раньше) — Yiddish for 'earlier'
• MDV 759 12:21
  cold (холодно) — Yiddish for 'cold' (comparative)
• MDV 759 12:28
  higher (выше) — Yiddish for 'higher'
• MDV 759 12:42
  faster (быстрее) — Yiddish for 'faster'
• MDV 759 12:55
  nearer (ближе) — Yiddish for 'closer/nearer'
• MDV 759 14:09
  step (шаг) — Yiddish for 'step'
• MDV 759 15:09
  very sick (очень больной) — Yiddish for 'very sick'
• MDV 759 15:14
  very beautiful (очень красивая) — Yiddish for 'very beautiful (f.)'
• MDV 759 15:33
  sick (больной) — Yiddish for 'sick/ill'
• MDV 759 16:14
  I like very much (мне очень нравится) — Yiddish for 'I like (him) very much'
• MDV 759 17:19
  honest (честный) — Yiddish for 'honest'
• MDV 759 18:04
  believer (верующий) — Yiddish for 'believer'
• MDV 759 18:35
  cross (крест) — Yiddish for 'cross' (Christian symbol)
• MDV 759 19:42
  does/makes (делает) — Yiddish for 'does/makes'
• MDV 759 20:45
  my head hurts (голова болит) — Yiddish for 'head hurts'
• MDV 759 21:09
  from where (откуда) — Yiddish for 'where are you from' (informal and formal)
• MDV 759 21:46
  there (directional) (туда) — Yiddish for 'there' (directional)
• MDV 759 21:58
  from there (оттуда) — Yiddish for 'from there'
• MDV 759 22:29
  bed (кровать) — Yiddish for 'bed' and its gender
• MDV 759 22:49
  flowerbed (клумба с цветами) — Yiddish word for 'flowerbed'
• MDV 759 23:07
  thousand (тысяча) — which form: 'טויזנט' or 'טויזנט'
• MDV 759 24:42
  I was there (я был там) — Yiddish for 'I was there'
• MDV 759 25:21
  grandmother and midwife (бабушка / повивальная бабка) — Yiddish for 'grandmother' and 'midwife'
• MDV 759 26:04
  taste (вкус) — Yiddish for 'taste'
• MDV 759 26:12
  talking with mother (разговаривает с мамой) — Yiddish for 'talks with mother' (with correct case)
• MDV 759 26:53
  on the street (по этой улице) — Yiddish for 'on this street'
• MDV 759 27:18
  I see badly (я плохо вижу) — Yiddish for 'I see poorly'
• MDV 759 27:31
  I don't see him (я его не вижу) — Yiddish for 'I don't see him'
• MDV 759 27:40
  well (колодец) — Yiddish for 'well'
• MDV 759 28:46
  potato (картошка) — Yiddish for 'potato'
• MDV 759 30:15
  flowers (цветы) — Yiddish for 'flowers'
• MDV 759 30:32
  store (магазин) — Yiddish for 'store'
• MDV 759 32:01
  all people (все люди) — Yiddish for 'all people'
• MDV 759 37:52
  I was at father's (я был у отца) — Yiddish for 'I was at (my) father's' with correct case
• MDV 759 38:27
  on this street live only Jews (на этой улице живут одни евреи) — whether one can say 'סאמע יידן' for 'only Jews'
• MDV 759 39:46
  one and a half (полтора) — Yiddish for 'one and a half'
• MDV 759 40:12
  otherwise I cannot (иначе не могу) — Yiddish for 'otherwise I can't'
• MDV 759 40:26
  I don't know whether he knows or not (не знаю, знает ли он или нет) — Yiddish for 'I don't know if you...'
• MDV 759 40:40
  will you come or not (ты придешь или нет) — Yiddish for 'will you come or not?'