Efim Aronovich Vertman

recorded in Izyaslav, 2003

2 recordings · 110 minutes · 29 min of questionnaire · 3 min of singing

Interviewed by Dov-Ber Kerler, Jeffrey Veidlinger

Conversations 1

Each line is one conversation with Vertman, 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.

• 2003-05-04
  ▶ Izyaslav · 1.9 h

  MDV 453 · MDV 454 (2 tapes)

Topics

Questionnaire

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

• MDV 453 0:00
  meaning of dibek — the meaning of 'dibbuk'
• MDV 453 1:08
  meaning of goylem — the meaning of 'goylem'
• MDV 453 1:51
  hello (здравствуйте) — how to say 'hello' (greetings)
• MDV 453 2:09
  response to a gut morgn — the response to 'a gut morgn'
• MDV 453 2:16
  please (пожалуйста) — 'please'
• MDV 453 2:35
  thank you (спасибо) — 'thank you'
• MDV 453 2:55
  later (позже) — 'later'
• MDV 453 2:55
  late (поздно) — 'late'
• MDV 453 3:16
  earlier (раньше) — 'earlier'
• MDV 453 3:16
  cold (холодно) — 'cold'
• MDV 453 3:16
  cold (холодное) — 'cold' (adjective)
• MDV 453 3:36
  higher (выше) — 'higher'
• MDV 453 3:36
  high (высоко) — 'high'
• MDV 453 3:54
  near (близко) — 'close, near'
• MDV 453 3:54
  quickly (быстро) — 'fast'
• MDV 453 3:54
  faster (быстрее) — 'faster'
• MDV 453 4:13
  nearer (ближе) — 'closer, nearer'
• MDV 453 4:13
  where does he live (где он живет? (where does he live?)) — 'where does he live?'
• MDV 453 4:37
  how did you say (как ты сказал?) — 'how did you say?'
• MDV 453 4:49
  listen to me (слушай меня) — 'listen to me'
• MDV 453 4:58
  he is very sick (он очень болен) — 'he is very sick'
• MDV 453 5:12
  difference between krank and shlaf — difference between 'krank' and 'shlaf'
• MDV 453 5:38
  I liked him very much (он мне очень понравился) — 'I like him very much'
• MDV 453 6:11
  he ran away from the Germans (он убежал от немцев) — 'he ran away from the Germans'
• MDV 453 6:24
  cross (крест) — 'cross'
• MDV 453 6:29
  Jew from Lithuania — what you call a Jew from Lithuania
• MDV 453 7:05
  to cross oneself (перекреститься) — 'to cross oneself'
• MDV 453 7:05
  meaning of litvak — what 'litvak' means
• MDV 453 7:17
  to build (a construi (RO)) — 'to build'
• MDV 453 7:55
  sour (кислый) — 'sour'
• MDV 453 8:43
  my head hurts (голова болит) — 'my head hurts'
• MDV 453 9:18
  where are you from (откуда вы?) — 'where are you from?'
• MDV 453 9:43
  from there (оттуда) — 'from there'
• MDV 453 10:03
  bed (кровать) — 'bed'
• MDV 453 10:03
  I ask you (я прошу вас) — 'I ask you / please'
• MDV 453 11:50
  I was (я был) — 'I was'
• MDV 453 11:56
  to pray (молиться) — 'to pray'
• MDV 453 13:46
  grandmother (бабушка) — 'grandmother'
• MDV 453 14:00
  goods/merchandise (товар) — 'goods, merchandise'
• MDV 453 14:48
  to the street (на улицу) — 'I'm going to the street'
• MDV 453 15:12
  I live on this street (живу на этой улице) — 'I live on this street'
• MDV 453 15:49
  all people (все люди) — 'all people'
• MDV 453 16:48
  today three people came (сегодня пришло три человека) — 'today three people came'
• MDV 453 18:49
  prophet Elijah (пророк Илья) — 'the prophet Elijah'
• MDV 453 19:55
  one and a half (полтора) — 'one and a half'
• MDV 453 20:50
  potato (картошка) — 'potato'
• MDV 453 21:45
  mouse (мышь) — 'mouse'
• MDV 453 21:45
  belly (живот) — 'belly'
• MDV 453 22:14
  pigeon (голубь) — 'pigeon, dove'
• MDV 453 22:44
  groats (крупа) — 'groats, grain'
• MDV 453 22:44
  broth (бульон) — 'broth'
• MDV 454 0:01
  deaf (глухой (deaf)) — word for someone who does not hear (deaf)
• MDV 454 1:20
  please give me this book (дайте пожалуйста эту книгу) — translation of a sentence (uncertain due to garbled text)
• MDV 454 2:45
  well (колодец) — word for 'well'
• MDV 454 4:17
  river (река) — word for 'river'
• MDV 454 7:04
  much/many (много) — word for 'much, a lot'
• MDV 454 7:42
  suddenly (вдруг) — word for 'suddenly'
• MDV 454 8:47
  difference between rov and rebe — difference between 'rov' and 'rebe'
• MDV 454 10:03
  will you come or not (ты придешь или нет) — how to say 'will you come or not' (use of 'tsi')