Mariia Andreevna Yakuta (Masye)

née Vitnyansky · born 1921 in Teplyk · recorded in Teplyk, 2002

4 recordings · 155 minutes · 19 min of questionnaire

Also written: Maria Andreevna Yakuta; Mariia (Masye) Andreevna Yakuta

Interviewed by Dov-Ber Kerler, Jeffrey Veidlinger, Dovid Katz · recorded together with Sofia (Sonye) Moiseevna Palatnikova

Conversations 2 ▶ play all in order

Each line is one conversation with Yakuta, 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.

• 2002-07-17
  ▶ Teplyk · 1.9 h

  MDV 682 · MDV 683 · MDV 684 (3 tapes)
• 2002-07-17
  ▶ Teplyk · 21 min two sources agree

  MDV 689 18:56–40:15

Topics

Questionnaire

42 questions put to Yakuta. Each link opens the recording at that moment.

• MDV 683 0:08
  I went (я пошёл) — translation of Russian 'I went'
• MDV 683 0:30
  my head hurts (голова болит) — translation of Russian 'head aches'
• MDV 683 1:13
  I was (я был) — translation of Russian 'I was'
• MDV 683 1:49
  please (пожалуйста) — translation of Russian 'please'
• MDV 683 2:31
  please (пожалуйста) — translation of Russian 'please'
• MDV 683 3:53
  cross (крест) — word for cross
• MDV 683 4:54
  listen to me (слушай меня) — translation of Russian 'listen to me'
• MDV 683 5:10
  to cross oneself (креститься) — word for to cross oneself
• MDV 683 5:32
  cold (холодно) — translation of Russian 'cold' (adverb/predicate)
• MDV 683 5:41
  cold (холодное) — translation of Russian 'cold' (adjective)
• MDV 683 6:09
  higher (выше) — translation of Russian 'higher'
• MDV 683 6:20
  also (тоже) — translation of Russian 'also/too'
• MDV 683 6:26
  merry people (весёлые люди) — translation of Russian 'merry people'
• MDV 683 7:27
  mouse (мышь) — word for little mouse
• MDV 683 7:38
  mouse (мышь) — word for mouse (diminutive)
• MDV 683 7:45
  small mouse — word for a small mouse
• MDV 683 8:03
  happiness/luck (счастье) — word for happiness/luck
• MDV 684 1:27
  later (позже) — Yiddish for позднее
• MDV 684 1:36
  non-Jew (не еврей) — term for non-Jew
• MDV 684 3:04
  thank you (спасибо) — Yiddish for спасибо (thank you)
• MDV 684 3:41
  sausage (колбаса) — Yiddish for колбаса (sausage)
• MDV 684 5:00
  to build (a construi (RO)) — Yiddish for строить (to build)
• MDV 684 5:17
  stone building (каменная постройка) — Yiddish for каменная постройка (stone building)
• MDV 684 5:54
  there isn't (нету) — Yiddish for нету (there isn't)
• MDV 684 6:35
  thousand (тысяча) — Yiddish for тысяча (thousand)
• MDV 684 6:43
  to run away (убежать) — Yiddish for убежать (to run away)
• MDV 684 6:56
  sour (кислый) — Yiddish for кислый (sour)
• MDV 684 7:04
  cheap (дешево) — Yiddish for дешево (cheap)
• MDV 684 7:38
  he came from another city (приехал из другого города) — sentence in Yiddish
• MDV 684 8:03
  to chew (жевать) — Yiddish for жевать (to chew)
• MDV 684 8:16
  mouse (мышь) — Yiddish for мышь (mouse)
• MDV 684 8:43
  groats (крупа) — Yiddish for крупа (groats)
• MDV 684 8:52
  pigeon (голубь) — Yiddish for голубь (dove/pigeon)
• MDV 684 9:00
  broth (бульон) — Yiddish for бульон (broth)
• MDV 684 9:20
  deaf (глухой (deaf)) — Yiddish for глухой (deaf)
• MDV 684 11:37
  Purim foods
• MDV 684 11:44
  then (тогда) — Yiddish for тогда (then)
• MDV 684 12:04
  mistake (ошибка) — Yiddish for ошибка (mistake)
• MDV 684 13:43
  what was thrown on Tisha b'Av
• MDV 684 14:00
  overgrown (зарос) — Yiddish for зарос (overgrown)
• MDV 684 14:07
  teeth (зубы) — Yiddish for зубы (teeth)
• MDV 684 14:22
  ten (десять) — Yiddish for десять (ten)