Mikhail Abramovich Zhovtis

born 1927 in Khmil'nyk · recorded in Bar, Ternopil', 2005

3 recordings · 184 minutes · 38 min of questionnaire

Interviewed by Dovid Katz, Dov-Ber Kerler, Jeffrey Veidlinger · recorded together with Izrail (Yisruel) Yosifovich Gliazer, Klara Borisovna Vaynman

Conversations 1

Each line is one conversation with Zhovtis, 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.

• 2005-06-29 – 2005-06-30
  ▶ Bar · 2.3 h uncertain

  MDV 330 · MDV 331 · MDV 690 0:00–16:08 (3 tapes)

Topics

Questionnaire

56 questions put to Zhovtis. Each link opens the recording at that moment.

• MDV 331 0:18
  lives (живёт) — how to say живёт
• MDV 331 0:37
  shed/barn (сарай) — how to say сарай
• MDV 331 1:05
  groats (крупа) — how to say крупа
• MDV 331 1:15
  kasha (каша) — how to say каша
• MDV 331 2:34
  blue (синий) — how to say синий (blue)
• MDV 331 3:11
  pigeon (голубь) — how to say голубь (pigeon)
• MDV 331 3:30
  gray-haired (седой) — how to say седой (gray-haired)
• MDV 331 3:49
  to build (a construi (RO)) — how to say строить (to build)
• MDV 331 4:31
  sour (кислый) — how to say кислый (sour)
• MDV 331 5:00
  ear (ухо) — how to say ухо (ear)
• MDV 331 5:06
  deaf (глухой (deaf)) — how to say глухой (deaf)
• MDV 331 5:50
  later (позже) — how to say позже (later)
• MDV 331 6:04
  later (позже) — how to say позднее (later)
• MDV 331 6:15
  earlier (раньше) — how to say раньше (earlier)
• MDV 331 6:48
  near (близко) — how to say близко (near)
• MDV 331 6:56
  he will also come (он тоже придет) — how to say 'also will come'
• MDV 331 7:07
  he knows this too (он знает это тоже) — how to say 'he knows also'
• MDV 331 8:16
  step (шаг) — how to say шаг (step)
• MDV 331 8:36
  catch one's breath (перехватить дух) — how to say 'catch one's breath'
• MDV 331 8:57
  what krank means — what does קראנק mean
• MDV 331 9:51
  he is very handsome (Он очень красивый) — how to say 'he is very handsome'
• MDV 331 10:12
  I like him very much (он мне очень нравится) — how to say 'I like him very much'
• MDV 331 11:03
  hurts very much (очень болит) — how to say 'hurts very much'
• MDV 331 11:23
  to run/flee (бежать) — how to say бежать (to run)
• MDV 331 11:58
  honest (честный) — how to say честный (honest)
• MDV 331 14:01
  my head hurts (голова болит) — how to say 'head hurts'
• MDV 331 14:18
  where are you from (откуда вы?) — how to say 'where are you from' (formal)
• MDV 331 15:09
  from there (оттуда) — how to say оттуда (from there)
• MDV 331 15:16
  there (directional) (туда) — how to say туда (there, to there)
• MDV 331 15:31
  bed (кровать) — how to say кровать (bed)
• MDV 331 15:42
  vodka (водка) — how to say водка
• MDV 331 16:08
  twenty (двадцать) — how to say двадцать (twenty)
• MDV 331 16:18
  thank you (спасибо) — how to say спасибо (thank you)
• MDV 331 16:26
  you are young (ты молод) — how to say 'you are young'
• MDV 331 16:32
  you are right (ты прав) — how to say 'you are right'
• MDV 331 16:38
  you (pl.) are right (вы правы) — how to say 'you (pl.) are right'
• MDV 331 16:44
  I was there (я был там) — how to say 'I was there'
• MDV 331 16:57
  come here (иди сюда) — how to say 'come here'
• MDV 331 17:12
  come here (иди сюда) — how to say 'come here (by vehicle)'
• MDV 331 18:14
  pray (what gentiles do) (молится) — how to say 'prays'
• MDV 331 18:24
  grandmother (бабушка) — how to say бабушка (grandmother)
• MDV 331 19:27
  taste (вкус) — how to say вкус (taste)
• MDV 331 21:37
  I speak with mama (разговариваю с мамой) — how to say 'I speak with mother'
• MDV 331 21:44
  I walk on the street (иду по улице) — how to say 'I go on the street'
• MDV 331 22:26
  I walk on the street (иду по улице) — how to say 'I go on this street'
• MDV 331 23:39
  well (колодец) — how to say колодец (well)
• MDV 331 23:45
  potato (картошка) — how did you say картошка (potato)
• MDV 331 25:01
  store (магазин) — how to say магазин (store)
• MDV 331 25:24
  I was at father's (я был у отца) — how to say 'I was at father's'
• MDV 331 25:29
  I sat at the table (я сидел за столом) — how to say 'I sat at the table'
• MDV 690 0:45
  to dig the earth (рыть землю) — how to say 'to dig the earth' in Yiddish
• MDV 690 1:56
  attic (чердак) — the Yiddish for 'attic'
• MDV 690 2:30
  plural of vogn — plural of 'wagon' (וואגן)
• MDV 690 3:26
  hat/cap (шапка) — the Yiddish for 'hat' or 'cap'
• MDV 690 4:34
  plural of enemy (mult dușman) — plural of 'enemy' in Yiddish
• MDV 690 5:42
  face (лицо) — what 'פנים' means