I was · я был

14 moments on tape, 14 speakers named, 8 towns

The moments below were found by reading machine transcripts: the time and the speaker are reliable, the wording of what was asked is the model's gloss. The answers are not shown until they have been checked by ear.

• MDV 366 1:13
  Mira Markovna Murovanaia · Haysyn, 2002 · asked as: I was (past tense of 'to be', 1sg)
• MDV 368 2:30
  Evgeniia Abramovna Kozak · Bershad', 1903
• MDV 370 1:05
  Gisia (Gisye) Meylikhovna Leiderman · Bershad', 1903 · asked as: 'I was' in Yiddish
• MDV 371 0:33
  Elizaveta Konstantinovna Bershadskaya · Bershad', 1903 · asked as: Yiddish equivalent of Russian 'я был' (I was)
• MDV 440 3:31
  Arkadii L'vivich Burshtein · Haysyn, 2002 · asked as: Yiddish for я был
• MDV 453 11:50
  Efim Aronovich Vertman · Izyaslav, 2003 · asked as: 'I was'
• MDV 509 21:44
  Motl Isaakovich Derbaremdiker · Kyiv, Polonne, 2003 · asked as: how to say 'I was' (я был)
• MDV 634 2:43
  Frida Leizerovna Zak · Polonne, 2003 · asked as: the Yiddish translation of 'I was'
• MDV 642 14:29
  Moisei Zelmanovich Fish · Rivne, 2003 · asked as: how to say 'I was'
• MDV 649 19:28
  Itskhak (Itsik) Pinhasovich Shteingart · Rivne, 2003 · asked as: how to say 'я был' (I was) in Yiddish
• MDV 658 7:31
  Mikhail (Motya) Isaakovich Yerikhman · Sharhorod, Bratslav, 2002 · asked as: how to say 'я был' in Yiddish
• MDV 660 12:10
  Klara L'vivna Kurman · Sharhorod, Shpykiv, 2002 · asked as: I was (1sg past)
• MDV 683 1:13
  Mariia Andreevna Yakuta · Teplyk, 2002 · asked as: translation of Russian 'I was'
• MDV 688 0:51
  Sofia (Sonye) Moiseevna Palatnikova · Teplyk, 2002