Oradea(Nagyvarad in the project's index)2013-05-165 min · 2 stretches · 1 questions about wordsYiddish 17% Hungarian 83%
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Summary
A short stretch (about five minutes) of a long 2013 session in Nagyvarad. An elderly woman talks with others in the room, mostly in Hungarian with some Yiddish, while sweets and cake are handed round. The talk covers her failing hearing and sight, her small appetite and her diet. It is not a structured interview, and the transcript is too poor to give details.
Stretches
00:00–03:12
Informal conversation, mostly in Hungarian with Yiddish phrases. The woman says she can no longer see the television or hear what is said, and that she has no wish to hear the bad news. She recalls that she once did her own shopping and could walk out, which she no longer can. Other people in the room talk about a birthday and a phone call about a holiday, and cream and cake are offered. She praises the kindness of the person who looks after her.
Informallife today
03:12–05:03
The woman is offered cake and food, and talks about how little she eats now. A question is put about how a certain thing was said in Sziget (?). Her answer is unclear. The speakers then discuss whether she takes vitamins; she says she does not, and a remark is made that the doctor should prescribe some.