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AHEYM-2013-023 · Oradea

Oradea (Nagyvarad in the project's index) 2013-05-16 1 min · 2 stretches · 1 questions about words Yiddish 78% Romanian 22%

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Summary

A very short fragment (about one minute) of a longer session in Nagyvarad, 2013-05-16; the interviewee is not named in the index. Kerler asks the woman how her mother's gefilte fish tasted, and she says it was a little sweet, with little sugar. Then a visitor leaves with Romanian goodbyes and the door is closed.

Stretches

00:00–00:42

The informant remarks that she told someone to go home because that person is alone there. Kerler asks whether her mother's gefilte fish was sweet or peppery. The informant answers that it was a little sweet, made with little sugar.

00:41–01:06

A visitor takes leave in Romanian, and the informant answers in Romanian. Kerler says he needs to know a little something, and someone says the door should be closed. The session is breaking off.

Informal

Questions about words

  • 00:04
    Was the gefilte fish your mother made sweet or salty/peppery? — The taste of the mother's gefilte fish (sweet or salted/peppered)