Samuil (Shmiel) Borisovich Belobrov

born 1929 in Korsun'-Shevchenkivs'kyy ("Korsun" in the catalogue) · recorded in Korsun'-Shevchenkivs'kyy, 2005

2 recordings · 102 minutes · 34 min of questionnaire

Also written: Samuil Borisovich Belobrov

Interviewed by Dov-Ber Kerler, Jeffrey Veidlinger, Dovid Katz · recorded together with Mikhail (Meyshe) Zakharovich Ocheretianyi

Conversations 1

Each line is one conversation with Belobrov, 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.

• 2005-06-24
  ▶ Korsun'-Shevchenkivs'kyy · 1.5 h two sources agree

  MDV 544 10:01–1:01:53 · MDV 545 (2 tapes)

Topics

Questionnaire

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

• MDV 544 11:03
  he came here today (пришёл сюда сегодня) — translate 'he came here today'
• MDV 544 11:19
  hand/arm (рука) — how to say 'hand/arm'
• MDV 544 15:50
  faster (быстрее) — how to say 'faster'
• MDV 544 17:37
  where does he live (где он живет? (where does he live?)) — translate 'where does he live?'
• MDV 544 18:39
  listen to me (слушай меня) — translate 'listen to me'
• MDV 544 20:31
  very sick (очень болен) — when to say 'shlaf' vs 'krank'
• MDV 544 22:23
  she is very beautiful (она очень красивая) — translate 'she is very beautiful'
• MDV 544 22:28
  I liked him very much (он мне очень понравился) — translate 'I liked him'
• MDV 544 22:56
  barely walks (еле-еле ходит) — translate 'barely walks'
• MDV 544 23:39
  to run/flee (бежать) — how to say 'to run'
• MDV 544 23:53
  honest (честный) — how to say 'honest'
• MDV 544 24:27
  pious/religious (набожный, верующий) — how to say 'pious, believing'
• MDV 544 24:36
  cross (крест) — how to say 'cross' (Christian symbol)
• MDV 544 26:08
  to cross oneself (перекреститься) — how to say 'to cross oneself'
• MDV 544 28:28
  peasant (крестьянин) — how to say 'peasant'
• MDV 545 1:27
  my head hurts (голова болит) — how to say 'headache' in Yiddish
• MDV 545 4:05
  from where (откуда) — where from
• MDV 545 5:58
  diminutive for tree — diminutive for 'tree'
• MDV 545 6:06
  sunflower oil (подсолнечное масло) — the Yiddish word for 'sunflower oil'
• MDV 545 6:21
  thousand (тысяча) — the Yiddish word for 'thousand'
• MDV 545 6:35
  in three days they will come (через три дня они приедут) — how to say 'in three days they will come'
• MDV 545 7:17
  it was in (19)14 or (19)15 (это было в тринадцатом году) — how to say 'in the fourteenth or fifteenth year'
• MDV 545 8:04
  twenty (двадцать) — the word for 'twenty'
• MDV 545 9:53
  I was there this morning (Я был там сегодня утром) — how to say 'I was there today in the morning' and 'yesterday'
• MDV 545 10:56
  to pray (молиться) — the Yiddish word for 'pray'
• MDV 545 11:10
  grandmother (бабушка) — the word for 'grandmother'
• MDV 545 12:00
  midwife (акушерка) — the word for 'midwife'
• MDV 545 14:40
  not tasty (невкусно) — the Yiddish word for 'not tasty'
• MDV 545 14:56
  talk to mother (Разговаривай с мамой) — how to say 'talk to mother'
• MDV 545 20:34
  potato (картошка) — the Yiddish word for 'potato'
• MDV 545 21:35
  flowers (цветы) — the Yiddish word for 'flowers'
• MDV 545 22:28
  I don't hear her (её я не слышу) — whether to use ניט or נישט for negation
• MDV 545 25:28
  defeated the Germans (разбили немцов) — how to say 'they defeated the Germans'
• MDV 545 25:58
  I know everyone here (я знаю здесь всех) — how to say 'I know everyone here'
• MDV 545 26:50
  I sat at the table (я сидел за столом) — how to say 'I sat at the table'
• MDV 545 27:30
  on this street live only Jews (на этой улице живут одни евреи) — how to say 'on this street live only Jews'
• MDV 545 27:51
  that is another matter (это другое дело) — how to say 'that's another matter'
• MDV 545 29:10
  otherwise I cannot (иначе не могу) — how to say 'I can't do it otherwise'
• MDV 545 33:08
  probably (наверное) — the Yiddish word for 'probably'
• MDV 545 34:15
  back (назад) — how to say 'back' / 'backwards'
• MDV 545 35:12
  someone (кто-то) — the Yiddish word for 'someone'
• MDV 545 36:04
  ceiling (потолок) — the Yiddish word for 'ceiling'