Sura Melekhovna Bivson

née Frierman · born 1926 in Polonne · recorded in Starokostyantyniv, 2008, 2009

3 recordings · 146 minutes · 51 min of questionnaire

Interviewed by Moisei Lemster, Dov-Ber Kerler, Jeffrey Veidlinger

Conversations 2 ▶ play all in order

Each line is one conversation with Bivson, 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.

• 2008-05-27
  ▶ Starokostyantyniv · 89 min

  MDV 477 · MDV 676 (2 tapes)
• 2009-01-05
  ▶ Starokostyantyniv · 58 min

  MDV 677

Topics

Questionnaire

107 questions put to Bivson. Each link opens the recording at that moment.

• MDV 477 0:22
  paradise (рай) — the Yiddish word for 'paradise'
• MDV 477 1:05
  rich person — how to say 'a rich person'
• MDV 477 1:36
  wagon — the word for 'wagon'
• MDV 477 2:53
  car/machine (машина) — the Yiddish for 'car/machine'
• MDV 477 3:21
  ceiling (потолок) — the Yiddish word for 'ceiling'
• MDV 477 4:22
  fence (забор) — the Yiddish word for 'fence'
• MDV 477 4:49
  face (лицо) — the Yiddish word for 'face'
• MDV 477 5:32
  overgrown (зарос) — Yiddish for 'overgrown'
• MDV 477 6:12
  much/many (много) — Yiddish for 'a lot'
• MDV 477 7:44
  room (комната) — Yiddish for 'room'
• MDV 477 8:42
  someone (кто-то) — Yiddish for 'someone'
• MDV 477 9:06
  suddenly (вдруг) — Yiddish for 'suddenly'
• MDV 477 9:45
  different (различные) — Yiddish for 'different'
• MDV 477 9:56
  enemy (враг) — Yiddish for 'enemy'
• MDV 477 10:39
  mouse (мышь) — words for 'mouse'
• MDV 477 10:56
  to kiss (целовать) — Yiddish for 'to kiss'
• MDV 477 17:12
  my head hurts (голова болит) — Yiddish for 'head hurts'
• MDV 477 17:37
  bed (кровать) — Yiddish for 'bed'
• MDV 477 17:42
  flowerbed (клумба с цветами) — whether heard the word קלומבע (flower bed)
• MDV 477 18:26
  I was there (я был там) — Yiddish for 'I was there'
• MDV 477 19:22
  shoulder — what is this (object shown)
• MDV 676 0:03
  thank you (спасибо) — how to say 'thank you'
• MDV 676 1:25
  please (пожалуйста) — did they say 'pozhaleste' (please/you're welcome)
• MDV 676 1:51
  mouse (мышь)
• MDV 676 2:05
  belly (живот)
• MDV 676 2:10
  house (дом)
• MDV 676 2:16
  pigeon (голубь) — dove
• MDV 676 2:41
  gray-haired (седой) — gray (hair)
• MDV 676 2:48
  blue (синий)
• MDV 676 3:01
  groats (крупа)
• MDV 676 3:07
  skin (кожа)
• MDV 676 3:40
  to build a house (строить дом)
• MDV 676 3:54
  stone building (каменная постройка)
• MDV 676 4:14
  sour (кислый)
• MDV 676 5:16
  ear (ухо)
• MDV 676 5:23
  deaf (глухой (deaf))
• MDV 676 5:28
  deaf (глухой (deaf)) — deaf (singular vs. adjective form)
• MDV 676 5:34
  he came here today (пришёл сюда сегодня)
• MDV 676 5:46
  what did you say (что ты сказал)
• MDV 676 6:04
  late (поздно)
• MDV 676 6:10
  later (позже)
• MDV 676 6:36
  earlier (раньше)
• MDV 676 6:41
  cold (холодно)
• MDV 676 6:45
  cold (холодно) — very cold
• MDV 676 6:54
  high (высоко)
• MDV 676 7:13
  unclear — unclear (possibly 'dry' or similar)
• MDV 676 7:20
  quickly (быстро) — fast, quickly
• MDV 676 7:41
  near (близко)
• MDV 676 7:47
  nearer (ближе)
• MDV 676 7:56
  he will also come (он тоже придет)
• MDV 676 8:12
  he knows this too (он знает это тоже) — he also knows this
• MDV 676 8:47
  where does he live (где он живет? (where does he live?))
• MDV 676 9:40
  he is very sick (он очень болен)
• MDV 676 9:55
  she is very beautiful (она очень красивая)
• MDV 676 10:05
  I like her very much (она мне нравится) — I like her / she pleases me
• MDV 676 10:08
  I don't like him (он мне не нравится) — I don't like her
• MDV 676 10:13
  I like her very much (она мне нравится)
• MDV 676 10:19
  if he walks (если он ходит)
• MDV 676 10:38
  he ran away from the Germans (он убежал от немцев)
• MDV 676 10:51
  honest (честный)
• MDV 676 11:00
  believer (верующий) — believer (religious person)
• MDV 676 11:21
  pious/religious (набожный, верующий) — devout, believer
• MDV 676 11:55
  what erlekh means — what does 'erlekh' mean
• MDV 676 12:29
  cross (крест)
• MDV 676 12:34
  to cross oneself (перекреститься)
• MDV 676 12:49
  ladder (лестница) — ladder/stairs
• MDV 676 13:01
  ladder (лестница) — clarification on 'leyninke' vs 'leyter'
• MDV 676 13:16
  Christians (христиане)
• MDV 676 13:21
  Christians (христиане)
• MDV 676 14:40
  mountain (гора)
• MDV 676 15:22
  there (directional) (туда) — there (direction)
• MDV 676 15:30
  unclear — unclear (possibly dialectal form)
• MDV 676 15:41
  I ask you (я прошу вас) — I ask you / please
• MDV 676 16:02
  unclear — unclear (possibly small tree)
• MDV 676 16:10
  teeth (зубы)
• MDV 676 16:14
  unclear
• MDV 676 16:18
  vodka (водка)
• MDV 676 16:39
  unclear — unclear (possibly 'thousand')
• MDV 676 17:14
  you are young (ты молод) — you (sg.) are young
• MDV 676 17:21
  you are right (ты прав) — you (sg.) are right
• MDV 676 17:26
  you (pl.) are right (вы правы)
• MDV 676 17:33
  to pray (молиться)
• MDV 676 17:55
  grandmother (бабушка)
• MDV 676 18:22
  very tasty (очень вкусно)
• MDV 676 18:42
  on the street (по этой улице)
• MDV 676 18:47
  on the street (по этой улице)
• MDV 676 19:22
  river (река)
• MDV 676 19:27
  unclear — unclear (possibly street, road)
• MDV 676 20:11
  well (колодец)
• MDV 676 20:19
  potato (картошка)
• MDV 676 20:31
  flowers (цветы)
• MDV 676 20:38
  store (магазин)
• MDV 676 21:36
  I don't hear him (я его не слышу) — I do not hear him
• MDV 676 21:45
  I don't hear her (её я не слышу) — I do not hear her
• MDV 676 21:52
  I need him very much (он мне очень нужен)
• MDV 676 22:16
  to bring order (навести порядок) — to put in order
• MDV 676 22:36
  all people (все люди)
• MDV 676 22:54
  today three people came (сегодня пришло три человека) — today came three people
• MDV 676 23:12
  can one say dray ire — can you say 'dray ire' (three people)
• MDV 676 24:41
  attic (чердак)
• MDV 676 24:52
  I don't know whether he knows or not (не знаю, знает ли он или нет) — I don't know if he knows or not
• MDV 676 25:06
  will you come or not (ты придешь или нет)
• MDV 676 25:19
  to use (использовать)
• MDV 676 25:33
  such (things) — such (form: 'azelkhe', 'azetike', 'azoyne')
• MDV 677 0:44
  cemetery (кладбище) — how to say 'cemetery' in Yiddish in Polonne
• MDV 677 3:32
  meaning of rosl — what 'rosl' means
• MDV 677 5:13
  meaning of a gut ort — what 'a gut ort' means