Maria Chirilau (Mika)

née Haynts · born 1932 in Mihăileni ("Mihaileni" in the catalogue) · recorded in Mihăileni, Chernivtsi, Dorohoi, Hîrlău, Rădăuți, 2006, 2007

5 recordings · 287 minutes · 22 min of questionnaire · 1 min of singing

Also written: Maria (Mika) Chirilau

Interviewed by Dov-Ber Kerler, Moisei Lemster, Jeffrey Veidlinger · recorded together with Roza Ovsheevna Shternberg, Iancu (Yanku-Tuvye) Isidor, Dr, Ichak Chajim

Conversations 4 ▶ play all in order

Each line is one conversation with Chirilau, 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.

• 2006-05-26
  ▶ Rădăuți · 46 min proposed

  MDV 266 12:03–58:27
• 2006-05-27
  ▶ Mihăileni · 1.9 h

  MDV 281 · MDV 282 (2 tapes)
• 2007-06-01
  ▶ Dorohoi · 37 min proposed

  MDV 253 0:00–36:35
• 2007-06-01
  ▶ Mihăileni · 58 min proposed

  MDV 283 3:59–1:02:30

Topics

Questionnaire

33 questions put to Chirilau. Each link opens the recording at that moment.

• MDV 282 0:04
  thank you (спасибо) — how to say 'thank you' in Yiddish
• MDV 282 3:09
  mistake (ошибка) — word for 'mistake, error' (toes/taos)
• MDV 282 4:00
  groats (крупа) — groats, grains
• MDV 282 4:45
  mouse (мышь)
• MDV 282 6:06
  pigeon (голубь) — dove (părămbil in Romanian)
• MDV 282 7:12
  house (дом)
• MDV 282 8:13
  deaf (глухой (deaf)) — deaf person
• MDV 282 8:47
  please (polite) — please (vă rog in Romanian)
• MDV 282 9:46
  quickly (быстро)
• MDV 282 10:24
  also (также)
• MDV 282 10:56
  sick (больной) — sick, ill
• MDV 282 11:52
  ran away (убежал) — he ran away
• MDV 282 12:29
  honest (честный)
• MDV 282 13:20
  meaning of meshumed — Jew who became Christian
• MDV 282 13:59
  my head hurts (голова болит)
• MDV 282 14:17
  please (polite) — please (repeated)
• MDV 282 14:47
  thousand (тысяча)
• MDV 282 15:00
  bed (кровать)
• MDV 282 15:15
  I was there (я был там)
• MDV 282 15:25
  come here (иди сюда)
• MDV 282 16:01
  to pray (молиться)
• MDV 282 16:27
  grandmother (бабушка)
• MDV 282 17:28
  twenty (двадцать) — twenty (pronunciation)
• MDV 282 17:33
  street (улица)
• MDV 282 19:39
  potato (картошка) — potatoes
• MDV 282 19:49
  flowers (цветы) — flowers (tsvidə, kvetn)
• MDV 282 20:04
  store (магазин)
• MDV 282 20:14
  store (магазин) — store (krom)
• MDV 282 20:37
  store (магазин) — store, shop (gevelb)
• MDV 282 20:44
  taste (вкус)
• MDV 282 21:25
  unclear context
• MDV 282 21:47
  all people (все люди)
• MDV 282 22:12
  I was at father's (я был у отца)