Betti (Brane) Cojocaru

born 1934 in Dorohoi · recorded in Săveni, Dorohoi, Vatra Dornei, 2007

3 recordings · 166 minutes · 28 min of questionnaire

Also written: Betti Cojocaru

Interviewed by Dov-Ber Kerler, Moisei Lemster · recorded together with Marcu (Mordkhe) Marcus, Melanie (Mindele) Mehler

Conversations 2 ▶ play all in order

Each line is one conversation with Cojocaru, 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.

• 2007-06-02
  ▶ Săveni · 62 min

  MDV 300
• 2007-06-02
  ▶ Săveni or Vatra Dornei · 32 min proposed

  MDV 301 42:37–44:38 · MDV 308 0:00–30:09 (2 tapes)

Topics

Questionnaire

28 questions put to Cojocaru. Each link opens the recording at that moment.

• MDV 300 0:15
  meaning of dibek — what 'dybbuk' means
• MDV 300 0:18
  meaning of a guter yid — what 'a guter yid' means
• MDV 300 0:45
  meaning of orel — what 'orel' means
• MDV 300 4:49
  ear (ухо) — Yiddish for Romanian 'ureche' (ear)
• MDV 300 6:38
  late (поздно)
• MDV 300 6:46
  later (позже)
• MDV 300 6:57
  earlier (раньше)
• MDV 300 7:22
  near (близко) — Yiddish for Romanian 'aproape' (near, close)
• MDV 300 7:52
  quickly (быстро) — Yiddish for Romanian 'repede' (quickly)
• MDV 300 10:47
  what is your name
• MDV 308 0:01
  he is very sick (он очень болен) — very sick
• MDV 308 0:47
  I like (мне нравится)
• MDV 308 1:09
  barely walks (еле-еле ходит) — he barely walks
• MDV 308 2:19
  honest (честный)
• MDV 308 4:43
  peasant (крестьянин)
• MDV 308 5:26
  where are you from (откуда вы?)
• MDV 308 5:41
  from there (оттуда)
• MDV 308 6:23
  come here (иди сюда)
• MDV 308 7:19
  it was in (19)14 or (19)15 (это было в тринадцатом году) — This was in year fourteen or fifteen
• MDV 308 7:58
  twenty (двадцать)
• MDV 308 8:06
  ten (десять)
• MDV 308 10:19
  with mother (case) — with mother (case form)
• MDV 308 10:47
  on the street (по этой улице)
• MDV 308 15:56
  one and a half (полтора)
• MDV 308 16:30
  you came from another city (ты прибыл из другого города) — from another city
• MDV 308 17:07
  at the table (la masă)
• MDV 308 17:37
  I was at father's (я был у отца)
• MDV 308 18:41
  hospital (באלניצער) — hospital (unclear question)