Dora (Dvoyre) Abramovna Dajch

née Pinkinzon · born 1915 in Nisporeni two sources agree · recorded in Chișinău, 2006

2 recordings · 100 minutes · 11 min of questionnaire · 4 min of singing

Also written: Dora Abramovna Dajch

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

Conversations 1

Each line is one conversation with Dajch, 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.

• 2006-06-02
  ▶ Chișinău · 1.7 h

  MDV 172 · MDV 173 (2 tapes)

Topics

Questionnaire

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

• MDV 172 1:32
  what was done on Purim
• MDV 173 0:00
  greeting
• MDV 173 0:04
  meaning of dibek — meaning of 'dibek'
• MDV 173 0:13
  greeting — other greetings
• MDV 173 0:25
  give me please this book (дайте мне пожалуйста эту книгу) — translation of 'give me, please, this book'
• MDV 173 0:34
  meaning of goylem — meaning of 'goylem'
• MDV 173 1:06
  table (mașă) — term for table
• MDV 173 1:35
  I have no luck (у меня нет счастья) — translation of 'I have no luck'
• MDV 173 2:08
  groats (крупа) — Yiddish for 'groats'
• MDV 173 2:13
  house (дом) — distinction between הויז and שטוב
• MDV 173 2:49
  window (окно) — Yiddish for 'window' (פענצטער)
• MDV 173 2:53
  blue (синий) — Yiddish for 'blue'
• MDV 173 3:03
  pigeon (голубь) — Yiddish for 'pigeon/dove'
• MDV 173 3:38
  deaf (глухой (deaf)) — Yiddish for 'deaf'
• MDV 173 5:06
  where does he live (где он живет? (where does he live?)) — translation of 'where does he live'
• MDV 173 5:16
  he is very sick (он очень болен) — translation of 'he is very sick'
• MDV 173 5:37
  barely walks (еле-еле ходит) — translation of 'he barely walks'
• MDV 173 6:06
  honest (честный) — Yiddish for 'honest'
• MDV 173 6:11
  pious (набожный) — Yiddish for 'pious'
• MDV 173 6:17
  believer (верующий) — Yiddish for 'believer'
• MDV 173 6:31
  apostate (выкрест) — Yiddish for 'apostate/convert'
• MDV 173 6:52
  peasant (крестьянин) — Yiddish for 'peasant/farmer'
• MDV 173 7:53
  what poyer means — what פויער means
• MDV 173 8:04
  my head hurts (голова болит) — translation of 'my head hurts'
• MDV 173 8:17
  where are you from (откуда вы?) — translation of 'where are you from'
• MDV 173 8:31
  from there (оттуда) — translation of 'from there'
• MDV 173 9:02
  grandmother and midwife (бабушка / повивальная бабка) — Yiddish for 'grandmother' and 'midwife'
• MDV 173 9:33
  I speak with mama (разговариваю с мамой) — translation of 'I talk with mother'
• MDV 173 10:08
  river (река) — Yiddish for 'river'
• MDV 173 11:08
  well (колодец) — Yiddish for 'well'
• MDV 173 11:14
  potato (картошка) — Yiddish for 'potato'
• MDV 173 11:19
  flowers (цветы) — Yiddish for 'flowers'
• MDV 173 11:34
  store (магазин) — Yiddish for 'shop'
• MDV 173 11:40
  all people (все люди) — translation of 'all people'
• MDV 173 11:44
  I know everyone here (я знаю здесь всех) — translation of 'I know everyone here'
• MDV 173 12:21
  on this street live only Jews (на этой улице живут одни евреи) — translation of 'only Jews live on this street'
• MDV 173 12:51
  one and a half (полтора) — Yiddish for 'one and a half'
• MDV 173 13:03
  otherwise I cannot (иначе не могу) — translation of 'otherwise I cannot'
• MDV 173 13:09
  attic (чердак) — Yiddish for 'attic'
• MDV 173 14:28
  fence (забор) — Yiddish for 'fence'
• MDV 173 14:49
  room (комната) — Yiddish for 'room'
• MDV 173 15:08
  enemy (враг) — Yiddish for 'enemy'