Riva Fridrikhovna Gimelbrandt

born 1932 in Chernivtsi · recorded in Chernivtsi, 2003

2 recordings · 109 minutes · 37 min of questionnaire · 1 min of singing

Interviewed by Dov-Ber Kerler · recorded together with Shaiia Davidovich Kleiman

Conversations 1

Each line is one conversation with Gimelbrandt, 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.

• 2003-05-16 – 2003-05-17
  ▶ Chernivtsi · 82 min two sources agree

  MDV 412 27:49–1:02:22 · MDV 413 (2 tapes)

Topics

Questionnaire

88 questions put to Gimelbrandt. Each link opens the recording at that moment.

• MDV 413 0:22
  meaning of dibek — meaning of 'dibek'
• MDV 413 1:23
  meaning of goylem — meaning of 'goylem'
• MDV 413 2:40
  hello (здравствуйте) — greetings
• MDV 413 3:19
  please (пожалуйста) — 'please'
• MDV 413 4:17
  thank you (спасибо) — 'thank you'
• MDV 413 4:27
  mouse (мышь) — 'mouse'
• MDV 413 4:49
  I have no luck (у меня нет счастья) — 'I have no luck'
• MDV 413 5:07
  belly (живот) — 'stomach'
• MDV 413 5:12
  broth (бульон) — 'broth'
• MDV 413 5:28
  house (дом) — 'house'
• MDV 413 5:43
  groats (крупа) — 'groats'
• MDV 413 5:50
  kasha (каша) — 'kasha/porridge'
• MDV 413 6:11
  blue (синий) — 'blue'
• MDV 413 6:18
  glass (window) (стекло) — 'windowpane'
• MDV 413 6:31
  pigeon (голубь) — 'pigeon/dove'
• MDV 413 6:39
  gray-haired (седой) — 'grey (hair)'
• MDV 413 6:46
  builds (строит) — 'builds'
• MDV 413 6:53
  stone building (каменная постройка) — 'stone building'
• MDV 413 7:19
  sour (кислый) — 'sour'
• MDV 413 7:30
  deaf (глухой (deaf)) — 'deaf'
• MDV 413 7:36
  later (позже) — 'later'
• MDV 413 7:46
  later (позже) — 'later (comparative)'
• MDV 413 7:52
  earlier (раньше) — 'earlier'
• MDV 413 7:56
  high (высоко) — 'high'
• MDV 413 8:08
  higher (выше) — 'higher'
• MDV 413 8:15
  quickly (быстро) — 'fast'
• MDV 413 8:18
  faster (быстрее) — 'faster'
• MDV 413 8:36
  near (близко) — 'close/near'
• MDV 413 8:38
  nearer (ближе) — 'closer'
• MDV 413 8:46
  cholent — 'cholent' (Sabbath stew)
• MDV 413 10:10
  roof (крыша) — 'roof'
• MDV 413 10:30
  catch one's breath (перехватить дух) — 'catch one's breath'
• MDV 413 10:37
  very sick (очень болен) — 'very sick'
• MDV 413 10:50
  very beautiful (очень красивая) — 'very beautiful'
• MDV 413 10:56
  I like very much (мне очень нравится) — 'I like very much'
• MDV 413 11:09
  barely walks (еле-еле ходит) — 'barely walks'
• MDV 413 11:19
  he ran away from the Germans (он убежал от немцев) — 'ran away from Germans'
• MDV 413 11:28
  very pious (очень набожен) — 'very pious'
• MDV 413 11:53
  honest (честный) — 'honest'
• MDV 413 12:04
  meaning of frumer — meaning of 'frumer'
• MDV 413 12:38
  cross (крест) — 'cross (Christian)'
• MDV 413 13:10
  mountain (гора) — 'mountain'
• MDV 413 13:20
  my head hurts (голова болит) — 'head hurts'
• MDV 413 13:29
  my head hurts (голова болит) — 'my head hurts'
• MDV 413 13:53
  from where (откуда) — 'from where'
• MDV 413 14:13
  from there (оттуда) — 'from there'
• MDV 413 14:17
  bed (кровать) — 'bed'
• MDV 413 14:26
  to ask/request (прошу) — 'I ask/beg'
• MDV 413 14:32
  flowerbed (клумба с цветами) — 'flowerbed'
• MDV 413 14:51
  teeth (зубы) — 'teeth'
• MDV 413 14:54
  ten (десять) — 'ten'
• MDV 413 15:00
  thousand (тысяча) — 'thousand'
• MDV 413 15:11
  twenty (двадцать) — 'twenty'
• MDV 413 15:15
  my husband (мой муж) — 'my husband'
• MDV 413 15:30
  right (correct) (правый) — '(you are) right'
• MDV 413 15:47
  I was there (я был там) — 'I was there'
• MDV 413 15:52
  don't cry (не плачь) — 'don't cry'
• MDV 413 15:55
  to pray (молиться) — 'pray'
• MDV 413 16:10
  midwife (акушерка) — 'midwife'
• MDV 413 17:01
  I speak with mother (я говорю с мамой) — case after preposition 'with mother'
• MDV 413 17:23
  I go on the street — sentence 'I go on the street'
• MDV 413 17:37
  I live on this street (живу на этой улице) — 'I live on this street'
• MDV 413 17:39
  I see her poorly (я её плохо вижу) — 'I don't see her well'
• MDV 413 17:58
  I don't see him (я его не вижу) — 'I don't see him'
• MDV 413 18:16
  he told her that you are sick (он ей сказал, что ты болен) — 'he told her that you are sick'
• MDV 413 18:20
  well (колодец) — 'well'
• MDV 413 18:36
  potato (картошка) — 'potato'
• MDV 413 19:12
  flowers (цветы) — 'flowers'
• MDV 413 19:23
  all people (все люди) — 'all people'
• MDV 413 19:45
  I know everyone here (я знаю здесь всех) — 'I know everyone here'
• MDV 413 19:51
  I know everyone (я знаю каждого) — 'I know each one'
• MDV 413 19:59
  I was at father's (я был у отца) — 'I was at father's'
• MDV 413 20:15
  I sat at the table (я сидел за столом) — 'I sat at the table'
• MDV 413 20:19
  on this street live only Jews (на этой улице живут одни евреи) — 'on this street live only Jews'
• MDV 413 20:27
  this is another story (это другая история) — 'this is a different story'
• MDV 413 20:44
  you came from another city (ты прибыл из другого города) — 'you came from another city'
• MDV 413 21:09
  one and a half (полтора) — 'one and a half'
• MDV 413 21:30
  otherwise I cannot (иначе не могу) — 'otherwise I cannot'
• MDV 413 21:45
  I don't know whether he knows or not (не знаю, знает ли он или нет) — 'I don't know whether he knows or not'
• MDV 413 21:48
  will you come or not (ты придешь или нет) — 'will you come or not'
• MDV 413 22:12
  enemy (враг) — 'enemy'
• MDV 413 22:22
  plural of enemy (mult dușman) — 'enemies (plural)'
• MDV 413 22:26
  plural of vogn — plural of 'wagon'
• MDV 413 23:04
  fence (забор) — 'fence'
• MDV 413 23:13
  Tisha B'Av customs
• MDV 413 23:43
  difference between ponem and tsire — difference between 'ponem' and 'tsure'
• MDV 413 24:47
  then (тогда) — 'then' (temporal)
• MDV 413 25:30
  different (различные) — 'various'