Minuca (Mishke) Grinberg

née Kerner · born 1920 in Fălticeni ("Falticeni" in the catalogue) two sources agree · recorded in Botoșani, Rădăuți, 2006

3 recordings · 168 minutes · 23 min of questionnaire · 2 min of singing

Also written: Minuca Grinberg

Interviewed by Dov-Ber Kerler, Jeffrey Veidlinger, Moisei Lemster · recorded together with Burah (Burekh) Cohn

Conversations 2 ▶ play all in order

Each line is one conversation with Grinberg, 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.

• 2006-05-28
  ▶ Rădăuți · 1.8 h

  MDV 298 · MDV 299 (2 tapes)
• 2006-05-29
  ▶ Rădăuți · 24 min proposed

  MDV 230 0:00–23:51

Topics

Questionnaire

43 questions put to Grinberg. Each link opens the recording at that moment.

• MDV 230 0:44
  plural of rov — Plural of 'רב'
• MDV 230 1:20
  what a good Jew means — What 'a good Jew' means
• MDV 230 3:12
  what a litvak means — What 'a Litvak' means
• MDV 230 4:09
  vodka (водка) — Whether everyone drank vodka
• MDV 230 4:29
  vodka (водка) — How to say 'vodka' in Yiddish
• MDV 298 0:01
  telephone number
• MDV 299 2:26
  ceiling (потолок) — how to say 'ceiling' (tavan) in Yiddish
• MDV 299 2:37
  attic (чердак) — how to say 'attic' (bodem) in Yiddish
• MDV 299 3:17
  belly (живот) — the word for 'belly'
• MDV 299 3:22
  enemy (враг) — the word for 'enemy' (dușman)
• MDV 299 3:38
  plural of enemy (mult dușman) — the plural of 'enemy'
• MDV 299 5:12
  mouse (мышь) — how to say 'mouse' in Yiddish
• MDV 299 5:39
  window (окно) — how to say 'window' in Yiddish
• MDV 299 6:12
  blue (синий) — how to say 'blue' (albastru) in Yiddish
• MDV 299 8:02
  to build (a construi (RO)) — how to say 'to build' (construi) in Yiddish
• MDV 299 8:20
  ear (ухо) — how to say 'ear' (ureche) in Yiddish
• MDV 299 8:26
  deaf (глухой (deaf)) — how to say 'deaf' (surd) in Yiddish
• MDV 299 9:16
  near (близко) — how to say 'near' (aproape) in Yiddish
• MDV 299 9:23
  nearer (ближе) — how to say 'nearer' (mai aproape) in Yiddish
• MDV 299 9:45
  late (поздно) — how to say 'late' (târziu) in Yiddish
• MDV 299 9:48
  later (позже) — how to say 'later' (încă mai târziu) in Yiddish
• MDV 299 9:52
  cold (холодно) — how to say 'cold' (frig) in Yiddish
• MDV 299 9:55
  colder (холоднее) — how to say 'colder' (încă mai frig) in Yiddish
• MDV 299 11:44
  where do you live — how to say 'where do you live'
• MDV 299 12:36
  very sick (очень болен) — how to say 'very sick' in Yiddish
• MDV 299 14:55
  honest person (честный человек (honest person)) — how to say 'honest person' in Yiddish
• MDV 299 17:17
  from where (откуда) — sentence: 'where are you from?'
• MDV 299 17:24
  from where (откуда) — sentence: 'where are you from?'
• MDV 299 17:34
  Christian (female) — word for 'Christian'
• MDV 299 17:57
  mountain (гора) — word for 'mountain'
• MDV 299 18:59
  teeth (зубы) — word for 'teeth'
• MDV 299 19:14
  ten (десять) — word for 'ten'
• MDV 299 19:26
  thousand (тысяча) — word for 'thousand'
• MDV 299 19:40
  grandmother (бабушка) — word for 'grandmother'
• MDV 299 19:53
  midwife (акушерка) — word for 'midwife'
• MDV 299 20:17
  tasty (вкусно) — word for 'tasty'
• MDV 299 22:36
  potato (картошка) — word for 'potatoes'
• MDV 299 22:52
  flower (цветок) — word for 'flower'
• MDV 299 26:46
  mistake (ошибка) — word for 'mistake'
• MDV 299 27:41
  face (лицо) — word for 'face'
• MDV 299 28:59
  much/many (много) — word for 'many'
• MDV 299 29:21
  room (комната) — word for 'room'
• MDV 299 30:05
  someone (кто-то) — word for 'someone'