Zorekh Motelevich Kurliandchik

born 1924 in Zviahel ("Novohrad-Volyns’kyy (Yiddish: Zvil; Polish: Zviagel’)" in the catalogue) proposed · recorded in Rivne, 2003

2 recordings · 104 minutes · 34 min of questionnaire · 2 min of singing

Interviewed by Dov-Ber Kerler, Jeffrey Veidlinger · recorded together with Moisei Zelmanovich Fish

Conversations 1

Each line is one conversation with Kurliandchik, 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.

• 2003-05-06
  ▶ Rivne · 1.7 h two sources agree

  MDV 643 3:20–58:55 · MDV 644 (2 tapes)

Topics

Questionnaire

52 questions put to Kurliandchik. Each link opens the recording at that moment.

• MDV 644 1:39
  meaning of a guter yid — meaning of 'a guter yid'
• MDV 644 3:52
  meaning of a gut ort — meaning of 'a gut ort'
• MDV 644 6:01
  Jew from Lithuania — what a Jew from Lithuania is called
• MDV 644 8:38
  meaning of dibek — meaning of 'dibek'
• MDV 644 9:50
  give me please this book (дайте мне пожалуйста эту книгу) — how to say 'give me please this book' in Yiddish
• MDV 644 10:10
  please (пожалуйста) — Yiddish equivalent of 'please'
• MDV 644 10:30
  please (пожалуйста) — another Yiddish equivalent of 'please'
• MDV 644 10:55
  late (поздно) — Yiddish for 'late'
• MDV 644 12:11
  later (позже) — Yiddish for 'later'
• MDV 644 12:15
  earlier (раньше) — Yiddish for 'earlier'
• MDV 644 12:24
  cold (холодно) — Yiddish for 'cold'
• MDV 644 12:31
  colder (холоднее) — Yiddish for 'colder'
• MDV 644 12:42
  high (высоко) — Yiddish for 'high'
• MDV 644 12:48
  higher (выше) — Yiddish for 'higher'
• MDV 644 12:56
  quickly (быстро) — Yiddish for 'fast'
• MDV 644 13:28
  near (близко) — Yiddish for 'close, near'
• MDV 644 13:55
  where does he live (где он живет? (where does he live?)) — Yiddish for 'where does he live'
• MDV 644 15:06
  listen to me (слушай меня) — Yiddish for 'listen to me'
• MDV 644 15:16
  near (близко) — Yiddish for 'close' (repetition)
• MDV 644 16:07
  very sick (очень болен) — Yiddish for 'very sick'
• MDV 644 16:12
  beautiful (красивый) — Yiddish for 'beautiful'
• MDV 644 16:22
  very beautiful (очень красивый) — Yiddish for 'very beautiful'
• MDV 644 16:57
  I like him (он мне нравится) — Yiddish for 'he pleases me / I like him'
• MDV 644 18:06
  to run away (убежать) — Yiddish for 'to run away'
• MDV 644 18:11
  cross (крест) — Yiddish for 'cross'
• MDV 644 19:14
  to build (a construi (RO)) — Yiddish for 'to build'
• MDV 644 19:51
  stone building (каменная постройка) — Yiddish for 'stone building'
• MDV 644 20:06
  sour (кислый) — Yiddish for 'sour'
• MDV 644 20:19
  my head hurts (голова болит) — Yiddish for 'head hurts'
• MDV 644 20:54
  from where (откуда) — Yiddish for 'from where'
• MDV 644 21:09
  from here (отсюда) — Yiddish for 'from here'
• MDV 644 21:41
  bed (кровать) — Yiddish for 'bed'
• MDV 644 22:41
  vodka (водка) — Yiddish for 'vodka'
• MDV 644 22:55
  thousand (тысяча) — Yiddish for 'thousand'
• MDV 644 23:07
  ten (десять) — Yiddish for 'ten'
• MDV 644 23:11
  teeth (зубы) — Yiddish for 'teeth'
• MDV 644 23:34
  you are right (ты прав) — Yiddish for 'you are right'
• MDV 644 23:50
  you (pl.) are right (вы правы) — Yiddish for 'you (pl.) are right'
• MDV 644 24:49
  to pray (молиться) — Yiddish for 'to pray'
• MDV 644 26:14
  I walk on the street (иду по улице) — Yiddish for 'I walk on the street'
• MDV 644 27:03
  all people (все люди) — Yiddish for 'all people'
• MDV 644 28:10
  today three people came (сегодня пришло три человека) — whether informant heard 'dray ire' for 'three men'
• MDV 644 28:32
  blue (синий) — Yiddish for 'blue'
• MDV 644 28:54
  belly (живот) — Yiddish for 'stomach, belly'
• MDV 644 29:14
  mouse (мышь) — Yiddish for 'mouse'
• MDV 644 29:35
  pigeon (голубь) — Yiddish for 'dove, pigeon'
• MDV 644 30:43
  broth (бульон) — Yiddish for 'broth'
• MDV 644 30:45
  groats (крупа) — Yiddish for 'groats'
• MDV 644 30:54
  windowpane — word for windowpane
• MDV 644 31:15
  attic (чердак) — Yiddish for 'attic'
• MDV 644 31:40
  well (колодец) — Yiddish for 'well'
• MDV 644 32:26
  on the road (на дороге) — Yiddish for 'on the road'