Polina (Pesye, Pepe) Shulmanovna Lebvol (Pepe; Pesye, Pepe)

born 1920 in Zhovkva · recorded in L'viv, Zhovkva, 2003

3 recordings · 180 minutes · 34 min of questionnaire · 4 min of singing

Also written: Polina (Pepe) Shulimovna Lebvol; Polina Shulmanovna Lebvol

Interviewed by Dov-Ber Kerler, Jeffrey Veidlinger · recorded together with Boris Mikhailovich Dorfman, Dora Iosifovna Nisman

Conversations 2 ▶ play all in order

Each line is one conversation with Lebvol, 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.

• 2003-05-10
  ▶ Zhovkva · 34 min proposed

  MDV 559 0:00–34:11
• 2003-05-11
  ▶ Zhovkva · 1.7 h two sources agree

  MDV 777 18:10–1:00:47 · MDV 778 (2 tapes)

Topics

Questionnaire

78 questions put to Lebvol. Each link opens the recording at that moment.

• MDV 559 0:00
  barely walks (еле-еле ходит) — Yiddish equivalent of 'he barely walks'
• MDV 559 1:03
  pious (набожный) — Yiddish for 'pious, devout'
• MDV 559 1:31
  cross (крест) — Yiddish for 'cross' (Christian symbol)
• MDV 559 2:01
  to cross oneself (креститься) — Yiddish verb for 'to convert (to Christianity)'
• MDV 559 2:19
  my head hurts (голова болит) — Yiddish for 'the head hurts'
• MDV 559 2:44
  from where (откуда) — Yiddish for 'where are you from?'
• MDV 559 2:57
  from there (оттуда) — Yiddish for 'from there'
• MDV 559 3:16
  bed (кровать) — Yiddish for 'bed'
• MDV 559 3:23
  I ask you (прошу вас) — Yiddish for 'please, I beg you'
• MDV 559 3:58
  sunflower oil (подсолнечное масло) — Yiddish for 'sunflower oil'
• MDV 559 4:06
  small tree (маленькое дерево) — diminutive of 'tree' (בוים)
• MDV 559 4:44
  teeth/ten (зубы / десять) — Yiddish for 'teeth' and 'ten'
• MDV 559 4:50
  thousand (тысяча) — Yiddish for 'thousand'
• MDV 559 5:00
  you are right (ты прав) — Yiddish for 'you (sg.) are right'
• MDV 559 5:11
  you (pl.) are right (вы правы) — Yiddish for 'you (pl.) are right'
• MDV 559 5:25
  to pray (молиться) — Yiddish for 'to pray'
• MDV 559 5:39
  don't cry (не плачь) — Yiddish for 'don't cry'
• MDV 559 5:44
  this was in the fourteenth year (это было в четырнадцатом году) — Yiddish for 'it was in the year fourteen' (1914)
• MDV 559 7:21
  all people (все люди) — Yiddish for 'all people'
• MDV 559 7:27
  I know everyone (я знаю всех) — Yiddish for 'I know everyone'
• MDV 559 7:53
  I was at father's (я был у отца) — Yiddish for 'I was at (my) father's'
• MDV 559 8:04
  I sat at the table (я сидел за столом) — Yiddish for 'at the table'
• MDV 559 8:34
  otherwise I cannot (иначе не могу) — Yiddish for 'I cannot otherwise'
• MDV 559 8:42
  attic (чердак) — Yiddish for 'attic'
• MDV 559 8:47
  well (колодец) — Yiddish for 'well'
• MDV 559 9:15
  potato (картошка) — Yiddish for 'potato'
• MDV 559 9:40
  I don't hear him (я его не слышу) — Yiddish for 'I don't hear him'
• MDV 559 10:03
  I don't hear her (её я не слышу) — Yiddish for 'I don't hear her'
• MDV 559 10:43
  will you come or not (ты придешь или нет) — Yiddish for 'will you come or not'
• MDV 559 10:55
  singular and plural of enemy — singular and plural of 'enemy'
• MDV 559 11:44
  then (тогда) — Yiddish for 'then, at that time'
• MDV 559 11:49
  plural of vogn — plural of 'wagon' (וואגן)
• MDV 559 12:15
  whose child (чей ребёнок) — Yiddish for 'whose child'
• MDV 778 0:04
  tail (хвост) — the Yiddish word for 'tail/braid'
• MDV 778 0:19
  store (магазин) — the Yiddish word for 'shop/store'
• MDV 778 0:22
  meaning of a guter yid — what 'a guter yid' means
• MDV 778 0:30
  what erlekh means — What does 'erlekh' mean?
• MDV 778 0:46
  give me please this book (дайте мне пожалуйста эту книгу) — translation of Russian sentence
• MDV 778 0:51
  honest (честный) — the Yiddish word for 'honest'
• MDV 778 1:16
  thank you (спасибо) — 'thank you'
• MDV 778 1:44
  belly (живот) — 'belly, stomach'
• MDV 778 1:53
  house (дом) — 'house'
• MDV 778 2:06
  groats (крупа) — 'groats, grain'
• MDV 778 2:25
  mouse (мышь) — 'mouse'
• MDV 778 3:12
  pigeon (голубь) — 'pigeon, dove'
• MDV 778 3:22
  whether there was fire brigade (пожарная команда) — whether there was a fire brigade
• MDV 778 3:37
  gray-haired (седой) — 'gray-haired'
• MDV 778 3:54
  blue (синий) — 'blue'
• MDV 778 3:59
  to build (a construi (RO)) — 'to build'
• MDV 778 4:09
  vodka (водка) — how you say vodka in Yiddish
• MDV 778 4:28
  stone building (каменная постройка) — 'stone building / wall'
• MDV 778 4:45
  meaning of dibek — what 'a dibek' means
• MDV 778 5:16
  sour (кислый) — 'sour'
• MDV 778 5:20
  unclear — unclear prompt
• MDV 778 5:27
  deaf (глухой (deaf)) — 'deaf'
• MDV 778 5:37
  whether heard golem — whether she heard the word 'golem'
• MDV 778 5:38
  kiss (поцелуй) — 'kiss'
• MDV 778 6:28
  wife/woman (жена) — 'wife'
• MDV 778 6:38
  late (поздно) — 'late'
• MDV 778 6:49
  later (позже) — 'later'
• MDV 778 6:53
  earlier (раньше) — 'earlier'
• MDV 778 7:08
  cold (холодно) — 'cold'
• MDV 778 7:12
  colder (холоднее) — 'colder'
• MDV 778 7:15
  high (высоко) — 'high'
• MDV 778 7:22
  higher (выше) — 'higher'
• MDV 778 7:27
  near (близко) — 'near'
• MDV 778 7:38
  nearer (ближе) — 'nearer'
• MDV 778 7:50
  quickly (быстро) — 'quickly'
• MDV 778 8:01
  faster (быстрее) — 'more quickly'
• MDV 778 8:21
  she knows everything (она знает всё) — sentence 'she knows everything'
• MDV 778 8:33
  where does he live (где он живет? (where does he live?)) — sentence 'where does he live?'
• MDV 778 9:26
  to breathe (дышать) — 'to breathe (heavily)'
• MDV 778 10:17
  catch one's breath (перехватить дух) — 'catch one's breath'
• MDV 778 10:44
  to intercept (перехватить) — 'to intercept, catch'
• MDV 778 11:12
  very sick (очень болен) — 'very sick'
• MDV 778 11:26
  very beautiful (очень красивая) — 'very beautiful (she)'
• MDV 778 11:31
  I like (мне нравится) — 'I like (him/her)'
• MDV 778 11:40
  I like very much (мне очень нравится) — 'I like (him/her) very much'