Sonia Shevelevna Litvak (Sure)

recorded in Rivne, 2003

4 recordings · 242 minutes · 47 min of questionnaire · 13 min of singing

Also written: Sonia (Sure) Shevelevna Litvak

Interviewed by Dov-Ber Kerler, Jeffrey Veidlinger · recorded together with Itskhak (Itsik) Pinhasovich Shteingart

Conversations 1

Each line is one conversation with Litvak, 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 · 3.2 h uncertain

  MDV 645 · MDV 646 · MDV 647 · MDV 648 0:00–9:24 (4 tapes)

Topics

Questionnaire

61 questions put to Litvak. Each link opens the recording at that moment.

• MDV 646 0:17
  tomato (помидоры) — how to say tomatoes
• MDV 646 0:23
  meaning of a gut ort — the meaning of 'a gut ort' (a good place)
• MDV 646 1:55
  cemetery (кладбище) — other Yiddish words for cemetery
• MDV 646 2:06
  vodka (водка) — how to say vodka in Yiddish
• MDV 647 0:04
  give me please this book (дайте мне пожалуйста эту книгу) — translation of 'give me please this book'
• MDV 647 0:08
  near (близко) — how to say 'near'
• MDV 647 0:35
  where does he live (где он живет? (where does he live?)) — how to say 'where does he live'
• MDV 647 1:14
  how did you say (как ты сказал?) — whether 'vi azoy' or 'kakske zeyt' is used for 'how did you say'
• MDV 647 2:10
  thank you (спасибо) — how to say 'thank you'
• MDV 647 2:20
  listen to me (слушай меня) — how to say 'listen to me'
• MDV 647 2:26
  he is very sick (он очень болен) — how to say 'he is very sick'
• MDV 647 2:29
  hello (здравствуйте) — various ways to say hello
• MDV 647 2:36
  she is very beautiful (она очень красива) — how to say 'she is very beautiful'
• MDV 647 3:07
  late (поздно) — how to say 'late'
• MDV 647 3:29
  later (позже) — how to say 'later'
• MDV 647 3:39
  earlier (раньше) — how to say 'earlier'
• MDV 647 3:44
  cross (крест) — how to say 'cross' (קרעסט)
• MDV 647 3:48
  river (река) — how to say 'river'
• MDV 647 3:50
  I like him (он мне нравится) — how to say 'I like him'
• MDV 647 4:05
  I like him very much (он мне очень нравится) — how to say 'I like him very much'
• MDV 647 4:13
  I like him very much (он мне очень нравится) — whether 'zeyer' or 'shtark' is used
• MDV 647 4:33
  river (река) — how to say 'river' (repeated)
• MDV 647 5:09
  cross (крест) — how to say 'cross'
• MDV 647 5:15
  to cross oneself (перекреститься) — verb for 'convert (to Christianity)'
• MDV 647 5:51
  non-Jew (не еврей) — how to say 'non-Jew'
• MDV 647 6:52
  meaning of goyish mazl — meaning of 'goyish mazl'
• MDV 647 8:20
  cold (холодно) — how to say 'cold'
• MDV 647 8:25
  Christian (христианин) — how to say 'Christian (person)'
• MDV 647 8:30
  hot (жарко) — how to say 'hot'
• MDV 647 12:27
  to build (a construi (RO)) — how to say 'to build' (infinitive and forms)
• MDV 647 13:12
  sour (кислый) — how to say 'sour'
• MDV 647 13:23
  my head hurts (голова болит) — how to say 'my head hurts'
• MDV 647 13:32
  my head hurts (голова болит) — how to say 'I have a headache'
• MDV 647 13:49
  he knows this too (он знает это тоже) — whether 'oykhet' or 'oykh' is used for 'also'
• MDV 647 14:24
  where are you from (откуда ты?) — how to say 'where are you from'
• MDV 647 14:32
  from there (оттуда) — how to say 'from there'
• MDV 647 15:01
  bed (кровать) — how to say 'bed'
• MDV 647 15:04
  I ask you (я прошу вас) — how to say 'I beg you'
• MDV 647 15:12
  teeth (зубы) — how to say 'teeth'
• MDV 647 15:15
  ten (десять) — how to say 'ten'
• MDV 647 15:21
  you are young (ты молод) — how to say 'you are young'
• MDV 647 15:31
  you (pl.) are right (вы правы) — how to say 'you (pl.) are right'
• MDV 647 15:43
  it was in (19)14 or (19)15 (это было в тринадцатом году) — how to say 'this was in 1914 or 1915'
• MDV 647 16:04
  I was there (я был там) — how to say 'I was there'
• MDV 647 16:23
  to pray (молиться) — how to say 'to pray'
• MDV 647 16:59
  believer (верующий) — how to say 'believer'
• MDV 647 17:23
  pious (набожный) — how to say 'pious'
• MDV 647 17:40
  honest (честный) — whether 'frumer' means 'honest' (tchestne)
• MDV 647 17:54
  I speak with mother (я говорю с мамой) — how to say 'I speak with mother'
• MDV 647 18:22
  to the street (на улицу) — how to say 'to the street / in the street'
• MDV 647 19:22
  I live on the street (я живу на улице) — how to say 'I live on the street'
• MDV 647 19:35
  all people (все люди) — how to say 'all people'
• MDV 647 20:05
  I know everyone here (я знаю здесь всех) — how to say 'I know everyone here'
• MDV 648 0:00
  belly (живот) — Yiddish word for живот (belly/stomach)
• MDV 648 0:42
  mouse (мышь) — Yiddish word for мышь (mouse)
• MDV 648 1:31
  pigeon (голубь) — Yiddish word for голубь (dove/pigeon)
• MDV 648 2:06
  broth (бульон) — Yiddish word for бульон (broth)
• MDV 648 2:15
  groats (крупа) — Yiddish word for крупа (groats/kasha)
• MDV 648 2:31
  deaf (глухой (deaf)) — Yiddish word for someone who doesn't hear (deaf person)
• MDV 648 2:37
  blue (синий) — Yiddish word for синий (blue)
• MDV 648 3:05
  well (колодец) — Yiddish word for колодец (well)