Shabs Abramovich Roif (Shobse, Shobse-Tsvi)

born 1929 in Duruitoarea two sources agree · recorded in Chișinău, 2005

4 recordings · 239 minutes · 40 min of questionnaire · 14 min of singing

Also written: Shabs (Shobse, Shobse-Tsvi) Abramovich Roif

Interviewed by Dov-Ber Kerler, Moisei Lemster · recorded together with Slava (Slave) Farber

Conversations 1

Each line is one conversation with Roif, 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.

• 2005-12-19
  ▶ Chișinău · 3.8 h proposed

  MDV 135 · MDV 136 · MDV 137 · MDV 138 0:00–46:28 (4 tapes)

Topics

Questionnaire

86 questions put to Roif. Each link opens the recording at that moment.

• MDV 136 0:05
  meaning of a guter yid — meaning of 'a guter yid'
• MDV 136 0:33
  cemetery (кладбище) — the Yiddish word for cemetery
• MDV 136 1:21
  meaning of litvak — meaning of 'litvak'
• MDV 136 2:27
  meaning of dibek — meaning of 'dibek'
• MDV 136 3:01
  meaning of goylem — meaning of 'goylem'
• MDV 136 10:15
  brought (принёс) — 'he brought'
• MDV 137 0:23
  thank you (спасибо) — how to say 'thank you' in Yiddish
• MDV 138 0:52
  belly (живот)
• MDV 138 0:59
  groats (крупа)
• MDV 138 1:23
  mouse (мышь)
• MDV 138 3:35
  congratulations (поздравляю)
• MDV 138 3:53
  glass (window) (стекло)
• MDV 138 4:07
  glass (window) (стекло)
• MDV 138 4:11
  blue (синий)
• MDV 138 4:19
  I like (мне нравится) — I like / am pleased
• MDV 138 4:38
  pleasure
• MDV 138 4:41
  light blue (голубой)
• MDV 138 4:46
  gray-haired (седой) — gray (hair)
• MDV 138 4:51
  builds (строит)
• MDV 138 5:13
  sour (кислый)
• MDV 138 5:20
  ear (ухо)
• MDV 138 5:24
  deaf (глухой (deaf))
• MDV 138 5:35
  kiss (поцелуй)
• MDV 138 5:40
  he came here (он пришёл сюда)
• MDV 138 6:13
  earlier (раньше)
• MDV 138 6:33
  meaning of purot — meaning of פורות
• MDV 138 7:24
  later (позже)
• MDV 138 7:37
  later (позже) — later (confirmation)
• MDV 138 7:50
  cold (холодное)
• MDV 138 8:00
  high (высокий)
• MDV 138 8:09
  quickly (быстро) — fast
• MDV 138 8:46
  near (близко)
• MDV 138 10:57
  he will also come (он тоже придет)
• MDV 138 11:31
  also (также) — also (אויכעט or אויך)
• MDV 138 12:02
  where does he live (где он живет? (where does he live?))
• MDV 138 12:25
  how did you say (как ты сказал?)
• MDV 138 13:27
  listening (выслушивание)
• MDV 138 13:34
  cheek (щека)
• MDV 138 14:01
  very sick (очень болен)
• MDV 138 14:30
  I like (мне нравится) — I like (him/her)
• MDV 138 14:53
  I don't like him (он мне не нравится) — I don't like (him/her)
• MDV 138 15:35
  come here (иди сюда)
• MDV 138 15:52
  to run away (убежать) — run away
• MDV 138 17:14
  he ran away from the Germans (он убежал от немцев) — ran away from the Germans
• MDV 138 17:26
  honest (честный)
• MDV 138 20:45
  cross (крест)
• MDV 138 20:51
  ladder (лестница)
• MDV 138 20:59
  to cross oneself (перекреститься)
• MDV 138 22:22
  non-Jew (не еврей)
• MDV 138 23:19
  Christian (христианин) — what 'христианин' means in Yiddish — a peasant?
• MDV 138 24:10
  mountain (гора) — how do you say gara (mountain)?
• MDV 138 24:50
  my head hurts (голова болит) — golova bolit, head hurts
• MDV 138 25:29
  bed (кровать) — kravat (bed)
• MDV 138 25:33
  I ask you (я прошу вас) — ya proshu vas, I ask you
• MDV 138 25:45
  flowerbed (клумба с цветами) — klumbe (flower bed) in Yiddish
• MDV 138 30:23
  teeth (зубы) — zuby (teeth)
• MDV 138 30:28
  vinegar (уксус) — uksus (vinegar)
• MDV 138 30:36
  vodka (водка)
• MDV 138 30:44
  thousand (тысяча) — tysyacha (thousand)
• MDV 138 30:49
  in three days they will come (через три дня они приедут) — cherez tri dnya oni pridut (in three days they'll come)
• MDV 138 31:49
  you are young (ты молод) — ty molod (you are young)
• MDV 138 31:56
  you are right (ты прав) — ty prav (you are right)
• MDV 138 32:01
  you (pl.) are right (вы правы) — vy pravy (you [plural] are right)
• MDV 138 32:06
  I was there (я был там) — ya byl tam (I was there)
• MDV 138 32:14
  don't cry (не плачь) — ne plach (don't cry)
• MDV 138 32:18
  to pray (молиться) — what verb for a non-Jew praying in church
• MDV 138 34:07
  grandmother (бабушка) — babushka (grandmother)
• MDV 138 34:34
  midwife (акушерка) — akusherka (midwife)
• MDV 138 38:08
  to the street (на улицу) — na ulitsu (to the street)
• MDV 138 38:15
  I live on this street (живу на этой улице) — zhivu na etoy ulitse (I live on this street)
• MDV 138 39:10
  I see her poorly (я её плохо вижу) — ya yeyo plokho vizhu (I see her poorly)
• MDV 138 39:35
  I don't see him (я его не вижу) — ya yego ne vizhu (I don't see him)
• MDV 138 39:47
  he told her that you are sick (он ей сказал, что ты болен) — on yey skazal, chto ty bolen (he told her that you are sick) — how do you say: he told her?
• MDV 138 40:10
  well (колодец) — kolodets (well) in Yiddish
• MDV 138 40:26
  potato (картошка) — kartoshka (potato)
• MDV 138 41:06
  store (магазин) — magazin (shop)
• MDV 138 41:33
  I need him very much (он мне очень нужен) — ochen on mne nuzhen (I need him very much)
• MDV 138 41:51
  defeated the Germans (разбили немцев, разбили врага) — razbili nemtsev (defeated the Germans)
• MDV 138 42:11
  all people (все люди) — vse lyudi (all people)
• MDV 138 43:17
  in our family were seven (в нашей семье было семеро) — v nashey semye bylo sem chelovek (in our family there were seven people)
• MDV 138 43:31
  I was at father's (я был у отца) — ya byl u ottsa (I was at father's)
• MDV 138 43:40
  I sat at the table (я сидел за столом) — sidel za stolom (sat at the table)
• MDV 138 43:44
  on this street live only Jews (на этой улице живут одни евреи) — na etoy ulitse zhivut odni yevrei (on this street live only Jews)
• MDV 138 44:36
  one and a half (полтора) — poltora (one and a half)
• MDV 138 44:52
  attic (чердак) — cherdak (attic)
• MDV 138 45:04
  I don't know whether he knows or not (не знаю, знает ли он или нет) — ne znayu, znayet li on ili net (I don't know whether he knows or not)