Evgeniia Abramovna Shvardovskaia

née Teper · born 1923 in Zof'yuvka (Yiddish: Trokhinbrod) not identified · recorded in Kovel', Luts'k, 2003, 2007

5 recordings · 300 minutes · 99 min of questionnaire

Interviewed by Dov-Ber Kerler, Jeffrey Veidlinger, Moisei Lemster · recorded together with Boris Matveevich Gershtein

The birth place "Zof'yuvka (Yiddish: Trokhinbrod)" could not be placed securely; a candidate is Trochenbrod. Zofiówka / Trochenbrod (Yiddish Trokhnbrod), the Jewish village near Lutsk destroyed in 1942; only a memorial site today The transcript layer says: Trokhenbrod.

Conversations 2 ▶ play all in order

Each line is one conversation with Shvardovskaia, 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.

• 2003-05-08
  ▶ Kovel' or Luts'k · 3.1 h uncertain

  MDV 553 · MDV 576 · MDV 577 (3 tapes) · with Boris Matveevich Gershtein
• 2007-06-09
  ▶ Luts'k · 2.0 h

  MDV 578 · MDV 579 (2 tapes)

Topics

Questionnaire

147 questions put to Shvardovskaia. Each link opens the recording at that moment.

• MDV 553 1:13
  lives (живёт)
• MDV 553 1:15
  house (дом)
• MDV 553 1:16
  house (дом) — house/home
• MDV 553 1:56
  groats (крупа)
• MDV 553 2:07
  mouse (мышь)
• MDV 553 2:10
  windowpane
• MDV 553 2:38
  blue (синий)
• MDV 553 2:57
  pigeon (голубь) — pigeon/dove
• MDV 553 3:44
  to build (a construi (RO))
• MDV 553 4:15
  sour (кислый)
• MDV 553 4:29
  ear (ухо)
• MDV 553 4:51
  deaf (глухой (deaf))
• MDV 553 4:59
  kiss (поцелуй)
• MDV 553 5:43
  what did you say (что ты сказал) — 'what did you say'
• MDV 553 5:56
  late (поздно)
• MDV 553 6:00
  later (позже)
• MDV 553 6:07
  earlier (раньше)
• MDV 553 6:11
  cold (холодно)
• MDV 553 6:14
  colder (холоднее)
• MDV 553 8:08
  where does he live (где он живет? (where does he live?)) — 'where does he live'
• MDV 553 8:34
  where does he live (где он живет? (where does he live?)) — how to say 'where'
• MDV 553 9:10
  what did you say (что ты сказал) — 'what did you say'
• MDV 553 10:45
  to breathe (дышать)
• MDV 553 10:58
  to breathe (дышать) — to breathe (variant דעכן)
• MDV 553 11:57
  very sick (очень болен) — 'very sick'
• MDV 553 12:32
  she is very beautiful (она очень красивая) — 'she is very beautiful'
• MDV 553 12:40
  I like him (он мне нравится) — 'I like him'
• MDV 553 13:15
  barely walks (еле-еле ходит) — 'he barely walks'
• MDV 553 14:46
  very pious (очень набожен) — 'very pious/devout'
• MDV 553 15:11
  very pious (очень набожен) — 'very pious'
• MDV 553 15:11
  pious/honest Jew (очень честный) — 'very honest'
• MDV 553 15:50
  cross (крест) — cross (Christian symbol)
• MDV 553 16:03
  my head hurts (голова болит) — 'my head hurts'
• MDV 553 16:39
  my head hurts (голова болит) — 'my head hurts'
• MDV 553 16:57
  from where (откуда) — 'where from'
• MDV 553 17:21
  from there (оттуда) — 'from there'
• MDV 553 17:36
  bed (кровать)
• MDV 553 17:40
  I ask you (прошу вас) — 'I beg/ask you'
• MDV 553 17:53
  flowerbed (клумба с цветами)
• MDV 553 18:45
  flowers (цветы) — flowers (variant קווייטן)
• MDV 553 19:04
  sunflower oil (подсолнечное масло)
• MDV 553 19:18
  small tree (маленькое дерево)
• MDV 553 19:30
  tree variants and diminutives — tree (variants and diminutives)
• MDV 553 20:29
  in three days they will come (через три дня они приедут) — 'in three days they will come'
• MDV 553 21:11
  twenty (двадцать)
• MDV 553 21:15
  you are young (ты молод) — 'you are young'
• MDV 553 21:41
  you are young (ты молод) — 'you are young' (simple form)
• MDV 553 21:52
  you are right (ты прав) — 'you are right'
• MDV 553 22:15
  you (pl.) are right (вы правы) — 'you (pl.) are right'
• MDV 553 22:37
  I was there (я был там) — 'I was there'
• MDV 553 23:15
  I speak with mama (разговариваю с мамой) — how to say 'I'm talking with mama' in Yiddish
• MDV 553 23:43
  I walk on the street (иду по улице) — how to say 'I go on the street' in Yiddish
• MDV 553 24:27
  I don't see him (я его не вижу) — how to say 'I do not see him'
• MDV 553 24:27
  I see her poorly (я её плохо вижу) — how to say 'I see her poorly'
• MDV 553 24:56
  he told her that you are sick (он ей сказал, что ты болен) — how to say 'he told her that she is sick'
• MDV 553 25:16
  well (колодец) — the Yiddish word for 'well' (колодец)
• MDV 553 26:53
  I don't hear her (её я не слышу) — how to say 'I do not hear her'
• MDV 553 28:07
  defeated the Germans (разбили немцев, разбили врага) — how to say 'they defeated the Germans/enemy'
• MDV 553 30:07
  I sat at the table (я сидел за столом) — how to say 'I sat at the table'
• MDV 553 32:50
  otherwise I cannot (иначе не могу) — how to say 'otherwise I cannot'
• MDV 553 33:04
  I don't know whether he knows or not (не знаю, знает ли он или нет) — how to say 'I don't know whether he knows or not'
• MDV 553 33:29
  such things (такие дела) — how to say 'such things'
• MDV 553 34:34
  beam (бревно) — the Yiddish word for 'log' (бревно)
• MDV 553 34:52
  row (ряд) — the Yiddish word for 'row' (ряд)
• MDV 553 35:27
  plural of gvir — the plural of 'גביר' (rich man)
• MDV 553 35:41
  then (тогда) — how to say 'then' (тогда)
• MDV 553 36:41
  whose child (чей ребёнок) — how to say 'whose is this child'
• MDV 553 37:08
  man (мужчина) — the Yiddish word for 'man' (мужчина)
• MDV 553 37:34
  we will go (мы пойдём) — how to say 'we will go together'
• MDV 553 38:17
  he probably knows Yiddish (он, наверное, знает идиш) — how to say 'he probably knows Yiddish'
• MDV 553 39:07
  fence (забор) — the Yiddish word for 'fence' (забор)
• MDV 553 41:50
  back (назад) — how to say 'back, backwards'
• MDV 553 42:02
  room (комната) — the Yiddish word for 'room'
• MDV 553 42:10
  someone told me (кто-то мне сказал) — how to say 'someone told me'
• MDV 553 42:33
  suddenly (вдруг) — the Yiddish word for 'suddenly'
• MDV 553 43:39
  enemy (враг) — the Yiddish word for 'enemy'
• MDV 577 0:00
  plural of rov — plural of רב (rov, rabbi)
• MDV 577 0:08
  meaning of dibek — meaning of 'dibek'
• MDV 577 0:15
  plural of rebe — plural of רבי (rebbe)
• MDV 577 0:41
  Jew from Lithuania — what you call a Jew from Lithuania
• MDV 577 0:46
  meaning of goylem — meaning of 'goylem'
• MDV 577 1:16
  what galitsyaner means — what גאליציאנער (Galician) means
• MDV 577 4:16
  hospital (באלניצער) — how to say 'hospital'
• MDV 578 1:47
  whether Yiddish theater used to come
• MDV 579 0:04
  meaning of dibek — meaning of 'dibek'
• MDV 579 0:09
  meaning of goylem — meaning of 'goylem'
• MDV 579 1:08
  evening greeting
• MDV 579 1:22
  when a gut elef is said — when 'a gut elef' is said
• MDV 579 1:46
  give me please this book (дайте мне пожалуйста эту книгу) — 'give me this book please' in Yiddish
• MDV 579 2:20
  to chew (жевать) — 'chew' in Yiddish
• MDV 579 2:28
  house (дом) — 'house' in Yiddish
• MDV 579 2:32
  room (комната) — 'room' in Yiddish
• MDV 579 3:04
  house (дом) — whether 'hoyz' was used for 'dom'
• MDV 579 3:33
  groats (крупа) — 'groats' in Yiddish
• MDV 579 6:24
  builds (строит) — 'builds' in Yiddish
• MDV 579 7:34
  sour (кислый) — 'sour' in Yiddish
• MDV 579 9:20
  blue (синий) — 'blue' in Yiddish
• MDV 579 11:12
  pigeon (голубь) — 'pigeon' in Yiddish
• MDV 579 11:32
  gray-haired (седой) — 'gray-haired' in Yiddish
• MDV 579 12:00
  deaf (глухой (deaf)) — 'deaf' in Yiddish
• MDV 579 12:27
  high (высоко) — 'high' in Yiddish
• MDV 579 12:57
  quickly (быстро) — 'fast' in Yiddish
• MDV 579 13:04
  near (близко) — 'near' in Yiddish
• MDV 579 13:43
  high (высоко) — 'high' in Yiddish
• MDV 579 14:06
  also will come (тоже приедет) — 'also will come' in Yiddish
• MDV 579 14:32
  listen to me (слушай меня) — 'listen to me' in Yiddish
• MDV 579 14:38
  twenty (двадцать) — 'twenty' in Yiddish
• MDV 579 14:44
  he is very sick (он очень болен) — 'he is very sick' in Yiddish
• MDV 579 14:49
  meaning of shlof — meaning of 'shlof' (weak?)
• MDV 579 15:16
  I liked him very much (он мне очень понравился) — 'he pleased me very much' in Yiddish
• MDV 579 15:32
  where is he going (куда он идёт) — 'where is he going' in Yiddish
• MDV 579 16:41
  ran away (убежал) — 'escaped, ran away' in Yiddish
• MDV 579 17:08
  honest person (честный человек (honest person)) — 'honest person' in Yiddish
• MDV 579 17:21
  pious (набожный) — 'devout' in Yiddish
• MDV 579 17:34
  religious (религиозный) — 'religious' in Yiddish
• MDV 579 17:47
  peasant (крестьянин) — 'peasant' in Yiddish
• MDV 579 20:37
  vodka (водка) — 'vodka' in Yiddish
• MDV 579 21:22
  ladder (лестница) — 'staircase, ladder' in Yiddish
• MDV 579 21:41
  cross (крест) — 'cross' in Yiddish
• MDV 579 22:08
  was born (родился) — 'was born' in Yiddish
• MDV 579 22:39
  spoke with mother (разговаривал с мамой) — 'spoke with mother' in Yiddish
• MDV 579 22:48
  to pray (молиться) — 'pray' in Yiddish
• MDV 579 23:19
  street (улица) — 'street' in Yiddish
• MDV 579 23:45
  well (колодец) — the Yiddish word for 'well'
• MDV 579 24:49
  order (порядок) — the Yiddish word for 'order'
• MDV 579 25:48
  people (люди) — the Yiddish word for 'people'
• MDV 579 25:57
  all people (все люди) — the Yiddish for 'all people'
• MDV 579 26:15
  today three people came (сегодня пришло три человека) — translation of 'today came three people'
• MDV 579 27:47
  on the street live all Jews (на улице живут все евреи) — translation of 'on the street live all Jews'
• MDV 579 28:03
  only Jews (только евреи) — translation of 'only Jews'
• MDV 579 28:19
  only Jews (одни евреи) — translation of 'only Jews'
• MDV 579 28:36
  this is another story (это другая история) — translation of 'this is another story'
• MDV 579 29:13
  attic (чердак) — the Yiddish word for 'attic'
• MDV 579 29:29
  very (очень) — the Yiddish word for 'very'
• MDV 579 32:48
  plural of gvir — the plural of gvir (rich man)
• MDV 579 33:44
  paradise (рай) — the Yiddish word for 'paradise'
• MDV 579 34:12
  then (тогда) — the Yiddish word for 'then'
• MDV 579 34:28
  from where (откуда) — the Yiddish word for 'from where'
• MDV 579 35:14
  plural of vogn — the plural of vogn (wagon)
• MDV 579 35:32
  whose child (чей ребёнок) — translation of 'whose child'
• MDV 579 35:49
  man (мужчина) — the Yiddish word for 'man'
• MDV 579 37:02
  fence (забор) — the Yiddish word for 'fence'
• MDV 579 38:02
  face (лицо) — the Yiddish word for 'face'
• MDV 579 38:05
  what tsire means
• MDV 579 39:16
  she left parents (она покинула родителей) — the correct form: farlozt or farlozn
• MDV 579 40:00
  many people (много людей) — the Yiddish for 'many people'
• MDV 579 41:30
  suddenly (вдруг) — the Yiddish word for 'suddenly'