Raisa Aizekovna Shvartzman

born 1932 in Lipcani · recorded in Lipcani, Edineț, 2005

3 recordings · 184 minutes · 39 min of questionnaire

Interviewed by Dov-Ber Kerler, Moisei Lemster, Dovid Katz · recorded together with Iosif (Yosel) Matveyevich Shvartzman, Maria Leibovna Kleyman, Elena (Leyke) Haimovna Akkerman

Conversations 1

Each line is one conversation with Shvartzman, 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.

• 2005-12-14
  ▶ Lipcani or Edineț · 2.1 h proposed

  MDV 187 14:22–1:02:00 · MDV 188 · MDV 189 0:00–18:12 (3 tapes) · with Iosif (Yosel) Matveyevich Shvartzman

Topics

Questionnaire

68 questions put to Shvartzman. Each link opens the recording at that moment.

• MDV 188 5:41
  belly (живот) — Yiddish for 'belly, stomach'
• MDV 188 6:01
  groats (крупа) — Yiddish for 'groats'
• MDV 188 6:13
  kasha (каша) — Yiddish for 'kasha, porridge'
• MDV 188 6:17
  skin (кожа) — Yiddish for 'skin' (on a person)
• MDV 188 6:54
  mouse (мышь) — word for a large mouse
• MDV 188 7:47
  blue (синий) — Yiddish for blue
• MDV 188 8:18
  light blue (голубой) — Yiddish for light blue
• MDV 188 8:31
  gray-haired (седой) — Yiddish for gray-haired
• MDV 188 9:03
  to build (a construi (RO)) — Yiddish for 'to build a house'
• MDV 188 10:25
  sour (кислый) — Yiddish for sour
• MDV 188 10:40
  deaf (глухой (deaf)) — Yiddish for deaf
• MDV 188 10:57
  near (близко) — Yiddish for near, close
• MDV 188 11:28
  he will also come (он тоже придет) — translate 'he will also come'
• MDV 188 12:06
  what did he say (что он сказал?) — translate 'what did he say?'
• MDV 188 12:49
  late (поздно) — Yiddish for late
• MDV 188 12:52
  later (позже) — Yiddish for later
• MDV 188 13:00
  cold (холодно) — Yiddish for cold
• MDV 188 13:03
  colder (холоднее) — Yiddish for colder
• MDV 188 13:09
  high (высоко) — Yiddish for high
• MDV 188 13:13
  higher (выше) — Yiddish for higher
• MDV 188 13:59
  sick (больной) — Yiddish for sick, ill
• MDV 188 14:10
  beautiful (красивый) — Yiddish for beautiful, handsome
• MDV 188 15:35
  he ran away from the Germans (он убежал от немцев) — translate 'he fled from the Germans'
• MDV 188 15:35
  to run/flee (бежать) — Yiddish for to run, flee
• MDV 188 16:59
  honest (честный) — Yiddish for honest
• MDV 188 17:16
  pious (набожный) — Yiddish for pious, religious
• MDV 188 19:12
  meaning of frumer — what 'frumer' means
• MDV 188 19:31
  cross (крест) — Yiddish for cross
• MDV 188 19:47
  peasant (крестьянин) — Yiddish for peasant (who works on the land)
• MDV 188 21:07
  river (река) — Yiddish for river
• MDV 188 22:44
  lake (озеро) — Yiddish for lake
• MDV 188 23:00
  my head hurts (голова болит) — translate 'my head hurts'
• MDV 188 24:15
  man/woman (мужчина, женщина) — Yiddish for man, woman
• MDV 188 24:59
  thousand (тысяча) — Yiddish for thousand
• MDV 188 25:06
  vodka (водка) — Yiddish for vodka
• MDV 188 25:18
  please (пожалуйста) — Yiddish for please
• MDV 188 26:10
  you are right (ты прав) — translate 'you are right'
• MDV 188 26:33
  I was there (я был там) — translate 'I was there'
• MDV 188 26:51
  to pray (молиться) — Yiddish for to pray
• MDV 188 27:52
  grandmother (бабушка) — Yiddish for grandmother
• MDV 188 28:01
  midwife (акушерка) — Yiddish for midwife
• MDV 188 28:43
  taste (вкус) — Yiddish for taste
• MDV 188 28:53
  tasty (вкусно) — it has a good (taste), it is tasty
• MDV 188 29:31
  to the street (на улицу) — translate 'I am going out to the street'
• MDV 189 0:33
  well (колодец) — Yiddish for 'well (water)'
• MDV 189 0:58
  flowers (цветы) — Yiddish for 'flowers'
• MDV 189 2:18
  store (магазин) — Yiddish for 'shop'
• MDV 189 2:47
  whether heard golem — whether she heard the word 'golem'
• MDV 189 3:54
  all people (все люди) — Yiddish for 'all people'
• MDV 189 4:10
  I know everyone (я знаю всех) — Yiddish for 'I know everyone'
• MDV 189 4:28
  can one say dray ire — Can one say דריי אירע
• MDV 189 6:17
  this is another story (это другая история) — Yiddish for 'that is another story'
• MDV 189 6:46
  I came from another city (я прибыл из другого города) — Yiddish for 'I came from another city'
• MDV 189 7:23
  otherwise I cannot (иначе не могу) — Yiddish for 'otherwise I cannot'
• MDV 189 7:36
  attic (чердак) — Yiddish for 'attic'
• MDV 189 7:42
  I don't know whether he knows or not (не знаю, знает ли он или нет) — Yiddish for 'I don't know whether he knows or not'
• MDV 189 7:57
  will you come or not (ты придешь или нет) — Yiddish for 'will you come or not'
• MDV 189 10:44
  plural of gvir — Plural form of גוויר
• MDV 189 11:03
  plural of vogn — Plural of וואגן (wagon)
• MDV 189 12:47
  ceiling (потолок) — Yiddish for 'ceiling'
• MDV 189 12:54
  floor (пол) — Yiddish for 'floor'
• MDV 189 13:05
  probably (наверное) — Yiddish equivalent of 'probably'
• MDV 189 13:34
  fence (забор) — Yiddish for 'fence'
• MDV 189 13:38
  face (лицо) — Yiddish for 'face'
• MDV 189 13:53
  mug/ugly face (рожа) — Yiddish for 'face' (colloquial Russian)
• MDV 189 14:10
  meaning of tsire — What does צירה mean
• MDV 189 16:29
  room (комната) — Yiddish for 'room'
• MDV 189 16:40
  unclear word — Yiddish for (unclear Russian word, possibly конечно)