Asya (Esye) Petrovna Srulova

born 1928 in Novohrad-Volyns’kyy (Zvil not identified · recorded in Chortkiv, Kolomyya, 2005

2 recordings · 123 minutes · 54 min of questionnaire

Interviewed by Dov-Ber Kerler, Dovid Katz, Jeffrey Veidlinger

The birth place "Novohrad-Volyns’kyy (Zvil" could not be placed securely; a candidate is Zviahel. Novohrad-Volynskyi, renamed Zviahel in 2022; Yiddish Zvil The transcript layer says: Zvil; Zvil (Novohrad-Volynskyi).

Conversations 1

Each line is one conversation with Srulova, 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.

• 2005-07-01
  ▶ Chortkiv · 2.1 h proposed

  MDV 425 · MDV 426 (2 tapes)

Topics

Questionnaire

65 questions put to Srulova. Each link opens the recording at that moment.

• MDV 425 0:00
  meaning of dibek — meaning of 'dibek' (dybbuk)
• MDV 425 0:38
  meaning of goylem — meaning of 'goylem' (golem)
• MDV 425 1:41
  cemetery (кладбище) — Yiddish term for cemetery
• MDV 425 3:14
  hello (здравствуйте) — greeting when meeting someone
• MDV 425 3:33
  hello (здравствуйте) — Yiddish greeting equivalent to Russian 'zdravstvuyte'
• MDV 425 4:27
  please (пожалуйста) — Yiddish equivalent of Russian 'pozhaluysta' (please)
• MDV 425 6:15
  thank you (спасибо) — Yiddish equivalent of Russian 'spasibo' (thank you)
• MDV 425 6:28
  what cat chases — what a cat chases
• MDV 425 7:28
  skin (кожа) — Yiddish word for skin
• MDV 425 8:51
  pigeon (голубь) — Yiddish word for dove/pigeon
• MDV 425 9:47
  deaf (глухой (deaf)) — Yiddish word for deaf
• MDV 425 10:12
  cross (крест) — Yiddish word for cross (Christian symbol)
• MDV 426 0:04
  ear (ухо) — the Yiddish word for 'ear'
• MDV 426 1:13
  blue (синий) — the Yiddish word for the color blue (of the sky)
• MDV 426 1:50
  to build a house (строить дом) — the Yiddish for 'to build a house'
• MDV 426 3:30
  to kiss (целовать) — the Yiddish for 'to kiss'
• MDV 426 4:26
  cold (холодно) — the Yiddish for 'cold, very cold'
• MDV 426 5:11
  quickly (быстро) — the Yiddish for 'quickly'
• MDV 426 5:33
  near (близко) — the Yiddish for 'near'
• MDV 426 6:18
  he knows everything (Все он знает) — the Yiddish for 'he knows everything'
• MDV 426 8:27
  difference between shlaf and krank — the difference between 'שלאף' and 'קראנק'
• MDV 426 9:24
  barely walks (еле-еле ходит) — Yiddish for 'he can barely walk'
• MDV 426 10:42
  he ran away from the Germans (он убежал от немцев) — Yiddish for 'he ran away from the Germans'
• MDV 426 11:25
  honest person (честный человек (honest person)) — Yiddish for 'honest person'
• MDV 426 11:49
  pious (набожный) — Yiddish for 'pious, devout'
• MDV 426 12:33
  you are right (ты прав) — Yiddish for 'you are right' (singular)
• MDV 426 13:01
  you (pl.) are right (вы правы) — Yiddish for 'you are right' (plural)
• MDV 426 14:30
  I ask you (я прошу вас) — Yiddish for 'I ask you, please'
• MDV 426 14:59
  flowerbed (клумба с цветами) — Yiddish for 'flowerbed, raised bed'
• MDV 426 15:36
  well (колодец) — Yiddish for 'well'
• MDV 426 16:38
  potato (картошка) — Yiddish for 'potato'
• MDV 426 17:00
  store (магазин) — Yiddish for 'shop, store'
• MDV 426 19:24
  probably (наверное) — Yiddish for 'probably, surely'
• MDV 426 19:43
  back (назад) — Yiddish for 'back, backward'
• MDV 426 20:30
  vodka (водка) — Yiddish for 'vodka'
• MDV 426 24:50
  to cross oneself (перекреститься) — Yiddish for 'to cross oneself'
• MDV 426 25:07
  Christian (христианин) — Yiddish for 'Christian, non-Jew'
• MDV 426 25:42
  my head hurts (голова болит) — Yiddish for 'my head hurts'
• MDV 426 26:06
  from where (откуда) — Yiddish for 'from where'
• MDV 426 26:27
  from there (оттуда) — Yiddish for 'from there'
• MDV 426 26:38
  from here (отсюда) — Yiddish for 'from here'
• MDV 426 26:56
  come here (иди сюда) — Yiddish for 'come here'
• MDV 426 27:07
  go there (иди туда) — Yiddish for 'go there'
• MDV 426 27:56
  to pray (молиться) — Yiddish for 'to pray'
• MDV 426 28:07
  grandmother (бабушка) — Yiddish for 'grandmother'
• MDV 426 28:15
  midwife (акушерка) — Yiddish for 'midwife'
• MDV 426 29:42
  to talk with mother (разговаривать с мамой) — Yiddish for 'to speak with mother'
• MDV 426 29:55
  go on the street (идти по улице) — Yiddish for 'to go on the street'
• MDV 426 30:20
  very tasty (очень вкусно) — Yiddish for 'very good, delicious'
• MDV 426 30:56
  I don't hear him (я его не слышу) — Yiddish for 'I don't hear him'
• MDV 426 31:12
  I liked him very much (он мне очень понравился) — Yiddish for 'I like him very much'
• MDV 426 31:52
  to dig the earth (рыть землю) — Yiddish for 'to dig the earth'
• MDV 426 33:09
  all people (все люди) — Yiddish for 'all people'
• MDV 426 35:05
  you came from another city (ты прибыл из другого города) — Yiddish for 'you came from another city'
• MDV 426 35:15
  one and a half (полтора) — Yiddish for 'one and a half'
• MDV 426 35:43
  otherwise I cannot (иначе не могу) — Yiddish for 'I cannot otherwise'
• MDV 426 35:58
  attic (чердак) — Yiddish for 'attic'
• MDV 426 36:10
  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 426 36:42
  will you come or not (ты придешь или нет) — Yiddish for 'will you come or not?'
• MDV 426 37:25
  I am very pleased (мне очень приятно) — Yiddish for 'I am very pleased'
• MDV 426 38:16
  ceiling (потолок) — Yiddish for 'ceiling'
• MDV 426 39:03
  rich man — Yiddish for 'rich man'
• MDV 426 40:40
  plural of vogn — the plural of 'וואגן'
• MDV 426 41:02
  whose child (чей ребёнок) — Yiddish for 'whose child?'
• MDV 426 42:00
  suddenly (вдруг) — Yiddish for 'suddenly'