Raisa Borisovna Turovskaia

née Feldman · born 1924 in Novi Velidnyky ("Novyye Veledniki" in the catalogue) proposed · recorded in Ovruch, Berdychiv, 2003, 2007

6 recordings · 333 minutes · 67 min of questionnaire

Also written: Raisa Borisnova Turovskaia

Interviewed by Dov-Ber Kerler, Moisei Lemster, Dovid Katz · recorded together with Mikhail Iakovlevich Stotland

Conversations 2 ▶ play all in order

Each line is one conversation with Turovskaia, 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.

• 2003-05-25
  ▶ Ovruch · 4.0 h

  MDV 626 · MDV 627 · MDV 628 · MDV 629 (4 tapes) · with Mikhail Iakovlevich Stotland
• 2007-05-26
  ▶ Ovruch or Berdychiv · 2.7 h

  MDV 630 · MDV 631 · MDV 632 (3 tapes)

Topics

Questionnaire

164 questions put to Turovskaia. Each link opens the recording at that moment.

• MDV 626 0:32
  meaning of dibuk — meaning of 'dibuk'
• MDV 626 1:09
  meaning of goylem — meaning of 'goylem'
• MDV 626 2:34
  meaning of a guter yid — meaning of 'a guter yid'
• MDV 626 5:11
  to chew (жевать) — Yiddish for 'to chew'
• MDV 626 5:30
  house (дом) — Yiddish for 'house'
• MDV 626 5:55
  groats (крупа) — Yiddish for 'groats'
• MDV 626 6:05
  kasha (каша) — Yiddish for 'porridge/kasha'
• MDV 626 6:23
  mouse (мышь) — Yiddish for 'mouse'
• MDV 626 6:49
  blue (синий) — Yiddish for 'blue'
• MDV 626 7:20
  pigeon (голубь) — Yiddish for 'pigeon/dove'
• MDV 626 7:42
  grey (серый) — Yiddish for 'grey'
• MDV 626 8:06
  builds (строит) — Yiddish for 'builds/is building'
• MDV 626 8:14
  sour (кислый) — Yiddish for 'sour'
• MDV 626 9:35
  ear (ухо) — Yiddish for 'ear'
• MDV 626 9:59
  deaf (глухой (deaf)) — Yiddish for 'deaf'
• MDV 626 10:06
  kiss (поцелуй) — Yiddish for 'kiss (verb)'
• MDV 626 10:49
  later (позже) — Yiddish for 'later'
• MDV 626 10:58
  later (позже) — Yiddish for 'later' (comparative)
• MDV 626 11:03
  earlier (раньше) — Yiddish for 'earlier'
• MDV 626 11:17
  higher (выше) — Yiddish for 'higher'
• MDV 626 11:31
  near (близко) — Yiddish for 'close/near'
• MDV 626 13:03
  quickly (быстро) — Yiddish for 'fast/quickly'
• MDV 626 14:07
  skin (кожа) — Yiddish for 'skin'
• MDV 626 14:21
  thank you (спасибо) — Yiddish for 'thank you'
• MDV 626 14:25
  morning greeting — greeting in the morning
• MDV 626 14:38
  greeting at night
• MDV 626 14:43
  evening greeting — greeting in the evening
• MDV 626 14:45
  greeting during the day (здравствуй)
• MDV 626 15:15
  give me please this book (дайте мне пожалуйста эту книгу) — Yiddish for 'please give me this book'
• MDV 626 16:16
  he knows everything (Все он знает) — Yiddish for 'he knows'
• MDV 626 16:24
  listening (выслушивание) — Yiddish for 'listen to me'
• MDV 626 16:35
  cheek (щека) — Yiddish for 'cheek'
• MDV 626 16:43
  to breathe (дышать) — Yiddish for 'to breathe'
• MDV 626 18:19
  he is very sick (он очень болен) — Yiddish for 'he is very sick'
• MDV 626 18:29
  she is very beautiful (она очень красивая) — Yiddish for 'she is very beautiful'
• MDV 626 19:13
  I like him (он мне нравится) — Yiddish for 'I like him (very much)'
• MDV 626 19:22
  if (если) — Yiddish for 'if'
• MDV 626 19:36
  I walk on the street (иду по улице) — Yiddish for 'I go on the street'
• MDV 626 20:44
  I speak with mother (я говорю с мамой) — Yiddish sentence 'I speak with mother' (dative form)
• MDV 626 20:59
  I see badly (я плохо вижу) — Yiddish for 'I see badly'
• MDV 626 21:18
  I don't see him (я его не вижу) — Yiddish for 'I don't see him'
• MDV 626 21:38
  sun (солнце) — Yiddish for 'sun'
• MDV 626 22:39
  bed (кровать) — Yiddish for 'bed'
• MDV 626 23:01
  I ask you (прошу вас) — Yiddish for 'please / I beg you'
• MDV 626 23:05
  flowerbed (клумба с цветами) — Yiddish for 'flowerbed'
• MDV 626 23:23
  honest (честный) — Yiddish for 'honest'
• MDV 626 23:57
  pious (набожный) — Yiddish for 'pious/devout'
• MDV 626 24:24
  cross (крест) — Yiddish for 'cross (Christian)'
• MDV 626 24:43
  ladder (лестница) — Yiddish for 'ladder'
• MDV 626 25:45
  from where (откуда) — Yiddish for 'from where/whence'
• MDV 626 26:16
  my head hurts (голова болит) — Yiddish for 'head hurts'
• MDV 626 27:15
  teeth (зубы) — Yiddish for 'teeth'
• MDV 626 27:33
  ten (десять) — Yiddish for 'ten'
• MDV 626 27:40
  vodka (водка) — Yiddish for 'vodka'
• MDV 626 27:47
  thousand (тысяча) — Yiddish for 'thousand'
• MDV 627 3:46
  grandmother (бабушка) — the Yiddish word for 'grandmother'
• MDV 627 5:00
  river (река) — the Yiddish word for 'river'
• MDV 627 5:20
  river (река) — the plural of 'taykh' (river)
• MDV 627 6:07
  well (колодец) — the Yiddish word for 'well'
• MDV 627 6:18
  potato (картошка) — the Yiddish word for 'potato'
• MDV 627 8:21
  store (магазин) — the Yiddish word for 'store'
• MDV 627 9:41
  I don't hear him (я его не слышу) — translation of 'I don't hear him'
• MDV 627 10:26
  all people (все люди) — how to say 'all people' in Yiddish
• MDV 627 10:38
  do you know everyone (вы знаете всех?) — translation of 'do you know everyone'
• MDV 627 11:03
  I was at father's (я был у отца) — translation of 'I was at my father's'
• MDV 627 11:07
  I sat at the table (я сидел за столом) — translation of 'I sat at the table'
• MDV 627 11:13
  on this street live only Jews (на этой улице живут одни евреи) — translation of 'only Jews live on this street'
• MDV 627 12:05
  this is another story (это другая история) — translation of 'that's another story'
• MDV 627 12:15
  you came from another city (ты прибыл из другого города) — translation of 'you came from another city'
• MDV 627 12:28
  one and a half (полтора) — the Yiddish word for 'one and a half'
• MDV 627 13:22
  attic (чердак) — the Yiddish word for 'attic'
• MDV 627 14:50
  such things (такие дела) — which form for 'such things'
• MDV 627 15:02
  pleasant (приятно) — the Yiddish word for 'pleasant'
• MDV 627 15:26
  plural of gvir — the plural of 'gvir' (rich man)
• MDV 627 16:38
  then (тогда) — which word for 'then': yemolt, yemolt, or damolt
• MDV 627 17:07
  whose child (чей ребёнок) — how to say 'whose child' in Yiddish
• MDV 627 17:13
  hat/cap (шапка) — the Yiddish word for 'hat/cap'
• MDV 627 17:34
  probably (наверное) — the Yiddish word for 'probably'
• MDV 627 18:16
  ceiling (потолок) — the Yiddish word for 'ceiling'
• MDV 627 18:23
  floor (пол) — the Yiddish word for 'floor'
• MDV 627 18:57
  fence (забор) — the Yiddish word for 'fence'
• MDV 627 19:51
  face (лицо) — whether 'tsure' can be used for 'face'
• MDV 627 21:04
  back (назад) — the Yiddish word for 'back/backward'
• MDV 627 21:36
  room (комната) — the Yiddish word for 'room'
• MDV 627 21:41
  someone (кто-то) — the Yiddish word for 'someone'
• MDV 627 22:17
  suddenly (вдруг) — the Yiddish word for 'suddenly'
• MDV 627 22:35
  enemy (враг) — the Yiddish word for 'enemy'
• MDV 628 0:09
  meaning of dibek — what 'dibek' means
• MDV 629 0:16
  twenty (двадцать) — how to say 'twenty'
• MDV 629 0:19
  vodka (водка) — how to say 'vodka'
• MDV 629 0:30
  thousand (тысяча) — how to say 'thousand'
• MDV 629 0:40
  I speak with mama (разговариваю с мамой) — how to say 'I'm talking with mother'
• MDV 629 0:49
  I walk on the street (иду по улице) — how to say 'I walk on the street'
• MDV 629 0:59
  honest (честный) — Yiddish equivalent of 'honest'
• MDV 629 1:29
  meaning of frumer — what 'a frumer' means
• MDV 629 1:31
  I live on this street (живу на этой улице) — how to say 'I live on this street'
• MDV 629 1:47
  I was there (я был там) — how to say 'I was there'
• MDV 629 1:53
  don't cry (не плачь) — how to say 'don't cry'
• MDV 629 2:03
  flowerbed (клумба с цветами) — a Yiddish word for 'flowerbed'
• MDV 629 2:04
  greeting during the day (здравствуй)
• MDV 629 2:11
  bed (кровать) — how to say 'bed'
• MDV 629 2:16
  I ask you (я прошу вас) — how to say 'I ask you'
• MDV 629 2:50
  grandmother (бабушка) — how to say 'grandmother'
• MDV 629 3:13
  belly (живот) — Yiddish for 'belly, stomach'
• MDV 629 3:22
  house (дом) — Yiddish for 'house'
• MDV 629 3:39
  river (река) — plural of 'taykh' (river)
• MDV 629 3:40
  entrance hall (сени) — Yiddish for 'entrance hall, vestibule'
• MDV 629 3:55
  I see badly (я плохо вижу) — how to say 'I see badly'
• MDV 629 4:06
  groats (крупа) — Yiddish for 'groats'
• MDV 629 4:13
  kasha (каша) — Yiddish for 'porridge, kasha'
• MDV 629 4:22
  mouse (мышь) — Yiddish for 'mouse'
• MDV 629 4:25
  windowpane — Yiddish for 'windowpane'
• MDV 629 4:26
  sick (больной) — the word for 'sick'
• MDV 629 4:41
  well (колодец) — how to say 'well'
• MDV 629 4:48
  potato (картошка) — how to say 'potato'
• MDV 629 4:57
  flowers (цветы) — how to say 'flowers'
• MDV 629 5:01
  blue (синий) — Yiddish for 'blue'
• MDV 629 5:03
  store (магазин) — how to say 'store'
• MDV 629 5:19
  pigeon (голубь) — Yiddish for 'pigeon, dove'
• MDV 629 5:30
  large dove — Yiddish for a large pigeon
• MDV 629 5:46
  all people (все люди) — how to say 'all people'
• MDV 629 5:49
  I know everyone here (я знаю здесь всех) — how to say 'I know everyone here'
• MDV 629 6:16
  to build (a construi (RO)) — Yiddish for 'to build'
• MDV 629 6:49
  on this street live only Jews (на этой улице живут одни евреи) — how to say 'only Jews live on this street'
• MDV 629 7:19
  this is another story (это другая история) — how to say 'this is another story'
• MDV 629 7:34
  he came from another city (приехал из другого города) — how to say 'came from another city'
• MDV 629 8:04
  otherwise I cannot (иначе не могу) — how to say 'I can't otherwise'
• MDV 629 8:22
  attic (чердак) — how to say 'attic'
• MDV 629 8:29
  one and a half (полтора) — how to say 'one and a half'
• MDV 629 8:38
  I don't know whether he knows or not (не знаю, знает ли он или нет) — how to say 'I don't know if he knows or not'
• MDV 629 8:44
  sour borscht (кислый борщ) — Yiddish for 'sour borscht'
• MDV 629 9:05
  will you come or not (ты придешь или нет) — how to say 'will you come or not'
• MDV 629 9:16
  to use (использовать) — how to say 'to use'
• MDV 629 9:20
  deaf (глухой (deaf)) — Yiddish for 'deaf' (or similar)
• MDV 629 9:27
  deaf (глухой (deaf)) — Yiddish for 'deaf'
• MDV 629 9:35
  I am very pleased (мне очень приятно) — how to say 'I am very pleased'
• MDV 629 9:42
  he came here today (пришёл сюда сегодня) — Yiddish for 'came here today'
• MDV 629 9:50
  such people (такие люди) — how to say 'such people'
• MDV 629 10:12
  high (высоко) — Yiddish for 'high'
• MDV 629 10:24
  higher (выше) — Yiddish for 'higher'
• MDV 629 10:32
  near (близко) — Yiddish for 'near'
• MDV 629 10:41
  nearer (ближе) — Yiddish for 'nearer, closer'
• MDV 629 10:56
  he knows everything (Все он знает) — Yiddish for 'he knows everything'
• MDV 629 10:58
  corpse — the word for 'corpse'
• MDV 629 11:30
  plural of gvir — plural of 'gevir' (rich person)
• MDV 629 11:52
  what one spun on Hanukkah — what one played on Hanukkah
• MDV 629 12:32
  then he came (тогда приехал) — how to say 'then he came'
• MDV 629 13:34
  plural of vogn — plural of 'vogn' (wagon)
• MDV 629 13:42
  whose child (чей ребёнок) — whose child is this
• MDV 629 13:50
  mistake (ошибка) — the word for 'mistake' (error)
• MDV 629 14:34
  man (мужчина) — how to say 'man'
• MDV 629 14:50
  he probably knows Yiddish (он, наверное, знает идиш) — how to say 'he probably knows Yiddish'
• MDV 629 15:10
  to use (использовать) — how to say 'to use'
• MDV 629 15:33
  ceiling (потолок) — how to say 'ceiling'
• MDV 629 15:42
  floor (пол) — how to say 'floor'
• MDV 629 16:16
  fence (забор) — how to say 'fence'
• MDV 629 17:45
  she left parents (она покинула родителей) — how to say 'she left her parents'
• MDV 629 18:57
  much/many (много) — how to say 'many'
• MDV 629 19:46
  room (комната) — how to say 'go into the room'
• MDV 629 20:17
  someone told me (кто-то мне сказал) — how to say 'someone told me'
• MDV 629 21:15
  different (различные) — how to say 'various'
• MDV 629 21:43
  with a good head (с хорошей головой) — the correct case ending for 'with a good head'
• MDV 629 21:59
  enemy (враг) — how to say 'enemy'
• MDV 629 22:28
  I need him very much (он мне очень нужен) — how to say 'I need him very much'