Sonya (Sure) Petrovna Yarmolnik

née Gravits · born 1929 in Khmel'nyts'kyy · recorded in Khmel'nyts'kyy, 2007

2 recordings · 64 minutes · 25 min of questionnaire · 1 min of singing

Interviewed by Dov-Ber Kerler, Moisei Lemster

Conversations 1

Each line is one conversation with Yarmolnik, 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.

• 2007-05-29
  ▶ Khmel'nyts'kyy · 64 min

  MDV 467 · MDV 468 (2 tapes)

Topics

Questionnaire

31 questions put to Yarmolnik. Each link opens the recording at that moment.

• MDV 467 0:00
  whether heard goylem — whether the speaker has heard the word 'goylem'
• MDV 467 0:04
  honest (честный) — Yiddish for честный (honest)
• MDV 467 0:04
  meaning of a gut ort — meaning of 'a gut ort'
• MDV 467 0:16
  whether heard dibbuk — whether the speaker has heard the word 'dibek'
• MDV 467 0:22
  pious (набожный) — Yiddish for набожный (devout)
• MDV 467 0:32
  husband's name
• MDV 467 0:45
  what dibek means — what the word 'dibek' means
• MDV 467 0:55
  thank you (спасибо) — how to say 'thank you' in Yiddish
• MDV 467 0:55
  pious (набожный) — how to say 'my father was devout'
• MDV 467 1:10
  face (лицо) — how to say 'face'
• MDV 467 1:14
  what tsure means — what 'tsure' means
• MDV 467 1:28
  cross (крест) — Yiddish for крест (cross)
• MDV 467 1:41
  meaning of a gut ort — meaning of 'a gut ort' (repeated)
• MDV 467 1:49
  my head hurts (голова болит) — Yiddish for голова болит (head hurts)
• MDV 467 1:58
  from where (откуда) — Yiddish for откуда (from where)
• MDV 467 2:15
  meaning of a guter yid — meaning of 'a guter yid'
• MDV 467 2:29
  barely (еле-еле) — Yiddish for еле-еле (barely)
• MDV 467 2:48
  please (пожалуйста) — how to say 'please give me the book'
• MDV 467 2:53
  please (пожалуйста) — whether 'please' is included
• MDV 467 3:15
  meaning of maver — meaning of 'מאבער'
• MDV 467 4:06
  grandmother (бабушка) — Yiddish for бабушка (grandmother)
• MDV 467 4:29
  midwife (акушерка) — Yiddish for повивальная бабка (midwife)
• MDV 467 5:08
  how did you say (как ты сказал?) — how to say 'what did you say'
• MDV 467 5:21
  how did you say (как ты сказал?) — how to say 'how do you live'
• MDV 467 5:43
  he will also come (он тоже придет) — how to say 'he will also come'
• MDV 467 5:59
  defeated the Germans (разбили немцев, разбили врага) — Yiddish for разбили немцев (defeated the Germans)
• MDV 468 0:27
  on this street live only Jews (на этой улице живут одни евреи) — translation of 'on this street live only Jews'
• MDV 468 0:41
  this is another story (это другая история) — translation of 'this is another story'
• MDV 468 1:59
  ceiling (потолок) — Yiddish word for ceiling
• MDV 468 2:38
  floor (пол) — Yiddish word for floor
• MDV 468 2:43
  well (колодец) — Yiddish word for well