Anya Tankhumovna Plotnik (Enye, Yenia, Zhenye)

born 1926 in Dumbrăveni ("village Dumbraveni" in the catalogue) proposed · recorded in Soroca, 2005, 2006

5 recordings · 243 minutes · 38 min of questionnaire · 34 min of singing

Also written: Anya (Enye, Yenia, Zhenye) Tankhumovna Plotnik

Interviewed by Dov-Ber Kerler, Moisei Lemster, Dovid Katz, Jeffrey Veidlinger · recorded together with Feiga (Feyge) Usherovna Magetman, Sara Davidovna Rolshut

Conversations 2 ▶ play all in order

Each line is one conversation with Plotnik, 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.

• 2005-12-17
  ▶ Soroca · 2.0 h proposed

  MDV 201 14:56–1:01:20 · MDV 202 · MDV 203 0:00–10:46 (3 tapes)
• 2006-06-01
  ▶ Soroca · 73 min

  MDV 208 · MDV 209 (2 tapes)

Topics

Questionnaire

62 questions put to Plotnik. Each link opens the recording at that moment.

• MDV 202 0:06
  meaning of dibek — meaning of 'דיביק' (dibuk)
• MDV 202 0:24
  difference between krank and shlaf — difference between קראנק and שלאף
• MDV 202 0:41
  meaning of goylem — meaning of 'גולם' (golem)
• MDV 202 0:47
  I liked him very much (он мне очень понравился) — translation: 'he pleases me' / 'I like him'
• MDV 202 1:20
  barely walks (еле-еле ходит) — translation: 'barely walks'
• MDV 202 1:35
  to run away (убежать) — translation: 'run away'
• MDV 202 2:51
  honest (честный) — translation: 'honest'
• MDV 202 2:52
  believer (верующий) — translation: 'believer' / 'religious person'
• MDV 202 3:09
  another song — whether she remembers another song
• MDV 202 4:04
  cross (крест) — translation: 'cross' (Christian symbol)
• MDV 202 4:26
  to cross oneself (креститься) — form: 'to cross oneself'
• MDV 202 4:28
  little ladder (лесенка) — translation: 'little ladder'
• MDV 202 5:48
  mountain (гора) — translation: 'mountain'
• MDV 202 5:48
  to do (делать) — translation: 'to do'
• MDV 202 6:20
  my head hurts (голова болит) — translation: 'head hurts'
• MDV 202 6:46
  where are you from (откуда вы?) — translation: 'where are you from?'
• MDV 202 6:48
  bed (кровать) — translation: 'bed'
• MDV 202 6:48
  from there (оттуда) — translation: 'from there'
• MDV 202 6:48
  from here (отсюда) — translation: 'from here'
• MDV 202 7:24
  I ask you (я прошу вас) — translation: 'I ask you' / 'please'
• MDV 202 7:31
  sunflower oil (подсолнечное масло) — translation: 'sunflower oil'
• MDV 202 7:59
  vodka (водка) — translation: 'vodka'
• MDV 202 8:00
  thousand (тысяча) — translation: 'thousand'
• MDV 202 8:56
  twenty (двадцать) — form: 'twenty'
• MDV 202 9:20
  you are right (ты прав) — translation: 'you are right'
• MDV 202 9:20
  you are young (ты молод) — translation: 'you are young'
• MDV 202 9:53
  don't cry (не плачь) — translation: 'don't cry'
• MDV 202 10:47
  grandmother (бабушка) — translation: 'grandmother'
• MDV 202 10:50
  midwife (акушерка) — term for midwife
• MDV 202 10:56
  taste (вкус) — translation: 'taste'
• MDV 202 11:54
  I speak with mama (разговариваю с мамой) — translation: 'I speak with mother'
• MDV 202 12:09
  I walk on the street (иду по улице) — translation: 'I go on the street'
• MDV 202 12:09
  I live on this street (живу на этой улице) — translation: 'I live on this street'
• MDV 202 14:24
  well (колодец) — translation: 'well'
• MDV 202 14:24
  potato (картошка) — translation: 'potato'
• MDV 202 14:48
  flowers (цветы) — translation: 'flowers'
• MDV 203 0:06
  meaning of dibek — whether informant has heard the word 'dibek'
• MDV 203 0:46
  meaning of dibek — what 'dibek' means
• MDV 203 0:58
  love songs — other love songs
• MDV 203 1:41
  meaning of goylem — what 'goylem' means
• MDV 203 2:00
  to bring order (навести порядок) — to put in order, to tidy up
• MDV 203 2:27
  to dig the earth (рыть землю) — to dig the ground
• MDV 203 2:31
  cemetery (кладбище) — how to say 'cemetery' in Yiddish
• MDV 203 2:46
  phrase for deceased — what one says when mentioning a deceased person
• MDV 203 4:03
  to dig the earth (рыть землю) — to dig the ground
• MDV 203 4:20
  defeated the Germans (разбили немцев, разбили врага) — how to say 'defeated the Germans' in Yiddish
• MDV 203 4:39
  all people (все люди)
• MDV 203 6:25
  another story (другая история)
• MDV 203 6:41
  you came from another city (ты прибыл из другого города)
• MDV 203 6:58
  one and a half (полтора)
• MDV 203 7:15
  attic (чердак)
• MDV 203 7:51
  will you come or not (ты придешь или нет)
• MDV 203 8:01
  such (things)
• MDV 203 8:15
  grammatical form baym — the cantor prayed at the lectern (ביים or another form)
• MDV 203 8:49
  then (тогда) — then, at that time
• MDV 203 9:17
  mistake (ошибка)
• MDV 203 9:42
  face (лицо) — face (פנים or ליצא/פיצא)
• MDV 203 9:43
  what tsure means — what does צורה mean
• MDV 203 10:01
  back (назад)
• MDV 203 10:20
  suddenly (вдруг)
• MDV 203 10:30
  different (различные) — different (phonological variant)
• MDV 203 10:37
  room (комната)