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Nos Dialet . . . Our Dialect #5

in! Din! Dialect school is in sessionI had a dialect experience. In attempting to translate and comment on the song detailed in this issue, La Vaca Nonesa, I experienced great difficulty. I consulted with 5 valleys and 12 contacts in the Provinceto finally get it almost rendered for the Filo`. Our dialect is not Italian. It has always been la nossa cosa (not to be confused with the Cosa Nostra. It has its own rules or styles and gets shaped from one valley to the nextthe mountain effect. In addition, we have several other languages within the Province..Ladin as well as German with a numerous minority that speak it. Hence, how relevant is it to try to teach it? Don`t knowbut it represents one of our heirlooms of our culture, the sound of our people and our immigrant relatives so the effort is to bring to our families some elements of its words, grammar and syntax and even of its sounds to hear these echoes of our people Hence, here indeed is something again about our unique use of K, a verb and some vocabulary. At the same time, do consider going to the web site of the Museo degli Usi e Costumi della Gente Trentina (The Museum of the Ways and Customs of the Trentino People) to hear film clips of people in the Province speaking the dialectHere is their website http://www.museosanmichele.it/alfabeto-delle-cose/ The letter Kthey have the sound but not the actual letter. There is an inconsistency in using a hard C like casa and a soft C as in celetso they add an H or presume an H with further inconsistencyso we have Bosch for bosco (woods). Poch or Poc for Poco (little) or Toch or Toc (a piece) or Sgnech or Sgnec (soft) or Bech or Bec (beak) or Sech or Sec (dry). Not easy to understandnor to explain! Agreed!!!
Here are some dialectical expressions using the word GHO . . . I have . . .and SON . . . I am Gh frt Gh fam Gh calt Gh sn Gh pra Gh via Gho s Ho freddo Ho fame Ho caldo Ho sonno Ho paura Desidero Ho sete I am cold I am hungry I am hot I am sleepy I am scared I desire or desire I am thirsty I was You were He was We were You were They were Son strach Son contnt Son vc Son given Son mericn Son port Son ciap Sono stanco Sono contento Sono vecchio Sono giovane Sono americano Sono povero Sono occupato I am tired I am happy I am old I am young I am American I am poor I am busy

Mi ero Ti te eri Lu lera Noi erem Voi ere Lori I era Stua Giaz Anc Angiol Istruir Orbo Rason Scampar Scuzar Slargar Stomech

Here is the past tense of the verb to be . . . Io ero Tu eri Egli era Noi eravamo Voi eravate Essi erano

Some vocabulary . . .

Stuffa Ghiaccio Oggi Angelo Insegnare Cierco Ragione Fuggire Perdonare Allargare Stomaco

Stove Ice Today Angel Teach Blind Reason Flee Forgive Enlarge Stomach

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