Translation help

[Keenan, Edward]

Probably common dial. and sub-standard form of "na kvartire."

Edward L. Keenan
Andrew W. Mellon Professor of History, Harvard University
Director, Dumbarton Oaks Research Library and Collections
1703 32nd. Street, NW, Washington, DC 20007


> -----Original Message-----
> From: Carol Ueland [SMTP:cueland at DREW.EDU]
> Sent: Wednesday, May 02, 2001 5:13 PM
> To:   SEELANGS at LISTSERV.CUNY.EDU
> Subject:      Translation help
>
> Dear Seelangers,
>      I have a senior who is translating two skazki as an honors
> project.  One of them is entitled "Suvorushka" from the collection
> "Sibirskie skazki" collected by I.S. Korovkin and published in
> Novosibirsk in 1973.  There is one word which has us stumped, even our
> resident native speakers.  It is "na fatere" and occurs in the following
> context: "A gde Druzhevna Korolevna?  Ona vot na fatere u babushki.
> Togda vse troe poshli tuda".  Any suggestions would be gratefully
> appreciated!
>                                                             Carol Ueland
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