Grossman - Mama - teryat' v vese

Charles Mills bowrudder at GMAIL.COM
Fri Jan 1 16:00:19 UTC 2010


In Czech, ves can be village.  Could it be as simple as that?



On 1/1/10, Robert Chandler <kcf19 at dial.pipex.com> wrote:
>
> The following is from the story 'Mama'.  The story was probably written in
> 1960, but this section is set in the mid- or late-1950s.
>
>   Говорили, что в домах отдыха  некоторые  девушки позволяют  себе  лишнее,
> гуляют по ночам,  теряют в весе,  а в мужских комнатах народ
> пьянствует,  не
> соблюдает мертвый час, режется в карты.
>
> I am not sure how literally to understand 'teryayut v vese'.
>


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