help with identifying a language/dialect
Alina Israeli
aisrael at AMERICAN.EDU
Tue Mar 25 22:24:37 UTC 2014
Zaręba is a name which could sound like [zareba]. Did he mean [u] or a
schwa in Zureba?
On Mar 25, 2014, at 6:09 PM, Kuchar, Martha wrote:
> Sounds like Ukrainian dialect.
>
> A (O?) yaka dobra... divchynka? sobachka? What a good (something
> feminine)!
> Day meni (my, short form) buzhu -- Give me a kiss. (literally, give
> me your mouth)
> Dobranich -- Good night (usually bedtime)
>
> Don't know about Zureba. Agree with Zrinka that it could be the
> pet's name.
Alina Israeli
Associate Professor of Russian
WLC, American University
4400 Massachusetts Ave.
Washington DC 20016
(202) 885-2387 fax (202) 885-1076
aisrael at american.edu
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