Earlier this year, a cat got stuck under the bonnet (hood) of a car, in Secuals. Firemen came and rescued the cat. Read the story in Friulian below. To read the original version as it appeared in Friulian media, follow the link after the report.
Gjat blocât intun motôr a Secuals e salvât dai pompîrs: Gjat salvât par un pêl, al è il câs di dîlu, a Secuals. Vuê di matine il vuidadôr di une machine a Secuals si è inacuart che sot dal tapon dal motôr de sô machine alc nol leve ben. Dentri, al jere restât blocât un gjat, sintût cundut che il motôr al jere impiât. Sul puest a son rivâts i pompîrs di Spilimberc, che a àn rivât a salvâ la besteute dopo vê tirât sù il mieç e vê tirât vie cierts tocs di plastiche. La robe e je lade a bon fin: il personâl de emergjence veterinarie al à puartât vie il gjât pes curis. / Riferiment: La Vôs dai Furlans.
Cat stuck in an engine in Secuals and rescued by firemen: A cat was saved by a whisker, it must be said, in Secuals. This morning, the driver of a car in Secuals noticed that something was wrong under the engine bonnet. Inside, a cat was trapped, heard even though the engine was running. Firemen from Spilimberc arrived at the scene, who managed to save the little animal after lifting the vehicle and removing some plastic parts. The matter ended well: veterinary emergency personnel took the cat away for care.
Friulian vocabulary
- un gjat, a cat
- blocât, stuck
- un motôr, a motor, an engine
- un pompîr, a fireman
- par un pêl, by a hair {by a whisker}
- un vuidadôr, a driver
- une machine, a car
- inacuarzisi, to notice
- un tapon, a bonnet, a hood
- cundut che, although, even though
- impiât, running, on
- une besteute, a little animal
- tirâ sù, to lift, to raise
- un mieç, a vehicle
- un toc, a bit, a piece
- lâ a bon fin, to turn out well
- veterinari, veterinary
- la cure, care
The Friulian for cat is: un gjat, and for kitten: un gjatut. Related to this is the Friulian for dog, which is: un cjan, and for puppy: un cjanut. A story in Friulian about a puppy that had fallen into a canal was reported earlier this month; return to the story to review.
Alc nol leve ben: something was wrong, something was not right. This can also be said: alc nol lave ben. In the present tense: alc nol va ben.
Describe in Friulian what you see in the image below, including the subsequent rescue efforts.
Friulian pronunciation
Tonic stress falls on the syllable marked by an accent in the following words: gjatùt, cjanùt, màchine, tapòn, besteùte, plàstiche, emergjènce, veterinàri.
In certain variants of Friulian, such as the variant spoken at Dograva, to name but one, gjat and cjan are pronounced giat and çan. In these same variants, the diminutives gjatut and cjanut will be said giatut and çanut.