This is the eighth lesson in the learning Friulian series using the book Lis predicjis dal muini by Josef Marchet. Follow the links in Learn Friulian 1 to read the entire book in PDF form and to listen to the audio, available online courtesy of the Societât Filologjiche Furlane.
The Friulian notes below relate to the last two sentences of the third paragraph of the Preambul, which begin with cussì il paîs and end with vot o dîs umigns.
FRIULIAN NOTES
Preambul: paragraph 3, sentence 7.
Vocabulary: cussì (so, thus); il paîs (village); cence (without); la cure (care); la anime (soul); di nissune sorte (of any sort, whatsoever); il plevan (parish priest); mandâ (to send); cualchi (some {or other}); il predi (priest); dî (to say); la messe (mass); domenie (Sunday); râr (rare); une volte (time, occasion); in disdivore (on workdays); par solit (usually); rivâ sù (to come up, to arrive up there); sflanchinâ (to struggle, to get tuckered out); tirâ la ansime (to huff and puff); pre (Father); un capelan (chaplain); vieli (old); clopadiç (limping, lame); vênt une gnoche a fâ (to have one heck of a time doing); un cuart (quarter); une ore (hour); une rive (incline).
Cussì il paîs al è cence cure di animis di nissune sorte: so the village is without any spiritual care whatsoever. Il plevan al mande: the parish priest sends. With infinitives ending in â, the third-person singular ending is e in the present indicative: mandâ, al mande (to send, he sends); rivâ, al rive (to arrive, he arrives); sierâ, al siere (to close, he closes). For information, the ending is i in the first-person singular: o mandi, o rivi, o sieri (I send, I arrive, I close). Cualchi predi: some priest or other. Dî messe: to say mass. Domenie: Sunday, but to say on Sundays, the definite article is added: la domenie. Cualchi rare volte: on some rare occasions; remember that the noun following cualchi is always set in the singular. The four forms of râr (rare) are: râr (masculine singular); rare (feminine singular); rârs (masculine plural); raris (feminine plural). In disdivore: on workdays; know that this is a contracted form of dîs (days) di (of) vore (work). Sflanchinant: struggling, tuckered out. Tirant la ansime: huffing and puffing. Pre Scjefin: Father Scjefin. Un capelan vieli e clopadiç: an old and limping chaplain. Che a 'nd à une gnoche a fâ chel cuart di ore di rive: who has one heck of a time doing that quarter-hour uphill walk. Indi means thereof and often contracts to 'nd or 'nt. This will be discussed in more detail as the lessons progress. For now, know that al drops its l before 'nd, to form a 'nd. A 'nd à sounds like andà. Another example: o 'nd ài une gnoche a fâ chê vore (I have one heck of a time doing that work), where o 'nd ài sounds like ondài.
Preambul: paragraph 3, sentence 8.
La glesie e je piçule, che un cincuante di lôr a stentin a stâ dentri: al ven a messe un troput di feminis, cualchi fantaçute, un cjap di fruts e vot o dîs umigns.
notes in preparation, to be continued
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