This is the twenty-sixth lesson in our study of the Friulian language using the book Lis predicjis dal muini, written by Josef Marchet. Follow the links in Friulian 1 to read the book and listen to its full audio version, available online courtesy of the Societât Filologjiche Furlane. The commentary below relates to the third paragraph of Lis litaniis, which begins with mi impensi and ends with rustîsi lis crodiis.
COMMENTARY ON THE FRIULIAN
Lis litaniis: paragraph 3, sentence 1.
Vocabulary: impensâsi di (to think of, to be reminded of); simpri (always); in chê volte (at that time); coscrivi (to conscript); ancje (also, too); savê (to know); Diu (God); cetant (how much, how many); un an (year); indaûr (ago, back).
Mi impensi simpri di in chê volte che: I always think of the time when, I am always reminded of the time when. Of impensâsi, the present indicative: mi impensi, tu ti impensis, si impense, si impensìn, si impensais, si impensin. O soi stât coscrit ancje jo: I too was conscripted. Just as the past participle of scrivi (to write) is scrit, the past participle of coscrivi (to conscript) is coscrit. Another past participle exists for both, less common: scrivût, coscrivût. As a masculine noun: un coscrit (a conscript). Sepi Diu cetancj agns indaûr: God knows how many years ago. The subjunctive sepi is used here in wonderment. Compare: Diu al sa (God knows; statement); sepi Diu! (God knows!; wonderment). The four forms of cetant (how much, how many) are: cetant (masculine singular); cetancj (masculine plural); cetante (feminine singular); cetantis (feminine plural). Examples: cetant sâl? (how much salt?); cetancj agns? (how many years?); cetantis setemanis? (how many weeks?); cetante int! (so many people!); cetancj agns indaûr! (so many years ago!). To pronounce cetancj agns, say: ce-tanc-jains.
Lis litaniis: paragraph 3, sentence 2.
Vocabulary: ve (behold, look); là jù (down there, over there); ancjemò (still, yet); la corone (rosary {beads}); in man (in hand); barufâ (to quarrel, to row); doi dîs (two days); prin (before, earlier); volê jessi (to want to be); di chei cuatri (of those four); vê di puartâ (to have to carry); la Madone (Madonna); la procession dal perdon (procession of forgiveness); in chê dì che (on the day that); lâ a visite (to go for a medical examination); la mari (mother); sant (holy); benedet (blessed); il ledan (manure); un cristian (Christian).
Velu là jù: there he is over there. Ve means behold, look; wherefore: velu (there he/it is [masculine singular]); vele (there she/it is [feminine singular]); veju (there they are [masculine plural]); velis (there they are [feminine plural]). Al è ancjemò cu la corone in man: he still has the rosary in his hand. Earlier in this sermon, the masculine noun rosari was employed to refer to the devotion: preâ rosari (to pray the rosary); we now find the feminine noun corone being used to refer to beaded physical object itself, as in: preâ rosari cu la corone in man (to pray the rosary with rosary beads in one's hand). Al veve barufât cun me: he had quarrelled with me. Study the following: o vevi barufât cun te (I had quarrelled with you [singular]); tu vevis barufât cun lui (you [singular] had quarrelled with him); al veve barufât cun jê (he had quarrelled with her); e veve barufât cun nô (she had quarrelled with us); o vevin barufât cun voaltris (we had quarrelled with you [plural]); o vevis barufât cun noaltris (you [plural] had quarrelled with us); a vevin barufât cun lôr (they had quarrelled with them). Doi dîs prin: two days earlier. In the singular, dì (day) is now masculine now feminine, but only masculine in the plural. Par volê jessi di chei cuatri che: wanting to be {one} of those four who. Chei cuatri che a vevin di puartâ la Madone te procession dal perdon: those four who were to carry the Madonna in the procession of forgiveness. In chê dì che o sin lâts a visite: on the day that we went for the medical examination. With in chê dì, we have an example of singular dì as a feminine noun; another example: la dì prime (the day before). Examples as a masculine noun in the singular: sul cricâ dal dì (at daybreak); dute la mari dal dì (all day long). Mari sante benedete: Holy Blessed Mother. Ce ledan di cristian: literally, what a manure of a Christian, in reference to Tin Burcjul's foul-mouthed use of language; a particularly delicious use of Friulian on account of its rhyme and rusticity.
Lis litaniis: paragraph 3, sentence 3.
Lis litaniis: paragraph 3, sentence 4.
notes in preparation, to be continued
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