I have retold my earliest childhood memories in the language they existed. Judeo-Spanish and Turkish were the two languages I learned to speak simoulaneously, yet the the very first words I heard from my parents were in Judeo-Spanish. My father, the first time he saw me said: "Esta tiene cara de melon caldudo".These were joyous words. If you knew the language and culture you would know why. I will be adding either English or Turkish translations to some of the existing memoirs.
Tuesday, March 31, 2009
leche de Azno
Leche de Azno
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Asigun lo ke me kontaron, kuando era de kuarenta dias, avia aferido la hazinura de koklush – bogmadja, en Turko. I komo era de uzo en akeos tiempos, me aviyan dado a bever leche de azno para sanarme.
Se dizia ke si un rezin beve la leche de una madre alechando a su kreyatura, el se azia ermano de mizmo petcho de esta kreyatura. Esto se yamava süt kardeshi, en Turko. Ansina, i yo konsiderava ke me aviya echo 'ermano de leche' de su azniko.
Parese por esto, ke kuando mos ivamos a paseyos en la kampanya de Estambol, syempre sintiya un asekamiento a kada azno ke viya. I, a mi me paresia ke estariya ainda tosyendo sino me
avian dado a bever leche de azno.
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Roz Kohen
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Muy ermozo, Roz. Koklush, en inglez es "whooping cough" - puede ser ke algnos lektores keren saver!
ReplyDeleteMersi muncho Rachel. Esta es una de las mas vyejas estoryas. Kada vez ke miyo topo yerros, si i en Turko boğmaca!
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