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djå (Djå, kåj pa!)

 

yes (Yes, but!)

djå

 

I

djåbka (Tákše redéče líca je mèjla kåk djåbka)

 

apple (His face was as red as an apple)

          (Djåbočni réteške)

 

         (apple strudel)

djåjce (Sedí kåk kvóka na djájcaj)

 

eggs (He sits like a hen sits on its eggs)

djåukati/djåučen (Nè djåuči, tačáš ka boš sodák, taminé!)

 

to cry (Don't cry, for until you become a soldier, it will be over already)

Djåužef (Svéti Djåužef je bíu måuž od Svéte Marije)

 

Joseph (Saint Joseph was the husband of the Blessed Virgin Mary)

djenåu

 

exactly

djè (Žítek je vsíkder bóle žmèten. - Dje, kåk práviš!)

 

yes, exactly (Life is getting more and more complicated - Yes, it's exactly as you say!)

djúk (Djúk píše, sprtolèjtje båu)

 

south wind (The south wind goes, spring comes)

djesén (Djesén je príšla.)

 

autumn (Autumn has arrived)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Translated from German: Joël Gerber

 

 

 

 

 

Source: "Porabsko-Knjižnoslovensko-Madžarski Slovar/Porabian-Literary Slovenian-Hungarian Dictionary"

               Ferenc Mukics, SZIGNATURA Nyomda és Kiadó Kft., (2005)