Re: [Cz-L] Soviet era

Hardy, I think you are wrong, the first word we learned was "nyet", then:
"davai" "nye kak da", "nye moszne" and "tovaresh" .
Later we learned:

Davai nevasta, davai mosie, asta ieste adeverata tovarasie.

Mimi
 

On 12/24/09 1:41 PM, "HARDY BREIER" <HARDY3_at_BEZEQINT.NET> wrote:

> When in June 1940 the Soviets arrived ,it was a low key affair.
> Some army trucks with soldiers passed through the streets.
> At noon the" Mosfilm" teams arrived with the cameras for the
> taking of the newsreel of " Czernowitz welcomes the Red Army".
> Before this ,commissars passed through the main streets summoning the
> population to come and welcome the Soviet entry.
> Flowers were distributed and money too. People were rehearsed and
> had to smile and show their joy throwing flowers at the soldiers.
> The trucks with soldiers passed the streets again for the Mosfilm
> cameras.
> This was then shown at all the cinemas :" Overjoyed Czernowitz
> population welcomes
> the liberating Red Army ".
> We soon learned the first 2 russian words : Zawtra ( tomorrow) and
> budyet ( there will be).
> When asked when essentials will again be available (food and others)
> the Soviet soldiers
> replied : "Zawtra budyet ".
> Later we learned many more words.
> And then we learned not to make jokes about comrade Stalin's
> mustache.
>
> Hardy
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