Hi there,
"It happened once upon a time, like no other time, because if it had not
(happened) it would not be told (anymore)."
Regards,
Bianca
On Dec 19, 2015, at 2:32 PM, Irene Fishler <irenef_at_netvision.net.il> wrote:
> Hi Bianca,
> ALL Romanian fairy-tales and legends start with this beautiful ambiguous
> sentence:
>
> " A fost odata ca niciodata, ca daca n-ar fi nu s-ar povesti ."
>
> Can you translate this?
> Most Czernowitz-stories told on our list are not folkloric tales.
> Best regards,
>
> Irene
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: bounce-120001134-3499296_at_list.cornell.edu
> [mailto:bounce-120001134-3499296_at_list.cornell.edu] On Behalf Of Bianca
> Rosenthal
> Sent: Saturday, December 19, 2015 10:49 PM
> To: Miriam Taylor
> Cc: Miriam Suss; Hardy Breier; Czernowitz-L_at_cornell
> Subject: Re: [Cz-L] Volksgarten
>
> Nice saying, "nu s'a fi povesti" means "It would not be
> told."
>
> Bianca
>
> On Dec 19, 2015, at 7:53 AM, Miriam Taylor <mirtaylo_at_indiana.edu> wrote:
>
>> As many of you know, I go to Czernowitz every year and I always go to th=
e
> Volksgarten.
>> It is still a very beautiful park, the trees are possibly even taller
>> and the atmosphere of peace, quiet and tranquility, is just as it was.
>> But I do not meet any of my childhood friends, nor the friends of my
> parents.
>> "A fost o'data si daca nu s'a fi fost, nu s'a fi povesti"
>> (there once was and if it had not been, they would tell about it).
>>
>> Mimi
>
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