Jak s~e mas~ vs Ako sa mate
RonO...@aol.com
My mother told me that jak s~e mas~ was the familiar expression for "How are
you" but that when addressing older or more important folk, it was more
proper to use the phrase, "Ako sa mate".
Both parents were born to Slovaks who came from eastern Slovakia, mom's
family from C~aklov and Vranov and dad's from Vy~sny Z~ipov and Zamutov. My
mom told me on more than one occasion that my father spoke a better or higher
dialect than she did. What could this have meant? Both attended Slovak
classes at their respective Slovak Lutheran churches. My dad's pastor was
Jan Kovac~ik, a very learned man. Could the difference have come from the
schooling they got?
Thanks,
Ron Orach
kate petrick
My mother told me of the phrase "saris san" (phonetic and minus diacritics,
I'm sorry) that my grandmother's people (from near Bratislava) used to
describe my grandfather's people (from near the Polish border) who spoke a
"lower" form of Slovak. The saris san said, "Jak sie masz" just like the
Poles, and had quite a bit of Polish thrown in with their Slovak.
Vladimir Linder
At 02:51 PM 1/28/97 +0100, you wrote:
>My mother told me that jak s~e mas~ was the familiar expression for "How are
>you" but that when addressing older or more important folk, it was more
>proper to use the phrase, "Ako sa mate".
>
>Both parents were born to Slovaks who came from eastern Slovakia, mom's
>family from C~aklov and Vranov and dad's from Vy~sny Z~ipov and Zamutov. My
>mom told me on more than one occasion that my father spoke a better or higher
>dialect than she did. What could this have meant? Both attended Slovak
>classes at their respective Slovak Lutheran churches. My dad's pastor was
>Jan Kovac~ik, a very learned man. Could the difference have come from the
>schooling they got?
>
>Thanks,
>
>Ron Orach
>
>
VCAKLOV, been there many times as a friend of mine here is from there.
Zamutov is just over the hill from Caklov I spent an afternoon in the Gypsy
village at the house of the famous gypsy musician Kroka CESLAK.
The villages are at the border of Saris and ZEMPLIN region thets why there
may be some difference in their dilect as Zamutov is closer to Saris.
Vladimir Linder
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kate petrick
One of my professors told us a joke today that made me think of this subject
again, as far as "higher" and "lower" forms of a language go. . .
what is the difference between a language and a dialect?
A language has an army and a navy.
yes, academic humor, i know, i'm sorry.