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Glossary entry

English term or phrase:

It was only in the winter that we were able to learn, and as for the summer we hardly gathered any moss in school.

Romanian translation:

Iarna ce mai puteam invata; iar vara nu faceam purici multi la scoala.

Dec 1, 2003 22:49
20 yrs ago
English term

Iarna ce mai puteam invata; iar vara nu faceam purici mutlti la scoala. - Creang

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Could someone please tell me what this means in Romanian? Any help is appreciated. Unfortunately, I don't have the fonts for the yods and diacrtics, but I think you will still recognize it.
Sincerely,
Brian Costello
Seattle, Wa.
Proposed translations (Romanian)
4 +4 It was only in winter that we were able to learn, and as for the summer we hardly gathered any...
5 It was in winter that we were able to learn something,and as for the summer we hardly went to school
4 It was in winter that we were able to study something, ...
4 -1 Dear Brian

Discussion

Non-ProZ.com (asker) Dec 2, 2003:
Translations Mutlti is a typo. Sorry! It should have been multi (with a yod under the t in Romanian orthography).
--- Brian Costello

Proposed translations

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It was only in winter that we were able to learn, and as for the summer we hardly gathered any...

moss in school.

It's from his book "Childhood memories"

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Note added at 2003-12-01 23:38:45 (GMT)
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You can read about Ion Creanga at:

http://www.ici.ro/romania/culture/l_creanga.html
Peer comment(s):
agree Cristina Moldovan do Amaral
25 mins
mersi, Cristina
agree milo3
29 mins
multumesc
agree Oana Popescu
7 hrs
multumesc
agree Ciprian Dumea : super :-D
15 hrs
multumesc, Cipriane ;-)
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4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer. Comment: "Thank you very much Mr. Christian Popescu. Even though "gathering moss" is probably not the best English idiom translation of "a face purici" I know what the translator meant. Thanks also to Mr.Dan Marasescu who attempted to put it into more plain English. Sincerely Brian Costello Seattle, Wa."
6 mins

It was in winter that we were able to study something, ...

... but in summer we would hardly spend any time at school

From a Romanian classic book.
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-1
19 mins

Dear Brian

I think it would be great if you'd tell us something about the purpose of your questions.

I noticed that you have been asking questions in various language pairs...

German > English
http://www.proz.com/?sp=h&id=582824&keyword=ich bin eine

http://www.proz.com/kudoz/583870

English> Italian:
http://www.proz.com/glossary/583855

I also remember questions in Spanish and Portugese and some other languages, but I can't find them right now...

Thanks for your explanation

Serge L.
Peer comment(s):
disagree milo3 : what's your problem?
57 mins
Check his other questions... no link whatsoever. ProZ is not a playground!
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1 day 1 hr

It was in winter that we were able to learn something,and as for the summer we hardly went to school

The author, Ion Creanga, a very popular Romanian writer meant to say that only in winter they were able to learn something because of the cold weather(they didn't have anything better to do).
Entire summer they "were too busy" bathing in the local river Ozana.

The story is about author's life in the middle of 19-th century.
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