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General / Conversation / Greetings / Letters | | Ukrainian term or phrase: Простите меня, Тато, я вас знойчила (transliterated) | I need the transliteration into Roman letters. Going by the Russian > English Library of Congress system I get Prostite menia, Tato, ia vas znoichila. Would it be the same?
Also, can someone tell me whether the first part of the sentence (Простите меня) is Ukrainian also, or only the second part (Тато, я вас знойчила)?
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| | | English translation:Prostite menia, Tato, ia vas znoichila | Explanation:
Yes, the transliteration is correct.
There may be some variations
Prostite menya, Tato, ya vas znoichila
Your guess is right, the first part of the sentence is in Russian. Tato is a Ukrainian word but the correct form here should be 'Tatu' (vocative case). The word 'znoichila' may be Ukrainian but I don't know what it means. It sounds like a distortion to me. Might be a dialect, but I doubt it. Maybe it is 'znaishla' - found. |
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Vladimir Chumak
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Local time: 16:26
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13 hrs confidence:  Prostite menia, Tato, ia vas znoichila
Explanation:
My Internet search through russian pages resulted in this: МЕЖДУНАРОДНЫЙ ФОНД "ДЕМОКРАТИЯ" (ФОНД АЛЕКСАНДРА Н. ЯКОВЛЕВА) - Альманах.
"Простите меня, Тато, я вас знойчила".2 Мама умерла, так и не узнала, что я нашла могилу отца.
Two sentences are in Russian, exept the word "Tato" (Daddy) which is Ukrainian one. The word "znoichila" is either invented by the author or it is a slip of print, or, probably, a very narrow dialect. There is no word like this in common Russian and Ukrainian languages.
| Ivan Protzak
Local time: 09:26
Native speaker of:  Ukrainian, Russian
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