Wendish (unless otherwise specified, Wendish = Upper Sorbian) has three adverbs for “year”:
- loni (“last year”)
- lětsa (“this year”)
- klětu (“next year”)
Two other words one might easily confuse are lěto (“year”) and lěćo (“summer”).
Also, don’t confuse the above words with lěs/lěsk (“forest”/”copse of trees”). The latter is a good example of the diminutive in Wendish. It means literally “little forest.”
Sehr interesting.
My Grandfather was from Tauer area (Prussia) and settled here in Combermere Ontario Canada as a Master Tailor.
He was drowned on the stern driven paddle wheeler “Mayflower” in November 1912.
Nels Boehme nelboe123@hotmail.ca
Hi Nels,
Thank you for writing. I also have Boehme ancestors.
Anna Dorothea Boehme, born on 30 Mar 1704 in Oppach, Sachsen, Germany; died in Oct 1772 also in Oppach, whose father was Tobias Boehme, married Hans Christoph Mersioffsky, on 6 Nov 1725.
Have you done your Boehme ancestral research? could it be that we are distant cousins?
How well do you know German? Do you consider yourself to be a Wend/Sorb?
What else can you tell me about your ancestors?
I’m Australian of Wendish ancestry and very interested in learning our language. My Fathers family were Marschall and Dreckow from Peters Hill in South Australia. My Gma had a very strong Germanic accent but would not teach us any , and I’m not sure if she spoke Wend or German, many thanks for any help