al eady:
he
ansla -
o paid
oo li le
o such
a job. I
would like
o add
ha he
was able
o speak
luen ly,
much like
a Bal ic
Ge man
nobleman
unde s -
ands
La ian.
Bu his
is no
enough
o be able
o speak
g amma-
ically
co ec -
ly o o
ind
some hi-
ng o
hink
abou ,
especial-
ly when
he ex
is so
con usin-
g. He e
e en a
good
ansla -
o could
no help
much,
because
he did no
unde s -
and he
meaning
o he
di icul
place.
Willis o
his
in e p e-
e could
only hea
he
in ona i-
on.
Pabé iy
p isai
a é
p obably
e y
clea ly.
Bu how
can his
be
econcil-
ed wi h
“i8dis o -
ed”
languag-
e? O
cou se,
o
hose
who ha e
o
desc ibe
Will's
ansla -
ion as
poo , no
e e y hi-
ng is
w ong
and does
no say
wha
does no
ma ch in
Li huani-
an o
La ian.
Fu he -
mo e,
he
P ussian
language
has oo
many
dis inc i-
e
ea u es
ha a e
no
ound in
Li huani-
an and
La ian.
I is all
he mo e
un o u-
na e
ha
Willy’s
Enchi idi-
on
emains
such a
mul i ac-
e ed
A e all,
om
Willi's
poo
wo k i is
ha dly
possible
o
sa is ie-
dly
cla i y
wha is a
pu ely
P ussian
ea u e,
which
di e s
om
Li huani-
an and
La ian
language,
o wha
is o be
a ibu -
ed o
uly
Ge man, i.
e.
Ge man--
speaking
people.
Ve é
Nijolé
Cepiené*
JURGIO
GERULIO
LAISKAS
JONUI
JABLONS-
KIUI The
le e o
J. Ge ulis
o J.
Jablonsk-
is da ed
No emb-
e 29, 1922
is kep in
he
lib a y o
he
Li huani-
an
Ins i u e
o
Li e a u-
e and
Folklo e
(F 52—199).
Laigkas is
in e es -
ed in J.
Ge ulio
opinions
on
Li huani-
an
language,
li e a u-
e and his
own
language.
The
language
o he
publishi-
ng ime
and
<ky yba
a e no
co ec -
ed (jus
a couple
o aiskiy
p oo e-
ading
e o s ha e been co ec ed).
A.
Sabaliauskas
29. XJ. 22
Ve y
dea
Tams a,
hank
you e y
much o
sending
me
“Lie u iy
kalbos
g ama i-
kos”.
Wouldn'
i be good
o sell
Tams a's
books
and a ew
o he s
like Bigos
"Langua-
ge and
Seno e"
and so on
in
Ge man-
y?
S y u ys
and he
Publishi-
ng
Commiss-
ion wen
o Win e
in
Heidelbe-
g o a
“commis-
sion” o
co ec
such
books.
NeuZI is
enough
o w i e
good
books,
you need
p opaga-
nda! I
seems
no o
he
au ho 's
hono
bu o
Li huania
i will
ha e o
be done.
S ie as
had
expe ien-
ced ha
in
Li huania
qui e
se ious
jo
wo k is ound, bu he did no know.
Such
dile an-
s as ans
Basana ičius
makes us
sick!
(I know
ha
B.
uz
Li huania
wo ked
ha de
neng
Hund eds
o
o he s,
bu
jo
wo ldwi-
de ound abou
Th akus
eads
i
laughing
i8
a such
”Li huanian
Sp ach o sche ”.)
Fo he
sake o
a8
Bu when
he isi ed
my house,
I i mly
swo e
ha I
would
publish a
su
sho
ex book
o
Tams a's
w i ing.
My
opinion is
his: a-
The judge's
handbook is
i
impe ec ,
much
be e
uz
han he
one ha
shows he
be
e dic ! *
Quo e om
he La in
ansla ion
by Kazys
Eigminas.
205
bu in ou
childhoo-
d, in ou
childhoo-
d, iSeis.
AS
mysel
say and
w i e
(Ge man
no
knowing)
“pe
*spi ”,
*ugly”,
“well”
bu
”ha de -
”,
”be e -
”. To
w i e
“ o cu ”
and so on.
aS I
couldn’
dis ingui-
sh
”pjau i”
=
schneide-
n, pau as
‘He’ and
senp iis.
sp uce
‘Fich e’
(mes
a3y um
*piausé).
I M .
Jablonsk-
is and
Biga will
ell us
”w i e
he same
”piau i”,
"ge iau”,
”be e -
”, hen
we will all
w i e
and
enjoy
he same
spelling
un il he
end, Un il
you ix
he
ex boo-
k, some
will say
"we say
”labjau”
bu
”be e ”
and so we
w i e”
and he
o he
“Why do
we ha e
o w i e
he same
wo- ow-
el eik
”lab-jau”
eik
*be e !-
”. The e
will be no
end! 4
Tams a
pamneai
Zemai e-
s. I is a
woman,
whose
inds I
like e y
much, I
seems
ha we
ha e a lo
o
Ge mani-
sm in he
language
o
MaizZios-
ios
Lie u os
s n is,
bu we
can
dis ingui-
sh who
speaks
pu ely
and who
does no
speak
pu ely.
Zemai es
language
is e y
beau i u-
l. I is no
a i icial.
When
eading
S . wo k
o any
o he
Sios
dienos”
ound
pikinuos
i8
wi hou
any need
o newly
wo ked
wo dy,
syn aks-
és and so
on. I ha e
o admi ,
I don'
unde s -
and wha
hese
men a e
w i ing:
oKoTELV-
ol e ow?.
I§
Zemai és
and om
Tams os
aS y a8
each
you o
w i e
eally
Li huani-
an, i.e.
pu ely.
and
"ungekii-
ns el ",
as he
Ge mans
say.
When
w i ing
my
Maz ydo
p ologue,
I w o e
as my
mo he
augh
me o
speak
Li huani-
an, so I
used ugly
bu no
unneces-
sa ily
pe e -
ed
wo ds.
This ime
I w o e
poo ly,
nex
ime I will
w i e
be e .
I hope
a e 8
days I will
be able o
see
”Maz yd-
a”
Tams ai.
—The
coming
summe
ou in
Vilnius
and
elsewhe-
e whe e
old
Li huani-
an as y
heysko-
i. I
i mly
belie e: I
will ind!
‘Pa ien -
ially
welling heal h
The
Wo shippe
Ju gis
Ge ullis
K onp in-
zs asse
15.;
1 h ee
o a kind
2 da k
a e
,
na u all-
y, usually
5: '
ae
4
¥
;
DATA FOR
F.
KURSAIT-
IS
BIOGRAP-
HY - 1.
The
handw i-
ing o F.
Ku saičio
a he
Mikelis o
J.
Snele is
in he
lib a y o
he
Li huani-
an
Academy
o
Sciences
(Liud ik-
as Rezo
ondas, F
228—624) is
he
a he
o he
g ea
linguis
o
Lesse
Li huani-
a,
F yd ich
—
Ku saièis
(1806—1884-
), he
eache o he Polish school Mikelis Ku saièis.
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