[Ger-Poland-Volhynia] Help with Translations

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    The Russian word for potato is pronounced  kar-tosh-ka

John Marsch

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  Kartoffel is German for potatoe..
  Using Google translate,  the  Russian word is картофель and sounds 
  similar  ...

   
   
  In a message dated 04/01/13 03:47:01 P.M. Pacific Daylight Time,  
  LINDASUSAK at comcast.net writes:

  Can  anyone help me with a Polish marriage record? 

  ----- Original Message  -----
  From: "Keith Trott" <trottkg at telus.net> 
  To:  ger-poland-volhynia at sggee.org 
  Sent: Monday, April 1, 2013 12:24:00 PM  
  Subject: [Ger-Poland-Volhynia] Help with Translations 

  Hello,  

  I have some letters that were written by relatives but have not been  able 
  to 
  make sense of them. The problems are multiple. The writer(s) were  fluent 
  in Russian and spoke/wrote German as a second language. For  example, one 
  letter has the word kartofel in it which is the Russian word  for potatoe. 
  Another letter has the name Olga with the Russian lower case  g in it. Most 
  words seem to be spelled phonetically so und become unt, von  becomes fon 
  and 
  anfang becomes anfank. I don't have any German vocabulary  and am 
  struggling 
  to resolve the meaning. I'd appreciate any help.  



  Thanks 

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