Croatian speech soundscape; a child's story

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As students of linguistics at Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences in Zagreb, Croatia, we were asked to support Language Landscape in the best way we could - by taking part in it and submitting our own recordings. Since we find that a child's mind works in ways far more agreeable than those of dull adults, we hereby provide an insight into this interesting world of language and/or language acquisition. Here we have little Josip reciting the poems by Grigor Vitez; we hope you enjoy. Josips's sister Martina Jelinčić recorded and provided the translation and the transcript.
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Croatian speech soundscape · Structo World Literature Project

Children's poem

Moons and meadows.

children, stories, phonology, linguistics, croatia

Transcriptions (1)

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Croatian

1.

drugɐ livɐdɐ

ʋîdimdrûgulĭʋɐdumâmɐ
ŏnɐjemnôgomnôgoʋêt͡ɕɐ?
ôdŏvekŏjɐĭmɐ t͡sʋijê:t͡ɕɐ?
ŏnɐjeplâ:ʋɐplâ:ʋɐplâ:ʋɐ?
ŏnanĭ:jedôʎemâmɐ
ŏnɐjenâmɐîznɐdglă:ʋɐ?
ʃtêtɐʃtôlĭvɐdɐʃtôseplă:ʋi
nmɐt͡sʋjêtoʋɐuplă:ʋojtră:ʋi

prit͡ʃêkɐjdĭjetedôksunt͡seôde
dɐtrâ:ʒinêgdjezɐsûtrɐdâ:n
dôkptît͡senâd͡ʑuzɐnô:t͡ɕstâ:n
idôkseskûpidôstamrâ:kɐ
nɐtô:jt͡ɕelĭvɐdidaprot͡sʋjĕtɐ
naxîʎɐdemɐslɐt͡ʃɐkɐ

2.

doxʋɐti mi tɐtɐ mjeset͡s

dŏxʋɐtimitâtɐmjêset͡s
dɐkrâjmênesjâ
dŏxʋɐtimitâtɐmjêset͡s
dɐgɐrŭ:komtâknemjɐ

mjêset͡smôrɐgôresjâti
nesmîjeseonskĭ:dɐti
onmôrɐkodzvijĕ:zdɐbîti
pŭ:tzvjĕ:zdɐmɐsvjêtleti

dɐzvijĕzdicekût͡ʃiznă:ju
kɐdsenêbomnăigrɐju
inɐzĕmʎumôrɐsjâti

dɐzê:t͡svîdivĕt͡ʃerati
dajê:ʒvîdiputovɐti
damîʃvîditrt͡ʃkărɐti
dɐbiptĭ:cemôglespâti

idɐtêbimŏjedijĕte
mjêset͡slâgɐnsɐnisplĕte
odsrêbrnixnî:ti
pɐdɐsnasnĭ:ʋɐʃiti

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Translations (1)

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English

1.

I see another lawn, mom!
It is much, much bigger
Than this one that has flowers.
It is blue, blue, blue...
It is not down, mom
It is above our heads.
Too bad that the blue lawn
doesn't have flowers in the blue grass!

Wait, my child, till the Sun leaves
To look for tomorrow's day
Until birds find their place to sleep
And when there is enough of dark
On that lawn will blossom
Thousands of blowballs.

2.

Reach, daddy, for the Moon
For him to shine besides me!
Reach, daddy, for the Moon
So I can touch it with my arm.
Moon should shine up there
It can not be taken down
It must be with the stars
Showing them their path
So that they can go home
After their game in the sky is over
It must shine to the Earth
So that rabbit sees to eat
So that hedgehog sees to travel
So that mouse sees to run
So that birds can sleep
And for you, my child,
Moon gives you easy sleep
From silver threads
So that you sleep too.

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Josip

Zagreb, Croatia

Croatian