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SCHOOL WATCH:
WE HAVE VISITED A SCHOOL
IN A PLACE OF ISTRORUMANIANS
A School With Eight
Pupils
Hrvatski
© Glas Istre
November 23, 2004
Sandi Daus explained to us that "Fui
de coa" means "Go away from here", and Mateo Jurman remembered that when
they speak on the cell phone, the speaker may ask the other speaker "Iuv
eşti" , which means "Where are you"
Sušnjevica - The name Sušnjevica,
where there is one of the smallest Istrian schools with only eight
pupils in the first and second class, has the root in the old
Istro-Romanian dialect. "Su" means "On", so the total name means "Those
who live above the plowed field". Only about 150 people speak this
interesting language, and our friends, students of the local elementary
school "Ivan Goran Kovacević" from Čepić, know a few phrases, which they
heard from their nonos or nonas. Sandi Daus told us that when the older
people worked in the field, they use to yelled: "Fui de coa" , which
means "Go awaz from here", and Mateo Jurman remembered that when talking
on the cell phone people may say "Iuv eşti".
The younger generation in Sušnjevica is
better able to use English, Italian and Croatian then Istro-Romanian.
Every day I watch cartoons in English and Italian on TV and I also have
a lot of cassettes. My father and older brother speak this strange
language in which they say "Fui de cia", but I know very little of it,
told us Mateo Jurman.
The school building was built in 1904 and
this year we are celebrating its 100th birthday. Located on
the hill, it is surrounded with greenery and the old wide stare-case
makes us reminisce of the old times when its rooms were resounding with
children's sounds. A visitor will be attracted to the sculptural work in
the corridor among them collage made of newspapers and a collection of
old things. School is located on the bottom floor, where there is one
classroom, cafeteria and teacher's office. All the students- since there
are so few, might as well name them – beside Mateo and Sandi, there are
Elena Fajman, Nina Maria Laginja, Viktor Peršić, Petra Ugričić and
Ibrahimović, who enjoy music, art and gymnastics. An exception is Mateo
Herić who loves mathematics. To our quick questions of how much is three
plus three and six minus two he quickly answered correctly, proving that
math is not a bugaboo. Mateo loves soccer. For that reason he is looking
forward to the next year when they will get some new students into the
first class who will complete the soccer team. To help them learn
different subjects there is their teacher Dianora Radola, but
momentarily she is substituted by Davorka Prusić.
Istro-Romanians, or Vlahi,
came to this territory six centuries ago. In the new catalogue of the
Ministry of education, stated the superintendent Mirela Vidak, there
will be much more room for ethnic studies, which will also include the
Istro-Romanian costumes and language. As a continuation of the last
year's field study in Kršan, this year they will continue to visit all
the interesting places in Sušnjevica and therefore get much more
familiar with their area.
Translated by Pino Golja
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