Un an…

Un an in Germania…truism sau nu, timpul trece…si timpul trece repede…Am intrat in categoria oamenilor de varsta a 2-a departe de Romania, intr-un orasel mic din Germania, de care pana mai acum 2-3 ani nici nu auzisem…E adevarat ca de cele mai multe ori (sau cel putin pana la varsta de 30 ani, in cazul meu), nu iti simti varsta…Insa uneori, se produce ceva, o ruptura, care te face sa o constientizezi…Eu am constientizat-o acut in ultimele luni…29 ani ma despart/leaga de Ro…Anii de aur, anii de liceu in care tot Universul se invartea in jurul nostru, anii de facultate in care intalnesti acele persoane pe care le poti numara pe degetele de la o mana si care au avut un impact atat de mare asupra ta, incat influenta lor nu s-a rezumat si nu se va rezuma niciodata doar la perioada in care le-ai intalnit…Anii alaturi de sora si de parinti, pe care nu demult ii puteai vedea ori de cate ori voiai…Distanta/Timpul nu reprezentau o bariera…Treptat, aproape pe nesimtite…lucrurile s-au schimbat….

Distanta e un cuvant care imi domina actiunile, gandurile si vocabularul…Timpul, si mai ales lipsa lui, devine o reala problema…Timpul si spatiul au acum noi valente pt mine…Dimensiunile temporale si spatiale nu mai sunt cele de acum 1 an…Totul s-a schimbat in jurul meu…Si sunt sigura ca asta nu are a face cu Germania, ci cu mine…
Ma trezesc de dimineata la peste 2000kms distanta de Ro, ies in strada si aud o limba straina, care nu e lb gandurilor mele. O sa ajung la un moment dat sa o vbesc fluent, dar nu cred ca va ajunge vreodata sa <imi acapareze> gandurile…Departe de ai mei…Niciodata nu am crezut ca o sa ma gandesc la ei intr-un context in care cuv <distanta> va fi recurent.
Ajung la serv, acolo unde in fiecare zi ma mira acelasi si un singur lucru: cum ne-a incurcat Dzeu limbile…toate limbile Pamantului…unde fiecare incearca <sa descifreze> lb celuilalt, unde italianul invata germana, iar francezul ia cursuri de portugheza.
Ma intorc acasa, deschid usa si cineva din living ma intampina cu: <Ai ajuns?> in limba mea materna…Asta ma face sa ma simt acasa…Dar doar in perimetrul celor 4 pereti…sau doar acolo unde el e langa mine.
Dar ce ma fac cu cei care intregesc sentimentul de <acasa> si care sunt la mai mult de 2000kms distanta? Distanta e chiar o problema, chiar daca acest cuv se potriveste de minune in contextul <Distanta NU e o problema>…Eu zic ca este…Eu o simt acut in fiecare zi…
Uneori ma gandesc la <(a)casa> de la cei 2000kms si la <casa> de aici ca la 2 Planete…ambele orbiteaza in jurul Soarelui, ambele au acelasi cer deasupra…si un vid intre….

Cognates

In linguistics, cognates are words that have a common etymological origin. This learned term derives from the Latin cognatus (blood relative). Cognates within the same language are called doublets. Strictly speaking, loanwords from another language are not considered cognates.

For example, the English words shirt and skirt are doublets.

Cognates do not need to have the same meaning, which may have changed as the languages developed separately. For example, consider English starve and Dutch sterven or German sterben (“to die”); these three words all derive from the same Proto-Germanic root, *sterƀ- (“die”). English dish and German Tisch (“table”), with their flat surfaces, both come from Latin discus, but it would be a mistake to identify their later meanings.

Zeitgeist

Zeitgeist (is “the spirit of the times” or “the spirit of the age.” Zeitgeist is the general cultural, intellectual, ethical, spiritual, or political climate within a nation or even specific groups, along with the general ambiance, morals and mood associated with the current era. 

The term is a loanword from German: Zeit (cognate with “tide”) meaning “time” and Geist (cognate with “ghost”) meaning “spirit”.

Wanderlust

Wanderlust is a strong desire for or impulse to wander or travel and explore the world.

A contemporary German equivalent for the English word wanderlust, in the sense of “crave for travel”, is Fernweh (literally meaning “an ache for distant places”).

Fern = far-off , distant ;

< von fern> = from distance.

Volkswagen

Volkswagen, literally people’s car; brand of automobile

Breed of dogs

Poodle, from German Pudel, breed of dog

Rottweiler, breed of dog

Schnauzer, breed of dog

Spitz, a breed of dog

Nudel

Noodle, from German Nudel, a type of food; a string of pasta.

Neanderthal

Neanderthal (modern German spelling: Neandertal), for German Neandertaler, meaning “of, from, or pertaining to the Neandertal (“Neander Valley”)”, the site near Düsseldorf where early Homo neanderthalensis fossils were found.

Nazi, short for Nationalsozialist (National Socialist)

National Socialism (common English short form Nazism, German: Nationalsozialismus) was the ideology of the Nazi Party and Nazi Germany. It is a variety of fascism that incorporates biological racism and antisemitism.

Kitsch

As a descriptive term, kitsch originated in the art markets of Munich in the 1860s and the 1870s, describing cheap, popular, and marketable pictures and sketches.In Das Buch vom Kitsch (The Book of Kitsch), Hans Reimann defines it as a professional expression “born in a painter’s studio”. Writer Edward Koelwel rejects the suggestion that kitsch derives from the English word sketch, noting how the sketch was not then in vogue, and saying that kitsch art pictures were well-executed, finished paintings rather than sketches.