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As Suanj says it is Romanian. This is what a friend of mine says about it:
"offro con piacere questa fotografia ai miei cari, zia, cugini e cugine, con tanto affetto (amore) - poi si firma- Esterica..... poi di lato sulla parte sinistra, ha scritto: "nel giorno in cui ho compiuto 17 anni"
This pic has been given by the woman to her aunt and cousins saying that she loves them very much. Her name was Esterica and it was the day of her 17th birthday.
Lucap wrote:As Suanj says it is Romanian. This is what a friend of mine says about it:
"offro con piacere questa fotografia ai miei cari, zia, cugini e cugine, con tanto affetto (amore) - poi si firma- Esterica..... poi di lato sulla parte sinistra, ha scritto: "nel giorno in cui ho compiuto 17 anni"
This pic has been given by the woman to her aunt and cousins saying that she loves them very much. Her name was Esterica and it was the day of her 17th birthday.
Ciao
Luca
Are you saying that matusà = cari, zia, cugini e cugina?
liviomoreno wrote:Are you saying that matusà = cari, zia, cugini e cugina?
Scusa Livio ma sono un po' "tardo": che intendevi dire?
L.
Confrontando, parola per parola, la frase manoscritta con la traduzione offerta dal tuo amico ne deriva che in romeno la parola "matusa" significa "cari, zia, cugini e cugina"...
The name Italia, probably a Graecized form of Italic Vitelia (='calf land'), was originally restricted to the southern half of the 'toe' but was gradually extended. By 450 B.C. It meant the region subsequently inhabited by the Bruttii; by 400 it embraced Lucania as well. Campania was included after ...