I've been reading lots of books about Carpatho-Rusyn history (one of the benefits of working in the historical society!) and a fun one that I discovered is "Let's Speak Rusyn", by Paul Magocsi. (Rusyn is very similar in some ways to Polish, Russian and Ukrainian (of course), but it's considered its own dialect.)
I thought you might enjoy learing a few of the basic phonetic phrases. (You can brush up to talk to our relatives on your next trip overseas!)
Sorry I don't know how to make the accents on an English keyboard, but even if you give it your best attempt, that's probably close enough.
Good morning - Dobre rano
Welcome - Vitajte
How are you? - Jak sja mate? (My aunt Irene taught her bird to say this!)
Fine, thank you - Djakuju, dobri.
So-so - Tak vsylijak
What's new? - Sto novoho?
Goodbye - Z Bohom
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