ostatnia aktualizacja: 31.03.2003
Part 1
My grand-grandmother always used to say to my mother about a very cold country, with a lot of snow on the winter and that the family will not forget their roots in Poland, that the family should keep in heart memories from Poland. She told family that in Poland people planted vegetables only in the summer. The snow covered the whole surface of land in the winter and people couldn't plant. They made vegetables in conserve to eat in the winter. She told that because we don't have snow in Brazil and people can plant during the whole year. Then we have the custom to eat vegetables in conserve like cucumber. When my mother was 7 years old she began to attend the elementary school. She didn't speak Portuguese, only Polish, like many children who was descendents of immigrants. She learned Portuguese at school when she was at first grade. My grandfather made wood furnitures to use on his house like the first immigrants made when they arrived here. My grandfather and my grandmother slept on the soft tall small wood bed like the first immigrants (Brazilian beds are bigger).
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Minha bisavó contava sempre para minha măe sobre um país muito frio, com muita neve no inverno. Ela dizia para a família năo esquecer suas raízes na Polônia e que a família deveria manter em seu coraçăo as lembranças da Polônia. Ela contava para a família que na Polônia as pessoas plantavam hortaliças e legumes apenas no verăo. No inverno, a neve cobria toda a superfície da terra e as pessoas năo podiam plantar. Entăo eles faziam legumes em conserva para comer no inverno. Ela contou aquilo porque nós năo temos neve no Brasil e as pessoas podem plantar durante o ano inteiro. Entăo nós temos o hábito de comer legumes em conserva, como o pepino. Quando minha măe tinha 7 anos de idade, ela começou a estudar no Ensino Fundamental. Ela năo falava portuguęs, apenas polonęs como muitas crianças, filhas de imigrantes. Ela aprendeu a falar portuguęs quando ela estava na 1Ş série. Meu avô fazia móveis de madeira para usar na casa dele, como os primeiros imigrantes. Meu avô e minha avó dormiam numa cama alta, pequena, macia e feita de madeira como os ancestrais deles na Polônia (No Brasil as camas săo maiores).
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Moja praprababcia zawsze opowiadała mojej matce o bardzo zimnym kraju, gdzie jest dużo śniegu w zimę i że rodzina nie zapomni swych korzeni w Polsce, oraz że rodzina powinna pamiętać w sercach historie z Polski. Powiedziała rodzinie, że w Polsce ludzie sadzili rośliny tylko w lato. Śnieg pokrywał całą powierzchnię w zimie i ludzie nie mogli hodować roślin. Konserwowali warzywa aby je jeść w zimie. Powiedziała mi to, ponieważ my w Brazylii nie mamy śniegu i ludzie mogą uprawiać ziemię przez cały rok. Stąd mamy zwyczaj jeść konserwowane warzywa, jak ogórek. Kiedy moja mama miał 7 lat, zaczęła chodzić do szkoły podstawowej. Nie mówiła po portugalsku, tylko po polsku, jak wiele dzieci potomków imigrantów. Nauczyła się portugalskiego w pierwszej klasie szkoły. Mój pradziadek robił drewniane meble do domu jak pierwsi imigranci kiedy przybyli tutaj. Mój dziadek i babcia spali na miękkim długim drewnianym łóżku jak pierwsi imigranci (łóżka Brazylijczyków są większe).
Part 2
When my grandgrandgrandfather Lucasz came to Brazil, his family worked on the small farm. My grandfather Estanislau worked on the planted land too. When he moved to city he worked as carpenter building wood houses. All sisters and brothers of my grandfather live still on the small farms and they work on the planted land. Francisco, who was my grandfather's father worked on the planted land and he knew like to build water mills. My grandgrandgrandfather died on cart's accident. When he died my grandfather Estanislau was a married man. My mother worked on planted land too. To work on planted land was a job which fathers taught to children very early, since they was 6 years old. They went to the school in the morning and at the afternoon they helped their parents on the planted land because they were very poor. Schools were very far from their houses and they had to walk some km by foot or by horse. My grandfather Estanislau studied only during the first grade. In the morning he learned Portuguese and on the afternoon he learned to write and read in Polish. When he came back to his house he had to work on the planted land at evening. They studied very little because they need to work and the schools were very far from their houses. When I was 6 years old my parents sold their small farm and moved to a small village where they had a small grocerie. Then I went to the school but I had many difficulties because I could study near my house only during the elementary school. After 5Ş grade I had study far my house and I went to the school by bus.
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Quando meu bisavô Lucas veio para o Brasil, a família dele trabalhava num pequeno sítio. Meu avô Estanislau trabalhou na lavoura também. Quando ele se mudou para a cidade começou a trabalhar com carpinteiro construindo casas de madeira. Todos os irmăos e irmăs do meu avô ainda vivem em pequenos sítios, trabalhando na lavoura. O pai do meu avô se chamava Francisco e trabalhava na lavoura e ele sabia fazer moinhos de água. Meu tataravô Lucas morreu num acidente de carroça. Quando ele morreu, meu avô Estanislau já era um homem casado. Minha măe trabalhou na lavoura também. Trabalhar na lavoura era um trabalho que os pais ensinavam para os filhos muito cedo, desde os 6 anos de idade. Eles iam para a escola de manhă e `a tarde ajudavam os pais na lavoura porque eles eram muito pobres. As escolas eram muito longe da casa deles e eles tinham de caminhar alguns quilômetros ŕ pé ou ŕ cavalo. Meu avô estudou apenas durante a 1Ş série. De manhă ele aprendia portuguęs e ŕ tarde ele aprendia a escrever e ler polonęs. Quando ele voltava para casa, tinha de trabalhar na lavoura no entardecer até a noite. Eles estudavam pouco porque moravam muito longe da escola e tinham de trabalhar. Quando eu tinha 6 anos de idade, meus pais venderam o sítio deles e compraram uma pequena mercearia num vilarejo. Entăo eu fui para a escola, mas eu tive muitas dificuldades porque eu pude estudar perto de casa apenas até a 4Ş série. Depois disso eu tive que estudar longe de casa e ir de ônibus.
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Kiedy mój pra-pra-pra-dziadek Łukasz przybył do Brazylii, jego rodzina pracowała na małej farmie. Mój dziadek Estanislau także pracował na polu. Kiedy się przeniósł do miasta, pracował jako stolarz budując drewniane domy. Wszystkie siostry i bracia mego dziadka ciągle żyją na małych farmach i pracują uprawiając rolę. Franciszek, który był ojcem mego dziadka, także pracował na polu i wiedział jak się buduje wodne młyny. Mój pra-pra-pra-dziadek zmarł w wypadku. Gdy zmarł, mój dziadek Estanislau był już żonaty. Moja mama także pracowała na roli. Praca na roli była zajęciem, które ojciec uczył dzieci bardzo wcześnie, kiedy miały już 6 lat. Rankiem dzieci chodziły do szkoły aby uczyć się portugalskiego a wieczorami uczyły się pisać i czytać po polsku. Dziadek po powrocie do domu musiał pracować wieczorami na roli. Uczyli się bardzo mało ponieważ musieli pracować i szkoły były bardzo daleko od domów. Kiedy miałam 6 lat moi rodzice sprzedali ich małą farmę i przenieśli się do małej wioski gdzie mieli mały sklep spożywczy. Później poszłam do szkoły lecz miałam dużo problemów gdyż mogłam się się uczyć tylko w szkole podstawowej. Po 5 klasie musiał studiować daleko od domu i jechać do szkoły autobusem.
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