Momčilovci

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When the investigator’s words are transcribed in brackets, it means they do not appear on the audio but are rather reconstructed to recreate the sense of the original conversation. These words appear in English translation only in Glossed View, in both English and Bulgarian in Line View, and in Bulgarian only in Cyrillic Line View

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Momčilovci

1 (a) [0:00] I got married at thirty-five, at five – [ah], yes, [it was in]

2 (a) [0:05] ‘35 – [no, in] ‘34 [that] I got married. In ‘35

3 (a) [0:08] I gave birth to my first daughter. I gave birth to the second one in ‘40.

4 (a) [0:14] I have two daughters. They are married, both of them took boys from the village [here].

5 (a) [0:21] I was widowed at the age of thirty-five.

6 (a) [0:27] And [then] I went about the hills [working]. I dug, I reaped, I threshed, I carried wood.

7 (a) [0:35] I went [to work] for others – to thresh, to carry wood for them, to bring in hay for them,

8 (a) [0:39] to cart around fertilizer for them – and I’ve done work for others till now,

9 (a) [0:45] up to the current years. Now I am seventy-four, and

10 (a) [0:50] I go out regularly. I go out with – I had [this] sweet little mule.

11 (a) [0:54] I used to thresh everywhere with him, my son. I went everywhere,

12 (a) [0:57] everyone offered me [work], but paid by the day, to survive.

14 (a) [1:01] I want them to pay me a lev or two, I’m waiting for them to give me a lev or two.

15 (a) [1:07] Someone would give me three bunches of straw for the mule and three for me.

16 (a) [1:11] I threshed for him all day long [but] I’d gone [for only] one load of straw. [laughter]

17 (VZh) [What happened to the mule?]

18 (a) [1:16] They took my mule for the collective farm. And I went to work

19 (a) [1:20] one day, and I fell ill with heart disease: high blood pressure, arteriosclerosis.

20 (a) [1:27] And now I’m like that. I’m resting [from the farm] but I can’t do any [of my own] work.

21 (a) [1:32] My daughters work. They look after me, they help me.

22 (a) [1:38] My sons-in-law are good, they bring me wood and split it for me,

23 (a) [1:44] and prepare me for the winter [by doing the things] that are more difficult.

1 (a) [0:00] už’ènix sə nə trìjes i p’èd gudìni i p’e ə d dà

I got married at thirty-five, at five – [ah], yes, [it was in]

2 (a) [0:05] trìjs i p’ètə gu četvɤ̀rtə gudìnə sə už’ènix trìjset pètə gudìnə

‘35 – [no, in] ‘34 [that] I got married. In ‘35

3 (a) [0:08] rudìx pɤ̀rvətə dəšter’ɛ̀ ftòrətə rudìh č č’etrìstə gudìnə

I gave birth to my first daughter. I gave birth to the second one in ‘40.

4 (a) [0:14] dv’ɛ̀ dəšterì ìməm ž’èn’eni sə i dv’ɛ̀te ut s’èlu si vòd’ət mumč’ètə

I have two daughters. They are married, both of them took boys from the village [here].

5 (a) [0:21] ustànələ səm duvìcə nə trìjsi i p’èd gudìni

I was widowed at the age of thirty-five.

6 (a) [0:27] i hòdilə səm pu bəjìrə kupàlə ž’ɔ̀nələ vɔ̀rhlə dərvà kàrələ

And [then] I went about the hills [working]. I dug, I reaped, I threshed, I carried wood.

7 (a) [0:35] č’ùzdim səm hòdilə də vɔ̀rš’əm də hmi kàrəm dərvà də hmi kàrəm s’ɛ̀nu

I went [to work] for others – to thresh, to carry wood for them, to bring in hay for them,

8 (a) [0:39] də hmi kàrəm tòrət i s č’ùzdə ràptə səm minɔ̀lə du segà

to cart around fertilizer for them – and I’ve done work for others till now,

9 (a) [0:45] du s’ɛ̀ə gudìni segà səm nə sedemdesè i č’ètiri gudìni i

up to the current years. Now I am seventy-four, and

10 (a) [0:50] i hòd’ə r’edòvnu hòd’ə səs ədnò mùl’ənce mùt’i̥ku im’ɛ̀h

I go out regularly. I go out with – I had [this] sweet little mule.

11 (a) [0:54] səs n’ègə sìč’kəd’e ùlum vərš’ɛ̀h sìč’kəd’e hòd’əh

I used to thresh everywhere with him, my son. I went everywhere,

12 (a) [0:57] sìč’ki mə rùkəhə əmə zə gin’l’ùk’ zə ž’ivòt’

everyone offered me [work], but paid by the day, to survive.

14 (a) [1:01] ìštəm də mi plət’ɔ̀t n’ɛ̀kuj l’èf č’ɛ̀kə də mi dədɔ̀ n’ɛ̀kuj l’ɛ̀f

I want them to pay me a lev or two, I’m waiting for them to give me a lev or two.

15 (a) [1:07] budnò mi dəd’ɛ̀š’e trì svìtkə slàmə zə mùl’etu i trì zə m’ène

Someone would give me three bunches of straw for the mule and three for me.

16 (a) [1:11] mu səm càl’ d’èn’ vɔ̀rhlə ədìn tvàr slàmə səm hòdilə [laughter]

I threshed for him all day long [but] I’d gone [for only] one load of straw. [laughter]

17 (VZh) [Какво стана с него?]

[What happened to the mule?]

18 (a) [1:16] mùl’etu mi zɔ̀hə t’èkezes’è i jɛ̀ hòdih nə trùduv d’èn’

They took my mule for the collective farm. And I went to work

19 (a) [1:20] n’ɛ̀kəv d’èn’ i rəzbul’àh sə ut sərc’è visòku krɤ̀vnu sərc’è skleròzə

one day, and I fell ill with heart disease: high blood pressure, arteriosclerosis.

20 (a) [1:27] e segà səm esèj puč’ìvəm əmə ni mògə nìštu də ràbut’əm

And now I’m like that. I’m resting [from the farm] but I can’t do any [of my own] work.

21 (a) [1:32] dəšter’ète mi ràbut’ət tìjə mə gl’ɔ̀dət pumàgət mi

My daughters work. They look after me, they help me.

22 (a) [1:38] zɔ̀t’uvete mi sə hùbəvi i tìjə dukàrvət mi dərvà c’ɛ̀pət mì gi

My sons-in-law are good, they bring me wood and split it for me,

23 (a) [1:44] gòtv’ət mi zə zimɔ̀tə kutròtu ə pò trùdnu

and prepare me for the winter [by doing the things] that are more difficult.

1 (a) [0:00] уж’ѐних сә нә трѝйес и п’ѐд гудѝни и п’е ə д да̀

2 (a) [0:05] трѝйс и п’ѐтә гу четвъ̀ртə гудѝнә сə уж’ѐних трѝйсет пѐтə гудѝнə

3 (a) [0:08] рудѝх пъ̀рвәтә дәштер’е̂̀ фто̀рәтә рудѝh ч ч’етрѝстə гудѝнә

4 (a) [0:14] дв’е̂̀ дәштерѝ ѝмәм ж’ѐн’ени сә и дв’е̂̀те ут с’ѐлу си во̀д’әт мумч’ѐтә

5 (a) [0:21] уста̀нәлә сәм дувѝцә нә трѝйси и п’ѐд гудѝни

6 (a) [0:27] и hо̀дилә сәм пу бәйѝрә купа̀лә ж’о̂̀нәлә во̂̀рhлә дәрва̀ ка̀рәлә

7 (a) [0:35] ч’у̀здим сәм hо̀дилә дә во̂̀рш’әм дә hми ка̀рәм дәрва̀ дә hми ка̀рәм с’е̂̀ну