buying and selling

Bela 1

47 (a) dvè zavɤ̀di tovà dojdò si otìšɤl u četvṛ̀tɤk na pazàr

So he made it two. I came, and he went on Thursday to market

48 (a) i kupìl čètiri prasèta [laughter] ne ednò ne čètiri onì mɤ̀nenki

and bought four piglets. Not one, not – but four! And tiny.

49 (a) onì dvè umrèe dvè ustànae i otogàva vèče ne kupùva òn prasè

Two of them died, two remained. And after that he never bought pigs again.

50 (a) jà òdim tì idì i kupì prasè e kvò da pràim vìka

I go. “You go and buy a pig!” “Well, what am I going to do?” he said –

122 (a) pa pòsle kupìme drùga pa èdna se òbesi

Later we bought another, and it got strangled.

123 (a) pa à pa drùga i tàa kɤdè tàa kɤdè ja prodàdo jà

and then another, and that one I had to sell,

124 (a) ako ìmaše kòj da mi nabàvja sèno nèmaše da ja dadèm

If there’d been someone to get me hay I wouldn’t have sold it.

Bosnek 1

19 (a) čèrvi ìma jà vìka s tìja parì če vi kùpim orìz

“There’s worms,” and said, “With this money, I’ll buy rice,

46 (a) pa ottùka zèmeme maslò sìren’e ta nòsime na sòfija

So we take butter and cheese from here and bring it to Sofia [to sell]

47 (a) ta da ni kùpa: bèx ednà snàa bèše ìmax etɤ̀rva dè

so they could buy us [things]. I was the only daughter-in-law; I had a sister-in-law

50 (a) če zème maslò i č ìde da mi kùpi koprìna

he’d take butter, and he’d go to buy me silk

Breste 1

20 (a) si nasèeme i sa ràne:me prodàvame si žìto plàte:me dànəg

and we sowed, we fed ourselves, we sold wheat, we paid tax

21 (a) ga plàte:me li ti kaam kùpi mi tàto tovà

we paid the tax – didn’t I tell you [that] – and I said, “Dad, buy me this,

22 (a) kùpi mi onovà pò màlko pòveče sme si go prèle nàrɤka

buy me that.” But just a little. Mostly we spun things by hand,

23 (a) kvò si e kvò ni kvò kupùvaše na nèko drèščica

what we had. He’d buy us maybe a small dress,

24 (a) akò nèmam nèkoa basmìca i i drùgo kakò

or if I didn’t have one, a bit of printed fabric. But otherwise

40 (a) làmbata tɤ̀ča i na làmbata tɤ̀ča ta gа spùštim kùpime pamùk abe

The lamp! I weave by lamplight, remove [what I’ve woven], we buy cotton, and–

Drjanovec 2

60 (a) kɤt n’amə urìs znàjɤt n’àmɤ urìs šɤ kùpɤt

They [in her office] know when there won’t be rice, so they buy it [for me];

61 (a) kɤt n’àɤ wòl’uw znàjɤt či dvèčərə š sɤ vɤ̀rnɤt tùkɤ nɤ jàdini

they know when there won’t be oil, so when they come in the evening for supper

62 (a) šɤ kùpɤt šɤ duncɤ̀t às ud m’èn’e pàtki̥t’ȅ dɤ pusrèšnɤ t

they’ll have bought some and brought it. My side of the bargain is to look after the geese

Golica 3

157 (a) tùj kakò i tɛ̀z godìna kat sɛ̀ vəzgɛ̀naha kòjto mòže

What was it about that year when things went bad? Anyone who could,

158 (c) swìn'e s'èdem wòsem hìl'adi s'èdem wòsemstòt'in

[would sell] pigs [for] seven or eight thousand, for seven or eight hundred,

159 (a) s'èdem wòsemstòtin po p'ètstòtin prudɑ̀wat žìtu kupùwat

seven or eight hundred, or five hundred each – they’d sell [them] and buy grain.

160 (c) am kòjto mòže ama kòjto ne mòže

Whoever can will [do it] – but [the one] who can’t …

161 (a) am kòjto mòže kòjto ne mòže krɑ̀j

Well, [the one] who can, [fine, but the one] who can’t – [that’s] the end.

162 (c) kòjtu ne mòže n'àma da kupùva nìštu

… [the one] who can’t won’t [be able] to buy anything.

Gorno Vŭršilo 1

44 (a) e pa ùbaf lɛ̀p ni dàvat na ùbavoto kàk še rečèš

Yes, they give (= sell) us nice bread. How can you say about good [bread]

45 (a) nè e ùbavo bràšno sam si zèla bɛ̀lo priedè li mi se

[that] it isn’t good? I bought some white flour [because] I felt like eating

46 (a) bɛ̀l è go e namèsi gu zàran è go f tepsìjata

“white”, [like] that there: I kneaded it up this morning and there it is in the pan.

Gorno Vŭršilo 2

75 (b) i tàm ìma mɛ̀snostà cɛ̀reto ìma sofiànci vìlno mɛ̀stu

and there’s a place [called] Tsereto, there’s Sofia there – it’s a place for villas,

76 (b) i dovàždat i im prodàvam sìreneto xarèsvad go mnògo

and they come and I sell them the soft cheese. They like it a lot.

77 (b) onàa vèčer kadè večèra me digàa ta im davàx

The other evening at supper time they called me up [to come] and I sold [some] to them.

Iskrica 2

6 (b) i təkà si n’àma:me nìštu pə čurbədžìiti t’è i sìčku iskupùvaa

So in fact we didn’t have anything. But the rich people, they bought up everything.

7 (b) i kwòt ni dɤ̀t ə na bəštìte ni tvà i t’ut’ùnə usòbennu

All we had was what they gave to our fathers. And tobacco especially –

8 (b) pɤ̀ gu iskupùvət i nàšte t’ut’ùni mògu jèftinu minàvəə ə pək

They bought that up. Our tobacco sold for very little, but

9 (b) t’à:nite t’ut’ùni tì znàči vìnəgi pò skɤ̀pu čurbədžìjskija t’ut’ùn minàvə pò skɤ̀pu

their tobacco was always more costly; the rich peoples’ tobacco sold for more.

Leštak 1

59 (a) a sà zə də zèmeš ednò jàre tr’àbvə də zìməš

But now to buy to buy a kid you need to get

60 (a) il’àdə i pètstòtin l’èvə pərì

one thousand five hundred levs.

65 (a) e sedemdesè l’èvə m’ʌ̀su̥ kòlku m’ʌ̀su si zimàl tì zə ədnɤ̀ gudìnə

Seventy lev [a kilo] for meat. How much meat have you bought in a year?

66 (b) ne mòe zèmeš

You can’t buy it.

67 (a) ne mòžeš ə pò nəpr’èt etùvə kòlehme sɛ̀kə s’èdmicə kràvə

You can’t. And before? Each week we used to slaughter a cow – [sometimes]

Malevo/Hsk 1

11 (a) i kət sə zəsè̝l’il’ɨ tùkə nàšte hòrə bɤ̀lgər’ɤt nəkùpɨl’ɨ sɨ̥ nɨ̀vi

and when our people, the Bulgarians, settled here, they bought land

12 (a) ut tùrcite tùrci̥te sə pribràl’i kəm turcìjə pək nàšte sə nəkùpɨl’i nɨ̀

from the Turks, and the Turks went back to Turkey, and our people bought the land

13 (a) ut t’àh i prèdàdufcite nè mi òšte prè.prèdàdufcɨ

from them. And our great-grandfathers, no, even further back ...

17 (a) sɨ̀čku sə nəkùpil’i

… had bought up everything …

32 (a) i sə nəkùpl’i nɨ̀vi ut tùrci̥t’e i sa pòčnəl’i də rəbòt’ət

So they bought up the land from the Turks and began to work [it].

93 (VZh) əmhəm nakùpili sə zem’à sìgurno tùka rabòt’at

Uh huh. They bought up land, so I suppose they work it here?

163 (a) fəf kuperàcijətə i n dàvəhə nə pərɨ̀ plàštəhə gu dè̝

to the union, they’d give us money. They’d pay us for it,

164 (a) i dàže i dàvəhə pr’èždə plətuv’è dàvəhə nəsr’èštu kòj kòt ì̥skəše

and would even give us yarn or cloth for it, whatever you asked for.

165 (a) əku ìskəš pr’èždə əku ìskəš plətov’è əku ìskəš pərɨ̀ də tə dədɤ̀t

Yarn if you want, cloth if you want, or just if you want them to pay you money.

Prestoj

81 (a) kugàt ìskəš tugàvə ši gu prudàvəš

and you sell it when you [decide you] want to.

Rajanovci 1

43 (a) a davàli su plaštàli su žìto su davàli na tòa nə

They gave – they paid for it in wheat [which] they gave to the one

44 (a) što vṛšè tè tekà e bilò i ovṛšè nàšto pa ìde

who threshed it. That’s how it was. He threshed ours, and then went

Stalevo 1

5 (a) jà fəf hàskuu nə pəzàr’ə zə z’èmə adìn dəràk i etəkà vlàč’uf

“I’ll buy a carder at the market in Haskovo.” And that’s how I carded.

Stikŭl 2

22 (a) gɤ̀bɨ stànə kədètu vərv’ɔ̀ iznòs nɛ̀kəde

There were mushrooms, [of a kind] that [they] export somewhere.

23 (a) kədè hòd’ehə nòče kədè hi nòsehə à

Where did they go, Nocho? Where did they take them? Huh?

24 (b) pu itàlijə

To Italy.

44 (a) gà isɔ̀hnehə hi zətvàr’əhə vəv burkàne i pučtì iznòs

When they were dry, they put them into jars. Most for export.

45 (a) pučtì iznòs hi kàrəhə pučtì iznòs

Mostly they sent them as export, most for export.

Vŭrbina 1

29 (a) èj tùkə kinàt si iskàrəhm’ə f kulìbənə i ku zəkòl’əš’

[We stayed] here and earned our keep from the hut. If you slaughter [your animals]

30 (a) ku prudəd’è̝š’ š’ə də ìməš pərì ku ne zəkòl’əš’ i ne prudàvəš’

and sell [the meat], you’ll have money. If you don’t slaughter and sell [your livestock]

31 (a) n’èmə də ìməš’ nì pərì kòjtu lu pàti [laughter] i n’èmə nikinà

you won’t have money. Always suffering [laughter] without anything at all.

Vŭrbina 3

74 (a) ut č’è̝tiri ut p’ɤ̀d dèkərə tə se tə səs wòsem istìfə sme

Out of four or five decares we got [only] eight rounds [of tobacco leaves].

75 (a) tə zə kinà si sme dàvəli iz’èt’ i n’èməme fəjdɤ̀ nìkəkvə

So why did we put in all this trouble and not get any benefit out of it?

76 (a) ud n’ègu pә̀lnumàlu sə dàl’i

They gave us next to nothing for it.

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