cats

3 (GK) i i i i màčka nèma dàže

And – and – and – And you don’t even have a cat.

4 (a) nèma nèma màčki màčki doòdat mlògo

None, none. Cats –a lot of cats come ...

6 (a) tùka màčki pìš zatvòreno ta kùče ne mòže da ulèzne

… here. Cats. [But I keep the door] shut so that dogs can’t get in.

7 (a) jà pa kùčeta mnògo mràza nèču gi

I really hate dogs, I don’t want them.

8 (a) a màčkite si doòdat

But cats come around.

73 (VZh) [А кой ви ловеше мишки в къщите?]

[Who used to catch mice for you inside the house?]

74 (c) kò kòtetata kapàn ìmame i kapàn na napràveno na kapàn

Cats. We have traps, traps that are made

18 (VZh) za kvò glèdaxte kòtki ednò vrème f kɤ̀štite

Why did you keep cats in the house in the old days?

19 (a) zə mìški nəlì

Well, for mice!

20 (a) zə mìški əmə nìe n’èməme mìškine

For mice, but we don’t have mice.

21 (a) i seà ne urətìsvəm kòtkə də mi fl’ɨ̀zə

And now I don’t [want to] deal with a cat in my house.

23 (a) də dunìsə bɤ̀l’hi [laughter]

It will bring fleas! [laughter]

25 (a) [laughter] ne tr’èvə

[laughter] I don’t need [that].

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