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Srebŭrna 1

10 (PSh) i kvò e tovà
And what is this?

11 (a) tvà e jurdèčki pàtici̥ kàktu gu pìšət u knìgətə
Those are “yurdechki”, or ducks, as it says in books.

12 (PSh) ama kvò mu e tovà utgòre àz zə pɤ̀rv pɤ̀t vìždam
But what’s that on top of his [head]? It’s the first time I’ve seen

13 (PSh) takìva s červèno
a red [thing] like that.

14 (a) aa təkàvə e s ràsata takàva təkìvə sa tùj e jurdèk’
That’s – it’s the breed – these – that’s a drake, [one]

15 (a) pək togàs ne znàm kvò pək unùj e jurdèčki
of those that – the big one there – [those] are ducks.

17 (PSh) katu dìvi izglèždət
They look wild.

18 (a) katu dìvit'ȅ dìvi təkìvə
Like wild ones. Sort of wild.

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Recommended Model for Citations

Bulgarian Dialectology as Living Tradition [2016] (http://www.bulgariandialectology.org, visited on 1 March 2016)
Babjak 1: 13-15. In: Bulgarian Dialectology as Living Tradition [2016] (http://www.bulgariandialectology.org, visited on 1 March 2016)

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