food and drink at work bees

Izgrev/Car

8 (a) kənòpəl’ət si stànvəhme tə sto š’à: də sə hrànime prài
the hemp we would get up to – We would have some food, we’d –

9 (a) jədè̝me št’ɛ̀še də jədè̝me
We’d eat! We would eat!

10 (a) pràihə terpèzə čurbəžìjkite tàm dètu vìkəhə mežì
The wives of the landowners who’d called us to the joint work bees set up the table

11 (a) tə pràihme tə š’à: sə hrànime š’à: š’à: pul’ɛ̀me nə mumč’è̝tətə wòdə
and we made – now we’d eat. We’d – we’d pour water for the boys.

14 (a) i š’à: mu pòl’əm òdə də sə umìje i š’àvə tùr’et terpèzə gul’àmə
and I’d pour him water so he could wash. And they’d set a big table

15 (a) də ədème š’à: svər’ɤ̀t fasùl’ ə pupèr turšìe kukòški vər’àhə
for us to eat. They’d cook up beans, peppers, pickles – and they cooked chicken –

16 (a) š’à: də š’à: də sə nəjədème če š’à: stàneme tugàə
We’d – we’d eat our fill and then we’d get up

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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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