interaction between informants

Stakevci 3

33 (e) jà sɤm oddòlu tùka

I’m down here!

35 (c) dobrè jàla pìj ednà rakìja

OK, come [over] to drink [a glass] of rakiya.

37 (e) à

What?

39 (e) jà če bègam

I’m leaving.

41 (c) tì si si vèče zaredìl za tùj rekìju

You’re in line for rakiya, you know.

43 (e) à

What?

45 (c) zaredìl si za tùj rekìju

You’re in line for rakiya.

52 (c) nè be òn jà če mu donesèm stòl ot tàm

Hey no, I’ll bring him a chair from over there.

54 (c) sèdi od vɤ̀nka če mu donesèm stòl

Sit [there], I’ll bring him a chair from outside.

56 (c) zapov’àdaj sednì

Please, have a seat.

58 (e) a bàš na tvòjto mèsto

Right [here], in your place?

59 (c) bàš na mòjto

Right [here] in mine.

62 (c) kòj ga zè tùka stòlɤt

Who took the chair [that was] here?

Stakevci 4

18 (f) jà mìšo čùjem če dùmu svin’ète i jedù

Hey Misho, I hear they say the [wild] pigs are eating them.

19 (g) a be ìma nèšto

Well, yes, there’s something [of that sort] ...

20 (f) ìma nèšto

There is something [happening].

21 (g) za tòj se pomrèa

... [and] that may be why they died.

22 (f) nìgde zmià nèma kakvì trevol’àci

No snakes anywhere, [and] such enormous grass …

24 (h) smo gazìli

… [that] we waded through.

25 (g) jà trì pùt idò za ràci

I went out three times to catch crayfish …

26 (h) i jà ne sɤ̀m vidèl

And I didn’t see any

27 (g) s plàmen [unintelligible] ubìmo sèdem.osemnàes

… and together with Plamen [unintelligible] we killed seventeen or eighteen [of them].

28 (f) kudè si bìl

Where were you?

29 (g) pa dvà pùt idòmo u brazè ubìmo sèdam li òsam li

Well, we went to Braze twice, and killed seven, or was it eight,

30 (g) pòsle [unintelligible]

And after that [unintelligible] –

31 (f) tòj lèto

This summer?

32 (g) tòj tùj uz golèmutu rèku

[Yes,] up there by the big river.

33 (f) bòže i mì ne smò

Goodness, and we didn’t –

34 (g) kolkò izbìmo kràj nèma

There’s no end to how many we killed.

35 (f) smo vidèli

[we] didn’t see [any].

36 (g) e tekà podi podi kàmenɤ otdòle kvò bɤ̀rkam

So just as I was groping under the stone down there –

Stikŭl 1

124 (a) əm žə gi prìpusk’ə ədnɔ̀š ut təkò nòču dušlᶤì sə

but I’ll let it go this time, because of that. Nocho! They came

125 (a) də mə pᶤìtət kəkvò i bəlò drùguš kəkvò i stànəlu əzgà

to ask me what it was like in the old days, and what it’s come to now.

126 (b) še im kàzvaš be

So you’ll tell them then!

127 (a) i jɛ̀ hmə kàzvəm jɛ̀ hmə kàzvəm vìkem

I’m telling them, I’m telling them, I say

128 (a) kəkvò be sìn drùguš kəkvò e zgà

how it was in the old days and how it is now.

Stikŭl 4

7 (a) enəkvò žə dò̝jde zə mèn ezgà

And that’s what’s coming for me now

8 (b) tuvà nìkuj ne znàje

Nobody knows that.

11 (a) ezgà nòč’e nɛ̀kvu štɛ̀lu də ìmə pàk pu zəm’ɔ̀sə

Now Noche, weren’t they about to do something about the land once again?

12 (b) əm kvòtu ìma ìmaš li n’àkvi dokumènti

Well, whatever there is. Do you have any sort of documentation?

13 (a) à

What?

14 (b) ìmaš li dokumènti

Do you have any documents?

15 (a) əm tò žə zbərèm že sə zbìrət òtə nəlì tè hi

Well, we’ll get [them]. They’ll be collected. Because haven’t they –

24 (a) pàri də plàtəmə ut sigà pərì vìkət nòčo bəjɛ̀ žə i skɔ̀pu

To pay money henceforth. Money, they say. Nocho, it’ll be very expensive

25 (a) že i skɔ̀pu nòčo vìkət pètstòtɤn l’èvə nə dèkər

It’ll be expensive, Nocho. They’re saying a five hundred levs for a tenth of a hectare,

26 (a) èj čùvəš li tì zìməš senòtu də də gu hràniš

do you hear [that]? You take the hay and – and feed [the animal].

27 (b) jà že gu plàt’ə

I’ll pay it.

28 (a) tì že gu plàtəš [laughter]

You’ll pay it?! [laughter]

Sveta Petka 1

123 (a) tòj za tavàka

He’s [asking] about –

124 (c) nabɤ̀rdilàta e tavà

That’s the battens.

125 (b) vìe kàe tòj te pìta za vɤ̀tre kàk e s nìš’elkite

You’re saying [something else]; he’s asking you what’s inside, about the heddle.

126 (c) e dà vìka vɤ̀tre šo ìmə f nəbɤ̀rdilàta

Yes, he says, “What’s inside, in the battens?”

129 (d) tì go popìta mi gr’èben

You asked him. [It’s] the comb.

Sveta Petka 2

83 (d) e dà de ìde

Well, let her go …

85 (d) da i vìdi tàa zenà

… let this woman [go] and see it.

89 (d) è ìdi i kàž’i vàso ìdi i kàž’i dà vìdi

Hey, go and show her, Vasa. Go show her, let her see it.

90 (g) òt’ da i pukàža

Why should I show her?

91 (d) ìdi be

Go on!

92 (a) ne sè smɛ̀eš ìdi i kàž’i

Don’t laugh, go and show her!

93 (d) štò s smɛ̀eš’ ìdi

What are you laughing for? Go on!

99 (a) dàj da vìde kәkvì sә

Let them see what they’re like.

Trjavna

19 (b) vìš tò te zəpìsvə mumčèncetu [laughter]

Look, the boy is recording you! [laughter]

20 (a) [laughter] əhə [laughter] də si zəpìši̥

[laughter] Uh huh [laughter] [He wants] to make a recording –

21 (b) [laughter] də vìd’ət kvì ràbuti im sə

[laughter] [– for them] to see what sorts of things …

24 (b) pu bəlkànə kvò e vid’àl à

… what he’s seen in the mountains [around here], right?

185 (b) àz b’àx nəsəbràlə əmə ni sɤ̀m pràilə ut n’ègu

I had gathered [some once] but I never made [cheese] with it.

186 (a) amì ni mì xər’èsvə

Well, I don’t like it.

187 (b) pràvila si

Have you made it [that way]?

188 (a) n’è ni sɤ̀m pràilə əmə ni mì xər’èsvə

No, I haven’t made it [that way], but I don’t like it.

189 (b) ni sɤ̀m pràilə às ə

I haven’t made it [either].

Vladimirovo 1

86 (b) jà kažì kogà

Tell about when …

88 (b) nèkoj se ubìe nèšto kogà nèšto se slùči sɤs nèkogo

… someone hurts themselves, when something happens to someone,

89 (b) kàk si fàštate svetèc i kvò pràvite za ček

how you grab a saint, and what you do to –

92 (c) dèn dèn dèn

The day! The day! The day!

93 (b) fàštene na dèn raskažì

[Yes,] tell about the grabbing of the day.

98 (b) ne sì li faštàla dèn na

Didn’t you grab the day for…

100 (b) pèpi elì na càni

… Pepi, or for Tsani?

Vladimirovo 2

64 (a) go gòtvime si mesòto si gòtvime na gòzba sɤs

We do cooking. We cook meat, we cook [other] dishes with –

65 (b) nè nè tovà za drùgite dnì a kogà kòl’ate prasèto

No, no, that’s for other days. When you slaughter a pig,

66 (b) izbèrɤd dobrò mescè upṛ̀žɤt elì opekɤ̀t

you choose the good parts, you fry them or roast them …

67 (a) e takà de dà

Well yes, and –

68 (b) sɤs kìselo zèle ili turšìjka nàj naprède

… with sauerkraut, or pickles [as the] first course,

69 (a) takà

Right.

70 (b) da pìjɤt rakìjata i slet tovà ìdva mesòto

when people drink rakia, and after that comes the meat,

71 (b) a na tòo na kol’àča oddèliš ut mesòto

and you put some parts of the meat aside [to give] to the butcher –

Vŭglarovo 1

43 (a) ùbəvu səm gu izm’èsilə mlada bulka

I kneaded it up really good, young bride [that I was].

44 (b) də sə prujavì

… to give evidence [of her ability] …

45 (a) izm’èsilə səm gu ùbəvu l’àbə

I kneaded that bread really well.

Vŭglarovo 2

109 (d) əm zəpɨ̀svə jà vìj ni zə rəzbràhte li

Well, he’s recording. I – you all – Did you understand?

111 (a) jà gl’èdəm tvà sə vərtɨ̀ [laughter]

I see it, this thing is going around. [laughter]

120 (d) pək jà jà rəzbràh č’ə zəpɨ̀svə èjke

But I knew all along that it was recording …

122 (d) i si mɤ̀l’čə

… and fell silent.

127 (a) nìj rəspràjəme kò sme pr’əkàrəli ənnò vr’è̝me tvà e

We’re talking about how we used to do things in the old days, that’s all.

128 (c) enò vr’è̝me

[About] the old days.

136 (d) nəlì pòjd’am si

I’m leaving now, O.K.?

Vŭrbovo 2

27 (b) kvò stanà kvì sa rabotìle

What happened [with that riddle]? Who was it that was working?

28 (a) ò znàe gim dùpe kòj kvì su nèma se sètu

Oh, they haven’t got a clue who it was. They won’t figure it out

29 (a) nì na ònija svèt

even [when they go] to the other world!

30 (b) sled màlko če jà

In a bit I’ll [come down].

Vŭrbovo 3

1 (c) da vi kazùjem òn men čèsto tìk’e me zastùpi

Let me tell you, he often surprises me and insists on talking to me.

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Stakevci 3

Stakevci 4

Stikŭl 1

Stikŭl 4

Sveta Petka 1

Sveta Petka 2

Trjavna

Vladimirovo 1

Vladimirovo 2

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