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Bosnek 2

34 (a) à

What?

35 (NL) lokùma e vàžen takà li

Turkish delight is important, right?

36 (a) dà takà e bilò na vrème

Yes. That’s how it was back then.

Bosnek 3

17 (a) nalì znàeš što è pačà

You know what “trotters” is, don’t you?

18 (IL) mmm nè

Well, no.

40 (a) tì klan’àla li si se ne sì nè ne me lɤ̀ži ne sì

Did you bow then? No, you didn’t. Don’t lie now, you didn’t!

49 (a) i nalì sɤz bèli kɤ̀rpi nalì znàeš kakvò se klàn’axa

with white towels, you know how they would bow, don’t you?

Breste 3

1 (GK) tì se umòri sìgurno umòrihme te səs prìkaski

You’re probably tired; we wore you out with chatting.

2 (b) à

What?

3 (a) à

What?

4 (GK) a hm

Well –

5 (a) nèma da ste me izmòrili ne sɤ̀m sa izmòrila

You haven’t worn me out, I’m not tired.

39 (b) na svetùčkata vìkaše

[but] by “svetuchka”, as she said.

43 (GK) tàja dùma ne jà razbràx

I hadn’t understood that word.

44 (b) è dà

Well, yes.

Černovrŭx

10 (a) kàktu vi ub'əsn'àvəm tò e ud'èlnu konkrètno ìdət sigà

… as I was explaining to you, that’s separate. In actuality now they go –

Dolna Sekirna 1

60 (b) [laughter] kažì za pòpa i za kumɤ̀ [laughter]

Tell about the priest and the godfather.

61 (VZh) a dà tovà e tovà e interèsno dovɤršì za pòpa

Yes, that’s interesting. Finish up [the story] about the priest.

Dolno Ujno

3 (a) drùgo nèma kakvò da vi kàžem [laughter]

I don’t have anything else to tell you. [laughter]

15 (a) i drùgo nèma kakvò [laughter] da vi kazùjem

Other [things]? I haven’t anything [laughter] else to tell you.

21 (a) ne mòga da [laughter] ti kàža tìja [laughter] ràboti

I can’t [laughter] tell you those [laughter] things.

23 (a) tìja màni gi nè [laughter]

Get rid of them, no! [laughter]

24 (b) è dobrè bè nèma [laughter]

Well, look, there’s nothing … [laughter]

25 (a) màni gi [laughter]

Get rid of them [laughter].

26 (b) həm

Hm.

27 (a) i tè tekvò pòveče àjde dòbər vi pɤ̀t [laughter]

That’s all, [no] more. So – safe travels to you [laughter].

30 (RA) čèkaj čèkaj čèkaj de

Wait, wait, wait a minute!

31 (a) a nè

Ah, no.

32 (b) nèma nèma kàži im na xòrata znàči

… there’s nothing, nothing [to worry about]. Tell the people –

33 (b) tè ne sɤ̀ ni idvàli tùka

They haven’t come to us here …

34 (a) ama ne znàm kakvò

But I don’t know what …

35 (b) vəf kɤ̀štətə

… [to come] into the house.

36 (a) da im kàžem po dùmi

… to tell them, [what] words –

37 (b) za nèšto če te popìtat

They’ll ask you about things.

105 (a) [laughter] ìma sà kakvò da vi [laughter] kàžem dèca

[laughter] What is there now to [laughter] tell you kids

107 (a) [laughter] abe tì tì utkədè [laughter] me najdòxte tùa [laughter]

[laughter]. But you – you – how [laughter] did you find me here? [laughter]

109 (GK) [laughter] po pɤ̀t'ə minàxme ottùkə

[laughter] We were passing along the road here.

112 (b) nèma tì mnògo interèsni ràboti nèma kòj tùka

… no [worry]! You [know] many interesting things. There's nobody here –

114 (b) takà čovèk kòjto da ni gi raskàže tìja neštà

no [other] such person who can tell them these things for us.

133 (a) e àjde segà

OK, that’s [enough] now.

134 (RA) a a drùgi pèsni pèjat ə li se na xorò

And do they sing other songs, during the dance,

135 (a) glèdaj segà

Look now,

136 (RA) na na

when – when –

137 (a) pròsto

[I] just –

138 (RA) a tì nè da nè pèeš a pròsto

Ah no, not for you to sing, but just

139 (RA) da mi kàžeš kogà pèjat

to tell me when [others] sing.

188 (a) ne mòga [laughter] da vi kàžem tìa ràboti [laughter] è àjde

I can’t tell you these things. [laughter] Come on, [that’s enough].

194 (RA) è emi za tovà te pìtame za ednò vrème

Well, that’s why we’re asking you about the old days …

195 (a) è jà vi kazàx

And I told you –

196 (RA) zə tovà

… about this –

197 (a) àjde jà vi kazàx

Come on now, I told you [all this].

292 (RA) nèma li celùfki ili

Isn’t there kissing (ritual kissing of elder’s hands by the bride), or –

293 (a) e pa ìma razbìra se

Well of course there is!

294 (RA) e kàk se prài tovà

And how do they do that?

296 (RA) ami čùx sàmo čùx no

Well, I have heard [of the custom] but only heard of it.

297 (RA) tr'àbva mi nèšto da mi kàže

[Someone] needs to tell me something [about it].

298 (a) [laughter] a ama kək jà lì ti kazvà vèče ne znàm

[laughter] But how can I? Haven’t I told you already? I don’t know

299 (a) štò da vi kàzvam [laughter]

what to tell you. [laughter]

301 (a) àjde àjde stìga vi

Come on, come on, you’ve had enough.

307 (a) da si opràvl'at àjde stìga vi

… to get things ready. OK, enough for you now.

310 (a) stìga vi vèče [laughter] tì tì me iz izləgà

This is really enough already. [laughter] You – you, friend, misled me!

311 (b) [laughter] mòl'a ti se

[laughter] Don’t take it so seriously!

312 (a) àjde àjde prijàtno pətùvane

All right, all right now. Pleasant journey!

313 (b) àjde

All right.

314 (RA) àjde

All right.

Drabišna 1

51 (a) lež'àhne vɤ̀nkə bùbički̥ tvà trì kutìi bùbički hràneh

we slept outdoors. Silkworms [everywhere]! I fed three boxes of silkworms.

52 (GK) mnògo li e tovà

Is that a lot?

53 (a) à

What?

54 (GK) mnògo li e kòlko e nìe ne smè vìždali

Is that a lot? How many is that? We’ve [never] seen [any].

55 (a) əm mnògu sə màlku li sə

Well, that’s a lot! [You think] it’s a little?

56 (GK) ne znàm ne smè vìždali

I don’t know! We’ve [never] seen [any].

57 (a) nə st'è gl'èdəli bùbič'ki

You’ve [never] looked after silkworms?

58 (GK) nè

No.

Drabišna 2

6 (a) jà si isš'uš'ìh əmə n'àməm pr'àsni krùš'i mnòu hùbəvi krùši ìməše

I dried [some] but I don’t have any fresh pears. There were some very nice pears

7 (a) e nòu dèn də b'àhte dušlìli seà n'àmə najete ìč' krùši hìč

the other day. If you’d come then – Now you won’t find any. No pears at all!

52 (VZh) a prìkaski znàeš li

And do you know [fairy] tales?

53 (a) à

What?

54 (VZh) prìkaski prìkaski znàeš li

Tales! Do you know [fairy] tales?

55 (a) prìkəski

Tales?

56 (GK) hɤ̀

Hah, [yes]!

57 (a) ò prìkəski t'e mlògu

Oh, [fairy] tales! Lots of those.

58 (GK) jà ràskaži ràskaži

So tell [us one]! Tell [a tale]!

59 (RA) ràskaži

Tell [a tale]!

60 (GK) ràskaži

Tell [a tale]!

129 (a) tàə rìpkə tàə rìpkə d'èt stànələ nə guspòicə d'è

this fish, this fish that had turned into a young lady

130 (GK) gospòžicata dèt stànala rìpka

[You mean] the young lady who had turned into a fish.

131 (a) a

What?

132 (GK) gospòžicata dèt stànala rìpka

The young lady who had turned into a fish!

133 (a) əjə

Uh huh.

134 (GK) dà

Yes, [and –]?

145 (GK) i tòj s'àknal li ja

And did he cut it down?

146 (a) č'àkəj d'è č'àəj ti kàžə i t'à fl'àlə izm'èlə fs'akəd'e

Wait a bit! Wait till I tell you. And she came in and swept everywhere.

Eremija 1

26 (a) èla de èla èla èla èla

Come on over! Come here, come here, come here, come here.

27 (b) ne mòga da

I can’t –

28 (a) èla èla

Come here! Come ...

30 (a) zàpoznaj se tùka sos tìja xòra

… and meet these people here.

31 (b) tìja po štò òdat

What have they come here [to do]?

32 (a) è de onì če ti kàžat

Well, they’ll tell you.

33 (b) à da ne doòždat kaj nàs

Well, they shouldn’t come here among us …

34 (a) òti

Why?

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