milking cows

56 (a) krài kràvite pòveč’e ml’àg dàvət əmə pò màlku màslu

Cows give [you] more milk but less butter.

57 (a) pək nìe ìməme kràvə sɛ̀ dè kràvə i t’à sigɛ̀

And we have a cow now, but this cow now

58 (a) ne jè dvìme əmə gà se iz iz isdujàvə udvàrəš tvà

we don’t milk it, but when you milk it, then you boil [the milk]

34 (c) b’àgəš’ də dujìš’ kràvənə sə vɤ̀rniš’ pàk nə svìnenu

You run off to milk the cow, you come back [to tend] the pigs,

105 (a) əgà jə ìzdujəm še hi gu dàm

and I'll give that to them when I finish milking it.

108 (VZh) tr'àbva li da ja mìeš nèšto da ja čìstiš

Do you have to wash something first, to clean it off?

109 (a) a če navà nàj nəprèš ìdəm tə jə klàəm

That, yes; first of all [when] I go and get ready

110 (a) də jə dòjəm ìzmijəm hi vìmetu še stàn nə əglɔ̀k

to milk [the cow], I wash its udder, I'll ge- a cloth

111 (a) i ìstučəm gu i pòčnəm də jə dòjəm klàəm si stòlč'ek

and wring it out, and start to milk it. I put down a little stool

112 (a) i si jə dòjəm s dvèse rɔ̀ki jɛ̀ səm sedɛ̀lə

and I milk it with both hands. I was [there],

113 (a) f tèkezesètu dəjɛ̀č'kə sèdem gudìni vəf ə dòlu etɤ̀s fèrmə

as a milkmaid in the cooperative farm for seven years. In that farm down below,

115 (VZh) tàm s mašìnə li bèše

Were there [milking] machines there?

116 (a) nè nàrəce nàrəce səm dujìlə kràvite

No, by hand. I milked the cows [all] by hand.

117 (a) pu dvàese kràvi nə ədnà dujɛ̀č'kə

Twenty cows for every one milkmaid.

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