pesticide spray

Bela 1

28 (a) è pa plàmen prɤ̀ska ili kupìl e kosàčka kòsime isfṛ̀game gòrime

Well, Plamen sprayed, he bought a mowing machine, we mow it, toss it, burn it.

Breste 1

6 (a) i u šìnika i u čuvàja sɤs go posìnime u sìn.kamik

in a bushel-measure, in a bag. And we spray it with copper sulfate,

8 (a) na zemɤ̀ta tɤkà go rɤ̀sime sɤs metlɤ̀ta i go razbṛ̀kame

on the ground, we sprinkle it [on] with а broom and stir it up,

11 (a) a sìnime žìtoto

We make the wheat blue [with the copper sulfate].

13 (a) ta go sèeme če tò nesìneno ne mòže da se sèe

And then we sow it. You can’t sow wheat that’s not [yet] blue.

14 (a) sɤs sìn.kamik go sìnime i sɤs rɤ̀ka go sèeme sèeme

So we spray it with copper sulfate and then we sow it by hand,

Gorno Vŭršilo 2

10 (b) pràšim pṛ̀skame və vṛ̀zvame gi pòsle uzrɛ̀e gròzdeto berèm gu

We hoe, we spray, we tie them up. Then the grapes ripen, we gather them,

Iskrica 2

14 (b) də si pràim lixìti əmə n’àməše tugàə utròvi də gu prɤ̀skɤmi

to prepare the beds, but there wasn’t any insecticide then to spray on them.

15 (b) nəpràeni sə lixìti ni i səs kurìšnici̥ gu prɤ̀ska:mi ə

Once our beds were prepared, we spread bird droppings on them.

Kozičino 1

54 (a) səgà is sklàduətɛ̏ kad’ɛ̀ jɛ nòsət kad’ɛ̀ ɛ bɛ̀rkət prep pəpəràtija

Now they take it all over the warehouses, where they mix it with – with chemicals

55 (a) tàm ja rɛ̀s’et ot žiwòtni də ni dəd’è

and they spray it so it won’t let animals (= insects) [come near] –

57 (a) [cough] gəgrìci li kəkòtu i rɛ̀s’et žitàta s’è sɤs utròwə i tɤ̀j

[cough] weevils or whatever, and they spray the wheat. With all this poisonous stuff.

58 (GK) ne znàm s kəkò gi rɛ̀s’ət əmà

I don’t know what they spray it with but…

59 (a) l’àba hìč’ nè e dubɛ̀r səgɑ̀ pri tùj pulužèn’e

Bread is no good at all now under such circumstances.

60 (a) hìč’ nè e dubɛ̀r l’àbə

No good at all, [this] bread.

61 (GK) ne znàm s kəkò gi rɛ̀s’ət əmà às kəto b’àx detè ìməše ə

I don’t know what they spray it with but when I was a child, there were

62 (GK) tìe mušìci dètu prez noštә̀ dèto svèt’ət kàk im vìkate vìe

these little insects that glimmer in the night. How do you call those?

63 (a) ə gəgrìci

Um, weevils

64 (GK) nè pres noštə̀ kət stàne tɤ̀mno

No, at night, when it gets dark.

65 (a) a sv’etùl’k’i

Oh, fireflies!

66 (b) kumàri

Mosquitoes.

67 (GK) svetùl’k’i

Fireflies.

68 (a) sə d’èt sv’ètva

[They] are [the ones] that glimmer …

70 (a) i harč’ì i sv’ètvə

… and fly away, then glimmer again.

72 (a) nègu mu vìkəhme sv’etùl’k’i

We called those fireflies.

73 (GK) à e kədè segà ìma svetùl’ki

Ah. And where are there fireflies now?

74 (a) am nà n’èm ne sɛ̀m vìd’ela

Well – nowhe– I haven’t seen [any].

75 (GK) ne sì vìdelə štòtu dètu rɛ̀sə i gi istròv’ehə

You haven’t seen them because they spray [where they were] and they poisoned them.

76 (a) istròvenə

Poisoned.

77 (GK) istròveno sìčkoto dètu rèsət

Everything’s poisoned, where they spray.

Stikŭl 2

74 (a) nè nè nè ne sɔ̀ čìskeni sìn nè nè ne sɔ̀

No, no, no. They’re not “cleaned”, child. No, no. They’re not.

75 (b) am tè sə tè sə nè prɤ̀skani nè nìštu [unintelligible] è go

They’re not sprayed, or anything [like that]. [unintelligible] Look at that!

Vladimirovo 1

63 (a) dɤ gu prɤ̀skɤš sɤs sìn kàmik še

and spray it with copper sulfite, and –

65 (a) prɤ̀skaš vrɤ̀zvəš

You spray it, you tie it [to supports] –

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