pigs

Bela 1

48 (a) i kupìl čètiri prasèta [laughter] ne ednò ne čètiri onì mɤ̀nenki

and bought four piglets. Not one, not – but four! And tiny.

49 (a) onì dvè umrèe dvè ustànae i otogàva vèče ne kupùva òn prasè

Two of them died, two remained. And after that he never bought pigs again.

50 (a) jà òdim tì idì i kupì prasè e kvò da pràim vìka

I go. “You go and buy a pig!” “Well, what am I going to do?” he said –

Belica 3

31 (a) i gu pòsle vèče cvikɤ̀ na prasèto

And [what remains] after that is [white] whey – for the pigs.

122 (a) jà š si òtida če ìmam svìne pa kṛ̀ta

I'll go [anyway] because I’ve got the pigs, and the moles –

Brŭšljan 1

44 (a) kòne ìməš'e svìni ìməš'e pàk təkà pu surìjki surìjki d'ètu ìməš'e

There were horses, there were pigs in small herds, these small herds –

45 (a) č'àsni surìjki ìməš'e mu vìkəme nìe ìməš'e dubìtək

private herds as we call them, there were livestock.

51 (a) svìni da i ìməš'e živòtni mnògu ubàč'e sl'et tvàskə

Pigs, yes. And there were a lot of animals. However after that

Eremija 1

85 (GK) àjde àjde bègaj ednò vrème ednò vrème stòkata samì si ja čùvaxte

Go off then. (So –] in the old days, did you care for the livestock alone?

86 (a) samì

[All] alone.

87 (GK) kakvà stòka

What kind of livestock?

88 (a) òfci kòzi svìn'e govèda kòn'e sìčko u ednà kɤ̀šta bèxme

Sheep, goats, pigs, cattle, horses – everything. We were all in one house –

91 (a) tì səs kozìte tì səs svin'ètu tì səs volòvetu

“You [go] with the goats, you [go] with the pigs, you [go] with the oxen,

148 (a) ìč nèma ni za svinčè nì za za nìkakva stòka nèma

Nothing! Not for a pig nor for any livestock. Nothing!

Eremija 3

31 (a) čùvame i òfci i kòzi i kukòški i prasè i sìčko nalì

We raise sheep, and goats, and chickens, and pigs – everything, you know?

Eremija 4

1 (GK) če prasètata mesò jadàt li

And do pigs [really] eat meat?

2 (a) òx jadàt ta sàmo da ìma

Ohh! They eat [it]! They just [have] to have it!

4 (a) jadàt

They eat [it].

6 (a) jadàt e tùka komšìkata ònja dèn puštìla golèmoto svinčè

They eat it. The other day a neighbor let out a big pig,

7 (a) ta kato pognà kokòškite [sound gesture] onà òka onà òka

and it took off after the hens – (sound gesture = "look out!") – she's shouting, shouting!

8 (a) i a grabnà a za nogàta ne možè če a z izedèše

It grabbed the leg of a hen that couldn’t escape, and was about to eat it up!

9 (GK) ama ne ì li strošì nogàta

But didn’t it break its leg?

10 (a) ne možè da ja stròši onà m otṛčà bṛ̀že

It wasn’t able to break it. It (the hen) ran quickly away from it (the pig)

11 (a) ta a udarì ta a puštì

then it (the hen) struck it (the pig), and then it let it go.

13 (a) ne možè da a stròši a če ja izedèše

It wasn’t able to break it. But it would have eaten it up [if it had].

Glavanovci 3

44 (b) prasèto da kvičì

The piglet squeals.

45 (a) svìn’e su stiskàli da da pištù da ne

They shut up the pigs so they won’t shriek, [and prevent it]

46 (a) da sɤ̀pre olomanìjata ama onò si e i stràšno nèkoj pɤt

from stopping the storm. But it’s frightening sometimes.

Golica 3

157 (a) tùj kakò i tɛ̀z godìna kat sɛ̀ vəzgɛ̀naha kòjto mòže

What was it about that year when things went bad? Anyone who could,

158 (c) swìn'e s'èdem wòsem hìl'adi s'èdem wòsemstòt'in

[would sell] pigs [for] seven or eight thousand, for seven or eight hundred,

159 (a) s'èdem wòsemstòtin po p'ètstòtin prudɑ̀wat žìtu kupùwat

seven or eight hundred, or five hundred each – they’d sell [them] and buy grain.

Golica 6

37 (e) i səs svìni sə vɛ̀dehə

They were breeding pigs.

38 (d) səs svìn’i mɑ̀lku mɑ̀lku svini vɛ̀dehme səs t’ɑ̀h sə zənimɑ̀vəše tòj

[Yes,] with the pigs a bit. We were breeding pigs a bit, and that was his job.

Gorno Vŭršilo 1

20 (a) mi òfci magàreta svìne kukòški ofčàrka bex dodè zaprèx

Sheep, donkeys, pigs, chickens. I was a shepherdess until I quit [work].

Gorno Vŭršilo 2

66 (b) ami f čàsnoto sme gledàle volòve òfci kòzi svìne

Well, in the private [era] we looked after oxen, sheep, goats, pigs –

Malevo/Asg 3

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,

Malevo/Hsk 2

102 (b) tu prəs’ètə ni dukàrət tu kràvɨ tu kukò l’ nè̝

They bring us pigs, and cows, and what all [to look after].

Salaš

215 (a) prasèta vìnagi no nè vìnagi dè kòj imàl nalì pòveče n’ìve

pigs, you’ve always got – well, not always. But whoever has fields

Skrŭt 3

37 (f) što sè e štò ostàne na prasèto li e

Any leftovers went to the animals, either the pig

Stančov Han 3

11 (c) prudàvə tòj m’ène trìjsi čitìris l’èvə furàš i də ràn’ə às prəs’è

This guy sells me fodder for thirty or forty levs and I feed the pig

12 (c) i kukòščici i tùj unùj t’à zəgùbenə ràbutə

and chickens and this and that [with it]. It’s a hopeless case.

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