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Golica 6

6 (d) f sɛ̀butə gi ber’àhme ama kət ìməše bɑ̀bə i s’ɛ̀ehme mamùli

We picked it on Saturday. Well, when granny was alive we also planted corn.

7 (d) sigà nè məmùli s’ɛ̀ja nè lòze kupàja səmìčək nìčtu nèmə

Now I neither plant corn, nor dig the vineyard. I’m alone. There’s nothing.

Gorno Vŭršilo 2

8 (b) kvò ìmam s skòpam ja nàsada pipèra a polìvam gu

What [work] do I have? I dig [in it], plant the peppers, water them,

Iskrica 2

13 (b) əmi inò vrèmi nìj t’ut’ùn’a ud màrtə òšti pòčvəmi

For tobacco, in the old days, we’d begin already in March

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.

16 (b) i nə rəkà gu səd’àhme səs kòlčetə ə n’àməše məšìni n’àməše nìšto

We did the planting by hand, with stakes. There weren’t machines, there wasn’t anything.

21 (b) pà si nəsəd’à enà sərìčkə pà si gu zalèjə

I plant another row, and water it too.

26 (b) zè:me nə kàci də slàgəme̝ vudɤ̀ta i təkà si gu zìma:me

we took barrels to gather the water, and that’s how we brought it

27 (b) si gu səd’àhme i kətu stàne zə bràne̝ kupàl si gu

and planted [the tobacco]. And when it came time for harvest, it was hoed

31 (b) dvà trì d’ekərə t’ùn se e səd’àlu ə pə kuìt

we had planted two or three decares of tobacco, but those

32 (b) sə mnògu xòrə tèə səd’ɤ̀t pò mnògu t’ut’ùn pək nìi

who have more people to work plant much more tobacco. But we

33 (b) pò màlku t’ut’ùn màlku hòrə smi pò màlku t’ut’ùn

were less people, so planted less tobacco.

Kralevo 1

8 (a) s’èət mə tütünə təkà sə rəsàdə

they’d plant the tobacco, and then [we’d] transplant the seedlings.

82 (a) e sigɛ̀ a sigɛ̀ nìe sà gu nəs’èeme tytỳnə əs məgàrencetu čèdo

But now, now, we have to plant tobacco using a little donkey, my son!

84 (a) s məgàre kukò də pus’è̝iš trɨ̀ dèkərč’etə

With a donkey! How can you plant three decares …

Salaš

27 (a) e pa kvò sme rabotìli orèš kòpaš ə kvò si sàdiž

What did we do? You plow, you dig, you plant the way [you do]

233 (a) ìma dvòr a bè turì pèt rèda kòmpir što mu dùmamo

With a yard, you can plant five rows of “krompir” (potatoes), as we say –

242 (a) ò i lùk sìčko sme si sadìli sìčko trèa da posàdiš ìnače nèma

We planted everything! You have to plant everything, no other way.

Široka Lŭka

13 (a) kratòha gà da izvàdame i nèga izvàdamɤ sàdɤmè gu pròlete

When we take potatoes out – we take them out and plant them in the spring,

14 (a) prašìm gu vəzrìvamè gu izvàdamè gu kàrame vəf čuvàli

hoe them, dig them up, take them out [of the ground], stuff them in bags,

15 (a) i tùrim gu pàk vəf ròpata zìmnu vrɛ̀m’a

and put them back in the hole. During the winter

Stakevci 4

80 (VZh) a ka u koè vrème se sàdi tòj ə gṛ̀sti̥te̥

How – What time of year do you plant this hemp?

81 (f) pròletno vrème se posèje i te kɤ̀mjesen se obère

You sow it in the spring, and you harvest it when it gets towards autumn,

84 (f) u cṛ̀nk’ete ìma sème za ta da se sèje za na gòdinu

The black hemp has seeds that [we keep] so as to sow for the next year.

Sŭrnica 2

6 (b) ž’enìte zəles’àvəhə

The women planted saplings.

7 (a) pək ž’enìte zəles’ɛ̀vəhme

And we women planted saplings.

8 (a) i jɛ̀s pu zəles’àvəne sə òd’elə nɤ̀j mnògutu pu zəles’àvəne òdeh

I’ve [often] gone out doing such planting. I would go out for planting most of all.

26 (MM) a segà vèče slàgate li nè

Do you still plant it? Or not?

27 (b) əˀə

Nope.

Sŭrnica 3

50 (c) rɤ̀š si sejàhə

They used to plant rye …

51 (b) rɤ̀š i uvès sejàhə zə stòkətə

[People] used to plant rye and oats, for the livestock …

52 (c) i uvès sejàhə i ič’umèn’ nɛ̀štu gu ìməš’e̥

… and they used to plant oats, and there was a bit of barley as well …

53 (c) ičumèn màlku təkà slàgəhə

… and they put a little barley in [too].

63 (MM) aa a tovà misìr dèto mu vìkat vìe tùka

So, this thing they call corn, do you here –

65 (MM) sèexte li

did you plant that here?

67 (b) tùkə ne stànvə

It doesn’t grow here.

73 (c) nìj d’èt sme gu klàli

Where we planted it …

74 (b) ni š’t’è də stànvə

It doesn’t want to grow.

Vladimirovo 3

91 (a) òn òn uzrìe od edìn pɤ̀t sìčkia ako ɤ lozàr

They – they all ripen at the same time. If it’s vine beans,

92 (a) òn sə dèka o tùraš u ə po càrevica tovà

they – you plant them [together] with corn, and that’s

Vŭrbina 3

11 (a) enèj se s’èjət kərtòfine pu pu trì kumpɨ̀r’ə

Potatoes are sown in groups of three seed potatoes.

12 (a) səs vòl’ven’e gu stòr’ət brəlà i nìj min’ème pòslet

With the oxen, the others make ditches, and then we go by afterwards

13 (a) tə gu nə esòlku nədəl’è̝č’e nə nəpùskəme

and drop [the seed potatoes into the ditches] at this much of a distance [from one another].

14 (a) i zàruvì gu i hi i mìni gu wòprəš’i i nòlku ti e

You tamp [the earth] down good, then come by again to hoe it, and that’s enough.

37 (a) i ž’è̝ncki i mɤ̀ski i də ur’è̝mə i də sədɨ̀me

[doing] men’s and women’s [work]. We [would] do the plowing and planting,

65 (a) užɛ̀ci gu sèeme l’ɛ̀hi l’ɛ̀hine v grədɨ̀nənə hi nəsèeme

We make “hearths” (holes in the soil) and sow them in beds in the garden.

Vŭrbina 4

8 (d) ə càrevicətə ə s’èeme prul’ètešnu vrème kugàtu jə ur’ème s vulòvete

We sow corn in the spring, when we plow with the oxen

9 (d) i jə s’ɛ̀eme pu nèjə sɛ̀eme i kučɛ̀ni kərtòfi fəsùl’

and we sow it [then]. Next to it we sow beets, potatoes, beans

10 (d) kəkvòtu ubrəzùvəme s’èlsku stupànstvu rəštɤ̀ gu sèeme nə pòdziməšnu vr’ème

[according to] the way we organize our village economy. We sow rye in the autumn

20 (d) urème səs vulòvete zə càrevicətə pràim jə nə brəzdɤ̀

We plow with oxen. For corn, we make a furrow

21 (d) i gu sìpvəme s zərnàtə i klàvəme pur’èdnu i pu n’èjə

and fill it up. We put the grains into it in order, [first the corn] and after that

22 (d) klàvəme i i zə tìkvi i sìpvəme udgòr’e tòr

we put [seeds] for the pumpkins. Then we put fertilizer down

23 (d) i gu zəràv’əme i pòsle tvà kətu gu zəròvime iznìkne

and tamp it down good. And after we tamp it down it sprouts.

27 (d) žɨtutu gu pòčvəm təkà pus’èeme gu izlezè tə gu tə ftàsə

The grain starts out like this: we sow it, it comes up, it ripens,

52 (d) l’èštətə s’èjət nə pàk sɤ̀štu kàktu kàəh nə pròl’etnu vrème

They sow lentils like I told you, in the spring

53 (d) i je sèjət kàktu i rəštɤ̀ i sə kupàe i sə sèe

they sow them at the same time as rye: you dig, then you sow

Žitnica 2

4 (b) də šɤ̀təm i sɤ̀štutu s’èejme tɨ̀kvɨ pu pulè̟tu

to do the housework. And we also sowed pumpkins in the field.

10 (b) ə tɨ̀kvɨ sme s’èjəlɨ ə pəmùk sme s’èjəlɨ vasùl

We planted pumpkins, we planted cotton, and beans.

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