planting

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 …

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.

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