rain

Breste 2

4 (GK) kàk poznàvaxte vrèmeto kvò še bɤ̀de kogà še e na dɤ̀š

How did you know what the weather would be, when it would rain?

12 (b) ìska da kàže ə kakvò še bɤ̀de dalì še bɤ̀de dɤždovìto

He means [how do you know] what will happen, whether it will rain,

16 (a) eli pa koto ìma òblak pret sḷ̀nceto ili zaidè vɤf òblak

Or when there’s a cloud over the sun, or it sets into a cloud,

Brŭšljan 1

83 (a) nə nə snegɤ̀t nə dəždɤ̀t nə priròdətə

in – in the snow, in the rain – “au naturel”.

84 (VZh) [Как се казва когато вали сняг и дъжд?]

[What do you call it when it rains and snows both?]

85 (a) zətùj sn'àk i dɤ̀š kugàtu vəlì mu vìkəme xləpàvicə nìe

So when it snows or rains we call that sleet.

86 (a) sn'àk i dɤ̀š vəlì də kàž'em sìl'ni vəl'èž'uve

[When] it snows or rains, let’s say heavy precipitation,

87 (a) təkìvə stud'ènu vr'ɛ̀metu i mu vìkəme xləpàvicə č'e xl'èpi

cold weather like that, we call that sleet because it “sleets”.

Brŭšljan 3

2 (c) èsenutu vr'ɛ̀me kətu št'à: uvərš'ème tò l'ètneš'e

In the autumn when we’d do the threshing – it would be raining

3 (c) predi dimìtruvdèn' št'à pòčneme də s'ɛ̀eme zìmnicə ž'ìtu rɤ̀š' ečmìk

before St. Dimitri’s day – we’d begin to sow the winter grains – rye, barley –

Garvan 2

16 (b) i tè trùpət jə kəlɤ̀ s'àkuj pudìr dɤ̀ž də vìdite kò i

And they pile up the mud after each rainfall – you should see what it’s like –

17 (b) idìn pɤ̀t' xvɤ̀rliwə sigà pàk ut tàm ìdi dəždɤ̀

each time they clear it out, now comes the rain again.

Glavanovci 3

32 (VZh) slagàli li sa nèkoj pɤ̀t sekìru tè takà

Did you sometimes put an axe like this,

33 (VZh) nagòre s òstroto da ne vàli

with the sharp edge up so that it wouldn’t rain?

34 (a) da ne da ne ma da sɤ̀pre dɤ̀žɤt turàli smo i tùramo

To not – to not – to stop the rain? We did, and we do.

37 (a) i nòž zabìemo da sɤ̀pre dɤ̀žɤt i sekìru obṛ̀čamo sɤs

And we thrust a knife [in the ground] to stop the rain, and whet the axe with –

52 (a) a peperùdata se igràe

The “peperuda” is danced ...

53 (VZh) à za dɤ̀š

Ah, for rain.

54 (a) da vàli dɤ̀š

... da vàli dɤ̀š

Golica 2

39 (b) tàm natàtək valì li

Is it raining over there…

41 (b) kədèt ste xòdili

… [along the path] where you were walking?

43 (b) tùka e gol'àma sùša

Here there’s a terrible drought.

45 (b) valì li natàtək

Is it raining over there?

Golica 3

82 (a) am kə tò sè wal'ɛ̀ši sigà ne walì drùgij pɛ̀t kətò

Well, it used to rain all the time, but now it doesn’t. Another time when …

83 (c) am val'àše àz zapòwn'uw də n' valì kɛ̀k enɛ̀ gudìna

You say “it used to rain”?! I can remember when it didn’t rain. When that year –

87 (a) àm bìva valì

Well, there is rain sometimes …

104 (a) čùvaj Mariòno ma ma mamùl':tȅ kat sɛ̀ rast'ɛ̀li

Listen, Mariona, about the corn: If it’s grown,

105 (a) še j val'àlo pək wozìdba v žètva n'e è val'àlo

then it will have rained. But when we took in the harvest it hadn’t rained.

107 (a) pək tùj nɑ̀či v'èki tr'àbva də je val'àlo də rəst'è

So then, it had to have rained already for [things] to have grown –

108 (a) s'àtutu də rəst'è

for what had been sowed to have grown.

109 (c) [unintelligible] da e vəl'àlu ama ne valì

[unintelligible] [it should] have rained but it’s not raining.

165 (a) ɑ̀s v'èke na gròbištətə amà n'èka nə zəvəlì za wɑ̀s

I’m already for the graveyard. But let’s [help make] it rain for you.

166 (a) də nakòl'at idìn kurbɑ̀n' če də sə pumòl'at či n'èka zəwəlì

Let them make a sacrifice, and they’ll pray that it will start raining

167 (a) da ukwɑ̀si mamùl':t'ȅ vèči̥ zə kəkvò sti s'ɛ̀li kɛ̀k

and moisten the corn. [Otherwise] what’s [the point of] your having sown it?

168 (c) mòre nà s'àxme nì tàa gudìna nìštičku ne smè

Ah but look: we sowed it, and didn’t [get] a thing, not this year either.

169 (a) am n'èka n'e sì s'àla i tì s'estrɑ̀ t'i komš'ùjkata t'i

Well, so what if you didn’t sow? Your sister, and your neighbor –

170 (a) s'à tàm nəlì grə̀n'nətə ti še ukwɑ̀si

[they] sowed over there. And your garden will get some moisture, won’t it?

171 (a) a tùka də m səm kəìl'na

And I’d be content [if I got a little] here.

172 (c) am ùbavo dè ùbavo da zəvalì ama ne zaval'àva mà

Well OK, fine, if it would rain. But it’s not raining, see?

173 (a) ə tùka da ukwɑ̀si pàk səm kəìl'nə

Even here, a bit of moisture and I’d be content.

175 (a) n'èmam nìkakvo s'àto amà a tùka də zəvalì pɑ̀k səm kəìl'nə

I haven’t anything sown here, but if it’d start to rain here I’d be content.

Golica 4

6 (a) tòj še zəwəlì pɑk n'èma də ustɑ̀ne tɛ̀j ama gɑ̀ mìne wr'ɛ̀me

He will make it rain again - it won’t stay like this. But when time passes –

Huhla 4

24 (a) nàštə zèm'ə prez l'àtu̥tu təkà dvà trì pɤ̀t'ə də fàti dɤ̀š

[Here] in our area in the summer, we [just] get rain two or three times

25 (a) tò hi stìgə pòveče ne štè mə tàə zèm'ə n'à

and that’s enough. It doesn’t require more. But this region didn’t –

28 (a) tvà l'at n'àməše dɤ̀š tvà l'atu màj kətu vəl'àši i sigɛ̀

This summer there was no rain. This summer – [only a little] in May. But now –

29 (a) pò nəpr'àš bèše fànəlu mnògu dɤ̀š i pàk e nà e

[In] earlier [years] there’d been a lot of rain [by now]. Still, look there –

Iskrica 2

40 (b) i nə tàə skèl’ə nər’àdəme sərɤ̀ci̥ti̥ i kugàtu vəlì dɤ̀š

and we line up the poles on the scaffolding. When it rains, then,

41 (b) ìməme pə skèl’ə put sùšinə ə tàm pək nəpràenə sərɤ̀citi gi zìməme̝

we have the scaffolding to keep things dry. Then we take these poles

Iskrica 3

112 (c) tìə b’àə vàl’əni tugàvə i vàl’əə i stàvə dibèl plətɤ̀

They were made of felt. Back then they fulled the cloth and it got very thick,

113 (c) i ni prupùskə i dɤ̀š ne prupùskə i v’àtər

it kept out the rain and kept out the wind.

Kovačevo 2

14 (b) tugàə što sì iskàrəme zə nàs si j tugàj ìməše i dɤ̀žduve

Back then whatever we produced was ours. Back then there were [strong] rains,

15 (b) tìi nìvi št’u gì glèjš i nəgòre i nədòlu ògərdi ìmə

[there were] these fields that you see – up there, down there, with fences –

16 (b) èhèj əmə ìməše i dɤ̀š

oho! But there was rain..

Kruševo 1

2 (a) du snegɤ̀ blìzu si tàm dòš’ vèk’e

… until the snow [comes]. It’s close. There’s rain already over there,

Malevo/Asg 2

54 (b) zə də ne mòe də sə mòkr’et sìčki snòpi gi pràv’əm

so they won’t get wet. I make all of the sheaves

55 (b) nə kup’èn kugàtu zəvəlì də nə mòe də sə mòkr’et

into a pile so that when it starts to rain they won’t get wet.

Pavelsko 4

12 (b) ut’ìdəme də ur’ème kràvətə ni st’èlnə pòčnə də vəlì

We go off to plow. The cow is pregnant, it starts to precipitate (“vali”),

14 (a) də lit’ì

to precipitate (“leti”)

15 (b) də vəlì xɤ̀

– to precipitate (“vali”), yes.

16 (b) n’àmə də vìkəš vəlì

Don’t say “vali” [for [precipitation]!

17 (b) i pòčnə [laughter] pòčnə də l’et’ì i às ə krə

and it began [laughter] – it began to precipitate (“leti”), and I –

18 (a) dɤ̀ž dɤ̀ž

Rain, rain [was falling]

19 (b) dɤ̀š i sn’àk làpəvicə [unintelligible]

Rain and snow [together] – sleet [unintelligible]

23 (b) vìkəm šə pràim segà ìkəm zì dɤ̀š’ i dəšter’ʌ̀ mə beš’e

I said, “are we going to do now?” I said. [There was] this rain, and my daughter [there] too.

Repljana 1

14 (a) jà mirùjem onò vodà bèše golemà nèkvo valè dɤ̀š

So I stayed quiet. The water was very high, it had rained a lot.

15 (a) òn òp ta preko vodùtu me prenèse i me òstai vòlɤt

And just like that, the ox carried me across the water and left me.

66 (a) tàj drugàrkata mi àna se zovè onà se čùdeše kvò

this friend of mine (named Anna), she wondered how

67 (a) če mìnemo vodùtu če valèlo dɤ̀š pa vodàta golemà

we were going to cross the water, because it had rained and the water was high

68 (a) a òn me prenèse prez vodùtu i me òstai

So he carried me through the water and left me [there].

Stikŭl 2

38 (a) àku be l’etɛ̀lu nemɛ̀ privdìgəne əmə tò ne može i də letì

If it had rained [there’d have been so many] one couldn’t have carried them, but it couldn’t even rain.

39 (a) kugàtu ìmə dɔ̀š letè pək təkò̝və stànuvət

When there’s rain, then they come out [fine].

Stojkite 1

29 (a) gà letì dɔ̀š ta stànvat hùbavɤ gɔ̀bɤ ta berèm ama sàa gudᶤìna

When it rains, nice mushrooms come out, and we gather [them]. But this year

Sŭrnica 2

66 (a) i kətu vəlì vrɛ̀metu pàk ìdim nəbirème kəmen’òk ut kàmənete

And when the weather is rainy we go out and gather “kamenyok” from rocks.

Sŭrnica 3

30 (c) e nə t’èp si e nə gləvɤ̀tə š’ə bɤ̀rzəš’

[The responsibility] on your shoulders. [So] you hurry …

32 (c) zəletì li dɤ̀š’ tr’àə də ə vɤ̀rzətù i də gu skləd’èš’

… [because] if it starts to rain your bundle has to be tied so you can pile it up ...

33 (c) də gu zbir’èš’

so you [can] pull it together ...

34 (b) də sə pukrìe

... and get it covered.

35 (c) də gu ne letì dɤždɤ̀

... so it doesn’t get rained on.

37 (c) umòkrenu təkòə rəzvɤ̀rzətu

[Otherwise] it’s a drenched mess, all over the place.

107 (b) mìnəlijə mɛ̀sec

Last month …

109 (c) beš’e dəžduvìtu i stud’ènu

… was rainy and cold.

Sŭrnica 4

6 (a) òho let’ì izgòre vəlì dəskìte kàp’ət vəz nàs

Oho! [when] it rains, the boards above drip on us!

Trjavna

228 (KP) həm še zavalì kàzvat

They say it’s going to start raining.

229 (b) kàzəə li gu xə

Did they say that?

230 (KP) kàzvat če šə zavalì ama kòj znàe

They say that it’ll start raining, but who knows?

231 (b) ə snòšti nàl’ prevəl’à màlku

Well, it did rain a bit last night.

Trŭnčovica 2

78 (b) tò nè̟mə v’àtər nè̟mə dɤ̀š nè̟mə nɨ̀štu

There’s no wind, no rain, nothing [to make any problem].”

Vŭglarovo 2

57 (b) nə krɤ̀sci təkà də n’i gì nəl’òə

Cruciform, like this, so they won’t get wet …

59 (b) od dəždɤ̀

… from the rain.

Vŭrbina 3

78 (a) ə če kugà kugànu t’yt’ỳnən beše ejsòlkuf tə pànnə tə gu spìti

When the tobacco was this high, [hard rains] fell and ruined it.

79 (a) i tugàvə gu pàk uprəš’ìhme pribràhme gu pànnə

So then we hoed it over, started again, and [the rains] fell again,

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