schooling

Bela 2

7 (a) emi no tùka tùka ùčea ot kalùger ə tìe učenìcite tùka ùči

Well, they studied here – pupils from Kaluger studied here.

8 (a) i kàk sa učìle tìja decà u òsɤm časɤ̀ da sɤ tùka

And how these children studied! They had to be here at eight in the morning,

Bosnek 1

127 (a) pa pòsle ojdòx rabotìx u dèckata gradìna šesnàese godìni rodìteli

And then I went and worked 16 years at a kindergarten. Parents –

Brŭšljan 4

43 (e) tèə č'ètiri ìl'ədi ufc'è nìe tuvà vr'ɛ̀me nə hòdime

and these four thousand sheep – at that time we didn’t go to school.

44 (e) nə uč'ìlište du č'etvɤ̀rtu udel'ènie àjde s ufc'ète tàtku ti

[Only] up to the fourth grade [and then] off with the sheep! Your dad –

Eremija 1

1 (GK) na učìlište odìla li si

Did you go to school?

2 (a) slàbo

Just barely.

3 (GK) do koè odelènie trèto četvɤ̀rto

Through which grade? Third? Fourth?

4 (a) nèmaše i četvṛ̀to nèmaše i četvṛ̀to

[I] didn’t [even get to] fourth, I didn’t [get to] fourth.

5 (GK) znàči trèto otdelènie

[Through] third grade, then.

6 (a) dà

Yes.

8 (a) kùku də ne žmìem

[Just] enough to keep my eyes open.

10 (a) togàj bèše stòka mìlo stòka ìmaše nì te pràštat

Back then there was livestock, dear one – livestock. They didn’t send you

11 (a) na učìlište od učìlišteto dòjde cɤrvèno izvèstie

to school. And from the school came a red notice (warning of a fine):

12 (a) ùtre da se jàviš mène me ne pùštat

“Tomorrow you must appear!” [But] they didn’t let me go,

13 (a) trèbe da se pùštat stòkata drùgi dèn pà ispràtat izvèstie

because the livestock had to be let out. The next day again a notice,

14 (a) i jà ìda tàm da zapìšad dèka səm se javìla

and I go there [long enough] for them to note down that I had appeared,

15 (a) i i tòku

and – and only that.

16 (GK) cèla nedèl'a pàk te nèma

And you were absent the whole week.

17 (a) tòku tòku u nedèlata jà dvà pati jà edìn pɤ̀t

That’s all [there was]. Either once or twice in a week.

19 (a) takà e

That’s it!

20 (GK) kòlko da nèma cɤrvèno izvèstie

Just enough for there not to be a “red notice”.

21 (a) tòku carvèno izvèstie da nèma əə štò da pràime i ostarèxme

[Just] so much – to be no red notice. Yes. What can we do? And we’ve gotten old.

Eremija 5

44 (GK) na učìlište odìla li si

Did you go to school?

45 (c) nè ama znàm

No, but I know –

47 (c) ama ne učì znàm da četà

But – I didn’t study, but I know how to read.

Eremija 6

73 (c) pa kato ojdò na učìlišti̥ i jà ìda i vìkam màmo

Well, [it was] when I went to school. I come home and say, “Mama!

74 (c) ofcìte ležàli sa ama jà se pa naučìx

The sheep were just lying down [so I left them]. But I’ve learned something!"

75 (c) e kakò naučì vɤ̀lkət vìe nə v goràta

“And what did you learn?” “ ‘The wolf howls in the high forest’ !”

95 (c) i vèče ne ojdò

And I didn’t go [to school] any more.

Gela 3

61 (c) učì fəf plòvd'əf ə tòja nə institùt na agrunòmstvu

She studied in Plovdiv, at this institute of – of agronomy.

62 (d) bèše

[She] was –

63 (c) za pèta gudìna čètiri gudìnɨ za zavɤ̀rši pètata e pòčnala i jà izbràha

In her fifth year. She's finished four years and started the fifth. They chose her

64 (c) za meždunaròden katu làger nè làger brigàda ne znàm kakvò

for an international camp. Not a camp, a brigade – I don’t know what.

65 (c) trì mɛ̀seca ža stuì aku ja udubrì ònija fèrmera mòže da zdì

She’ll be there three months, and if that farmer approves she can stay

66 (c) du nòva gudìna četìrez dùši̥ sa ut tɛ̀hnija institùt ta pìše

until the new year. There are forty of them from their institute. She writes

87 (c) decà učìlište nèma da učɔ̀t i tugàva nì sa dìgnəme f smòl'an

and no school for the children to go to, then we picked up, [off] to Smolyan.

Graševo

13 (MM) a na učìlište xòdila li si bàbo atidžè

And did you go to school, Granny Atidzhe?

14 (a) dà

Yes.

15 (MM) kòlko gòdin

How many years?

16 (a) č'ètiri gudìni sɤm hòdilə

I went [to school] for four years.

17 (MM) mm četvɤ̀rti četvɤ̀rto oddelènie

Hm. Fourth – fourth grade.

18 (a) četvɤ̀rtu udelènie bèhme nìe

We were in fourth grade.

36 (a) sɤbəri sɤburìə i učìlištètu i pòsle ku nəprìə tùkə drùgu učìlište nòvu

they tore down the school too, and then when they built another, a new school …

38 (a) ə nìe sme učìli ə du četvṛ̀tu udelènie səm učìla às

… we went [there], and I was in school up to the fourth grade.

Huhla 1

25 (a) du èj tùvə səm òd'lə bòsə nə učìlište nìšto mi n'è e

And I came barefoot all the way to here, to school. I had no problem with that.

Huhla 2

60 (a) bòsi nə učìlište du e tùə də bɤ̀rkəš sn'àg

You [had to go] barefoot to school, to trudge through the snow to here

61 (a) də ìeš nə učìlište n'è n'è t'a nàštə ne sɤ̀ iskàzvə

to get to school. No, no. These [stories] of ours can't be expressed.

66 (a) še və glubìne glòbə i ut'ỳvəhne tàm d'e ut'ùvəhne

we'll charge you a fine.” And [so] we went there. And we went

67 (a) du četvɤ̀rtu ə udel'ànie gòr'e.dòlu pìsvəm si č'ètəm si

up to the fourth grade. I can read and write, more or less.

68 (GK) tì do četvɤ̀rtu otdelènie si ùčila

You were in school through the fourth grade.

69 (a) dà du četvɤ̀rtu

Yes, to the fourth.

78 (a) učàhne nìe tàm utìvəhne tə učàhne tàm duhòdəhə təkà učìteli

that we had school. We went there, studied there, and teachers would come.

79 (GK) ìməše li si tùkə dàskal mèsten ili

Was there a teacher here, a local person, or –

80 (a) n'e n'e ud drùgəd'e duhòdəə gòn'iə sə tùkə

No, no, they came from somewhere else. There was hanky-panky here.

Huhla 6

49 (a) zə tvà tìjə tòlku pərɤ̀ sə dàli nə učène

Because they spent so much money on [their] schooling.

50 (b) agà sə dàvəli nə učène gà

[It doesn’t matter] that they spent so much on education –

51 (a) n'àmə sə vɤ̀rne segà

It [the old system] is not going to come back.

52 (b) gà sə dàvəli nə učène š ìdə tàm

So what they paid for schooling! I’ll go there, and [I’ll go]

Iskrica 2

54 (KK) [Ходехте ли на училище?]

[Did you all go to school?]

55 (b) əmi enò vrème̝ nìj kət òde:me nə učilìštu tùkə òde:me

In the old days, when we went to the school here, we went [only]

56 (b) du četvɤ̀rtu udelènie i pòsle zəvənà:me də òdim vəf mədr’èc

through fourth grade, and then we started to go to [school] in Mŭdrets.

61 (b) i tugàvə ùča:me̝ bɤ̀lgərski mətimàtikə v’èruučènie trùduvu fizìčesku

Back then we studied Bulgarian [language], math, catechism, shop, physical education –

62 (b) ni mòə də si spòmn’ə drùgi kəkvì pridmèti sme ùčili

I can’t remember what other subjects we studied.

Iskrica 3

5 (c) xòdeh nə učilìšto ùčeše mi sə mnògo tugàvə bèše təkà

I went to school, and really wanted to learn. But back then it was like this:

16 (c) àz zəvɤ̀rših sèdmi klàs n’àmə kədè də ìdə kvò də pràa

I finished seventh grade, and there was nowhere to go, nothing to do,

17 (c) kòj žə mə isdɤ̀ržə də ìdə də ùčə n’àštu i

nobody to support me to study anything further.

Kralevo 2

82 (a) sigɛ̀ mlòk hìtri hòrə ìmə mlòk hòrə sə izùčiə

Now there are lots of clever folk, many people who got education,

Leštak 2

3 (RA) na učìlište hòdila li si

Did you go to school?

4 (d) màlku

A little.

5 (VZh) kòlko godìni

For how many years?

6 (d) dv’è trì gudìni

Two or three years.

7 (VZh) togàva ne gì pùskaha momìčetata da hòd’at mnògo na učìlište à

Back then, they didn’t let girls go to school very long, did they?

8 (d) nè nè

No. No.

9 (VZh) è štò takà

And why [was] that?

10 (d) če òt ne sɤ̀ ni pùskəli kòj znə òti

Because they didn’t let us, who knows why?

Markovo

49 (GK) tɤ̀j ə i bàbo mìlke tì u xòdila li si nə učìlište

So, Granny Milka, did you go to school?

50 (a) əmi òdihme əmə təgàvə ni dərdžàə nə učìlištu bàbo

Yes, we went, child, but back then they didn’t insist [we go] to school.

51 (a) glèdəə z’eml’edèlietu òd’ələ səm du tr’èti klàs

They were focused on agriculture [and so] I [only] went to the third grade..

63 (a) b’èši dil’ènie ùčihmi zəkòn bòžeə

... in that level, we studied catechism.

65 (a) a às ìč ni gù ubìčah

And I didn’t like …

67 (a) zəkòn bòži

… theology at all.

69 (a) sàmu sɤ̀butə pridàvaa əmə às ə ìč ni gù ubìčəh [laughter] zəkòn bòžiə

They only taught it on Saturday, but I didn’t like [laughter] catechism at all.

Mogilica 1

91 (a) p'ɛ̀t unùč'etə ìəm ədnò mumìč'enče č'ètiri mumč'ètə ədnònu zəvɤ̀rš'i

[ah no], I have five grandchildren. One girl and four boys. One graduated

92 (a) fsəs səjùzən indž'inèr drùgunu i tòj e sà še zəvɤ̀rš'i

in engineering, in the Soviet Union; the other is graduating now.

94 (a) hà ž'èncku ìmə f smòl'ən i tò zəvɤ̀rš'ilu pək dimìtrigràt

Hah, [thanks]. There’s a girl in Smolyan, but she graduated in Dimitrovgrad,

Rajanovci 1

6 (a) ja sɤm se ženìla na sedemnàes gòdine no mì ne smò učìli

I got married at seventeen, but we didn’t study.

7 (a) moì drugàrke otidòu da ùču ama jà ne sɤ̀m otìšla

My girlfriends went to study but I didn’t.

8 (a) i drùga ednà ženà ja otidò za šivàčku da ùčim a pɤk

[There was] another woman – I went to learn to be a seamstress, and

9 (a) no i onà màj za šivàčku otidè i i tekà stanà

she probably [studied to] be a seamstress as well, and – that’s how it happened.

10 (a) a pò ràno sɤm si učìla do do trèti klàs

Before that I went to school, up through the third grade.

11 (a) mì s nò e bilò sɤ sɤ̀ga e sèdmi

We – it was – now it’s the seventh grade...

13 (a) a tegàf e bilò trèti

... but back then it was the third grade.

15 (a) tè tùj sɤm si zavṛ̀šila i odì da ùčim za šivàčku

So I finished [school] here, and went off to study to be a seamstress.

Rakovski

1 (a) enò vr'èm'ə kugàtu zəvɤ̀ršij učɨlɨ̀štetu pedes'ɤ̀t i trìtə

Back then, when I had finished school in ’fifty-three

2 (a) pedes'ɤ̀t i četvɤ̀rtə gudɨ̀nə bème mnògu sirmàški

[or] fifty-four, we were very poor.

Salaš

35 (a) pòveče štò pòsle nalì dojdè učìlišteto i tekà sèki se spas’àva sàm

…more [actually]. Then came school, and then each one fends for himself.

Žitnica 3

9 (b) pòsle momčè̝tu pòčnə də sə učɨ u xisàrət

Then my son started to study in Hisar,

12 (b) kvò də nəpràvə tə mi skɤ̀səa mumčè̝tu skɤ̀səa mi mumčè̝tu

What could I do? They failed my boy, they failed my boy

13 (b) ut xisàrə se uč’èše i skɤ̀səhə i idnɤ̀ gudɨ̀nə pò nədòlu

that was studying in Hisar, they failed him and set him back an entire year

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