transportation by animals

Brŭšljan 1

22 (a) dujàhne gi prenàs'əhme ml'əkòtu səs məgàretə vəf s'èlu du pùntə

We milked them, and took the milk on donkeys to the village, to the collection point

23 (a) kəd'ètu beše vəf s'èlutu i təkà prutìč'əš'i cal c'ɛ̀lijə sezòn

that was [located] in the village. And so went the whole season

Čokmanovo 1

27 (a) nə veterɔ̀t i gu tvàrehme nə mùletətə i si gu dukàrvəhme

to the wind. And we loaded it onto the mules and brought it home.

Čokmanovo 2

20 (b) ələ gu nòsim'e nə gərbuv'èse kòjtu n'èmə məgàre nə gərbɔ̀n

But we carry it on our backs. Whoever doesn’t have a donkey – on his back.

21 (b) kòjtu ìmə məgàre fpr'ɔ̀gne kərùčkənə ìde si tə si nətvàri

Whoever has a donkey harnesses up the carriage and goes off to load it up.

22 (b) kòjtu n'èmə məgàr'e nòsi nə gərbɔ̀n nə vɔ̀ž'e i si dunìsəme

Whoever doesn’t have a donkey carries it tied to his back. And we bring

Drjanovec 1

33 (a) v’èdnàga kàrɤjte u grɤdɤ̀ i sɤz dv’è kɤrùci nɤ̀tə nɤ č’ìč’uwi

“Get her to town immediately!” So [we took] two carriages, one from оne uncle

34 (a) inɤ̀tɤ nɤ svàka i nìj upr’àgvɤmi vulòwi tugìs i zɤkàrɤ jə

and one from another. We harnessed the oxen and started off with her.

Drjanovec 2

39 (a) tàm dujɤ̀t s mɤgàr:tȁ nòsɤt ml’àku̥tȕ tɤkòstu s’è sɤ nɤjnò

they milk them there and bring the milk back on donkeyback – they do everything together.

Golica 3

88 (c) s kol'à vər'àha wòlovi kol'à da wòz'ehə snòpi prəz nìvit'ȅ

The oxen going with the carts, the carts carrying sheaves through the fields,

89 (c) stɑ̀nalu ə tòs ə tòlkus prɑ̀h

came upon so much dust.

Gorna Krušica 3

36 (c) i e na ednò mùle prɤ̀f pàt mu tùrat samàr

And then they saddle a mule, the first time he’d carried a packsaddle.

37 (c) tùrat mu samàro zakàčat mu vɤ̀nata vjahnùam mùleto

They put on the packsaddle, load up the wool, and I ride the mule

38 (c) ot stàroto sèlo f sandànski samà

[all the way] from our old village site to Sandanski – alone!

41 (d) bès bèz da e kàrano mùl’eto

Without – without the mule having been ridden [before that].

42 (c) samà prɤ̀f pàt samàr mu slòžat i da go pùsnat tovà detè

Alone! The first time the mule is saddled! And to let this child

43 (c) da ìde na vlačàrka otìvam f sandànski izvlàčuvàm vɤ̀lnata

go [like that] to the carder. I go off to Sandanski, get the wool carded,

44 (c) kàčvam se ot trì časò na mùl’eto è slɤ̀ncetu takà

mount the mule again at three o’clock, the sun already [down to] here,

45 (c) kàčvam se stàroto sèlo takvìja smèli dèca sme bilì

and I ride all the way back to our old village. Such brave children we were!

Izgrev/Var 1

4 (a) nə č'uš'm'ɛ̀tə hòdim tòj səs kun'ète ɑ̀s səs kubìlicə̥tə nə ràmu

[so] we go to the well – he with the horses and I with the yoke over my shoulders,

Kralevo 1

86 (a) səs məgàre nə gərbɤ̀ òdə nòs’ li sə

… with a donkey? Can it carry the water on its back?

Leštak 1

19 (c) è segà sme pàk dubrè nə vrèmetu stàrite hòrə nàšte

Well, we’re fine now. In the old days older people – our folk –

20 (c) sə hòdili də tvàr’ət ève ut slavèino dʌ̀ski də kàrət è nadòlu

went to load lumber from Slaveino and to carry it [all the way] down [here] …

21 (b) benkòfski

[It was from] Benkovsky.

22 (c) s mùletə

… on muleback.

Leštak 2

77 (VZh) əmhəm i du s kakvò še go prekàraš dotàm

Uh huh. And to – How did you drive it up there?

78 (d) s mùl’etu

With the mule

Malevo/Asg 2

35 (b) nər’àtku òdeh nər’àtku ìməh mùl’e i məgàre

Rarely. I would rarely go [out there]. I had a mule and a donkey, and

36 (b) ìdə dòkərə gàt gi ìzrəbote tuàə pàk

[If I go], I go, bring it back, and when I use it all up [I go] again.

37 (VZh) [ … ]

[How did you load them up?]

38 (b) məgàretu si ìmə səmàr’ i mùl’etu si ìməš’e səmàr’ pòvərž’e mùl’etu

The donkey has a packsaddle, and the mule had a packsaddle. I tie the mule up

39 (b) sled məgàretu tùr’e bràdvəta i triònə kàč’əm se nə səmàrə nə məgàretu

following the donkey, pile on the ax and the saw, and mount the donkey’s packsaddle,

40 (b) pràvu fəf guràta pùsnə gi tàm də pəsɤ̀t càl’ dèn’

and straight off into the woods. I let them loose to graze all day

41 (b) jà že prègutv’e dvà tuvàrə i večertɤ̀ še si gi dòkarə

[while] I prepare two loads, and in the evening, I drive them back.

Nasalevci 2

58 (a) e pa dṛvà dlɤ̀ga è iz gorùtu gòre s volòve dokàraju

Well, wood! Long pieces, from the forest up there. They bring them in using oxen.

63 (a) i [laughter] i gi dokàraju tùka u dvòrɤt i na kòledu sečù dṛvà

And [laughter] and they bring [the wood] into the yard here and cut it up for Christmas.

Pavelsko 4

53 (b) də gu kàrəš səs ə ə̥dnì səndɤ̀ci məgàre səm tuvàrilə də kàrəm

to take it off with – I loaded up boxes on the donkey to take

54 (b) g’ubr’ʌ̀ nə nìvətə əm təkà beše decà kət ìdə də ž’ʌ̀nem’e

manure out to the fields. That’s how it was. [And] children – when I go [with others] to reap

Rajanovci 1

34 (a) i govèdata kàraju senòto tòj snòpeto i tè tekà o vṛšàčka

and the cattle carry the hay, the sheaves. Ah, and the thresher.

Salaš

192 (a) volòve ili kràvi i kòla sèki trèbe da si ìma dobìtɤg

oxen or cows and a cart. Everyone has to have livestock

193 (a) zɤ dɤ mòže da si pribère kòj če ti ìde da ti

in order to bring things in. Who is going to come

Stikŭl 1

82 (a) tugàvə gu kàrəha è bəštà mɤ i nèguvijə bəštà səs kò̝n

They took them then – my father and his father, they’d [take] the horse

83 (a) že tuvàr’ət tə də ìdət nəh pulènu də gu smen’ɔ̀t səs càrevicə

and load [it up] and go [down] to the plains to trade it for corn.

Sŭrnica 2

178 (a) àjde i nə duspàt s kònə šə gi zəkàrəš’ tàm

and then it’s off to Dospat. You take them down there on horseback

Vŭrbina 4

94 (d) i kàrəhme uddəl’èče kàmene s kətɰ̀re sme kàrəli kàmen’e

We would bring in stone from far away: we brought the stone with hinnies,

122 (d) svàdbite gi pràime səs adnò vrème səs mùl’etə ìdiš nə svàdbə

We make wedding with – in the old days it was on mules. You travel to the wedding,

123 (d) ud ud ədnò s’èlu nə drùgu sìčku səs kətɰ̀ri

from one village to the other, everyone riding on hinnies.

124 (d) i nevɛ̀stətə sə kàči nə mu nə kətɰ̀rə ìdət svàtki

The bride mounts onto a mu– onto a hinny, and the wedding guests,

125 (d) trì č’ètɨri dùši nə kətɰ̀re pàk se kàč’ət

three or four of them, also mount up on hinnies.

127 (d) pàk s kətɰ̀ri se vərv’èše sìčkoto rùbətə sə kàrə

Everything went on hinnies. The dowry was carried

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