transportation by carrying

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

23 (b) sìč'ku nə vɔ̀ž'e i š'ìkəl'ki i bòrnə sìčku si nòsim

everything tied up – oak-apples, kindling – we carry it all.

48 (a) i kancelàriju tùka pravìmo gòre u tèkezèto hm vlačìla sɤm pèsɤk

an office up there in the collective farm. I had dragged [bags of] sand,

49 (a) əm cimènt bìemo da napràvimo ednà ubavin’à napravìmo gòre pe

we mixed cement by hand, to build nice stuff up there, but

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,

54 (c) i pàk də si zìməme ubràtnu tòrbənə bɤ̀klən i d’ètenu

and then to take up the return trip with the bag, the waterflask, and the child,

55 (c) i də pruòdim pàk dvà č’àsə pʌ̀t’

and to get through another two hours’ travel on the road.

63 (GK) a togàva səs kakvò se kàk se pridvìžvaxte

And back then, by what means – how did you move around?

64 (d) peš'ɛ̀ ottùv do plòvdif səm òdil pešɛ̀

On foot. I've been from here to Plovdiv on foot …

66 (d) də tuvàrime stòki nə məgəzinèrə tàm ot tàm gu kàrəhme

… to carry merchandise for the shopkeeper there. And we brought it back from there.

41 (a) zɤ kràft’e sɤ zadènehme za slàmata to ne imè kamiòn’:e

[straw] for the cows. We’d load up the straw – there weren’t any trucks,

42 (a) àrɤbɤ ne imè tùr’me na gɤrbàte i nòse:me jà

there weren’t any cars – we’d put it onto our backs and carry it. See?

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