water sources

Breste 2

76 (a) i sìpvame vòda nòsime vòda ut češmɤ̀ta od lòkva kɤdè namèrime

We pour water. We bring it from the well, from a puddle, wherever we find it.

Brŭšljan 2

2 (b) bìul':ètu ìskəhə ə g'òl i hòd'ehme tə ə zìməhme vudà

the water buffaloes wanted [to find] a puddle. So we would go and get water

3 (b) ud r'àkətə səz bəkɤ̀ri də pɤ̀l'nime vəv g'òlət vudà

from the river with copper [cauldrons] so as to fill the puddle with water.

Drabišna 1

78 (GK) r'àkata tùka presɤ̀xvaše li

Has the river here [always] dried up?

79 (a) predìš' ne presɤ̀hnuvəši sàə gudìnə mnògu prisɤ̀hnə tàə r'àkə

It didn’t use to dry up earlier, [but] this year it dried up a lot. This river [is]

80 (a) gul'àmə r'àkə duòdəš'e è čɤ̀k e tàm do mòjte plòči

a big river, it came all the way up to my steps.

81 (RA) takà li

Really?

82 (a) è tùkə təkà

Yes, [to] here, [to] here.

83 (RA) tòlkova gol'àma

[It was] that big!

84 (a) fùrnətə səjvànetu uttàm pruvəlìhme dùpkə tə teč'àš'e udɤ̀tə nədòlu

We bored a hole [by the] outdoor oven, the shed, and the water flowed down.

85 (a) təkɤ̀vi gul'àmi r'àki duhòdəhə sià n'àmə

Rivers as big as that would come up [to our house]. Now they don’t.

Eremija 1

108 (a) cèloto lèto e pùsnana tàa vòda od rezervàr trì pati

All summer long, they’ve let water out of the reservoir [just] three times:

109 (a) dvàes i pèti dvàes i pèti è i segà če stàne

on the twenty-fifth, on the twenty-fifth, and now it’ll happen

110 (a) dvàes i pèti ako a pùsnat i da se mòlim na tòja

on the twenty-fifth if they let it out. So [all] we [can do] is ask someone

111 (a) da ti dadè ednà tùbička vodìčka za pìen'e

to give you a plastic canister of water for drinking.

112 (a) e sà idòx u drùgijo komšìja donèsox u ednà tùbička za pìen'e

I just went to another neighbor, and got a canister of drinking [water],

114 (a) dòjdat le decàta donesàt u kòfi u takòva

If the children come, they bring [water] in buckets or whatever, [and]

115 (a) prigòtvat tùka ama se svṛ̀ši kato postojàno rəcètu da si umìeš

set things up. But it runs out when you are constantly washing your hands,

116 (a) panìcata da umìeš è ot sutrintà nèšto da naprài čovèk

[or] washing the pot. From morning on, a person needs to make things.

119 (a) nèče bez vòda bunarjè ispresaxnàa

It won't [happen] without water. The wells are all dried up –

121 (a) òo tè tùka komšìite nìkogaš ne bèše presənàl bunàro

Oh and the neighbors here! Never [before] has the well dried up.

122 (a) segà kato na le lègne kòfata kòku zacṛ̀pe tòku

Now when the bucket [descends] it lies flat, there’s only what it scoops up.

123 (a) ako ja rasklàmaš màtna stàne i tò tovà e

And if you shake it [at all] it gets all cloudy, and that’s [all] there is.

Kolju Marinovo 5

16 (GK) a predì ìmalo li e v sèlo sèlo sèloto vudà mnogo

Earlier on was there much water in the village?

17 (a) ìməši̥ ìməši̥

There was, there was.

19 (a) nìe zèjmi tùka e reservoàra du nàs udgòri

We got [it from] – there’s a reservoir here near us. Up above,

21 (a) à nè li gu zabel’àzə tuvà e rezervuàra è tùka du nàs

Didn’t you notice it? That’s the reservoir, right over here – near us.

22 (a) nìj ut tùka z’èmami vodɤ̀ i prɤ̀snətə i čàk u udvɤ̀dnətə majalɤ̀

We get water from here. Water is scattered, even one in the other neighborhood.

23 (a) ə idìn innɤ̀ vudɤ̀ pək ìəmi tùka priz vrɤ̀ju pək čak uttàtəkə

But we have another water source here across the summit, over there on the other side,

24 (a) tò i mnògu dəl’èč nə unàzi vudɤ̀ pək də vər’ɤ̀ tàm

It’s very far, to walk [all the way] to that water

26 (a) ne mužàa də ja fànət sìčkətə tə bəjà zəkɤ̀cvəmi zə vudɤ̀

They couldn’t get it all, so we have a lot of trouble [to get] water.

27 (a) i segà tòo ə kòjtu i ɤ pu vudɤ̀tə

And now the one who’s [responsible] for the water

28 (a) s’àkə sùtrin gi utvàr’ə v’èčir gi zətvàr’ə

opens [the sources] every morning and closes them in the evening.

30 (a) i tòj dvà čàsə gi e dərdžàl dərdžàl vèči dvà čàsə

And for two hours he kept it [open], kept it [open] two hours,

31 (a) li idìn mi ìməmi si upridilèn čuv’èk zə č’ušmìti̥

or maybe [only] one. We have a specific person for the wells,

33 (a) də gi pùštə də gi spìrə

to release the water flow and shut it off.

34 (GK) a ednò vrème ìmalu li ìmalu li e takòva po kɤ̀štite

So in the old days did houses used to have

35 (GK) vodà češmì ili

water – wells, or –

36 (a) n’e

No.

37 (GK) à

What?

38 (a) n’e

No.

39 (GK) kɤ̀k e bilò

[So] what was it like?

40 (a) tàm dir’èto ìəmi nìe ìməmi čušmɤ̀ ə tùkə du nàs uddòlu

We have a well in the dry riverbed, down below here near us

41 (a) vèči j dir’è i inɤ̀ grədìnə səd’è i dir’ètu

is the riverbed. There’s only one garden [between us] and the riverbed.

42 (a) a tàm ìmə ìməjme̝ če i tùkə dòlo čàk ìməši

And there we had – down here there was –

43 (a) ud nàs màlku pò nədòlu ìməše i ču̥šmɤ̀ s ùbavə vudɤ̀

a little further down from us, there was a well with good water.

44 (a) i às si znàix bəkɤ̀rte nə ràmutu dzàrən vèčir na plànne nòs’ə

and I knew [my job] – to carry pails on my shoulder, morning, evening and midday.

45 (a) ə zə ùbəvə vudɤ̀ tàm mi e pò blìzu

But for good water [that one] there was closer to me

46 (a) štòtu nìj sme è tùkə priz dv’è trì kɤ̀šti e

because we’re right here: two or three houses over is

49 (a) à tàm i pò blìzu tàm s’ə nòsim ìmə č’u̥šmɤ̀ əmə

That one is closer, and we get water from there. There is a well, but

50 (a) pò ni e fkùsnə təkà za mìine zə rəzlìvəni zə prən’è

[the water] isn’t as tasty. It’s OK for washing, for watering, for doing laundry,

51 (a) zə fsìčku əmə nə grɤ̀p sìčku sa nòsi̥še̥

for everything – but it all had to be carried on the back.

62 (a) i l’èsnu li e rikɤ̀ ìməjmi tùkə blìzu

And you think that’s easy? We had a river here nearby

63 (a) nìj štòtu tàm b’àjmi pò blìzu du rikɤ̀tə i

because we were there closer to the river, and –

64 (GK) mə štò vìkaš ìmaxme da nè e presɤ̀xnala segà

Why do you say “we had”? It hasn’t gone and dried up, has it?

65 (a) əmi mòži sə kàe či vudɤ̀tə i rikɤ̀tə i prisɤ̀jnələ

Well, one could say that both the water and the river have dried up.

Petrov Dol 2

19 (a) pr’àsnə vudà ut ču̥šmàta um’ès’et p’ìt’i xl’àp

fresh water from the well. They knead up loaves of bread –

Repljana 4

29 (b) tòj u bunàra kàputu

It was in the well that he [lost] his cap.

31 (c) nè nè gòre imàlo odàvna bunàr

No, no. [It was] long ago that there was a well up there.

36 (b) è na ravnìšte gòre na ravnìšte na ravnìšte gòre imàlo bunàr

It’s on Ravnishte up there, Ravnishte – that’s where the well was.

46 (b) a òn u bunàrɤt slazìl

So it was the well that he (Georgi) went down into.

Srebŭrna 2

53 (c) sridžèš jə tɤ̀s ufcɤ̀ vərìš udɤ̀ i zəlìvəš ut’ɤ̀vəš

You shear this sheep, you boil water and pour it [into pots], you go

54 (c) nə ču̥šmɤ̀tə də jə pirèš sə wrɤ̀štəš pək jə č’èpkəš

to the well to wash the wool, then you go back, then you card it –

Stikŭl 3

13 (a) e tùvə ìməme si vudìcə tàm e blᶤìsku vudᶤìcata

Ah, we have a washing pool here. The washing pool is close by here.

15 (a) i etàm sr’ɔ̀štu dènu tuvàr’ət sɛ̀nu tàm ìmə gulɛ̀mə vòda è udgòrə

And there’s a lot of water across from where they’re loading up the hay. Up there

16 (a) ud derètu ìməmè si i drùgətə sìn ni vudìcə duvèg’enkə

[is] the river; we’ve got our [own], other washing place with water piped in [from it].

18 (a) duvèg’enkə ìməme vudìcə si tə ni e mnògu hùbəvə ni j vudìcəsə

We’ve got the water piped in, and this water of ours is really nice,

19 (a) e tùkə dètu ìmə otvòd nə češmìcətə ədnə studènkə vudìcə

here where there’s an outlet from the fountain. It’s [nice] cold water.

20 (a) studènkə òtɨ tɤčè

Cold because [[it’s water] that’s flowing.

143 (a) sòo paraklìsč’ek esòja èj gu tùva zgà č’ešmìcasa

this chapel. This one. Here it is now, this little fountain

144 (a) dèsu ə tùka napràv’enka na mahalɔ̀ta tùka tuvà stàrutu

that was built in the village quarter here, the old one.

145 (KP) tovà tàa češmà tùka li e

And this fountain, is it here?

146 (a) etùka etùka etùka češmìcata uttàtak

It’s here, it’s here. The fountain is just over there,

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