blueberries

88 (a) tugàva ni vìkat če tò mnògu si vìdɨ če jɛ̀l

They used to tell us that he sees so much because he ate

89 (a) mnògu čèrnɤ buruvìnki pək tìi nəlì za za zrèniet

so many blueberries. They’re good for sight, you know,

90 (a) i mnògu jadɤ̀t i tɛ̀h a tò kàrlak sàmo čèrni buruvìnki̥

and people eat a lot of them. In Karlak there’s only blueberries.

91 (a) o tò ne tònuve izìda buruvìnki

And he eats no [less than] tons of blueberries!

93 (a) pu càl dèn' kvò da pàk varì jadè

All day long – he walks and eats them.

94 (a) ednà gudɨìna ut plòvdiv be dušlà enà dukturìca ta be duvèla mòmče

One year a doctor lady came up from Plovdiv and brought a boy

95 (a) f pustèle vìka kàzahà mə vìka pòčna

[wrapped in] a sheet. She said, “They told me,” she said, that he’d begun

96 (a) da ne mòž da vìžda kàzahà da čèrni buruvìnki

to lose his sight. They said that [he needed to eat] blueberries.

100 (a) tə dvɛ̀ tenkìi naberà čèrni buruvìnki vìka da mu dàvam

and she gathered two cans of blueberries and told me to give them to him

101 (a) da da jadè tà be ut plòvdif de dòkturka ta tùka spà

to eat. She was from Plovdiv, this doctor woman, and stayed over here

102 (a) i ja duvèdua nàšte zberà buruvìnki̥

Our people brought her, and she gathered blueberries.

103 (PSh) a kogà zrèjɤt borovìnkite

And when do the blueberries ripen?

104 (a) ezgà vəf àvgus

Now, in August.

105 (b) ezgà prez àvgus mɛ̀sɤc

Now, in the month of August.

106 (a) prez àvgu mɛ̀sɤc malᶤìnɤ buruvìnki ìma i čèrni i červèni buruvìnki

In August there’s raspberries and blueberries – blueberries and cranberries both.

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