consummation of marriage

Garvan 1

132 (a) pək bùl'kətə ustàvə səs ə unùj š'ə izvin'àvəte əmà

And the bride is left with that – you’ll [have to] excuse me but

136 (a) bùlkətə ustàvə səz gudenìku v'èč'i tùkə

The bride stays here with her fiancé,

137 (a) pək ə krɤ̀sniku̥ səs swudbɑ̀r:tȅ utìvət də də nòs'ət krɤ̀sniku̥ sìčkitȅ

while the godfather and all the wedding guests go to see the godfather off.

138 (GK) à nàči dùkətə nòs'ət krɤ̀sniku tugàvə

Ah, so it’s while they are seeing the godfather off that –

139 (a) à tɤ̀j

Yes, that.

140 (GK) bùlkətə j

The bride is –

141 (a) bùlkətə səz gudeniku v'eč'i̥ t'àxnətə ràbutə tàm

The bride and her fiancé are already [doing] their “job” there,

146 (GK) a àku nèštu ràbutətə izlèze lòšə

And if somehow the “job” comes out badly?

147 (a) kət jizlèzi lòšə àjde bùlkətə jə pɤ̀d'ət nə u t'àf

If it turns out badly, they send the bride back to them ( = her parents).

148 (GK) amì

You don’t say!

149 (a) emi tò inò wr'èmi n'èmə təkòs kəd'è š'e e

Well, in the old days there wasn’t any such thing. How could it –

150 (GK) tò ne sɤ̀ e slùčvəlu

That didn’t [ever] happen.

151 (a) tò də nè e kət sigàšnutu wr'èmi tò sigàšnutu wr'èmi kəkòtu j

It wasn’t like the present day, the way things are in the present day.

152 (GK) ami dobrè aku sə e slùčvəlu kvò sə jə pràjəli tìjə

Well, O.K. [But] if it did happen, what did they do with her?

153 (GK) əku si čùvələ

If you’ve heard [of it, that is].

154 (a) e č'i səm čuvələ

Ah, I’ve heard [of it].

155 (GK) də znàiš

if you know.

156 (a) kətu təkòzvə j istəkòzvət

After it’s done and they finish it off [in such a way].

157 (a) bùlkətə jə wrɤ̀štət nə tèjkutu i nə màjkətə

they send the bride back to her father and mother.

159 (a) səm čùvələ tùj nèštu dè ni sɤ̀m təkòzvələ də vìd'ə

I’ve heard of that. I’ve never, you know, been around to see [it]

160 (a) əmɤ̀ səm čùlə dàže às pòmn'ə tɤ̀j b'àw pò màlkə tɤ̀j

but I heard [about it]. I even remember once when I was little,

161 (a) u nàštu s'èlu inɤ̀ tɤ̀j jə vɤ̀rnələ ut ə ut svàdbətə

in our village [the mother-in-law] sent one back after the wedding,

162 (a) òšti tàm ja pund'èl'niku̥ sreštu pund'èl'niku i jə vɤ̀rnəə u tèjkuvi si

They sent her back to her father’s on the Monday on Sunday night in fact,

163 (GK) mìslili sə če

They thought that …

164 (a) emì tɤ̀j əmi

Well, exactly.

165 (GK) e budalà

… she was a fool.

166 (a) nè e č'èsnə kàzvət

That she wasn’t honorable, as they say.

168 (a) č’èsnus tɤ̀rsiva

Honor [is what] they were looking for.

169 (GK) česnos tɤ̀rseja

Honor [is what] they were looking for.

170 (a) inò vrèmi dà

In the old days, yes.

Skrŭt 2

132 (b) mi kat sa vɤ̀rnat u mumčètu vìki togàj džumbìš càla nòš

Well, when they get back to the boy’s house, then – a party! All night long.

133 (b) momčèto i momàta sa vɤ̀tre k’i si zàpnat əf stàjata

The boy and the girl are inside, they’ve locked them into a room

134 (b) si sedàt a pək svàdbata si prodəlžàva i sutrintà

and they stay there, while the wedding [celebration] goes on. And in the morning

135 (b) àjde blàga rekìa tovà onovà i džumbìši̥

– hey! Hot sweetened brandy, this and that, and [more] party.

136 (GK) a kòj kòj gi dar’àvaše vednàga kato gi priberɤ̀t

And who – who gifted them? Right away when they get home,

137 (GK) kətu ìdət u mumčètu i gi zatvàr’at u stàjata ili nè

when they go to the boy’s house and close them up in the room? Or [something else]?

138 (b) à ò igràat si džumbìš sètne si lègnat zatvòrat

Ah. Oh, they dance and have a party. And later they go to bed, they close them up

139 (b) tàm lègnat si fu stàjata i sètne sutrintà stanàa lè

there, they’re in bed in their room. And later in the morning when they get up –

Trŭnčovica 1

45 (a) tə si ìdi ispràtət krɤ̀snikə i pòsle uvedɤ̀d bùlkətə

and then they go to send off the godfather. Then they lead the bride [to the room]

46 (a) dètu žə spɨ̀ i čùpət nə vrətàtə gərnè̟ li bɨlò

where she will “sleep”, and break [things] on the door, whether it’s a pot

47 (a) pənɨ̀cə li bɨlò čùpət nə vrətàtə tɤ̀j e bilò zəkònə [laughter]

or a bowl – they break things on the door. That was the law! [laughter]

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consummation of marriage

Garvan 1

Skrŭt 2

Trŭnčovica 1