elopement

24 (a) də kəndərdìsvət bəštɤ̀tə mumɤ̀tə t’à kojàtu ìskə

to persuade the father and the daughter. A girl who is willing –

25 (a) pr’əstànuvə b’àgə b’èz də kàže nə màjkə i nə bəštà

she’ll elope, run off without telling her mother or her father.

7 (b) nə mlàdi gudìni nəprìm’er ìmə mumìč’e d’èt ne jè dàvət

In my youth, for instance, there’d be a girl who wasn’t given [in marriage]

8 (b) nə tòu mòmək kògət ìskə

to the boy that she wanted [to marry] …

10 (b) t’à mu pristànvə

[And so] she would elope with him.

11 (GK) kɤ̀k

How [did she do it]?

12 (b) əm’ɨ təkà

Well, just like that.

13 (IV) izb’àgva s nègu

She’d run off with him.

14 (b) izb’àgva s n’ègu

She’d run off with him.

15 (GK) əhə ama čèstu li gu stàvaše tvà

Aha. Well, did this [sort of thing] happen often?

16 (b) stàvəše əm kàk ut huròd bil’à pristànvə

It happened! They would even elope [directly] from the dance.

18 (b) ut huròd bil’à pristànvə

They’d elope even from the dance.

19 (GK) štòt fčèra b’àxme f ednò sèlu tàm

Because yesterday we were in a [certain village], and there

20 (GK) səs trì čètiri bàbi govòrixme si fsìčkite vìka

we spoke with three or four grannies, and all of them said

21 (GK) nìj sìčkite tùka sme pristanùši

“We’re all of us here runaway brides!”

29 (b) i t’à pristànvə to i nìe znàehme nìe kət màl’ki s dòbrə

So she eloped. And we knew about it. My sister Dobra and I, when we were little,

30 (b) vìdehme kugàt kugà utìd’e t’à s n’è̝gə gà prɨstànə tòj

we watched when she went off with him, when she eloped. He …

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