eyesight

82 (a) aha tòj z'ɔ̀me če kadè nìkade ne izlìza tugàva gu četè

Ah, he takes it up to read and never goes out, he just reads it.

83 (a) ama vìš tò i bez učilà vìš na sèj gudᶤìni

Just look at him, no glasses. See, [even] at these [advanced] years.

84 (a) i bez učilà si četè

he reads without glasses.

86 (PSh) vìždaš òšte

You [can] still see?

87 (b) du kràja ža glèdam

I’ll see till the end [of my days].

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,

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.

97 (b) kɤsugl'èdu beše

He was nearsighted.

98 (a) ne bɛ̀ mə nèka tò bɤlò si nè e kəsuglèdu

He wasn’t! No, [in fact] it turned out that he was not nearsighted.

99 (a) ama z'ɔ̀lu da ne mòže da vìžda tugàf nàšte ja vòdia gòre

He’d begun to lose his sight, so our people brought her here

1 (VZh) tàm do pɛ̀t'a vìždaš li

Over there by the road, do you see ...

2 (a) vìždəm žinàta vìždəm vìždəm ama məgl'àwo

I see the woman [over there], I see [her], I see, but [only] dimly.

4 (a) i nàj s'ètne ok'orèx s òčila sam

and in the end I went blind and now [wear] glasses.

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