fishing

39 (VZh) kədè ja lov'àxa rìbata tùkə v

Where did they used to go fishing here, in the –

40 (a) əm tùkə əmə tòj s'à n'èmə v'èk'e sià d'è də znàm

Here, but now there aren’t any. How should I know

41 (a) kvò stànə s'àkutri rìbətə kət hòrətə

what happened? Everything has gone off, fish just like people.

42 (a) hòrətə ne bìvət i rìbətə ne bìvə

People aren’t right [any more] and fish aren’t right.

43 (a) inò vr'àme mòjə d'ad mòjə d'àd b'àše bələkčijə

In the old days my grandfather – my grandfather was a fisherman.

59 (a) na ribolòf su bilì sɤs tòni

He went fishing with Tony.

1 (VZh) bàra bàra ìma li tùka nablìzo

River – is there a river here nearby?

3 (VZh) ìma razbìra se

Of course, there would be …

5 (VZh) bàra tùka lòvexa li rìba vɤf nèja

… a river here. Did they catch fish in it?

6 (a) pa lòvea sɤs serkmèta

They did, using cast nets.

18 (a) i ottùka i òdime nìe səž ženìte si òdime

here, and then we go out together with [other] women,

19 (a) ednà ɤdnɛ̀tɤ dɤržì ottùka natùka i tekà tè ɤ̀ po vodàta

one holding each side [of the fabric], and go along the water’s [edge]

20 (a) àjde àjde àjde i rìbata òp vlèzne u tuvà i si lòvi

and here they come – the fish slides into the [fabric] and gets caught.

22 (VZh) à ə znàči i vìe ste lovìli rìba

Ah, so you went out to catch fish too.

31 (a) ot càrevica kəčamàk i u tòo kotèl ìdem ə na bàrata

polenta is from corn. And we go to the river [with] this cauldron

32 (a) i zalòžime na kotèla dèka a bṛ̀kano kačamàk sme go izèle

and we put this cauldron that the polenta was mixed in – we’ve eaten it up

33 (a) ama ə po kràj i go zalòžime kotèla u edìn kàmik tùrame

but there are bits left – and we put a stone in the pot and put it [in the river]

34 (a) ta kotèlɤ i rìbata vlèzne i nìe go i pàk precèždame

and the fish swim into the cauldron, and we – we strain it out

35 (a) i lòvime rìba

and [that’s how] we catch the fish.

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