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Brŭšljan 1

96 (a) gurìte ne [cough] ne sɤ̀ bilì tòlkuvə put kuntròl

the forests weren– [cough] weren’t so heavily, [let’s say], regulated.

97 (a) kətu fàne sn'àk è zəpòčvət c'àlə l'èntə tùkə

And when snow comes, well – they begin – a whole swath [of trees]

98 (a) š'e se pòčne sekɤ̀t i fc'ɛ̀ti gi brəst'àxə səz brɤ̀s

begins to be cut down, and they would feed the sheep the offshoots

99 (a) ud guràtə kàktu segà də kàž'em

from the forest, like now, you might say.

Brŭšljan 3

33 (c) i berèm ud gurɤ̀tə prɤ̀k':e i zəgrədìme pl'èt skilimìdi

and gather sticks from the forest and weave them in with the planks.

Gela 1

13 (PSh) tì si se kalìl gòre po goràta po planinàta

You’ve been getting your exercise up there in the forests and the mountains.

39 (a) i pò màlkunu tugàva gà flɛ̀zat kràvɤnɤ fəf guràta

and the smaller ones too. And when the cows would go into the forest

40 (a) če pò màlkunu vᶤìka kàko nemòj plàka

the smaller one would say, “Sister, don’t cry!

Malevo/Asg 2

10 (b) i gu òdime pu guràtə i gu tɤ̀rsehme po kəmenìstu m’àstu

We went out to the woods and would seek it out in rocky places

34 (VZh) [...]

[Did you go out into the woods to get lumber?]

35 (b) nər’àtku òdeh nər’àtku ìməh mùl’e i məgàre

Rarely. I would rarely go [out there]. I had a mule and a donkey, and

36 (b) ìdə dòkərə gàt gi ìzrəbote tuàə pàk

[If I go], I go, bring it back, and when I use it all up [I go] again.

40 (b) pràvu fəf guràta pùsnə gi tàm də pəsɤ̀t càl’ dèn’

and straight off into the woods. I let them loose to graze all day

Mogilica 3

15 (a) tè bəlkàn stànə zem'ɔ̀tə

all the [fields] – the land became wooded Balkan [landscape].

17 (a) dɛ̀tu imɛ̀hme tərlì də ràdə žìtu tò sə zəràste

Where we once had “torli” (fields) that would bear grain – it all got overgrown.

Rajanovci 1

30 (a) a mì po ìma si ə gorà nò takàva dṛžàvna gorà

And we – well, there’s the state forest.

31 (a) ma rètka ìma si trevà i tàm smo gi pàsli

It’s thinly [wooded], there’s grass, and we pastured them there

Stikŭl 1

67 (a) kəkvòtu vàs nᶤìkuj ne utìde də ràbuti sin i gurà stànə

like you, nobody is going to work, son! All has turned to forest!

Zabernovo

13 (a) dàl gòspug f gurà ìmə dèt ti òči gl’èdət

God has given! There are [trees] in the forest as far as the eye can see.

14 (a) də sə izgùbiš də pùsnem segà tì š’e se izgùbiš tùkə n’èmə

If we let you loose in this forest, you’ll get lost here! You won’t [find your way out]!

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