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Drjanovec 1

39 (a) dòdi i prebràwme sɤ bràtt’ȅ fsìčkit’ȅ kɤt zɤròviwmi màjkə prɤbràwmi sɤ
had come. And all the brothers came together when we buried mother.

Glavanovci 2

13 (a) skupotìja stotàrka ti zìma da dòjde da po opèe mɤrtvècɤt stotàrka
Expense! He charges you a hundred to come chant over a corpse. A hundred!

Golica 3

66 (a) na səv'èta d'èto ìma tɑ̀m pisɑ̀ri
At the municipal hall, in the place where they have scribes.

70 (a) tìj venčɑ̀wət tìj kreštɑ̀wət
they do marriages, they do christenings,

72 (a) tìj də umrè
they – when you die

74 (a) tìj up'ɑ̀wət pòp n'èma
they do the funeral. There’s no priest.

Sŭrnica 1

142 (a) nìj òdihme də vìdim n’ègu nə pugrib’ènietu si òdihme
and we went to see [the blood brother], and we went to the funeral [together].

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Recommended Model for Citations

Bulgarian Dialectology as Living Tradition [2016] (http://www.bulgariandialectology.org, visited on 1 March 2016)
Babjak 1: 13-15. In: Bulgarian Dialectology as Living Tradition [2016] (http://www.bulgariandialectology.org, visited on 1 March 2016)

by Dr. Radut