house construction

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5 (a) a tàm pòsle baštà mi nəpraìl do polovìn

My father built it – [well,] half of it.

94 (a) ìdemo baštà mi prài dòm sɤz dvète rùk’e a mì də

we’d go – my dad built a house with his own two hands – and we’d

95 (a) unesèmo tùglete če nèma nèma kòj da pomògne i tegàj

bring in bricks because there wasn’t – wasn’t anyone to help. And then

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37 (VZh) [Кога е строена твоята къща?]

[When was your house built?]

38 (a) mòjasa kɔ̀šta e mnògu stàra i na pɔ̀k’an e

My house is very old and it’s on the [main] road.

39 (a) mòja dɛ̀du nè e bìl kadɔ̀ren da je napràvil hùbava

My grandfather wasn’t capable of making it nice.

40 (a) s’à čɛ̀kame ako ža a restavrìrat

Now we’re waiting [to see what happens]. If they will restore it,

41 (a) ža ja pràjat aku nè

they will do it. If not, –

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95 (VZh) [Как се прави къщата?]

[How is a house built?]

96 (a) kɤ̀štənə iskupɤ̀t tem’è̝l’i i grəd’ɤ̀t je səs kàmen’e i gr’èdi

For a house, they dig out the foundation, then build it with stone and beams

97 (a) i dɤ̀ski nə nəd’èləni kùp’eni nem’è

and boards. There weren’t any that were already shaped, or bought.

99 (a) ud dəl’èč’e ut plənnɤ̀tə kòjtu si im’ɛ̀ dukàrvəš’e

Whoever had [anything] would bring it from afar, from the mountains.

100 (a) pək əku n’è̝ tugàvə səs d’èləni dɤ̀ski enik’yvə

but if not, then [they worked] with some sort of shaped boards.

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86 (VZh) [Имаше ли някъкъв обичай преди да започне да се строи къщата?]

[Did you practice some sort of custom before starting to build a house?]

87 (d) predì də pòčneš kɤ̀štə də grədìš še pràiš ubičèj

Before you start to build a house, you’ll perform [this] custom:

88 (d) še zəkòl’iš’ ednò š’ìle nə ednɤ̀tə kèš’e i tvà e stàr ubičèj

you’ll slaughter a yearling lamb on a corner. That’s the old custom.

89 (d) i pòčvəž də grədìš màsturit’e̥ š’e gi hràniš tàm še purəznesèš

And then you start building. You feed the builders and distribute

90 (d) màlku po kumšìete i tvà e stàr ubič’èj pu kɤ̀štə grədèn’e

[meat from the sacrifice] among the neighbors. That’s an old custom for building a house.

91 (d) i pòčvə gradèn’eto gradèn’etu̥ sə grədèš’e nè səs vàr

Then the construction begins. The house was built not with lime

92 (d) a səs sòpstvenə pɤ̀rs d’ètu gu vɨ̀kəme kàl i səs sɤ̀štijə kàl

but with local earth, or as we call it, mud – with that very mud

93 (d) grədɛ̀hme kɤ̀štite pu stàru vrème i tvà vərvɛ̀š’e i kàmeni se nemɛ̀še

we built houses in the old days. And that worked. There wasn’t stone [here].

94 (d) i kàrəhme uddəl’èče kàmene s kətɰ̀re sme kàrəli kàmen’e

We would bring in stone from far away: we brought the stone with hinnies,

95 (d) s kvò ne šteš i takà sə e grədìlu pò nəpr’èš

or whatever [was available]. And that’s how we did building earlier on.

100 (d) ud nègə grədɛ̀hme kɤ̀štite ud dɤ̀uvutu je pò sìlnu dərvò

We built houses from it, from oak, [since] the wood is stronger,

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