housework

Drjanovec 1

41 (a) i vɤ̀rnɤm sɤ n’àmɤ kàk dɤ nɤpràjmi č’ùdim sɤ udd’è dɤ jɤ svɤ̀rdz’im

We came back, what else could we do; and we wondered – how will we manage?

42 (a) n’àmɤ kòj dɤ m’ès’i̥ n’àmɤ kòj dɤ p’irè n’àmɤ kòj dɤ šetɤ

There’s nobody to make bread, nobody to do the washing, nobody to do housework.

45 (a) dàj dɤ tɤ už’ènim t’èb’e dɤ zɤ̀mnimi inò mumìči

“Let’s marry you off! Let’s get [ourselves] a girl.

46 (a) sàmu dɤ p’ir’è t’èz d’ecà i dɤ im gòtvi sàmu u.kɤ̀šti

She only [needs] to do the washing for these kids and to cook for them in the house.

Godeševo 1

1 (VZh) [Какво има една жена да върши в къщи?]

[What [work] does a woman have to do in the house?]

2 (a) kvò ìmə də vɤ̀rši fkɤ̀šti

What does [the woman] have to do in the house?

3 (VZh) da

Yes.

4 (a) səbàjle še stàne še izmet'è̝ še svarɤ̀j še ublečè decàtə

In the morning you’ll get up, sweep out, cook up [food], you’ll dress the kids

5 (a) še gi nərà nəràmi tugà nə nɤ̀jvətə səs məgàretu

you’ll heft them onto your shoulders, then [off] to the field with the donkeys.

7 (a) əšəmdàn pà gi vràškame pà pwòčvame še svərɤ̀jm fəsul'

In the evening we bring them back, and begin again. We’ll cook beans,

8 (a) še jədè̝m še še gi nəp nəl'àgəme pà də ležòd decàtə

we’ll eat, we’ll put the kids down to sleep again.

9 (a) səbàjle ut p'èt čəsò pà sme nə nug'ìte

At five in the morning we’re up on our feet again.

10 (a) pà še stàneme i tvà e

We get up once more and that’s it.

Huhla 2

42 (a) pri hòrətə əmə kò də pràə fkɤ̀šti si š'ètəm

where people are. What can I do? I do the housework at home,

43 (a) mlògu òšte d'e i š'ètəm si i n'àməm ràbutə

there's a lot [to do], I keep house, and I don't have [other] work.

Leštak 2

12 (d) ə segà fkɤ̀šti də sə učʌ̀t də pumàgət də

Right. At home – to learn how to help, how to

14 (d) rəbòtət [laughter] də iskàruvət hlɛ̀’p [laughter] [unintelligible] ku ne rəbòtiš

work, [laughter] in order to earn [your] bread [laughter] [unintelligible]. If you don’t work

Malevo/Asg 3

1 (c) čem sùtrin kətu stàneš nàj nəprèž žə si nəpràviš

So in the morning when you get up the first thing you’ll do [is]

2 (c) šə s ušʌ̀təš fkɤ̀šti si nəpràiš zə jə jàdenetu̥

you’ll clean up around the house, and then you’ll make meals.

Šumnatica 3

101 (VZh) po kɤ̀štata kakvà ràbota ìmaš na nìvata jàsno tàm sèeš

What sort of work [is there] in the house? In the fields it’s clear – you sow …

103 (VZh) orèš a fkɤ̀šti kakvò praiš

… you plow – But what do you do in the house?

104 (b) če gà dòješ tr’àvə kràvətə də ubìdəš

When you come back [from the field] you have to take care of the cow,

105 (b) tr’àvə də mu dəd’èš t’èletu də id’è tr’àvə də urìneš dàmət

you have to give the calf [something] to eat, you have to muck out the stable,

106 (b) tr’àvə də zgòtviš zə jàdene d ìiš hl’ab də zèmeš

you have to cook meals, to go and get bread,

107 (b) d ìi əku n’eməš hl’àp še ispeč’èš

to go – if there isn’t bread, you’ll bake [it].

109 (b) tvà ni e f kàštata tvà e

That’s how it is for us. That’s what [work] in the house is.

111 (b) ni mòež də s’ènneš də uper’èš

You can’t sit down [at all], you [have to] do the laundry –

112 (b) è tò mnògu ràbutə ìmə nə žènckutu

Ah! There’s lots of work for a woman.

Žitnica 2

4 (b) də šɤ̀təm i sɤ̀štutu s’èejme tɨ̀kvɨ pu pulè̟tu

to do the housework. And we also sowed pumpkins in the field.

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