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Arčar 2

12 (a) i znàeš li kvò ot tàm sa donèle bòlestite pṛ̀vo francùzite

And you know what? That’s where the first infestations came from! The French!

14 (a) osòbeno lozjàtḁ

Especially in the vineyards

16 (a) sa zavidèli i sa donesèle donèsle bòles francùzite̥

They were jealous [of us] and brought – brought infestations. The French.

18 (a) tùka nè e imàlo manà nè e imàlo nìšto

There was no sort of blight here [before], nothing at all.

20 (a) maanà takòvo nè e imàlo onì sa go donèle nìe ne smè

There was no such blight here. They brought it. Not us.

21 (a) tùka e bilò čìsto be čovèk

It was all clean here, my man,

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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)

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