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Baskalci 2

7 (b) zapìšva te zapìšva te

He’s recording you; he’s recording you.

8 (a) à

So?

9 (b) ahà pò hùbavo

OK then, that’s better.

10 (a) è to nò

Well, sure –

Bela 1

11 (b) tovà go slùšam pèd godìni

I’ve been hearing that for five years [now].

14 (b) tovà go slùšam pèta godìna

It’s the fifth year I’ve heard this.

16 (a) sè sè go ostàvam pà

I keep [meaning] to leave it, but –

75 (a) kvò be plamene se kàzva

Hey Plamen, how do you call that?

76 (b) vodoràsli mɤ̀h

Algae, moss.

Belica 1

76 (a) a ednà tì a tì a ne znàeš znàeš

And one – You don’t know her. [Do] you know

77 (a) na bojadžìata sestrà mu gospodìna bàba gospodìna

the painter’s sister Gospodina? Granny Gospodina

78 (a) ot parapàndofci znàeš li a

from Parapandovtsi? Do you know her?

79 (b) ne pòmna da sam ne pòmna be mòže da a znàm

I don’t recall that I – I don’t remember. Maybe I know her,

80 (b) ama ne znàm tòčno kojà e ama segà

but I don’t know exactly which one she is.

81 (b) žìva li e ili umrèla

Is she living or has she died?

82 (a) e t'à umrè odàvna

Oh, she died a long time ago.

83 (b) odàvna ama sestrà li ti bèše

Ah, long ago. But was she your sister?

84 (a) t'à mi nè e sestrà komšìjk'a mi bèše

No, she’s not my sister, she was my neighbor.

85 (b) à komšìjk'a

Ah, a neighbor.

86 (a) ami ìskam da ti kàža če

What I wanted to tell you is that she was

87 (a) bèše dèset godìni pò stara od mène

ten years older than me,

88 (b) a

Ah.

89 (a) i sme otišlè f calapìško pòle

and we’d gone off to Tsalapishko field,

90 (b) à

Ah.

91 (a) što me pìta čovèka

because this man is asking me ...

92 (MM) dà dà dà

Yes, yes, yes.

93 (a) da si bɤ̀brem i žɤ̀neme s sɤ̀bo stojànof ud durlìite

... to talk [about it]. So we were reaping with Sŭbo Stoyanov from Durliite,

Bosnek 1

111 (a) ednò šàlče takà pròsto za uvažènie čùdim se što sàkaš pa

a shawl, just a mark of respect. I wonder what you want [I said to]

Breste 2

32 (b) aha slɤ̀nceto vìe ležìte

And then you lie down [to rest when] the sun [is high].

33 (a) a ležìme

Ah, we lie down!

35 (a) ne ležìme pènke žɤ̀neme si po sl̀nceto štòto

We don’t lie down, Penka, we reap in the sun [too] because –

Breste 3

65 (b) kàzvaj za nèkoga tì segà màni

Tell about the old days! Let the present go.

67 (a) ja tovà mu kàzvam nèkoj takà si sedènki si pràve:me

I’m telling him about that! Back then that’s how we did work bees.

Dolna Sekirna 1

60 (b) [laughter] kažì za pòpa i za kumɤ̀ [laughter]

Tell about the priest and the godfather.

Dolno Ujno

20 (b) bòlen dèdo nèmaše li takà bòlen dèdo

“Grandpa’s ill…” Wasn’t there that kind? “Grandpa’s ill…”

21 (a) ne mòga da [laughter] ti kàža tìja [laughter] ràboti

I can’t [laughter] tell you those [laughter] things.

22 (b) blàga bànica

… [and he wants] sweet tasty banitsa.”

23 (a) tìja màni gi nè [laughter]

Get rid of them, no! [laughter]

24 (b) è dobrè bè nèma [laughter]

Well, look, there’s nothing … [laughter]

25 (a) màni gi [laughter]

Get rid of them [laughter].

112 (b) nèma tì mnògo interèsni ràboti nèma kòj tùka

… no [worry]! You [know] many interesting things. There's nobody here –

114 (b) takà čovèk kòjto da ni gi raskàže tìja neštà

no [other] such person who can tell them these things for us.

Eremija 1

25 (b) što pràvi

What's he doing?

26 (a) èla de èla èla èla èla

Come on over! Come here, come here, come here, come here.

27 (b) ne mòga da

I can’t –

28 (a) èla èla

Come here! Come ...

30 (a) zàpoznaj se tùka sos tìja xòra

… and meet these people here.

31 (b) tìja po štò òdat

What have they come here [to do]?

32 (a) è de onì če ti kàžat

Well, they’ll tell you.

33 (b) à da ne doòždat kaj nàs

Well, they shouldn’t come here among us …

34 (a) òti

Why?

36 (b) parì da tràžat

… to ask for money!

37 (a) nè

No!

39 (a) [laughter] sàmo tùka zapìsvat nèšto nèma ne tràžat pàri

[laughter] They’re only recording something, they’re not asking for money.

51 (b) jà se jà se uplašìx òti

I – I took fright because …

52 (a) à nè

Ah, no.

53 (b) segà

… just now …

55 (b) doòždat po vòda po dànoci

… they are coming around for water, for taxes …

56 (a) [laughter] nèma gi òšte

[Ah,] [laughter] those ones haven’t come yet.

57 (b) po takvìja po tòkᵊ i zatovà vìkam bòže pa seà

… for electricity and such, and so I said “Oh God, now

58 (b) na kràjo vèče na parìte

[when] we’re at the end of our money!

Eremija 6

53 (d) nè na stòdžero kàk se navìva važèto

No, on the pole! [Tell him] how the rope winds around it!

54 (c) à à na stòdžero

Ah, ah, on the pole.

55 (d) tè pìtat

[That’s what] they’re asking.

Gorna Krušica 1

131 (a) vère vrɤzàte li šùmata

Hey Vera, did you tie off the [bundle of] leaves?

132 (b) onì če trèbvat važèta

[We’ll] need cords.

Huhla 1

5 (a) kvò də nap nəlì təkà

What can we – Isn’t that right?

6 (k) nè tè sàmo te slùšat t'èb'e s'egà

No, they’re just listening to you now …

7 (a) à

Hah!

8 (k) štòtu təkà se kàzva stàrite sɤ pò mɤ̀dri

… because, it’s said, old people are wiser,

9 (k) pò vid'àli i pò čùli

they’ve seen and heard more.

Kolju Marinovo 1

16 (k) kvò də zapìsvət

What [are they here] to record?

19 (b) t’è sə kàzəli

They said [they were asking about] …

21 (b) kàk sme rəbòtili ednò vrèmi nə pul’ètu

… how we used to work in the old days [out] in the field.

30 (f) nə məgəzìnə kvò ìma kàk marìjke ili ne sì òdila

What did they have at the store, sister Marijka, or didn’t you go?

32 (b) mi ni sɤ̀m òdilə

but I didn’t go [there] …

35 (b) nə məgəzìnə parì də ìməš

… [since you need] money [to go] to the store..

Kolju Marinovo 2

77 (f) za kvò raspìtvat t’è sigà šə gu vìd’ət kvò je mà

Why are they asking questions? Now they’ll just see what it is!

Kolju Marinovo 3

41 (b) tèj sə gu

They’ve –

43 (b) tìjə gu gl’èdət pu knižɤ̀ta

They look [it] up in books

Kovačevo 1

126 (b) zèr ne pòmnetè ta pòmnime sìčku

You really don’t remember all that? We remember everything [don’t we?]

127 (c) pòmnim èee tvà gu pòmn’əm jà

We remember. Ah, I myself [certainly] remember that!

128 (a) i jàs pòmn’əm žəl’tìci i utùk i utùk i uzàt

I remember too! Gold coins here, and here, and in back.

129 (a) nə mène mi nə mèn’e dàdua sìčku duvòlno

They gave them to me – they gave me everything, enough.

130 (b) nìtu mi dàdua nìti i dàdux

They didn’t give me [any], nor did I give any [to anyone].

131 (c) i nə mèn dàdua i žəltìci i lèvue

They gave them me some too – both gold coins and levs.

132 (c) jànku gi zè nətàtək

But Yanko took them off somewhere [else].

134 (c) jànku gi zè lèvuete

Yanko took the levs, and [unintelligible]

135 (b) mòjte rəskɤ̀cəni gi dàdux nə frèt dàdux pu

Mine are all broken. I gave them all –

136 (c) hìč jànku frèt gi zè də si igràjət tàm

None at all! Yanko took them all so he and others could play [with them].

Kralevo 1

11 (a) mòži vɨ̀kə č’e màlku mi plàtət əmə pàk b’è̝hme duòl’ni

You can say they didn’t pay me much but still we were content

12 (a) nə tvà nìe nəl’ dèl’ču təkà bèše sɨ̀ne

with that, weren’t we Delcho? That’s how it was, right, son?

13 (c) təkà bèše

That’s how it was.

39 (b) tùk tə zəpɨ̀səə

[Careful,] they’ve recorded [what you said].

40 (a) dà mə zəpɨ̀š’e b’àhə n’ dàli p’èncijkətə

So let them record me! They had given [me] the pension …

41 (b) tvà si e tkà kò də nè e nèštu s krɨ̀vu

[Ah, OK,] it’s like that. There’s nothing wrong [with it].

Kralevo 2

10 (a) p’ètrə pòkaži nàštu kurɨ̀t də vìdət kəkɤ̀vu kàk l’àbə m’èsime

Petra, show [them] our trough so they can see how it is, how we knead bread.

18 (a) əmi pràime si kulàč’etə nə dicàtə

[because we use them to] make little cakes for the kids.

19 (a) zəm’èsime si pɨ̀tə si stòrwəme pàk si pràime

We knead, and make unleavened bread (“pita”), and then we make –

Kralevo 3

1 (b) əmə n’e sɨ̀ kàzələ

But you didn’t say

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