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Bangejci 2

53 (a) səs iglì dib'èli gul'èmi iglì dɤ̀lgi kətu i širòko ə pək čuràpa

With needles – big thick needles [that are] both long and wide. And for socks,

54 (a) səs p'èt iglì p'èt iglìčki t'à šə gi znài drugàrkətə

with five needles, five little needles. The comrade will know this, she will.

55 (a) ìgli zə čuràp ni znàiš li kəkvò i

Needles for socks, don’t you know what that is?

56 (TD) əə

Unh-uh.

57 (JB) nè

No.

58 (a) [laughter] i tɤ̀j s iglì sə plit'è

[laughter]. Well, you knit [them] with needles.

Bansko

79 (a) bàncka kapamà čùle lè ste

Have you heard of Bansko stew?

80 (RSh) m.hm

Mm hm [yes].

81 (a) bàncka kapamà ot tavà pò ùbuvu nèma

Bansko stew - there’s nothing better!

82 (RSh) ràskaži ràskaži

Tell [me about it], tell [me]!

207 (a) ta [laughter] jà vìkam če uš ne mò vi kažùvam nìšču pa

Hah! [laughter] Here I thought I wasn't going to be able to tell you anything [at all],

209 (a) e pà kažàj nɛ̀šč'u

but I [managed to] tell you something after all.

211 (RSh) vìž kòlko interèsni ùbavi rabòti ni kažà

Just look at all these nice interesting things you told us!

263 (a) da kàža za resnàči̥te

Shall I tell you about [weaving] tasseled blankets?

293 (RSh) štò e tuvà valèvica

What is this "fulling mill"?

294 (a) emì ne stè le viždàli tùka v bàncku valɛ̀vica

Ah, haven’t you seen the fulling mill here in Bansko?

Baskalci 1

12 (GK) tì znàeš li nèšto

Do you know something?

13 (a) hm e štò dә ti kàža àzeka

Hm. Well, what should I tell you?

14 (a) trèbva dә mi zәdàeš vәpròs tә әku mògә dә ti udguvòra

You have to put a question to me, and if I can I’ll answer you.

36 (GK) ama vìe ne mù vìkaxte càrevička

But you didn’t call it “tsarevichka” [then] –

37 (GK) i tì zè dә go izmètaš

you’ve taken to twisting [your speech] about.

39 (a) e misìrka mu vìkame ma

Ah [yes], we call it “misirka”.

40 (GK) emi kàži mi misìrka

So, say “misirka” to me!

42 (GK) še govòriš kàkto trèva pu stàrutu ki

[I want you to] talk in the old way, you see?

43 (a) jà jàs ti kәžùvәm misìrka әki ti kàžә

Well, if I say “misirka” to you, if I talk [that way]

44 (a) mòe dә mi ne rәzbèreš

you might not understand me!

45 (GK) tì še mi tì še mi guvòriš pә às še tɤ rәzbìrәm

You just – you just talk to me, and I’ll understand you.

48 (GK) às kɤdètu ne tè rәzbìrәm še tә pìtәm

And whenever I don’t understand you, I’ll ask.

51 (a) [laughter] zә kәkvà rabòta òdiš tì po drùgo òdiš li à

What are you here for? You here for some other thing?

52 (GK) po takàva rabòta òda

I’m here for this sort of thing.

53 (b) po tavà pu tavà òdi

For this – he’s here for this.

116 (a) ne sàm pušàč ne iskam košà košàra se napràva znàči

No thanks, I don’t smoke. So they make a sheepfold,

252 (a) aà na tèp ti e kažuvàl nèkoj tìzeka

Hah, someone has told that to you [no doubt].

282 (a) àj [laughter] a be kòj ti u nèkoj kәtu ìmaš naprìmer a

Ho! How did you – ? If you have one, for instance –

Baskalci 2

6 (a) a a tuvà sìgur me zapi èj tìze

And this surely – Hey, you’re recording me!

50 (a) ìmaše ednò vrème kәtràn’ znàeš li kәtu si

In the old days there was pitch (I bet you know that too!)

51 (GK) è

Yes?

79 (GK) ə vid’à li a drùgo

Ah! You see? Anything else?

80 (a) i drùgo nè znam

I don’t know anything else [about that].

Belica 1

89 (a) i sme otišlè f calapìško pòle

and we’d gone off to Tsalapishko field,

91 (a) što me pìta čovèka

because this man is asking me

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,

119 (b) tovà slùša li slùša

This thing keeps on listening, doesn’t it?!

Belica 2

43 (a) abe tì nèšto si òpiten

Well, now, you’re already somewhat knowledgeable [about this]!

44 (MM) è às sɤm raspìtval na drùgi mestà

Well, I’ve been asking about this in other places.

45 (MM) ìskam da vìd'a u vàšto sèlo kàk e

[Now] I want to see what it’s like in your village.

47 (MM) nalì e takà

That makes sense, right?

48 (a) sèštam se jàze če tì raspìtvaš nèšto za tovà

I got the feeling that you’re making inquiries about this [stuff]!

Belica 3

41 (b) kɤdè šte go sɤopštàvate u vèsnika eli u televìziata

Where are you going to publish this, in the paper, or on television?

45 (RA) pòsle še ti kàža

I’ll tell you later.

49 (RA) sɤs studènti

[I do it as part of work] with students.

50 (b) mladèš

[With] young people?

51 (RA) sɤs studènti

With students.

52 (MM) pòsle še ti kàžem pòsle še ti kàžem

We’ll tell you later, we’ll tell you later.

117 (a) àjde za segà dovìždane

So now [I’ll say] goodbye.

118 (MM) čàkaj de čàkaj màlko

Wait! Wait a bit.

119 (a) à

Why?

120 (MM) tò lèba ne è došɤ̀l

The bread hasn’t come yet.

121 (a) čèkaj lèba nè e došɤ̀l ama jà kato nèma lèba

Wait? [Yes,] the bread hasn’t come, but [even] if there’s no bread

122 (a) jà š si òtida če ìmam svìne pa kṛ̀ta

I'll go [anyway] because I’ve got the pigs, and the moles –

123 (a) če izlèat po dvòra da mi napràvat čudesìi

they’ll come out in the yard and make a mess for me

124 (a) i zaràn še dòjde štèrkata a me nabìe

and my daughter will come tomorrow and beat me!

125 (MM) [laughter]

[laughter]

126 (RA) [laughter]

[laughter]

127 (a) kàk mìsliš tì

Well, what do you think?

128 (MM) n'àma n'àma n'àma

No, she won’t! No, no.

129 (a) tì mìsliš če seà kàk si tì li

You think that everyone’s like you?

130 (MM) o

Oh –

131 (a) ò žìf i zdràf štòm šejsè godìni si è

Well, may you be alive and well. Look, you’re sixty now,

132 (a) ìmaš unùčki ìmaš tìa onìa

you [must] have granddaughters. You do have some [right?]

133 (MM) ìmam ìmam

Yes, I do. I do.

134 (a) šte zèmat da ti čorbadžìjstvat tì šte kato rečè

Well, they’ll start bossing you around, and they’ll say,

135 (a) ama jà ne znàm dède kàk ama jà ne znàm tàtko kàk

“I don’t know how [to do this], Grandpa, I don’t know how to, Dad”

136 (a) a sɤgà znàeš sìčko [laughter]

And now you know everything. [laughter]

Bosnek 1

2 (a) za dètstvoto li tr’àva da ti kàžem dètstvoto

Childhood? I should tell you [about] my childhood?

24 (a) uprègna volòvete ti znàeš što è volòve pa tùra ednà lèsa

harnessed up oxen (you know what oxen are [right?]), and put on a wattle harrow.

26 (a) te tekà bèše i pòsle vejàčka ìmaše nàraka ti znàeš sìgurno

That’s how it was. And then there was a hand-held winnower, you know that surely,

28 (a) da ne tì e xlàdno nèšto da iznesèm elèče

Aren’t you cold? Should I bring you something, a vest?

29 (IL) hm nè dobrè

No, I’m fine.

38 (a) pa tùri mašà nalì znàeš što e mašà

she’d put the “masha” (fire tongs), you know what “masha” is, don’t you?

52 (a) po trì dèna se pràveše svàdba razbìraš li

Weddings used to last three days. Do you understand?

54 (a) teferìč se pràveše tì mož da znàeš əm

They’d have a “teferich” (staff for a processional flag), you maybe know –

55 (a) i teferìč znàeš li kakvò e

Do you know what a “teferich” is?

68 (a) ednà edìn kanàt se slòži kanàt tì go znàeš ot karùcite

they take a “kanat” (cart board) and lay it out. You know, from a carriage.

83 (a) ìdexme po žìvata vodà odìla li si na žìvata vodà

We would go to the “living water”. Have you gone for living water?

84 (NL) əmhəm

Yes,

100 (a) smèj se smèj se takà bèše

Go ahead and laugh, [but] that’s how it was.

114 (a) i na ezar jòsif ako znàeš ə kadè e na càro kal’àskata

and Exarch Joseph, if you know where that is, at the emperor’s carriage.

115 (a) zn nìšto ne znàeš i tìja ràboti tì nìšto ne znàete

You don’t know these things, you don’t know anything.

116 (a) sɤdèbnata palàta znàeš li kadè e

The Palace of Justice, do you know where that is?

117 (NL) dà

Yes [I do].

118 (a) à takà fli flizàla li si dòleka u mazèto kadè sa golemcìte miž

Ah, OK. Have you gone in below, to the cellar where the big shots [hang out]?

119 (a) ne mòž da si flizàla tàm ne dàva ne mè lɤ̀ži̥

[No,] you can’t have gone there, it’s not allowed. Don’t lie to me,

120 (a) ne sì flizàla a nìa otsrèšta ìdexme jàlovico bèše tàm pazàč

you haven’t been. But we went across from there, Yalovitso was the guard,

138 (a) u vòda živèja tì ne išlà li si tàm da vìiš kakvò e

They live in water. Have you gone there to see what it’s like?

139 (a) kɤ̀štiti sa im u vodà ne sì odìla na vètrenata vodenìca

Their houses are in the water. You haven’t gone. At a windmill

Bosnek 2

7 (a) če stàpime u pòdnica znàe li momìčeto što e pòdnica nè

we’d step in the “podnitsa” (baking dish) – does the girl know what’s a “podnitsa”? No.

22 (a) na čìf i tèk znàeš li što è čìf i tèk

“chift i tek” (odds & evens). Do. you know what “chift i tek” is?

24 (a) i tovà ne znàeš nàči /laughter/ takà ako e čifᵊ dvè sa

Ah, you don’t know that either! /laughter/. Well, if it’s “chift”, it’s two –

26 (NL) àbe tovà go znàm

Well, I know that!

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