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Eremija 1

35 (GK) štò òti

What [do you mean,] 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.

40 (GK) po prìkaskata kòj koè

[We’ve come] to chat. Who, what –

41 (RA) po prìkaskata

To chat.

42 (GK) tràžim prìkaskite

We’re looking for stories.

43 (a) po prìkaski

For tales.

44 (b) à prìkaski

Ah, for tales.

45 (a) prìkaski

Tales.

46 (b) a nìe nè ne znàeme prìkaski

But we don’t know [any] tales.

47 (a) àbe ìme prèzime

Ah, you know, first name, last name –

48 (b) ne znàeme

We don’t know –

49 (RA) sàmo da prikàzvame

We’re just [here] to chat.

50 (GK) sàmo da si govòrim be nìšto drùgo ne tràžim

We’re just [here] to talk, you know? We’re not looking for anything else.

61 (RA) pròsto po dùmi

[No,] simply for words.

62 (b) aa

Ah.

63 (RA) po dùmi òjdoxme [laughter]

We came for words. [laughter]

67 (b) gl'èdam tùka zapìšuvat od dèka znàm

I see [people] over here recording [something], and how am I to know?

68 (a) zapìšuva imenàta mi zapišàa gòvoro zapìsvat kakò govòrime

They’re recording. They recorded my names, they’re recording speech – how we talk.

69 (b) e pa nìko

Well, nobody –

70 (GK) kakò se govòri u vàše sèlo

How people talk in your village.

71 (a) kakò se govòri

How one talks [here].

72 (b) e pa àko onò

Oh, well, then –

73 (GK) dojdì pri nàs dè

Come over [and join] us, then!

74 (b) à

What?

75 (GK) dòjdi pri nàs

Come on over [and join] us!

76 (RA) elà elà

Come, come!

77 (a) drugàrkata nè e

[She], the comrade is not –

78 (RA) às səm ot amèrika

I am from America.

79 (a) od amèrika e

She’s from America …

80 (GK) od amèrika čàk e došlà

She’s come all the way from America.

81 (RA) od amèrika dojdòh da vi pìša gòvora

I came from America to write down your dialect.

82 (a) i zapìsva

… and is recording –

Eremija 6

53 (d) nè na stòdžero kàk se navìva važèto

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

55 (d) tè pìtat

[That’s what] they’re asking.

Garvan 1

119 (a) l'èsi b'e l'èsi nəl'i znàjš kəkò e tòj l'èsi

Table tops, yes! Table tops. You know what table tops are?

120 (a) dɤ̀l' ne znàjš kòj tə znàj

[Well] who could guess whether you’d know that.

132 (a) pək bùl'kətə ustàvə səs ə unùj š'ə izvin'àvəte əmà

And the bride is left with that – you’ll [have to] excuse me but

133 (GK) nè nè rəzkəžì gu tvà e interèsnu

No, no, tell [us] about it. It’s interesting!

134 (a) è če tùj

Well, this –

135 (GK) tè ni znàjət

They don’t know [about that].

153 (GK) əku si čùvələ

If you’ve heard [of it, that is].

154 (a) e č'i səm čuvələ

Ah, I’ve heard [of it].

176 (a) təkòs kò də v'i prəkàzvəm nəpràu ìstinə sà nə mène

Like that. How can I tell you? It’s the actual truth, now for me anyway.

177 (GK) mə nè tò sə tè sə ìstinski ràbuti tìjə

No, no, this – these are real, true things!

Gela 1

44 (b) tì kvò zapìsvaž be

So what are you writing down, you?

45 (PSh) ami ne mòga fsìčko da zapòmna i zapìsvam

Well, I can’t remember everything so I note down …

47 (a) tè sè ubɔ̀rkuvat

They keep on getting mixed up.

48 (PSh) koèto mi e interèsno

… things that interest me.

Gela 3

1 (c) əmə ut kədɛ̀ ste ìnače be bɤ̀lgari li ste

So other than that, where are you all from, huh? Are you Bulgarian?

2 (GK) bɤ̀lgari sme

We’re Bulgarian.

3 (VZh) dà

Yes.

4 (c) e kàžite kvò ìskate segà da vi prikàzvame

Tell me, what do you want us to talk to you about?

5 (VZh) t'à e ot amèrika ama ùči bɤ̀lgarski i go znàe mnògo dobrè

[This woman] is from America, but studies Bulgarian and knows it very well.

6 (c) əma t'à vɤ vòdi ili vìe ja vòdite nèja

Well, is she taking you around or are you taking her around?

8 (VZh) ami zàedno xòdim [laughter] segà kòj kogò

Well, we’re going together [laughter]. Who’s [taking] whom [doesn’t matter].

9 (GK) kato ìdem kat ìdem f amèrika t'à še ni vòdi

When we go – when we go to America, she’ll take us around.

10 (RA) da [laughter]

Yes. [laughter]

11 (c) i kvò ža pràite segà fìlm nɛ̀kaf

So what are you doing now? [Making] some sort of film?

12 (RA) ne

No.

13 (VZh) nè nè sàmo se interesùvame ot stàri ot stària rodòpski ə ezìk

No, no. We’re only interested in the old-time Rhodope language …

14 (GK) kàk se govòri tùka u gelà

How you speak here in Gela!

15 (VZh) kàkto se govòri v gelà

… how you speak in Gela.

22 (c) e kàžite tò ža kàžem tì pò znàeš àjde

So tell [us] what to tell you. You [tell them], you know more. Come on!

23 (d) è kvò da kàža

Ah – what [do I have] to tell [them]?

24 (c) tì pò znàeš tòšo

You know more [than I do], Tosho.

25 (d) əh

Eh!

26 (c) à tì si pò takòva

You’re more [into these things].

Godeševo 3

1 (VZh) [Кажете ми нещо зa старо време]

[Tell me something about the old days]

2 (a) əmi š eš èj tùkə niz dòln'ite məəlɤ̀i ìmə stàri nìnki

Well, you [should] go down to the lower districts, to the old grannies here,

3 (a) t'à še pupɤ̀jtəš t'è še ti kàžət sɤ̀jčku

[if] you ask them they’ll tell you everything.

4 (a) še ti kàžət è bɤ̀jrvəkìcki ràbuti d'ètu d'ètu t'è sə zəpòvnili

They’ll tell you [all] these old-time things that – that they’ve remembered.

5 (a) nìe sme zəpòvnili nɤ̀jštu nìe ne gla

We haven’t remembered anything. We don’t –

6 (a) sàmu adɤ̀jn glàs sme zəpòvnili nìe

we’ve only remembered one way of life.

Golica 2

19 (a) ud d'è ste hòra sìčkitɛ̏ ud' enò s'èlo li ste

And where are all you people from? Are you [all] from the same village?

20 (VZh) ə nè nìe sme ot sòfia ama dnès dnèska sutrintà

Oh no, we’re from Sofia, but today - this morning

21 (VZh) b'àxme vəf kozìčino vəf erkèč b'àxme i dojdòxme pešà tùka

we were in Kozichino – we were in Erkech – and we came here on foot.

22 (a) pišà ìjt'e gurkìt'e

On foot? Ah, you poor things.

23 (VZh) pešà èm napràixme rasxòdka màlko

[Yes,] on foot. Well, we made a bit of an excursion [of it].

24 (a) em pičè pičè am vìj pu kəkò hòjte

But it’s so hot, so hot! Well, what did you come here for?

25 (a) tɛ̀j po hùbavo n'e st'è trɛ̀gnali h tòs p'èk

Didn’t you have some nice [reason] to set out [on a trip] in this heat?

26 (TD) po xùbavu sme trɤ̀gnali

We had a nice [reason] to come!

27 (VZh) po xùbavu sme trɤ̀gnali

We had a nice [reason] to come.

28 (b) e xùbavu, xùbavu

A nice [reason], a nice [one].

29 (VZh) tɤ̀rsime stàrite prìkəzki stàri ràboti

We’re looking for old-style talk, old stuff …

31 (VZh) stàrijə ezìk tɤ̀rsime da ni guvòrite pu pu gulìški

We’re looking for the old language, for you to speak to us in Golitsa speech.

Golica 3

31 (a) t'às hòra ud n'ib'ètu sl'ɛ̀zli

These people seem to have fallen out of the sky!

32 (a) ni znàjet n'èto vərhɑ̀ni n'èto žètva n'èto hùrka

They don’t know about threshing, nor about reaping, nor about distaffs.

33 (c) znàet znàet

They know, they know.

34 (a) èj go pìta tùj

Look at this guy, asking [all] these [questions]!

35 (c) znàet tìe sìčko znàet

They know, they know. They know everything.

37 (a) am ə wòt' pìtɛt

So why do they ask [then]?

38 (c) am də v'èšte da znàet

Well, so as to know more.

39 (a) ne znàet

They don’t know ...

41 (c) znàjət s'àkək nìj ne znàem

They know all sorts [of stuff that] we don’t know.

42 (a) d'èt harmɑ̀n:tȅ ne znàeli d d'èt sne žənèneli

... where the threshing fields are, they didn’t [seem to] know where we did the reaping,

43 (a) dèt sne vəršɛ̀li nìšto n znàjat ud nib'èto

where we did the threshing. Nothing! [They came] from the sky.

44 (c) ne sɛ̀ ud nebèto

They’re not from the sky

46 (c) ne sɛ̀ ud nibèto tìe

They’re not from the sky, these [people].

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