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Golica 3

49 (a) da zəvəlìt'i

You [should] make it start raining.

55 (c) dè sa drùgite vi

Where are the others of your group?

56 (VZh) tvà sme vsìčkite à

We’re all here

57 (c) mi òn'a dèn ìmaše ednà ednì drùgi

Well, the other day there was another… there were some others.

58 (VZh) pa segà dr drùgi dojdòxme

Yes, but now we’ve come [with] another [group].

59 (c) a drùgi

Ah, others.

60 (VZh) nìe dojdòxme pešà ot kozìčino dnèska

We came by foot today from Kozìčino.

69 (c) tùj segà dèt gu prikàzvə zapìsuva li se

This – what she’s saying now, is it getting recorded?

71 (c) zapìsva sə dà

[Ah] yes, it’s recording.

Gorna Krušica 1

128 (GK) [Знаеш ли някоя друга жена в махалата която да поговорим?]

[Do you know of any other woman around the village we could talk to?]

129 (a) a tekà po tìja ùlici k’e fànete ama

Well, you could grab hold of some on the streets here, but [maybe not],

130 (a) òti xòratà sa po polèto takà [unintelligible]

because people are out in the fields [unintelligible]

133 (a) ami ako ìskate pa i tùka mòž da si s

Well, if you want you can – here, with,

134 (a) pri nàšte si da si posèdite onì mòže da vi poprikàžuvàa

you can sit a bit here with our folks, they can tell you some things.

135 (a) tùka svàk’ata jà à vìe kàk ìskate

One of my in-laws is here. But it’s as you wish.

136 (GK) t’à kòlko e godìšna

How old is she?

137 (a) ami onà e kòlko mène

Well, she’s the same [age] as me.

140 (RA) sɤs nèja sɤs nèja predi govòrixme màlko

We spoke with her a little while ago.

141 (a) ama i jàs tovà vìkam ìma pò stàri ama

Well, I said that there were older ones, but –

142 (b) po stàri nèkəkvi

There are some older [ones].

143 (a) aà jà jà tàa sɤ̀štata ženà e jà

Aha, yes. That’s the same woman, yes.

145 (a) drùga ne a tàa

No other one. Well - that –

146 (a) òšte pò stàri ìma

There are even older ones.

Huhla 2

16 (a) vìe ut kujà gudìnə ste ràdəni gol'ami mòmčetə li ste̥

You [two], what year were you born? You’re big fellows, aren’t you?

17 (GK) əm

Well –

18 (VZh) pedesè i òsma godìnə sme rodèni i dvàmata

Both of us were born in [nineteen] fifty-eight.

19 (a) m vìe ste ut mòjte pò màl'ki mòjtu unùj gul'àmutu e

So you’re younger than mine. The older one is –

20 (a) četìres četvɤ̀rti nàbur nɤ̀j màlkutu unùj gul'àmutu trìes i pèti

the [birth] group of ‘44 [no, that’s] the youngest one, the older one is ‘35.

21 (GK) màlki sme nìe

We’re little.

22 (a) əmm

Mhm.

23 (GK) tàtko mi e trìesti nàbor

My dad is from the group of ‘30.

24 (a) təkà li ohò

Really?! Oho!

25 (GK) màjka mi trìes pèti

My mother [from] ‘35.

26 (a) vìe ste màl'ki mòmčetə m èj təkàvə

You’re little boys. Hm, well.

27 (a) s'à nèmòjte vìkə n'è e hùbəvu də ne vì puvdìgnət

So now don’t say things are not OK, so they don’t mobilize you

48 (GK) ìma li pò stàri ot tèbe v sèloto

Is there anyone older than you in the village?

49 (a) ìmə ədìn èj tùkə ədìn d'àd dimìtər ìmə è tùkə ə

There's a, up here, there's a Grandpa Dimitŭr here.

50 (a) tòj e pò gul'àm ud m'ène tòj ə p'ed gudìnu

He's older than me. He's five years

51 (a) ud m'ène pò gul'àm i pò drùk n'àmə i jà i

older than me. There's nobody else. And I –

52 (a) òšte ìmə əm ədìn enò mɤ̀šku i ənnɤ̀ ž'ènə nìe sne nàburi

Oh there's also one [other] man and one woman, we're [all] the same age group,

55 (GK) dvanàesta godìna

[Nineteen] twelve.

56 (a) dvənàestə gudìnə hɤ̀ i

[Nineteen] twelve, right.

57 (GK) i drùgite sìčkite sə pò màlki ot vàs

And all the others are younger than you?

58 (a) pò màl'ki pò màl'ki m ednò vr'ème tùrcit'e təkɤ̀və ràbutə nəpràha

Younger, younger. In the old days the Turks did this thing.

Kolju Marinovo 1

78 (a) če vrɤ̀šnik ìmə udgòri pɤ̀k ə kàk sm’e sə mɤ̀čili bàbe

There’s a lid on top, you know. Ah, how we suffered, [us] old women!

81 (a) ne mòə ti iskazà

I can’t tell you [all of it].

84 (a) ne mòj ti iskazà də fànət kràjə

I can’t tell you [in a way] that you would understand it all.

Kolju Marinovo 2

35 (GK) čètiri pəlamàrki i čètiri sɤ̀rpə əko ìməte dàvəjte i də

Well, if you have them, [just] give us four swaphooks and four sickles

36 (d) šə namèrim’ s’àkək

Oh, we’ll find [some], to be sure!

40 (f) nèma kvo a

[But] there’s nothing to [reap]!

42 (c) mi n’àmə kvò də sə žèni sià

Well, there’s nothing to reap now [anyway].

44 (a) òšti n’èštu

Anything else?

48 (d) segà tr’àbva də utìdem də izur’èm nìe žinìte

We women need to go off now to plow.

Kolju Marinovo 3

13 (b) stòrime li čàs

Have we gotten through [a whole] hour?

14 (GK) àjde da sfɤ̀ršim səs tovà səs ə tàm səs nìvətə

Well, let’s finish up with this – with [what happens] there in the field.

15 (a) àjde trɤ̀gvaj

OK, you be off [then].

28 (c) tò bìvəlu gàtu se žèni də dòdət če də vìd’ət

It would happen when we were reaping that [outsiders] would come to see …

30 (a) kɤ̀k e ràbutə̥tə̥ tò segà

… how the work [was going}. So now …

32 (c) də im rəspràv’əš

... [why do they want] you to tell them about it?

33 (b) tèj ə

[Well,] they –

34 (GK) ama nìšto nìj

Nothing [like that needed], we –

35 (b) čùnkim ne sɤ̀ òdili də vìd’ət

It’s as if they’d never gone to see [for themselves].

36 (GK) nìj ìskəmi nìj ìskəmi i gòvorə da čùjm kàk ə

[What] we want [is] – we want to hear the local speech, how [you talk], ...

37 (k) dà dà

[Ah,] yes, yes.

38 (GK) s kakvì dùmi sa kàzvə ne sàmo də go vìdim

... how you express it in words, not just to see [things].

39 (c) a dà

Well, yes.

40 (GK) nìj ìnəče pu knìgi

Of course we’ve [consulted] books …

41 (b) tèj sə gu

They’ve –

42 (GK) sme go čèli

… [where] we’ve read about this.

43 (b) tìjə gu gl’èdət pu knižɤ̀ta

They look [it] up in books

44 (GK) nìj po knižàtə sme go glèdəli

We’ve looked it [up] in books,

46 (GK) əma drùgutu i posle

But [now we want] something else. So then, after that

56 (a) sià i n’èjə ni znàiti kvà i i kɤ̀k i e

well now, you wouldn’t know about that, what it is or how it looks.

Kolju Marinovo 4

22 (a) i gu ut’èsəmi gu tì mutìkə nəlì si čùvəl [laughter]

and cut it back. You’ve heard of hoes, haven’t you? [laughter]

23 (a) ku ne sì ja vìždəl [laughter] ut’èsəmi gu isfɤ̀rl’əmi

[Even] if you haven’t seen one. [laughter] So we cut it back and throw

48 (a) nə nìvətə vìj i sɤ̀rpuvi ni znàjti kvò i

Out in the fields [with sickles]. You [probably] don’t know what sickles are.

50 (a) à znàjš li tì

Ah? Do you know [what it is]?

51 (RA) ami vid’àx

Well, I saw [one].

52 (a) vid’à li

You saw [one]?

53 (RA) snìmka f snìmka vid’àx

A picture. I saw [one] in a picture

54 (a) rèkex əkù ne sì vid’àlə tı dàm srɤ̀b də vìdiš

I was about to say that if you haven’t seen one, I’ll give you a sickle to see.

57 (GK) mòž də ne è vìždələ ne znàm ne smè guvòrili

Maybe she hasn’t seen one. I don’t know, we haven’t talked [about that].

58 (a) t’à vìkə če vid’àlə

She said that she’s seen one.

59 (RA) è vid’àlə vəf snìmkə

Well, I’ve seen [one] in a picture.

60 (GK) à na snìmkə

Ah, [it was in a picture ...

61 (RA) može bi …

Most likely …

62 (GK) e vid’àlə

...[that] she saw it.

63 (RA) səštìnsko

... in actuality ...

65 (RA) ne sɤ̀m

... I haven’t [seen one].

66 (a) čàkəj də ti kàžə tɤ̀j

So wait then, and I’ll show you.

69 (RA) ɤhɤ̀ mi pukažì pukažì

Oh [yes], show [me how].

72 (GK) zəgùbilə

Did you lose –

73 (a) t’à i gòri mi tr’àvə

It’s up there. I need to ...

74 (GK) zəgùbila li si ja nèjde

Did you lose it somewhere?

75 (a) nə pò nə visòk stòl də sə kačɤ̀ də

... [stand on] a taller chair so that I can climb up [there].

Kolju Marinovo 5

21 (a) à nè li gu zabel’àzə tuvà e rezervuàra è tùka du nàs

Didn’t you notice it? That’s the reservoir, right over here – near us.

46 (a) štòtu nìj sme è tùkə priz dv’è trì kɤ̀šti e

because we’re right here: two or three houses over is

47 (a) ròdnutu mi m’àstu d’è

my place of birth, you know?

48 (GK) dà ròdnata kɤ̀šta

Yes, the house where you were born.

54 (a) ni znàjə vìždəl li si gi bɤ̀rim

I don’t know if you’ve seen them even.

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