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Kolju Marinovo 5

62 (a) i l’èsnu li e rikɤ̀ ìməjmi tùkə blìzu

And you think that’s easy? We had a river here nearby

Kovačevo 1

26 (GK) ama tè ne sɤ̀ li se xarèsali vèče momčèto i momìčeto

But haven’t the girl and boy already decided they like one another?

27 (a) əm tè

But they –

28 (c) slùšəj togàvə bèše drùgu

Listen – Back then things were different.

29 (GK) jà kažì ti

So you tell me [about it].

Kovačevo 2

27 (GK) dvà lèva e stànalo

It’s gotten to be two levs?!

28 (b) dvà lèvə

Two levs!

29 (c) dvà lèvə

Two levs!

30 (b) dvà lèvə

Two levs!

31 (GK) bàaa

Yikes!

32 (b) à dèset icà zèh kò nàjdi smètkə kòlku pərì sə

And I bought ten eggs. Do the math, how much is that?!

33 (GK) dvàjsi lèvə

Twenty levs.

34 (b) à təkà pu dvà lèvə

That’s right. Two levs each.

35 (GK) a katu trɤ̀gnəxme ut sòfija b’àxa pu lèf i šijsè ejcàta

But when we left Sofia, eggs were one lev sixty each.

36 (b) nè dvà levə

No, two levs.

46 (GK) ma ne

But can’t –

47 (b) dvà lèvə li ti gi fàštə tòj dvà lèvə

He wants two levs each for them! Two levs!

48 (GK) ne mòžeš da si glèdəš kukòški

Can’t you raise hens?

49 (a) m ne mòə ìməh kukòški əmə iz’èdi gì n’àštu i kràj

I can’t. I had [some] hens, but something ate them up and that’s the end.

50 (c) nèma [unintelligible]

There isn’t – [unintelligible]

51 (a) za dve vèčeri

In the space of two evenings [I lost them all].

52 (c) k’ ìməš kukòški

if you have chickens –

53 (GK) ne mòže də gi zəfàtiš segà pàk

You can’t get any again now?

54 (a) ne mògə ni mògə s’à pidesè levə i šijsè lèvə ednà kukòškə

I can’t. I can’t. One hen now costs fifty or sixty levs.

Kozičino 1

42 (a) i ne sɛ̀ izrabòt’və skòru kəd’à š’a spìš

And it doesn’t get accomplished quickly. When will you [have time to] sleep?

43 (GK) xə

Huh.

44 (a) b’ɛ̀š’e

It was …

45 (GK) za skòro kòj ti kàza a napràvo tà

Whoever told you [it would be done] quickly? Truly, it’s …

46 (a) jɛ̀

Yes –

47 (GK) trùdna ràbota

… hard work.

48 (a) trùdnə b’ɛ̀š’e trùdnə

Hard, it was hard.

Kralevo 2

3 (a) təkɤ̀i nəšk’ì ku ìskəš šə ti kàž’ə nàštu

Like bread-troughs. If you want I’ll show you ours.

9 (d) è kədè e fkɤ̀šti be

Here it is, right [here] in the house.

12 (VZh) ama vìe sičko ste zapàzili ut tovà

So you’ve kept all of that!

14 (a) ìməme s nìe si nìe si ìməme si to

We’ve got [it], we’ve got [all] that.

21 (c) pɨ̀tə znàeš li kvò znàči pɨ̀tə

“Pita”, you know what “pita” means?

22 (VZh) pìta kogà kato ne slòžiš kvàs togàva li se vìka

“Pita”, that’s when you don’t put in yeast, is that when you say it?

23 (a) aha kvàs səs n’àkəf

Yes, yeast, with some –

27 (b) àj tuvà sə nuštuvɨ̀te dɤ̀rvenu kurɨ̀tu

Hey, here is the bread-trough, this wooden trough.

28 (VZh) ah a tovà odgòre kàk go kàzvaš

Ah! And this thing on top, what do you call it?

29 (a) krɤ̀k

The breadboard.

87 (a) s’è sə vàs vi e sm’èšnu təkà e i znàjət mnògi

you think that’s funny! – many of them know a lot,

Kruševo 1

57 (a) mnògu si te milòvəm tì si mə zəpìsuvàš təkà mi dùməš’e

I like you very much!” (Ah, you’re recording me…) – that’s how she talked to me.

Kruševo 2

18 (a) pubàrə gu i dùmə nə m'ène əsib'è m'en mə zuvɤ̀t əsib'èjkə

She touched her and said to me, “Asibe,” (they call me Asibeyka –

19 (a) jà ti səm kàzələ əmə mòže də zəburìš

I told you that but maybe you forgot it)

31 (RA) hɤ̀ tàka li

Huhh! Really?!

32 (a) təkà ž'èno

Absolutely, woman!

Kruševo 3

17 (RA) əmi kažì mi nè če ne sɤ̀m vìždələ

Well, but tell me [how], since I’ve never seen.

18 (a) əmə ne mì e klàden stanò lanì də b’èše dušlà

Well, my loom isn’t set up. If you’d come last year, [when]

19 (a) b’èše stənò gòtuf štèše fl’èzə

the loom was ready [to go], I could have gone in [the house] …

21 (a) də ti pòkəž’ə

… to show [it] to you.

66 (a) ku ìskəž də dòjdeš dumà də vìdiš kəkì təkàni ràbuti ìməm

If you want, come to the house to see what things I’ve woven.

67 (RA) əmi də vìd’ə

Well, I [would like] to see [them].

70 (a) àjno d’à

Well, let’s go!

71 (RA) takà li

Really?

72 (a) ìməm i tkànu bəjà tkànu nə mumàtə ìməme

I have lots of woven things, we have things woven as girls.

86 (a) s’ètn’e putàp’əme pr’èlutu pə də vìdiš kəkòf krəsìf cv’èt stàvə

then we soak the yarn [in it] and you should see what a pretty color it gives!

87 (RA) e mnògo krasìf sìgurno

Surely it’s very pretty.

88 (a) tì vìdelà li si

Have you seen it?

89 (RA) əmì vəf snìmkite vid’àx

I’ve seen [it] in pictures.

91 (RA) nə žìvu

In real life –

93 (RA) nə žìvu e pò xùbavo

in real life, it’s [much] nicer.

94 (a) pò ùbavu ut kàmenìč’evu

[Much] nicer. [Colors] from lichens, …

Leštak 1

70 (VZh) vìe ste zabràvili

You’ve forgotten …

72 (VZh) kakvò e tovà vèče čeverm’ʌ̀ sìgurnu kàk se prài

… most likely, what it is to roast on a spit. How did you do it?

73 (a) òu nəpràvu gu zəbràihme

Oh, we’ve completely forgotten!

75 (a) dàž’e i də gu vìdim n’àma də gu puznàeme

Even if I saw one I wouldn’t recognize it!

76 (VZh) [laughter] a kàk se prài š tovà čevermèto

[laughter] And how do you do this roasting on a spit?

77 (a) tò mnògu l’ʌ̀snu sə prài əmə n’èmə ut kəkvò də sə nəprài

It’s very easy to do, but there’s nothing to do it with!

80 (VZh) i səs kakvò se pàli tovà nèšto s kvò s opàli

And what do you light the fire with? What do you light it with?

81 (a) è dərvàtə vìš kədè sə sàmu č’everm’ètu

With wood! See, over there. You only [need] the spit,

82 (a) də i kòl’etu sə gutòvi zə č’everm’ètu

and the posts are ready for the spit.

83 (a) tùri sə nə ədìn prɤ̀t i sə vərtì

And then you put it on a stick and it revolves

84 (VZh) sàmo àgne ìli təkòva

Only lambs? Or these –

85 (a) stàvə i t’èle i òfcə i kòzə sìčku stàvə

[It also] works [with] a calf, or a sheep, or a goat. It’ll work [with] everything.

Malevo/Asg 3

39 (c) dà dà ti kàž’ə ìstinətə səgà jà t’èbe

I’m telling you the truth, really!

Malevo/Hsk 1

45 (f) sàmo sekùnda às n’àma da vi tr’àvəm nalì t’à takòva tàm

Just a minute. You’re not going to need me, are you? She’s OK here?

46 (VZh) dà dà dà

Yes, yes, yes.

Mogilica 1

1 (a) ə kəkò ès èšte də pìtəte kəkò še pìtət

And what else do you [have] to ask me? What are you going to ask?

Mogilica 2

1 (a) drùgo nɛ̀kvu seà kənà də mə pìt kənà səm vi kàzva nɛ̀štu

Something else? What do [you want] to ask me? I'll tell you something.

2 (VZh) o òšte mnògo ìmaš da razkàzvaš za takòva za

Oh, there's still lots more [for] you to tell [us]. Like [for instance] about –

Mogilica 3

72 (a) sà èšte t'à kràvəsə mi pòjde nɛ̀gde

Anything else? This cow has gone off somewhere.

Mogilica 6

78 (GK) səs kòlko kolelà b'àxa kulìte vòl'ɛ vòlskite i mùleštite

How many wheels did the carts have, the ox- oxcarts and mule-carts?

79 (d) òt'i kòlku

What do you mean, how many?

80 (GK) kòlko kolel'èta ìmaxa imɛ̀xə kolìte dvè ili čètiri

How many wheels were there? On the carts? Two or four?

81 (d) pa pu ednà kulà imɛ̀hə hòrətə

Well, people [only] had one cart each.

82 (GK) əmə kolìte kòlko kolel'èta imɛ̀xa

But these carts, how many wheels did they have?

83 (d) čètiri čètiri kul'el'ètə

Four! Four wheels.

84 (GK) ne

And not –

85 (d) nəlì si vìdel tùkə e segà d'e sə

Haven't you seen any here? Here, where they're …

Nasalevci 1

54 (a) e pa tàm a posrèšta svekṛ̀vata nalì ti kazà odèva

Well, the mother-in-law greets her. I told you before, didn’t I?

69 (a) pòveče ne mògu ti kazùjem

I can’t tell you any more [than that].

70 (GK) čèkaj

Wait.

71 (a) čèkam

I’m waiting.

72 (GK) čèkaj nemòj da bṛ̀zaš

Wait, don’t rush off.

75 (a) ama tì zaštò se ne obrìčiš

But why don’t you shave?

76 (GK) à štòto

Huh? Because –

77 (a) a nò te ženàta ču

Well, your wife – I’m going to –

78 (GK) nèmam nèmam pàre

I don’t have – I don’t have the money.

79 (a) nèmaš pàre nèmaš pàre ìmaš

“You’ve got no money, you’ve got no money!” You’ve got money,

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