Nasalevci 1
80 (a) no kàeš tovà e mòda kà si tekà
you’re just saying it’s the fashion to be like this.
81 (GK) i mlàdite takà me arèsvat pòveče
The young ones like me better like this.
82 (a) e pa nalì si se oženìl
But aren’t you married?
83 (GK) mi nìšto
Well, so what?
84 (a) arèkše li te onà takà pa jà če te n
Does she like you that way? Well, I’ll [do] you –
85 (a) jà da e takà jà ču ga nòčem popàrim
If I were [in her place] I’d come in the night [with boiling water] and blanch him!
87 (a) sɤs vrèla vodà ču ga popàrim ma takà nèma ga tṛpìm
I’d blanch him up with boiling water. I wouldn’t stand for him this way.
88 (a) razbìraš li me
Do you understand me?
89 (BR) takà
Yes.
90 (a) i tì takà ako vìdiš priàtelɤ si takà
And you too. If you see your boyfriend like this,
91 (a) zèmi ta ga nèče li se brìči s vòdu lùp
if he doesn’t want to shave, just pour [hot] water on him!
93 (GK) zèmi ta ga pòpari
Take him and blanch him good!
94 (a) e ga popàrim i
I’d blanch him and –
95 (BR) [laughter] s vòda
With water.
207 (a) tè tàa decà ne slùšaju segà
These kids [of yours] aren’t listening.
210 (GK) tàa decà ne slùšaju
These kids aren’t listening – ?
211 (a) ne slùšaju dà pìtaj če ne slùšaju
They’re not listening. Yes. You ask [something] and they don’t listen.
212 (a) i kɤdè če gi vòdiš ne znàm
And I don’t know where you’re going to take them next.
213 (a) osòbeno malòvo nàj ne slùša nàj slùša malòto
This little one [by me], listens the least. The [other] little one listens the most.
265 (GK) tìxo bè tìxo če ne čùvam
Quiet, you! I can’t hear [anything].
266 (f) še zème ìvo prɤ̀čkata i
Ivo will take this stick and –
267 (a) koè kvò ìskaju
What? What do they want?
268 (GK) nè da takòva če ne čùvam kakvò govòriš
No, it’s just that – I can’t hear what you are saying.
269 (a) [laughter] trèbe si tùriš slušàl’k’i i jà ne čùjem
[laughter] You should put on headphones! I don’t hear [well] either.
270 (a) jà s tovà uò ne čùjem po nìkɤv nàčin
In this ear I don’t hear anything at all!
271 (a) a vìš s tovà čùjem ama
With this [other one] I do hear, but –
272 (GK) da si slòžim zatiskòl’ s’àkaš ìmam
Let’s put – I feel as if I had earplugs in –
273 (a) à
What?
274 (GK) s’àkaš ìma zatiskòli u ušìte
I feel as if there were earplugs in my ears.
275 (a) e ìma ìma zatiskòl’ i jà ìmam tùka
Ah but there are! There are earplugs! I have one right here,
276 (a) na dèsnoto zatiskòl’ i mi [laughter]
an earplug in my right ear. [laughter]
277 (GK) [laughter] e ut kakvò takà ti stàna
[laughter] What happened? How did you get like that?
278 (a) ne znàm be nèšto me zabolè i mi òp
I don’t know! I got this sort of pain and there it was!
279 (a) i segà me bolì mi stàde takà tersenè i ne čùjem segà
And it still hurts even now. It got to be completely off, and now I can’t hear ...
Nasalevci 2
4 (a) svrɤšìme ràbutu
We finished [what we set out to do].
5 (GK) svṛšìme ràbutu màlko nu svṛšìmo nèka nèkakvu
We finished a bit of it. We finished something [anyway].
6 (a) è màlko màlko
What do you mean “a bit”?
7 (GK) nèkvu ràbu
Something.
8 (a) časovè tùka
It’s been hours!
10 (a) glè što iznàpisa momèvo
Look what this girl here wrote out!
12 (GK) momèvo m zàpisa štòto mòže da pìše ako ne mòžeše da pìše
This girl has recorded [things] because she can write. If she couldn’t have written –
14 (a) à dà ama nò čùje tèje dùme i pisùje
Yes, but it’s because she [can] hear [and understand] the words that she writes them!
16 (a) ko ne sɤ̀m oratìla kvò če pìše
If I hadn’t been talking what could she write?
17 (GK) nìšto
Nothing!
18 (a) nìšto à slùšaj ženà ne znàm ne znàm ž
Nothing. Listen, now. Your wife – I don’t know, I don’t know [whether]
19 (a) da ti vi da vìdim ženùtu ču vi kàem da te popàri
but if I see your wife, I’ll tell her to blanch you!
21 (a) dà zaštò tùja bràdu i onà bradàta da ti e cṛnà
Why this beard here? At least if that beard were black ...
22 (b) à
Ah [but] …
23 (a) kàkto i da jè
... it wouldn’t matter.
24 (b) hùbava bradà
... it’s a nice beard.
25 (a) a onò ridžà
But it’s reddish!
28 (GK) e kakvò kato e ridžà
So what does it matter that it’s reddish?
29 (a) e pa ne tì e ùbava
Well, it doesn’t look nice on you.
30 (GK) e zaštò
Why not?
31 (a) e pa odèka te znàm zaštò
Well, how should I know why not?
33 (a) ùzni pa ju takòva sɤz bojù
You should go and – you know, with dye.
34 (f) glèj kòlko zapìsva
Look how much she’s writing down!
35 (GK) da ne sɤ̀m ženà ta sɤz bojù à
Well, I’m not a woman, to go off messing with [hair] dye and such
36 (a) e žène gi bojadìsuju vìš kosàta ti čèrna
Women do dye their hair. See, your hair is black!
37 (GK) ama mùžje mùžje ne gì bujadìsat
But men – men don’t dye [their hair].
38 (a) à ednì mùžje mustàci si bri onòdu
Ah, but some men – their mustaches – They do something –
39 (GK) tìja tìja dèto sa stàrive
The ones – the ones among us that are old.
40 (a) e pa stàrite ridžì mu mustàci i onì ùznu bojù i
OK, the old ones. If one [such] has a reddish mustaches, they take dye and –
41 (GK) i màžat
And smear it on.
42 (a) màžu [unintelligible] òf le
Smear it [unintelligible]. Oh my goodness.
59 (a) razbìraš li
Do you follow?
60 (GK) razbìram
I follow.
61 (a) mòre svè razbìraš ta me zamlàtuješ
Of course you follow it all, you’re just pestering me!
82 (BR) tìxo
Quiet!
134 (a) tì vidè tàm sàmo tovà e màlko i natùra svè na n’èga
You saw one there, except it was small. So she puts everything on it.
139 (a) i ùznu kandìlo kandìlo znàeš li ga kandìlo
And they take a “kandilo” (candle-dish). Kandilo – do you know what a kandilo is?
143 (a) pòpɤt ne sì li vidèl pòp sɤs kvò onòde
Haven’t you seen the priest when he does his thing with it?
144 (BR) kandìlo kàk
[I don’t get] what a kandilo is.
145 (a) pa ne užmìkuj takà e kandìlnica
Well, don’t get in a bother. It’s a “kandilnitsa” (small candle-dish).
182 (a) načùpi kòj ga nàjde bogàt stàva razbrà li
You break the bread and whoever finds [the money] will be rich. Get it?
183 (GK) razbràx
Got it.
184 (a) è te takà
Right, O.K.
Oreše
3 (b) e tùkə stàr čuvèk e tòo mòž də ti kàže mnògu ràbuti
This here is an old man, he can tell you lots of things.
7 (b) e tòs stàr čuvèk sìčku ispìtəl
This is an old man, he’s experienced everything …
9 (b) živèl mizèrnu [laughter]
… he’s lived [through] misery [laughter] –
60 (a) kàži segà tì si vinòven jà səm vinòven nəlì pu iskàzuvàn’etu̥
Tell me now, are you at fault, am I at fault – in the way we talk [to each other]?
Salaš
6 (b) glèj seà onì àjde ob’asnète i
Look here, they – go ahead, explain to her [why you’ve come].
11 (VZh) jà sɤm od vɤrbòvo amà
I’m from Vŭrbovo (in the Torlak region), but –
12 (a) si zabovarìl
You’ve forgotten.
13 (VZh) onì tàm nèma màlko sɤm zabovarìl
They don’t – I’ve forgotten a little.
14 (a) ama lì si zabovarìl
But you’ve forgotten, haven’t you?
15 (VZh) zab ne
Not –
16 (b) ne tàm pò ne vrève [laughter]
No, they don’t speak so much that way over there. [laughter]
278 (a) mène li me tràži sìgurno dɤšteràta
Somebody’s calling me, probably my daughter.
279 (VZh) nèkoj te tɤ̀rsi [laughter]
Someone’s looking for you. [laughter]
280 (a) a izvinjàvajte sàmo dvè minùti
Excuse me for a couple of minutes –
282 (a) da mi napràe provèrka dalì sɤm žìva
They’re checking to see if I’m [still] alive!
284 (a) [laughter] jà sɤm na osɤmdesè gòdin dèca alò nè nè tùk ìmam
[laughter] I’m eighty years old, children. Hello? No, no, I’ve got
Skrŭt 1
56 (b) è às tà e safsèm drùga
Well, I – this [tale] is a completely different [one].
57 (a) è takà e tàa i vičertà
Ah well, that’s how this one [goes]. [So] in the evening …
58 (RA) pòsle ši ti tì še kàžeš svòja
Afterwards you – you can tell your [version].
59 (b) àh
Eh!
114 (a) grɤ̀nci napràeni takvì gərnè znàeš štò e
And these earthenware pots made – do you know what [such a] pot is?
115 (RA) znàm znàm
[Yes,] I know. I know.
196 (RA) a še mi raskàžeš i tvòja tvòjata kojàto bèše drùkčija
[Now] will you tell me yours, your [story] that was different?
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