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Šumnatica 1

57 (GK) štòto sa tè na na drùgətə na gəzɤ̀ na zem’àta

Because they’re on the other – on the rump of the world.

58 (a) dà [laughter]

Yes! [laughter]

60 (a) àjde àjde sàa ženà ud amèrika èj

So now, so. This woman is from America. Well, how about that.

61 (GK) čàk ut amèrika e dušlà də se interesùvə tùkə ot

She’s come all the way from America to find out

62 (GK) ot vàšto selò kàk se govòri

about your village, about how you talk.

63 (a) dà dà dà dà

Yes. Yes, yes, yes.

Šumnatica 3

89 (VZh) əmhm elà sèdni

Come here, sit down [with us].

90 (b) [laughter] n’è mnògu muabèt pràime n’e mnògu muəbèt

[laughter] We’re conversing a lot, we’re having a lot of conversation.

91 (a) èj stòrite muabèt

Ah, conversation.

92 (RA) muabèt

Conversation.

93 (b) mnògu muəbèt pràime mnògu kənà da pràm təkàv e žyòt’ə

We’re having a lot of conversation. What can you do? That’s life.

94 (GK) rèkoh da počìneš màlko

I said you should rest a little.

95 (b) kòj

Who?

96 (GK) da si počìneš màlko tɤ̀kmu

You should rest a bit! [Take] the opportunity.

97 (b) dà dà dà dà tò hèrg’un počìvəm

Yes, yes, yes, yes. Well, I rest every day.

251 (a) t’ɛ̀e dvàmətə sə sestrì

These two are sisters.

256 (GK) kojà e kojà e pò gol’àmata

Which – Which one is older?

257 (b) kàži tì kujà e pò kujà e pò gul’àmə

You say now: which one is older. Can you tell?

258 (b) mòe li də kàe

Can you tell?

259 (GK) xəm dè da znàm s’àkaš

Well, how should I know? As if –

261 (b) vìdi vìdi pò stàrə pək səm pò mɤ̀škətə

See? I’m the older one but I’m smaller.

262 (a) tàə pò màlkə pək vìš pò stàrə

She’s smaller, but you see, she’s older.

Sŭrnica 1

1 (MM) è mnògo ti blagodarìm mnògo interèsni ràboti ni raskàza

Ah, we’re very grateful to you, you’ve told us many interesting things.

2 (a) sdràvi i ž’ivi kvòtu znàjme

If we’re alive and healthy – whatever we know …

3 (MM) emi tò tùj

Well, that -

4 (a) kàzvəme

… [that’s what] we say –

5 (RA) emi mnògo ni kàza

[Yes,] you told us a lot.

6 (MM) nìkoj

Nobody –

7 (a) kvòt sm’o prikàrəli

that which we’ve experienced …

8 (MM) nìkoj ne mòže da kàže dèt ne gò znàe

nobody can talk [about] things they don’t know.

9 (a) i kujòtu sme pàtili d’èt sə vìkə

… and what we’ve suffered through, as they say, …

10 (MM) tɤj

Right.

11 (a) d’èt’ e preminàlu priz nàštu vrɛ̀me

… what’s happened during our time,

12 (MM) takà takà

Just so.

13 (a) kàzvəme pa nɛ̀štu usvèn

[that’s what] we [can] talk about. Unless, of course …

15 (a) da sme i zəbràvili

… it’s something we’ve forgotten.

Sŭrnica 2

206 (MM) èj mnògo šùm be

Hey you! That’s too much noise!

207 (a) š’ə vərvìš’ deč’ìcə

What can you do. [Hey] kids!

Sveta Petka 2

83 (d) e dà de ìde

Well, let her go …

85 (d) da i vìdi tàa zenà

… let this woman [go] and see it.

87 (MM) s’à še go vìdime s’à še go vìdime

Soon we’ll go see it, soon we’ll go see it.

94 (MM) èto še dòjdem nìe še dàže i ednà i snìmka še napràim

We’ll come [too], and we’ll even take a photograph.

100 (MM) à še gi vìdim

Huh? [Ah,] we’ll see them.

101 (b) i vìš’te drèite tàm kәkvì sә tugàә

Look at the clothing there, [and see] what they were like then.

Tihomir 1

185 (a) da t kàž'e li erbiti tkànɯ l'è

Let me show you. Here, every bit of this is only woven.

186 (GK) tovà e tkàno

This is woven?!

187 (a) tkàno je

It’s woven.

188 (GK) hà mnògu tɤ̀nko

Wow! Very finely [woven]!

Tihomir 2

15 (a) vì ste nè vìdevɤlᵊi

You haven’t ever seen it?

16 (GK) nè

No.

17 (a) nèl

Not [at all]?

18 (GK) nè

No.

19 (a) a nèma po vàšta stràna nèma takvᵊì ràbatᵊi

Aren’t there things like this in your part of the world?

20 (GK) nèma

No, there aren’t.

21 (a) i napr’èš n’èma

And there didn’t used to be [either]?

22 (GK) mi imàlo ama e

There used to be, but it’s …

23 (a) minàva

Gone.

24 (GK) zaminàlo

... all [in the] past.

25 (a) minàva minàva tò [unintelligible] tò segà hùvu fɤ̀rd’e

It’s gone, gone [unintelligible]. But now there’s a lot of good [things].

Trjavna

22 (PSh) ne mògɤ sìčko da zapòmn’ɤ

I can’t remember everything [so I need to record it].

23 (a) mi rəzbìrə sə

Well, of course.

228 (KP) həm še zavalì kàzvat

They say it’s going to start raining.

229 (b) kàzəə li gu xə

Did they say that?

230 (KP) kàzvat če šə zavalì ama kòj znàe

They say that it’ll start raining, but who knows?

231 (b) ə snòšti nàl’ prevəl’à màlku

Well, it did rain a bit last night.

Vasiljovo 1

18 (a) da ti kàža za s ə kà sme poprekarvàli

Shall I tell you about how we carried on,

19 (a) ili ili za drùgata vojnɛ̀

or – or about the other war?

20 (VZh) [За другата война.]

[About the other war.]

Vladimirovo 1

95 (c) i ìma kafènce da ti sìpem li

There’s more coffee, may I pour you some?

96 (GK) tòj ne pìe kafè

He doesn’t drink coffee.

97 (VZh) dà dà dà slùšame te̥

Yes - yes, yes. We’re listening!

Vladimirovo 2

72 (GK) e nèka t’à da go kàzva

Let her tell it [please].

Vŭglarovo 1

42 (b) mlàdə bùlkə

A young bride [needs] …

44 (b) də sə prujavì

… to give evidence [of her ability] …

46 (b) l’àp də m’èsi

… to knead bread.

104 (GK) a tùkə vəv stàlevo mi kàzaxa če tàm pečàli

But here – in Stalevo they told me that there they used to bake

105 (GK) i bèz takòva i bèz fùrni

without this, without this outdoor oven.

106 (a) kɤ̀k bez fùrni f təvɨ̀

What do you mean, “without an oven”?! In a pan, maybe?

107 (GK) m n’èštu

Something [like that].

Vŭglarovo 2

26 (a) vìj ni pòmnit’e li

You don’t remember …

28 (a) tvà n’èštu

… this [sort of] thing?

29 (GK) nè às səvsèm mɤ̀tnu s təkà smɤ̀tno si spòmn’əm

No, I – very vaguely. I just vaguely remember that.

32 (d) tì kòlku gudɨ̀šen si

How old are you?

33 (GK) mi às səm pedesè i òsmə

Well, I was [born] in [nineteen] fifty-eight …

35 (GK) tòj šejsè i ftòri

… and he [was born] in [nineteen] sixty-two.

95 (GK) sàmo še və mòl’a da govòrite

Can I ask you please to talk ...

105 (GK) da govòrite edìn sled drùk štòto tùka sìčku se zapìsva

… to speak one at a time? Because everything gets recorded

106 (GK) na kùp i às pòsle

all at once and afterwards I …

107 (c) ə əmə tɨ̀ zəpɨ̀svəš

Oh! You’re recording!

108 (GK) i às pòsle ne mògə də

… and afterwards I won’t be able to …

112 (GK) n’àmə da mòga pòsle da go sval’ɤ̀ štòt kəd guvòrət

… later I won’t be able to transcribe it because when people talk

113 (GK) sìčkiti i n’àmə də mògə də rəzbìrəm

all at once I won’t be able to understand.

114 (a) ə ə təkà e

Well, that’s right.

115 (c) a siɛ̀ ɨ̀kəm če ni zəpɨ̀svəš zətvà sə jùrnəhme utədnɤ̀š

Now I get it, you’re recording us, and we all rushed in at once.

116 (GK) a ne [laughter] sè še ìma m’àstu za sìčkite [laughter]

Ah, no worry! [laughter] There’ll be room for all [of you]! [laughter]

118 (GK) lèntə lèntə ìmə [laughter]

[There’s] tape. There’s [lots of] tape! [laughter]

119 (b) səs s’è̝lckite si hòrə

[Talking] with village folk.

123 (GK) əm če tò n’àmə nìštu tàjnu f tvà səs

But there’s nothing secret about this, with –

125 (GK) nəlì ti vi kàzəh če šə və zəpìsvəm

Don’t [you recall] I told you I would be recording you?

126 (c) də sə č’ùi də sə č’ùi pre̝t

So it’ll be heard, it’ll be heard, by –

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