kids (young of goats)

Leštak 1

57 (a) štòtu im’ɛ̀še p’èč’enu nə fs’èki č’òp egà zèmeš jɛ̀renu
There used to be roast on every branch. You’d take a kid

58 (a) tə gu zəkòliš prudədèš kužʌ̀nə i mesònu ustàvə bes pərì
and slaughter it and sell the hide, and the meat ends up free.

59 (a) a sà zə də zèmeš ednò jàre tr’àbvə də zìməš
But now to buy to buy a kid you need to get

60 (a) il’àdə i pètstòtin l’èvə pərì
one thousand five hundred levs.

62 (a) i kòlku p’ènsijə zìməš tr’àvə dv’è p’ènsii də dəd’èš zə ədnò jɛ̀re
And how much pension do you get? You need to pay two [full] pensions to get one kid.

Trjavna

14 (a) əmi tùj làpence kəd’ètu e tàm
And that one there is a real little one.

15 (PSh) a tàa zaštò ste ja vɤ̀rzali tàm takà
Why did you tie that one up there like that?

16 (a) əmi zəštòtu sùčət jèretətə bà
Because the kids are suckling of course!

25 (a) jèrencətə sùčət pək nìj tr’àbvə i nìe də xàpvəmi ml’èčici sìrenci
The kids suckle, but we also have to eat a bit of milk and cheese.

26 (b) pɤ̀k vr’èmi im də sə odbìvət trì mèscə im stìgə
It’s time to wean them. Three months is enough for them.

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Recommended Model for Citations

Bulgarian Dialectology as Living Tradition [2016] (http://www.bulgariandialectology.org, visited on 1 March 2016)
Babjak 1: 13-15. In: Bulgarian Dialectology as Living Tradition [2016] (http://www.bulgariandialectology.org, visited on 1 March 2016)

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