observations about language

Stakevci 1

69 (a) drugàrju jà mi kažì tì kàk se kàzva tovà selò tùka

“Comrade, tell me please what is the name of this village here.”

70 (a) rèče è jà te poznàvam po prìkaskata tì si severjànka

He said, “Ah, I can tell from your speech that you are a northerner.”

72 (a) rekò abe severnjàčka sɤm severnjàčka ama

I said, “Well [yes], I’m a northerner. A northerner, but –

Stakevci 2

10 (a) ne è magdanòs tìke nò selìn a onì mu dùmu

No, it wasn’t parsley, it was hogweed, but they call it –

11 (a) òx ne mògu jà se ne mòk sètim sɤ̀g

Oh, I can’t – I can’t recall now [what they call it].

12 (b) čàkaj kakò bèše da vìdiš kakɤ̀v zòr sɤm pɤk às vidèla

Wait a minute, what was it –? Oh you should see what a hard time I’ve also had

13 (b) s tùj nèšto

with such things [ = foreign words].

25 (a) no tòj selìn ama mì ga tekà zovèmo

That’s hogweed, but here we call it by this [other name].”

26 (c) selìn ama onì go zovə̀t pa drùgo

[It’s] hogweed, but they call it something else.

27 (a) tùj se tekà kazùe

Here they call it this [other name].

Stakevci 3

1 (a) jà ne mèšam uratùtu jà kat otìdem tàm jà si oràtim

I don’t mix my [local] speech [with any other type]. When I go there, I speak

2 (a) kò si jà i decàta mi svìknuli unùčetata

the way I [always do], and my children are accustomed [to that]. My grandchildren

3 (a) jà si i tùj čùvaše i onì bàbo dè tòj ni kažì

[when] I’m looking after them – they[‘ll say] “Granny, say this [word] to us,

4 (a) bàbo dè onòj ni kažì jà im kazùem i kat otìdo tàm

Granny, say that [word] to us,” and I say it to them. And when I went there

5 (a) onì i pak mìlo ta zbèru družìnutu i kàru po stàk’ovski

they like that. They get a group together and carry on in the Stakevtsi dialect.

7 (a) màti im se kàra nemòjte sìne tekà dè si vì oratète

Their mother scolds them, [she says], “Don’t [be] like that, children. Speak

8 (a) kako tùj štò si oràtimo nè mì če tekà

the way we talk around here!” “No,” [they say], “we’ll do it like this.”

Stančov Han 2

1 (b) mlàditi səs stàriti sə smèjət màj [laughter]

The young people laugh at the old people [laughter]

3 (b) štòt ni mòəd də prikàzvət ùbəwu [sigh]

because they can’t talk well. [sigh]

Trŭnčovica 1

19 (a) səs pè̟t səs šè̟s səs sè̟dem karùcɨ̥ utɨ̀vət če ìmə mnògu drèxi

they go with five, six, or seven carriages, because she has a lot of “drexi” (clothes).

20 (a) mnògu drè̟hɨ tr’àbvə də kàžə mnògu drè̟ɨ ìmə

[Ah,] I should have said “drei” (clothes). She’s got a lot of “drei”.

Vŭrbina 1

51 (a) tò e nè e n’ɛ̀kəf stàr tò e nə həltmɯ̀š’ i

He’s not old at all, he’s around "altmŭš" (60).

52 (a) həltmɯ̀š’ jedì li e nə znàm kòlko

"Altmŭš-jedi" (67) maybe? I don’t know how old he is.

53 (VZh) əhə à po bɤ̀lgarski kàk e altmɤ̀š jedì ili šejsè i sèdem

Ah. How much is "altmŭš-jedi" (67) in Bulgarian? "Šejset i sedem" (67)?

54 (a) xɤ̀ xɤ̀ šejsè̝ i sè̝dem gudìni

Hah, hah! "Šejset i sedem" (67) years old.

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