old age

Bela 1

9 (a) oklekovèja vìkad zemì go i go rabotì jà dokɤdè mòžex gu rabòtex

They went lame and said “You take it and work it.” So I did, as long as I could,

10 (a) ama sɤ̀ga sè sɤm izdàla bagàža če go ostàim màj

but now I’ve lost my strength, and I’ll probably be letting it go.

35 (a) kət se pensionìrax i stàrec ә stàreca bèše sàm ostànal tùka

When I retired, and the old man was alone here,

36 (a) vèče bòlen ne mòže mɤžɤ̀ mi go pensionìra tovà bèše pokràj prevràta

already ill and unable. They pensioned my husband off just before the changes,

Čokmanovo 1

15 (a) òh nì bàbətə də uvəž'ɛ̀vət nì d'àdutu də uvəž'ɛ̀vət nìe ràptime segà

Ohhh! [They’re not about to] respect either Grandma or Grandpa. “We’re working now,

16 (a) pərì si ìməme i stàrite hi zərìtəhə àh dà hi rìtnat

we’ve got our own money.” And they kicked out the old folks. Well, let them kick them out!

Eremija 1

21 (a) tòku carvèno izvèstie da nèma əə štò da pràime i ostarèxme

[Just] so much – to be no red notice. Yes. What can we do? And we’ve gotten old.

22 (a) udnemožèxme ne mòga vòda da si dònesa ne mòga

We’ve lost the ability to cope. I can’t carry water [any more], I can’t

23 (a) dṛ̀va da s cèpa ne mòga da gi dònesa

chop wood [any more], I can’t bring it (the wood) in, [I have to do it]

24 (a) na počìfki na počìfki

by [taking] breaks, with breaks.

103 (GK) tèško e bilò togàva znàči

It was hard then, right?

104 (a) togàj kato mòžexme čìni mi se

Back then when we were able, it seems to me

105 (a) ne mì beše tòš te tòku tèško segà mi e tèško [laughter]

that I didn’t have it so hard Now is [when] it’s hard for me! [laughter]

Eremija 2

45 (a) skɤ̀po skɤ̀po ne znàm ako ìskat decàta da kòpat da sàdat

Expensive. Expensive. I don’t know – if the children want, let them dig up and plant.

46 (a) od mène tòku vìkam jà sam tùka da pàza

I’ve had it. [Now] I say I’m here to make sure

47 (a) da nèma do pràgo trèva e tùka tṛ̀sa ə trevàta da nèma

that grass doesn’t get to the threshold. I weed away the grass so it's not

48 (a) do pràgo òda li si jà trevàta če dòjde do tùka

at the threshold. Once I go, the grass will come up to here.

Eremija 3

32 (a) ama kato ostanàx sàma vèče ne mòga

But [now] that I’m alone, I can’t [manage] any more.

33 (GK) əhə

Uh huh

34 (a) ne mòga mèn da se slùšam

I can’t [even] look after myself.

Eremija 5

62 (c) tè zastanàa mnògo godìni pa cèku vìka òx kogà če umrèš

it’s been many years, and Tseko says, “Oh, when are you going to die?

63 (c) kogà če um vìkam napràjte tè dàjte mi otròvə

When will you die?” And I say “Make [it happen], give me poison!”

64 (c) jà sam kəìl da se òtrova zaštò da se màča

I’m ready to poison myself. Why should I torment myself?

65 (c) jè tekà kato glèam naròdo dvìži se r òdi rabòti

And when I look at people – they move around, go [places], work –

66 (c) mnògo me takà bìe sɤvestà za kakvò jà da živèa

my conscience really bothers me. Why [am] I [the one] to live on?

67 (c) xòrata ne mòš i po pedesè i šejsè godìni da iskàrat

[Most] people can’t make it to fifty or sixty years,

68 (c) a jà da iskàram tokù devedesè i sèdem ta

and [here] I am [the one] to make it to ninety-seven!

77 (c) sà sam stàra vèče a mlàda kogà bèh če si iskòpa

Now I'm old already. But when I was young I could have dug [it] for myself.”

Gela 1

1 (b) gudᶤìnɤ gudᶤìnɤ utᶤìduə sɤ

Years and years went by.

2 (a) i nè vìd'ənɤ tᶤì sɤ ne praì če òšte təkòu

Without you noticing it. Don’t you pretend that it’s still the same!

3 (a) pək tè sɤ utɤšlᶤì gudᶤìninɤ pòsle vᶤìka stàrcə sà

And [after] the years have gone by, now the old man says

4 (a) tò pò ùbəvu tò žə gu prumenɤ̀ vìkəm nì čɛ̀kamɤ pò lɔšu

“It’ll change for the better”. But I say we expect “worse”,

5 (a) nè pò hùbəvu ud zgà tò dòješ nə unɛ̀a gudᶤìni

and not “better”, than now. When you get to those years

6 (a) pò le čɛ̀kəš hùbəvu sin pò lòšu učɛ̀kvəš

do you expect “better”, son? [No,] you expect “worse”.

7 (b) abe nìštu mɤ nè bulì a pək səm pàdnəl

Well, nothing hurts, but still, I’ve [gotten] feeble.

8 (a) əmi stərustɔ̀ i pɛ̀ž duzgà tò napalnɛ̀hme

[Here we are in] old age, on foot till now [and still] we’ve gotten fat.

9 (b) nàči telòtu sə iznòsɨ vèče i vᶤìkə stᶤìga [laughter]

So the body has worn out and is saying “That’s enough already!” [laughter]

Gela 2

83 (a) ama vìš tò i bez učilà vìš na sèj gudᶤìni

Just look at him, no glasses. See, [even] at these [advanced] years.

84 (a) i bez učilà si četè

he reads without glasses.

107 (b) abe prɤròdata nɤ e darᶤìla sas sìčki pluduvè ama nìe ustarɛ̀hme

Ah, yes, Nature has given us all kinds of fruits. But we’ve gotten old.

Golica 1

1 (a) ne s'ɛ̀ ə kurnaz'àjti ne s'ɛ̀ kurnaz'àjti

Don’t puff yourselves up, don’t puff yourselves up.

2 (a) ud nɑ̀s pò dɛ̀rti n'èma ud nɑ̀s pò zapɑ̀nnali n'èma

There’s no one older than us, [no one] more on the decline than us,

3 (a) od nɑ̀s pò miz'èrno də žuv'ɛ̀jet n'èma

or who lives more miserably than us.

7 (a) nìj ostɑ̀nahme v'èki ne nì z'èma gòsput dušɛ̀ta

We’re [the only ones] still here, the Lord hasn’t taken our souls [yet].

8 (a) nìkuj n'èma də ni pugl'èždə

There isn’t anyone to see us.

9 (b) še ni zɛ̀mnat

They will take us.

10 (a) də tùr'ət krɑ̀j də tùr'ət krɑ̀j n'èma də tùr'a krɑ̀j

[Yes,] to put an end [to us], put an end. [But he] won’t put an end [to it]

Golica 3

151 (c) às sigà vèče

I’m already ...

153 (c) šejsè i òsem i dèvet godìšna

... sixty-eight or [sixty]-nine years old now

164 (a) ɑ̀s i də n'i vəlì ɑ̀s mòjə às səm na pɛ̀t'ə v'èke

I – even if it doesn’t rain – I’m, well, I’m on the way already.

165 (a) ɑ̀s v'èke na gròbištətə amà n'èka nə zəvəlì za wɑ̀s

I’m already for the graveyard. But let’s [help make] it rain for you.

Golica 4

2 (a) ɑ̀s vèk'e əmèn stògudìšna divindis'è bɑ̀bini səm čùvələ

I’m already almost a hundred years old – ninety. I’ve heard my ancestors

3 (a) kɛ̀g bìlu pu zem'ɛ̀ta gòsput' hòdel

[tell] how it was [that] the Lord walked on this earth,

Huhla 1

8 (k) štòtu təkà se kàzva stàrite sɤ pò mɤ̀dri

… because, it’s said, old people are wiser,

9 (k) pò vid'àli i pò čùli

they’ve seen and heard more.

73 (a) ìmə slùšəjte nà sigɛ̀ ni mògə vek'i n'àməm tàə sìlə əmə stìgə

Listen up now. I can’t [any] more, I haven’t much strength, but [I’ve] enough

74 (a) gòsput' du segà d'èt mi e dàəl tàa tvà səm m bləgudàrnə

to be grateful to the Lord for what he’s given me till now –

83 (a) n'àəm tàə tàə sìlə n'àəm mə stìgə tòlku

I haven’t that – I haven’t that strength. Enough already.

Izgrev/Var 1

21 (a) mɛ̀č'ə sə sìčku də pràjə səmà i dubìtək ìməhmi tugàvə

I have a hard time doing everything alone. We used to have livestock,

24 (a) təkòs sə zənimàvəm ràbut'ə s'è sə mɛ̀č'ə əmə ustər'àhme v'èč'i

That’s how I occupy myself, working. Hard work all the time. But we’ve gotten old now.

Izgrev/Var 2

13 (b) ne ne mòžem də si səberèm sìlit'ȅ vèč'i̥ ut ràbutə

we can’t get our strength back any more from [all that] work.

14 (b) fl'àzəhmi u t'èkees'è za pò l'èsnu tò pò mɛ̀čnu izl'ɛ̀ze po t'èšku [laughter]

We joined the collective farm to make it easier, but it ended up more difficult. Much harder! [laughter]

Kralevo 1

53 (a) əm vè̝k’e jà stàvih gu na

But I’ve already put [all] this aside,

54 (a) tè nìe vèk’e i r’àptətə ni təkɤ̀ə vèk’e ne mòžem

We’re old, we can’t do this kind of work any more.

55 (a) amə kò də pràime pàk ìskəm ne mògə də vɤ̀r’ə

But what can we do? I want to [work], but I can’t move about,

Kruševo 1

73 (a) b’èše mlògu rəsìpənkə i zəsòhnəla

She was really wasted and faded.”

76 (b) kòlko gud’ìni d’eved’esè i trì gud’ìni e tàə bàbə

How old is that old lady? Ninety-three?

77 (a) d’evedes’è i trì gudìni əmə ìnəč’è e mnògu ùmnə

Ninety-three, but otherwise very sharp.

79 (a) nìštu ne sì e izumìlə

She hasn’t forgotten anything.

81 (a) nìšto ne sò e izumìlə gləvòtə si e sɤ̀štətà

No problem with her mind. Her head is the same,

82 (a) əkɤ̀lə si e sɤ̀štijə

her mind is the same.

83 (RA) sè akɤ̀l

[Her] mind all [in place].

84 (a) sɤ̀štijə əkòl si ì e prikàzvə si

[She’s got] the same mind, she talks [fine].

85 (a) dàž’e pò pòvni i ud m’ène

She even remembers more than I do.

Kruševo 3

117 (a) i nì ustər’èvəme vèjk’e

And (besides) we’ve gotten old.

119 (a) nə sò nəìməme də mi pràvi ìzmet mə zə tɤ̀rčəm pu t’eh

We can’t take on all the trouble to run after them.

Malevo/Asg 2

2 (b) i prudəlž’àvəm də si gu rəbòt’e vɤ̀preki.če səm vɤ̀zrəsen

and I’m continuing to do this work even though I am on in years –

3 (b) nə sedemdesè i šèz gudìni pàk mɤ̀č’əm də ràbut’e zənəjɛ̀tə

I’m seventy-six, and still put in the effort to ply my trade

4 (b) də mògə də iskàruvəm pu n’àkəf l’èf zə stərinì

so as to earn a lev here and there for my old age.

24 (b) vɤ̀preki.če səm i vɤ̀zrəsen nu pàk prudəlžàvəm i si ràbut’ɛ

despite the fact that I’m on in years, I still [can] continue to work.

Malevo/Hsk 2

26 (b) t’à nə usəmdesè̝ i dv’è

She’s eighty two …

28 (b) gudɨ̀ni jà səm nə sedemdesè i ednɤ̀

… years old, and I’m seventy-one

29 (c) t’à nə usemdesè i dv’è gudìni òšte rəbòti ràbuti

She’s eighty-two, and she still does [serious] work …

30 (b) i ošte ə

And still –

31 (c) d’ètu sìgurnu v grədɤ̀ nə usemdesè i dv’è

… whereas city people at the age of eighty-two surely …

33 (c) si stujɤ̀t i i si četɤ̀t

… just sit around and read.

71 (a) v’è̝ke sme si živ’èli žəvòt’ə v’è̝ke sme zə tàm [laughter]

we’ve already lived out our lives, we’re ready for “there” [laughter]

72 (c) èj zə tàm

Yes, for “there”

73 (b) zə gròbištata

For the graveyard!

96 (c) əmə na s’èlu du kɤ̀sno rəbòt’ət hòrətə dè

But in the village people keep on working till very late [in life].

97 (c) du kɤ̀snə vɤ̀zrəs tvà e

They work to a very old age indeed.

98 (b) əmə kvò də pràim də ne rəbòtiš e

But what else can we do other than work?

99 (b) t’à e nə usəmdesè̝ i dv’è gudɨ̀nɨ rəbòti

She’s eighty-two, and [still] works.

100 (c) t’à glèdə živòtni

She looks after the animals

101 (b) jà səm sedemdes’è i ednɤ̀ gudɨ̀nə ž’uòtni gl’èdəme

[Well,] I’m seventy-one, and we look after animals.

Markovo

47 (GK) tɤ̀j usɤmdesè i òsem si godìšna

So. You’re eighty-eight years old.

48 (a) jà i sìčku pràv’ə i

Yes, and I still [manage to] do everything.

Oreše

6 (a) tə prekàrəme sì ž’ivòt’ə gò sme prekàrəli hm kòlku gudìni səm vèke

We’ve lived out our lives, we’ve lived them. So many years I’ve already –

7 (b) e tòs stàr čuvèk sìčku ispìtəl

This is an old man, he’s experienced everything …

Stalevo 2

2 (a) jà hìč ni sɤ̀ umur’àvəh əm sigɛ̀ ne mòə

I never used to get tired but now I can’t –

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