old-time speech, conscious mention of

88 (a) da nè e fnògu č'ìsalu i tùrime vèč'e dròpka dròpka

to take the sourness away, and then we put in chunks of meat, "drobka" –

89 (a) č'e kažùvam jà staruvrɛ̀mcku

I’ll use the old-time word for it –

7 (VZh) [“Бирвакътски” ли говориш?]

[Do you talk like the old-timers?]

8 (a) pu ədnovr'àmešnu si guvòrim kàtu sɤ̀j sme nəšlɤ̀j təkà si guvòrime

We speak the old-time speech. What we come across, that’s how we talk.

29 (VZh) tɤ̀rsime stàrite prìkəzki stàri ràboti

We’re looking for old-style talk, old stuff …

31 (VZh) stàrijə ezìk tɤ̀rsime da ni guvòrite pu pu gulìški

We’re looking for the old language, for you to speak to us in Golitsa speech.

32 (VZh) po erkèčanski li go vìkate kàg go vìkate po erkèčki

[Or] do you call it the Erkech speech? How do you say it in the Erkech manner?

33 (a) tìj v'èke sə izmòdia ud mèn'e baškɑ̀

They’ve [all] changed. Other than me,

35 (a) stɑ̀rijə izìk n'e guwòr'ət hòrətə

people don’t speak the old language.

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