PAST VS. PRESENT

Gorno Vŭršilo 1

12 (a) a nìe kakvò sme viždàle dvàese dèkara lòzje dvamìna gi iskòpvame

But what we went through! Two of us dug out a whole fifth of a hectare of vineyard

13 (a) pròlet gi sorèm lɛ̀te trì pati gi pràšim a sɤ̀ga

We plow it in the spring, we hoe it three times in the summer, and now

14 (a) ne mògat i po ednàš da gi iskòpat [laughter]

they can’t dig it out [properly] even once! [laughter]

15 (VZh) [Защо не идват да копаят?]

[Why don’t they go out to do the digging?]

16 (a) nèma vrɛ̀me mi ulìsani sa i ne pàda se i takà

They don’t have the time! They’re off on their own, it’s “never their turn”, and that’s all.

53 (a) svrɤ̀šim ja f ponedɛ̀lnik svàdbata togàva se takà pràveše svàdba

and finish the wedding on Monday. That’s how a wedding was done then,

54 (a) nèma po restoràntite kàk vìe sɤ̀ga nìe domà

not in restaurants the way you [do it] now. We [do it] at home.

Huhla 1

28 (a) i du n'èskə səm živə du usems'è gudìni pək segà

But I’m alive today – eighty years [old]. But now it’s

29 (a) vɤ̀h č'èdo vɤ̀h č'èdo də ne sɤ̀ pumɤ̀rdneš vɤ̀h č'èdo

“Oh child! Oh child, don’t move! Oh child!”

30 (a) tò ike dub'è li usvet'ènu tòj ne znàm kəkò bỳlu

And it’ll say “Is there enough light?” I don’t know what [other reason] there was,

31 (a) tòj ne znàm kəkò bìlo i pàk ne bỳvə

I don’t know. And still [the child] can’t manage anything.

32 (a) ut kəkò e tvà kàži segà ut kəkò e tvà tòo nəròt

Why is this? Tell me, now. Why are people like this?

67 (a) zə ilàč təkà nəl' təkà e ni znàm kəkò

not even “medicinally”. And that’s how it is. I don’t know why –

68 (a) kəkò ne è nəròdə n' bỳvə n'è n' bỳvə

why it’s not –people aren’t right now. No, not right.

69 (a) ut kəkò ne bìvə

Why aren’t they right – [is it] …

70 (GK) izmètna se nèšto naròdə

People have gone off, somehow.

71 (a) ud jàden'tu li ut pìen'tu li ud nèràpten'tu li [laughter]

from eating, from drinking, from idleness? [laughter]

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

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

84 (a) əmə mlàd'te pək hìč ne bìwət li

But the young people, they’re just don’t make it.

Huhla 2

4 (a) əmi šə id'èš n'àmə drùgu̥ màndžə n'àmə tvà də ìmə

Well, you’ll eat it [if] there’s no other food. [What counts] is to have

5 (a) l'àb də pued'èš pə s'à gà rekɤ̀t ù tòj n'è e h'ùbəf

bread to eat. And now when they say, “Ooh that’s not nice,

6 (a) ù tòj n'àma è dənò upust'èete zəštò sə plàšite

Ooh, that won’t do!” the heck with you, I say. Why are you afraid?

7 (a) kəkò ste vìdeli mə če bìl skɤ̀p mì gà e skɤ̀p

What experience have you had? [You say] it’s expensive. Well if it’s expensive,

8 (a) dà ə skɤ̀p mərì gà e skɤ̀p pò màlku še id'ète

let it be expensive, dear! If it’s expensive then you’ll eat less.

9 (a) n'àmə tòlkuvə də jəd'ète [laughter] əm təkà d'è èm s'èkəku še dòjde

You won’t have so much to eat! [laughter] That’s how it is, Anything could happen.

88 (a) dr'èhi də šìene kəkò pràite ìkə tò n'e kət sigɛ̀

sew clothes. “What do you do?” he says. It's not like now

89 (a) də ìdət tàm də pìjət kəf'è i càlə nɤ̀š tàm

where people go off to drink coffee, ad [sit] all night

90 (a) nə bàrvete də sə bàrət

in bars pawing each other

92 (a) hɤ̀ nìj ne znàehme tvà ò gà n vretènu

Huh?! We knew none of that. Ah. When the spindle –

106 (a) əm sigà sìčku kùpi nà è gu kò še mu e

Now, go buy everything! Look at it, what's wrong with it?

107 (a) ə tugàj n'àməše jà p'èd dicà ə̀ c'àlə nɤ̀š ne sɤ̀m lègnuvələ

But back then, no such thing. Five kids, right? I never slept at night

Huhla 3

51 (a) inò vr'àme tòjtu žìt ku b'àše jèdru pò hùbəu tòjtu drèmnu

In the old days if one’s grain was big, it was nicer [than] another’s small [grain].

52 (a) əmə n'àmə də ìiš də z'èmiš ud nvà drèmnu əkù ti e

But you won’t go and take [grain] from that other. If yours is feeble

53 (a) še si vəršè̝me kòlkutu tòlkuvə dud'è stìgne dud'è sn'e

then we’ll thresh it. What there is, that’s it. So long as it lasts, so long as we –

54 (a) n'àmə še kupòvəne pək s'à n'àmə seà gràbite kòlkut mòšte

And if there’s none, then we’ll buy [it]. But not now. Now you grab what you can.

Huhla 5

40 (a) əm tùkə əmə tòj s'à n'èmə v'èk'e sià d'è də znàm

Here, but now there aren’t any. How should I know

41 (a) kvò stànə s'àkutri rìbətə kət hòrətə

what happened? Everything has gone off, fish just like people.

42 (a) hòrətə ne bìvət i rìbətə ne bìvə

People aren’t right [any more] and fish aren’t right.

Huhla 6

19 (GK) nə sìčko na rəkà li perèš

By - do you do all the washing by hand?

20 (b) əmə peràlnə ìmə

No, there’s a washing machine.

22 (b) be segà nìkoj ne sɤ̀ mɤ̀či

Nobody goes to that trouble now.

Hvojna 3

10 (b) n’ɛ̀məš’e tugàa ətəkìvə məš’ìni kàktu sigà

Back then there weren’t the kind of machines they have now.

11 (b) sl’et tvà məš’ìnite dòdəhə əmə kət stànəme t’èkees’è v’èč’e

The machines came later, when we became [part of] cooperative farms.

Iskrica 1

38 (a) tugà e às tɤ̀j b’àx əmə pò nəpr’èt ə ne sɤ̀ ìdvəli

And I was there too, but earlier on they didn’t come [to the new home yet],

39 (a) čàk kugàtu pràjat svàdbətə às ìməx čìnkə dvà m’èscə səm òdilə às

not even when they celebrated the wedding. I had an aunt, for two months I went

40 (a) səs n’ègə t’à ne dòjde vɤv nàs də spì ne gɤ̀ ìskət

[places] with her. She didn’t come to sleep at our house, they didn’t want her.

41 (a) čàk nə svàdbətə kət sə nəprài svàətə drùgətə vèčer

[So] even when they celebrate the wedding, it’s the next evening after the wedding.

42 (a) pək às večertɤ̀ mə užèniə i drùgija d’èn pu plàdne mə duvèdəə tùkə

In my case, they married me in the evening, but only brought me here the next afternoon.

43 (a) mə prez mòjo vrème gu n’àməše vèke tvà n’àštu

In my time they didn’t do such things any more.

Iskrica 2

13 (b) əmi inò vrèmi nìj t’ut’ùn’a ud màrtə òšti pòčvəmi

For tobacco, in the old days, we’d begin already in March

14 (b) də si pràim lixìti əmə n’àməše tugàə utròvi də gu prɤ̀skɤmi

to prepare the beds, but there wasn’t any insecticide then to spray on them.

15 (b) nəpràeni sə lixìti ni i səs kurìšnici̥ gu prɤ̀ska:mi ə

Once our beds were prepared, we spread bird droppings on them.

16 (b) i nə rəkà gu səd’àhme səs kòlčetə ə n’àməše məšìni n’àməše nìšto

We did the planting by hand, with stakes. There weren’t machines, there wasn’t anything.

17 (b) i n’àkədè sə səbìra:me po brigàdə ili pə s’èki si gu zìmə

We’d get together somewhere [to work] in brigades, or each one would do it for himself.

43 (b) idìn du drùk tɤ̀j gi nər’àda:me̝ tugàə enò vr’ème

one next to another, and that’s how we lined them up in the old days.

44 (b) pə seàšnutu l’èsnə ràbutə zəvìəd gu s najlòna i àjd’e

Now it’s all simple: you just cover them with a plastic sheet, and that’s it.

45 (b) i tugàvə təkà b’èše̝ i pòsl’e pək priz zìmata

But that’s how it was back then. During the winter,

58 (b) əmi z’èmət nə inì cərùlki ni napràjət i səs čuràpiti du kul’enàtə

So they got us these sandals, with socks [only] to the knees.

59 (b) du tàm ni b’àxə čuràpi̥te enò vrèm kulinàtə ni červ’èni t’è

That’s where our socks came to in the old days. Our knees were all red [from the cold],

Iskrica 3

58 (c) mùzikə ìmə svìr’ət igràjət xurà tugàə təncùvəne n’àməše kvòt segà

Musicians play, people dance the round dance. There wasn’t today’s dancing,

59 (c) tèə ràbuti tànci mànci təkùu n’àmə sàmu xurà rəčinìci prài xurà

these fancy dance things they do [now]. Only round dance, rŭchenitsa, line dances.

60 (c) e tvà sə igràeše nə vrèmetu du vičirtɤ̀ tàə visilbà

That’s how they danced in the old days. Till evening – this revelry

61 (c) bèše̝ du večertɤ̀ i vičirtɤ̀ sə pribìrət òrətə sèki f.kɤ̀šti si

went on till evening, and then everyone went home, each to his house.

64 (c) ilì nə pəstìr’ə dè dètu̥ gu tòj s’à dàže gu iskàrvət

it’s really the holiday of shepherds, but now they’ve dressed it up as

65 (c) i tàm nə svetì g’òrgi pràznik əmə i səbìrət sə tàm xòrətə

this “holiday of St. George”. People gather together,

67 (c) kət sə mrɤ̀kni sìčku sə pribìrə šòt tugàə n’aməše̥ təkìi nòšni ràbuti

and when it gets dark everyone goes home because they didn’t have this night life then,

68 (c) də xòd’ət è pu c’àlə vèčir mlàdi n’àmə təkɤ̀və ràbut

[like now] when young people go out all night. There weren’t such things then.

69 (c) sìčku sə pribìrə f.kɤ̀šti̥

Everybody went home.

92 (c) sə puftàr’ə dè təkà si gi pəs’àhme̝ ufcèti tugàə n’àməši kət sià

happens again. That’s how we pastured them then. Not like now,

93 (c) priz denɤ̀ də gi pəsɤ̀t tugàə vèčer sàmu vèčer

when they pasture them during the day. Back then only at night.

Izgrev/Var 1

1 (a) kətu b'èhme mlàdi səs məžɤ̀ si mnògu ràbut'èhme

When my husband and I were young, we worked very hard.

Kolju Marinovo 2

41 (d) inò vr’ème inì kərùci

Back in the old days [we had] these carriages –

83 (c) i nàj naprèš jednò vr’èmi

Way long ago, in the old days …

84 (GK) ednò vrème kàk e bilò

[Yes,] what was it like in the old days?

85 (c) àsəl’ stàrite òrə səs òpki

… the really old people [used] a two-pronged pitchfork

86 (a) ò jednò vrèmi ij bilò

Oh, in the old days it was …

95 (c) i òpki ìmə i lupàti ìmə

There are [the old] pitchforks, there are shovels,

97 (c) i vìli ìmə dètu sə trɤ̀si gà sə vəršè

and there are [modern] pitchforks, that you toss about when you thresh.

Kolju Marinovo 3

4 (a) ml’àko n’àma udd’è də kùpim kəto sigà

There wasn’t anyplace to buy milk like now [when] we [have to] wait at the store

5 (a) ə čàkəjmi nə məgazìnə də zèim

[now] we wait [in line] at the store to get it.

6 (a) ə togàə ìməmi si v dvòrə

But back then, we’ve got it [right] in our own yard.

Kovačevo 1

28 (c) slùšəj togàvə bèše drùgu

Listen – Back then things were different.

40 (c) takà beše tugàva

That’s how it was back then.

47 (a) tvà beše

That’s how it was.

218 (b) s’à s’à səm nə sedim sedemdesè i òsem gudìni kət k’i čùə

Now – now I’m – seventy-eight years old, and when I hear

219 (b) svìrk’i tə tə pà mi sə igràə pà mi sə igràə

the flutes, well, I feel like dancing again. Once again I feel like dancing.

220 (b) mòžə k’i mə vlečɤ̀t tàm mèn mə [laughter]

Maybe they could drag even me out [to dance] now! [laughter]

221 (b) əmə nè nèmə xòrə s’à vèjk’e

But no. There’s no dancing [like that] any more.

222 (b) nè s’à kəvgì dàj s’à kəvgì kàrət sə

No. Now all they want is arguments, just arguments. People fight

223 (b) štò se kàrat i jas ne znàm lòšu

and I don’t even know what they’re fighting about. It’s bad.

Kovačevo 2

18 (b) berek’èt iskàrvəhme sìnko

We brought in good crops, my son

19 (b) ami a s’à štò a s’à nik’ɤ̀t tə edìn nə drùk

But now what is there? Now they don’t want it. One against the other!

Kozičino 1

1 (a) ta takɑ̀ e bìl žuwòtə h jer’kèč’

So that’s what life was like in Erkeč, and in all the villages.

2 (a) i h sìčkit’ȅ selà b’ɛ̀š’e tɛ̀j gur’ìcə tùkəncək

And it was like that in all the villages, in Goritsa and surroundings,

3 (a) d’èt gi znàjte t’às s’elà h s’àkəde b’ɛ̀še̥ tɛ̀j

those villages that you know. It was like that everywhere.

4 (a) mòži u gradɛ̀ də gu j n’èmalu tùj n’ɛ̀štu

It’s possible that there wasn’t this sort of thing in the city,

5 (a) ne znàm zə grədɛ̀ əmə pu s’elàta h s’àkəde tɛ̀j

I don’t know about the city. But in the villages it was like that everywhere.

15 (a) təkɑ̀ e bìlu inò wr’ɛ̀mi pək ž’uwòtə səgà gu iznəm’àrgəmə ni znàm

That’s what life was like in the old days. Now we find it – I don’t know –

16 (a) pò l’èsən nagutòu səgɑ̀ sm’ə l’àba gu tɛ̀rsim na hùrnata

easier. Now we’re in “ready-made” [mode]. We go get bread at the bakery,

17 (a) n’è ž’ènem n’è kupàjəm’e amə i pər’ìt’ȅ pək ut’ìvət ut’ìvət

we neither reap nor dig, and yet money keeps on going out [of our pockets].

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