PAST VS. PRESENT

Kozičino 1

33 (a) pamùč’eni rìzɨ səgà kupùvəme plàtnu i təč’èm ə šìjimi si rìza

Cotton shirts. Now we buy the fabric and weave – sew ourselves shirts.

34 (a) hɑjà ut kùp’eno plàtnu pək tugàs gu təč’ɛ̀hme tùj plàtno

Yes, from purchased fabric. But back then we wove the fabric.

101 (a) jà pək səgà kòj spì nə n’ìvətə

Ah – but now who sleeps in the fields?

103 (a) səgà mrɛ̀kni v’èč’er səbl’ekɛ̀t sə gòl’i pə nòšnici

Now when it gets dark in the evening, people undress naked, [just] nightclothes,

104 (a) l’ègni nə pùf tə h kr’ewɑ̀tə

you lie down on [something] soft, and in [your] bed,

105 (GK) namàži se də ne gò hàpət komàrite

You smear on [something] so the mosquitoes won’t bite

106 (a) ja d’è j tòj kumàr’ d’è j tugàs nə nə bùctȅ lež’ì

And what are these mosquitoes [compared] to those then? You lie on those lumps

121 (a) pust’ìləme gu hùbɑwu hùbɑwu stɑ̀wə pustìləme gu spìm nə n’ègu

[the kind] we spread [on the floor]. It turns out really nice. We spread it out, sleep on it

122 (a) səd’ìm nə n’ègu n’èməše pl’ùš’eni ràbuti tugàs

sit on it – there weren’t any of these plushy things back then.

123 (GK) a pl’ùšeni

Ah, [that] plushy [stuff]!

124 (a) à kəd’à hìč kòj t’à b’èše stàra ràbutə tugàs

back then. Where? And who – [But] those were things [of the] old days.

125 (a) nìj kətu b’ɛ̀hm’e d’əcà də zəpòvn’ə pri màjkin’i det stàrə ràbotə

When we were children, I remember [things] with my mother’s people. Old things.

126 (a) i s’ètn’e i nìj gàt pòčnəhmi tùj i nìj gu prəkɑ̀rəhmi

But later when we began [living like] this, then we too went over,

127 (a) i nìj gu vɛ̀rš’ehmi səgà v’èč’e nə nàštȅ gudìn’i nàštȅ d’əcà

we did it too. Now in our [advanced] years, [we see that] our children

129 (a) sə preubɛ̀rnə v’èč’e pu drùgu

have completely changed, [they’re completely] different.

130 (GK) preobɛ̀rna se i nè e sɛ̀štoto

It’s all changed. It’s the same [any more].

131 (a) jà n’ì e s mlògu sə ubɛ̀rna sigɑ̀ pək hèpt’en èč’ə hèpt’en’

Right, it’s not the sa- It’s changed a lot. Now totally already. Totally …

133 (a) nàšte unùki kət stìgnəhə èpt’en èč’ə stànə səhsɛ̀m drùgu

… by the time it got to our granddaughters, totally. Things became altogether different.

134 (GK) səvs’ɛ̀m bè səvs’ɛ̀m drùgu e sigà

Altogether indeed. It’s altogether different now.

135 (a) səhsɛ̀m drùgu stàna

It’s become something else altogether.

Kralevo 1

63 (a) es es sigɛ̀ mi sə vɨ̀di mnògu zòrnu tàə gudɨ̀nə

Things for me this year look like an uphill struggle.

64 (a) nàči ə t’èkəzəs’ètu tòlku b’èhme speč’è̝lime si blòk sɨ nəpràihme

You see, in the cooperative farm we earned a lot, built an apartment complex

65 (a) i hè̝le i tùka kɤ̀štə si nəpràihme i nə nòə bràt ustànə

and we even built a house even here. And [something] left over for the other brother.

73 (a) hùbuu prekàrəhme hùbəv ž’uòt’ əmə sigɛ̀ sigɛ̀

It was good. We had a good life. But now – now,

74 (a) svà svà kàktu stànə v’è̝ke trɨ̀ gudɨ̀nɨ

all this, the way it’s been the last three years –

82 (a) e sigɛ̀ a sigɛ̀ nìe sà gu nəs’èeme tytỳnə əs məgàrencetu čèdo

But now, now, we have to plant tobacco using a little donkey, my son!

Kralevo 2

59 (a) gà se izbɤ̀rkə sigɛ̀ sigɛ̀ ne sɤ̀ kət inò vrè̝me səkà bɤ̀rkəš

after you churn it. These days churning is not like it was then,

60 (a) də e səs nəpràenu burɨ̀lutu də e nəpràenu təkɤ̀vu ud dɤ̀rvu ə ə

with a churn made, that was made out of wood, um …

64 (b) segɛ̀ segɛ̀ s tòk na tok

Now it’s electric …

68 (b) tòkə gu bɤ̀rkə

… and the current does the churning.

69 (a) sigɛ̀ sə nə tòkə sə fkl’ùčvə i sə bɤ̀rkə

Now it’s electricity, you plug it in and it churns.

70 (a) kət piràl’ničkə peràlnə

Like a washing machine.

82 (a) sigɛ̀ mlòk hìtri hòrə ìmə mlòk hòrə sə izùčiə

Now there are lots of clever folk, many people who got education,

83 (a) pòvečetu sə prof’èsure i hòrətə

most of them as professors, and people –

87 (a) s’è sə vàs vi e sm’èšnu təkà e i znàjət mnògi

you think that’s funny! – many of them know a lot,

88 (a) i mlògu ùmni ràpti hùbəvi ràpti sə nəpràeni

and lots of clever and nice things get made.

89 (a) jà gl’èdəm sigɛ̀ pək ìkəm tvà kɤ̀k je stòrenu

I look at this thing and I say [to myself] how is this thing made? –

90 (a) tvà tvà siɛ̀ tòo tòk sɨ̀čkite tèz ràpti ìkəm

this electric thing, and all these things. I say,

91 (a) hìtri hòrə ìkəm siɛ̀ inò vrè̝mə b’àhə hòrətə pò pròsti

[such] clever people now. In the old days people were much simpler.

99 (a) əmə səgɛ̀ pìjət i dicàtə i mlàtte i stàrɨ

But now [everyone] drinks [coffee] – kids, and young people, and old people –

100 (a) i nə plɤ̀dne də è pɨ̀ət si kugàt də è

and they’ll drink it, whether it’s at midday, or whenever it is [that]

101 (a) gòste ga dòjdət puč’è̝rp’ət si sə pɨ̀jət kəf’è

guests [arrive]; when they come they’ll serve it and they all drink coffee.

102 (a) pək ənò vrème sàmu stàrte hòrə pɨ̀ehə [laughter]

But in the old days only old folks would drink [coffee]. [laughter]

103 (a) i v dik’èn’ə kət se səberɤ̀t [laughter] tə tɤkɤ̀f b’èše žuòt’ə ni

in the store when they got together. And that’s what our life was like.

104 (VZh) a kòj hòdeše vəv ə po krɤ̀čmi po d’uk’àni

And who would go to the pubs, to the stores?

105 (VZh) ženìte hòdeha li togàvə pu takòva

Did women go back then to those –

106 (a) à n’àməše təkà sàmu mɤ̀zkit’e hòd’ehə jà

No, no such thing. Only men went, you know?

107 (a) tvà səm zəpòmnilə ud nàšte ìməše dik’àn

That’s what I remember from my folks. There was [this] shop –

108 (c) ne hòd’ət pu tvà

They don’t go –

109 (a) ə v dik’èn’ə kòj hòdehə nəl sàmu mɤ̀škite hòdehə nə dik’èn’ə

Who went to that shop? It was only men that went to the shop, right?

113 (a) ž’èncki ne hòdehə v dik’èn’ə nè

Women didn’t go to stores!

114 (a) tvà tvà səm zəpòmnilə nə təkòvə n’èštu ne sɤ̀m

Those [things] I remember, but I haven’t [gone] to any such [places].

115 (c) əv dỳk’enə ne ut’ùət əmə fkɤ̀šti ut’ùət də pìjət

No, [women] don’t go to stores, they went to [people’s] homes to drink.

116 (a) ə fkɤ̀šti mi jə nɤ̀l’ ìməme loz’è əmi šə zgɤ̀čiš

At home – where else? You know, we have vineyards. You crush

Kruševo 3

31 (a) t’à tùk si a pred’èf sè nèə gudìni əmə vèk’e

I used to spin it all here in years past but now

32 (a) mə bul’ɤ̀t pl’èškit’è i seà

my shoulders hurt, and now ...

34 (a) še à pr’ed’èm tàm nə dəràcite̥

... we’ll spin it on the carders.

45 (a) ìč’ nə kədilkà

Not on the distaff!

47 (a) nə rudànč’e seà nə rudàn v’èjk’e

[I use] a spinning wheel now. A spinning wheel already!

50 (a) nə seà pò nəpr’èš nə vərt’ènu nə kul’èntu ž’ùr

Not now, but earlier – the spindle on your knee, whirr!

51 (a) i ž’ìč’kata š’e jə nàprəjə

And I’ll make the thread [that way].

53 (a) š’e gu nàvərt’ə vert’ènutu i š’e a nàpraa

I’ll twirl the spindle, and I’ll make it [like that].

54 (a) ə pə seà nə rudànč’etu vɤ̀rti i pùskəj

But now [I put it] on the spinning wheel. It revolves and gives out [thread]

111 (RA) c a ednò vrème pòveče òfce ìma li

Tsk. And in the old days were there more sheep?

112 (a) ednò vr’ème imàš’e pòveč’e sek t’èkeskite kəd b’èə

Back then there were more. Now the cooperative farm people came,

115 (a) ə pə ədnò vr’ème si imàhme dàž’e pò màlku

But in the old days we had even fewer.

116 (a) s’à tìjə təkà puzəsəbràhme gi əmə n’èmə gi kàrəme

Now we’ve gathered up these few but we can’t keep them.

Kruševo 4

30 (a) mlògu ùbəvu si kàrəhme

We used to have it really well,

31 (a) seà tùkə nə tuvà s’èlu ìč nè e ùbəvu

[but] now in this village here it’s not nice at all.

84 (a) u nàs də ràbut’òt tə ədnò vr’ème b’èš’e èm lòš’u èm i ùbəvu

to work for us. Back then it was both bad and good.

85 (a) pò ùbəvu b’èš’e

Mostly it was good.

89 (a) èm lòš’u èm ùbəvu ùbəvu b’èš’e

Both bad and good. It was good [for us],

90 (a) nìe si b’èhme mlògu vəzmòžni fəf nàštu s’èlu

we were very well off in our village.

Leštak 1

19 (c) è segà sme pàk dubrè nə vrèmetu stàrite hòrə nàšte

Well, we’re fine now. In the old days older people – our folk –

20 (c) sə hòdili də tvàr’ət ève ut slavèino dʌ̀ski də kàrət è nadòlu

went to load lumber from Slaveino and to carry it [all the way] down [here] …

23 (a) dà əmə tì pòmniš li mə às də t gu kàžə jɛ

Yes, but do you [really] remember? Let me tell you

24 (a) kàk je òti jɛ̀ səm kàrəl dɤ̀ski

what it was like, since I [myself] transported lumber.

25 (b) à i tì mòe si kàrəl

Well, you might have done it too.

26 (a) à jɛ̀ šə t kàžə kàk e idɛ̀hme zə edìn dèn

Well, I did, and I’ll tell you how. We’d go and in a single day

27 (a) dukàrəhme dɤ̀skite ut sləvèinu zə dvà dèn’ə vəf kìril i benkòvski

we’d bring lumber from Slavieno. Two days to Kiril and Benkovsky,

28 (a) utkàrəme i sə vɤ̀rneme ubàč’e zìməhme pètstòtin kilà càrvicə

there and back. And – mark this – we’d take five hundred kilos of corn

29 (a) s ədìn kùrs

in a single run.

30 (b) s ədìn kùrs

In a single run?

31 (a) ɤ̀ v gudìnətə kətu nəpràiš š’ès s’èdem kùrsə prez l’ɛ̀tunu i

Hah! So if you make six or seven runs in the summer,

32 (a) i càlənə gudìnə si pučìvəš ə sià kòlku tr’àbvə də rəbòtiš

then you can take it easy the whole year. But now, how much do you have to work

33 (a) də z’ɤ̀meš pètstotin kilà càrevicə kòlku vrème tr’àbvə də rəbòtiš à

to get five hundred kilos of corn? How much time do you have to put in? Huh?

35 (a) ə nàprəi s sm’ètkə

Just do the math!

36 (b) mìnəlutu vrème si e mìnəlu

Those days – what’s gone is gone.

37 (a) cənìte še mi nəpràiš sm’ètkə kàk sə

And the prices – do the math on that too!

38 (a) dà de tàm kirəžilɤ̀k se prài

Well, but people are still working in transport.

39 (a) əmi tòj kirəžilɤ̀k əmə ti kàzvəm kətu nəpràiš

Transport, yes, but let me tell you: [back then] if you make

40 (a) p’èt š’es kùrsə du benkòfski i ubràtnu i gudìnənə iskàrvəš

five or six runs to Benkovsky and back, that gets you through the year.

41 (a) ə vɤ̀r nàpraj segà trìes kùrsə də vìdim kòlku še iskàrəš

Now just go and make thirty runs and see how much you’ll make!

48 (a) a pù nəpr’èt əgà nəblìž’ehme ùstuvu tə hl’ɛ̀bə mirìše̥še̥

Earlier, it used to be that we’d get near Ustovo and you’d smell the bread

49 (a) ot əgà se pudədèš òšte ut pòdvis

from there (Ustovo) as soon as you reach Podvis.

50 (b) simìt

Simit (type of bread)

51 (a) à i l’èštə mu tùreše stò gràmə zejtìn

Right. And lentils [to which they’d] add a hundred grams of oil,

52 (a) i sə nəjədèš əgà dòjdeš ejtùvə i vèč’erə ne jədèm

and you’d eat so well that when you get home we don’t need any dinner.

53 (a) a sià ìiš f ùstuvu kvò še zɤ̀meš də jədèš

But now when you go to Ustovo what are you going to get to eat?

54 (a) tè s’à sə pʌ̀tnici kət sə udbìjət f ùstuvu

Travelers now [who] stop off in Ustovo

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