PAST VS. PRESENT

Mogilica 1

5 (a) habɔ̀ habɔ̀ tə tèš tè ə š'ijət pəntəlòne drùguš' š'ìehə pəltà

“habe”, “habe”. They sew trousers of it. Earlier on they used to sew coats

6 (a) tè sà kupùət sìčkutu sàmu zə ədnì pəntəlòne

but now they buy all that. Only for some trousers.

Mogilica 2

3 (VZh) màndžite dèto ste pràili ednò vrème stàri rodòpski màndži

the dishes that you made in the old days, old Rhodope dishes.

4 (a) hà stàrutu vàj kàk də ti kàž'əm stàrutə kəkò beš'e

Hah! The old times! How shall I tell you what it was [like] then?

Mogilica 3

12 (a) pò rànu imɛ̀š'e gà behme nì pò drèbni

There used to be, when we were smaller [held smaller land portions] ,

13 (a) mnògo rɔ̀š sɛ̀ehmə pu bərčìnetu tò segà se

We planted a lot of rye [then] in the hills. But now –

14 (a) i zem'ɔ̀tə se zəràsne stànə tèkezesè i sìčku tè

the land is overgrown: the cooperative farm came, and everything –

15 (a) tè bəlkàn stànə zem'ɔ̀tə

all the [fields] – the land became wooded Balkan [landscape].

34 (a) i nèj si žìtutu pò rànu seà nè tò nèmə etùvə

and that's [how we got] grain earlier. Now they don't do that.

47 (a) č'e vsɛ̀kə vrìt sìč'ku sɛ̀hə uvès rɔ̀š' sìč'ku pò rànu

Each one. All [of us], everybody planted oats and rye, earlier on.

48 (a) seà utkàktu e zə f tèkezesè č'etìrise gudìni məhnɔ̀hə

Now, after the cooperative farm [came] forty years ago, they stopped.

49 (a) tò tegaj segà nèmə segà kərtòfi sme sɛ̀li

And now, there's none [of that]. Now we've planted potatoes,

71 (a) tò seà nə rɛ̀tki kɔ̀šti ìmə

[You find it] only in a very few houses now.

77 (VZh) ednò vrème ìmaxte li kràvi mnògo

In the old days did you have cows? Many [that is]?

78 (a) ə nì pò rànu nəlì beme nè f tèkezesè imɛ̀hme əmi

Earlier on, because we weren't [yet] in the cooperative farm, we had, well,

79 (a) kàk po dvè trì kràvi si imɛ̀hme sìč'ku imòt' imɛ̀hme mnògu

we had two or three cows each. We had everything – we had a lot of property.

80 (a) tugà vlɛ̀ze sìč'kutu f tèkezesè z'ɔ̀hə mi gu

Then everything went into the cooperative farm. They took it from me.

Mogilica 6

5 (d) petnàeset təkòvə təkòvətə fùrni i tegà sedɛ̀še

fifteen such [loaves], these ovens. And back then it kept.

6 (d) a ma ne udbàvəše sə è segà də z'ɔ̀meš hlɛ̀p

It didn't go moldy. Now when you get bread,

7 (d) sedì čètiri dèn'ə i muhəl'ɛ̀sə sə

it's all moldy when it's been sitting [only] four days.

9 (d) tugàs tràeše lɛ̀bən

Back then the bread lasted.

57 (d) tùkə məšìni ne nemɛ̀še tò pɔ̀t nemɛ̀še nè mašìni də ìmə

There weren't any machines here. There wasn't a road, not to speak of machines.

90 (d) nəprèš n nemɛ̀še kulì tùkə pu s'èlusu segà imàt s sɛ̀ki

Earlier there weren't carts here in the village. Now they all have [them].

91 (d) mùl'i i kòl i kòlə si e kurdìsənə

Mules and carts, the carts all set up [and ready to go].

Nasalevci 1

171 (GK) e pa tùka ednò vrème kogà tì si bilà detè

Well, like here in the old days, when you were a child

172 (a) e pa ka sam jà bilà takà e a pa pòsle

Well, when I was a child, it was just the way it was, otherwise

173 (a) predi mène ne znàm

before my time I don’t know!

Oborište 1

54 (MM) ama k znàči ə kɤ̀štite ne b’àxa kato tìja

So then houses weren’t like these [now].

55 (MM) ìmaše sɤs odžàci takà li

They had hearths, right?

56 (a) ìmaše ìmaše ama segà a napràvixme sè

They did, they did. But now we’ve made ourselves all –

57 (a) n’àšto modèrni stanàxme ta [laughter]

we’ve gotten to be somewhat modern [laughter]

58 (MM) ama tàa kɤ̀šta vàšta e stàra ə i kòlko e stàra

But this house of yours is old. How old is it?

59 (c) ne znàm

I don’t know.

60 (a) ami pe pedesèta godìna e pràvena

Well, it was built in 1950.

61 (MM) pedesè è znàči predì tovà vəf ə onìja stàrite

1950. Ah! Then before that, in those old ones –

62 (a) pedesèta godìna e pràvena

It was built in 1950.

63 (MM) vɤf pò stàrite kɤ̀šti

In the older houses …

65 (MM) e ìmalo odžàci

… there would have been hearths.

66 (a) pò stàrite

the older ones.

67 (MM) a tɤ̀zi nè e ìmalo odžàk takà li

But this one didn’t have a hearth, right?

70 (a) pò stàr ə pò takòvo

Older, more like –

71 (MM) a tì še ni kàžeš kakvì b’àa i kɤ̀štite ednò vrème

So you’ll tell us what houses were like in the old days [O.K.]?

72 (a) emi stàrovrèmski kɤ̀šti

Well, the houses of olden days –

74 (a) starovrèmski kɤ̀šti sɤsᵊ po ednà takòva ə oddòle ili nàsipᵊ

Old-fashioned houses! Each had one of – well, earthen fortification underneath

75 (a) i dvè stài odgòre i kɤ̀šta i sòba mu vìkaxme

and two rooms above. The house and what we called a “soba” –

76 (a) dvè stài a pɤk ìnače pòsle zèa gi pràvɤtᵊ

two rooms. Otherwise – later they started to make them

77 (a) pɤ nɤ dvà etàža ta odgòre dvè sòbi oddòle

with two stories: two rooms above and down below –

77 (a) pɤ nɤ dvà etàža ta odgòre dvè sòbi oddòle

with two stories: two rooms above and down below –

77 (a) pɤ nɤ dvà etàža ta odgòre dvè sòbi oddòle

with two stories: two rooms above and down below –

143 (a) n’àkoga d’àdo mòj sìreše sè sɤs ə takòvo sìrište

At one time my grandfather made cheese only with this sort of rennet.

145 (a) a pòsle evropèjsko zèa da ìmaše

And then [people] started doing it the European way, and there was –

Oreše

36 (a) pu zàpəs òdihme nagòr nədòlu ama pòmn’ə kəkòf ž’ivòt’ imàše nəpr’èt

we went to the [military] reserves. I remember what life was like before.

37 (a) pə i seà pòvnim kəkòf ž’ivòt’a ə pə dnò vr’èm’ə

And I remember now too what life is like. And also back then –

Pavelsko 2

4 (a) i də puisc’ìne màlku i š’e gu slòž’im f ədnɤ̀ t’èndžurə li

and when it cools a little, we’ll put it in a pot or something

5 (a) ədnò vr’ème gu slàgəhme fəf gʌ̀rnetə

in the old days we used to put it in earthenware jugs –

Pavelsko 4

83 (b) əmi pɤ̀lnehme gi və̀zgləvnici i drùguš pək segà m’ʌ̀ki gi kupòvəme

Well, we filled pillows [with it] in the old days, now we buy soft ones.

Petrov Dol 2

85 (a) i pòsl’e gu up’ič’èmi àgn’itu up’ič’èm ama inò inò wr’èmi

And then we roast [things]. We roast the lamb. But in the old days –

86 (a) s’eà gerg’òwdèn’ pràjmi sɤz zbòr n’i mòeš

Now we observe St. George’s day together with the village celebration. You can’t

87 (a) n’èto da gu prèkə pɤk inò vr’èmi kət sɤ sɤbir’ɛ̀mi

do it now [separately]. But in the old days when we’d get together

88 (a) č’èt’ri p’èt’ kɯ̀št’i e nəprìmer’ è tèj k də pust’il’èm

it’d be four or five houses [of us]. For instance if it’s these [houses], we’d spread out

89 (a) nə n’àkuj ràvn mi ràv’in dvòr rugòski də pust’il’èm tè misàl’e

reed mats on some flat place, a flat yard – we spread out cloths

90 (a) nə nərid’ìmi t’ìe àgn’ita pr’àsnu s’ìr’en’e kòjtu ìmə uscè

and arrange [on them] the lambs, fresh cheese – those who have sheep

91 (a) pr’àsnu s’ìr’en’e pràj slàgəmi p’ìt’it’ȅ mu ba i màlkit’i d’ecà

make fresh cheese. We put out the round breads, and the little children

92 (a) sɤs inà koprìva i sɤs vudà

[each] with a nettle stalk, and with water –

93 (b) inò vr’èmi

[There’ll be] a time …

95 (b) š’ə gu zəbràjəmi

… [when] we’ll forget all that.

100 (a) s’igà g’urg’òwdèn’ n’i mòm dɤ rəzbìr’èm tɤmàn s’èdn’i

We can’t understand how people observe St. George’s day now. You sit down,

101 (a) gòst’i glàdn’i də sə xràniš tɤmàn stàa àjd’e pɤk tugàwə s’àkuj

[there’s] hungry guests to feed, then they get right up and leave. But back then, everyone –

102 (a) nìj tùkə d’ètu e drəgust’ìnuvi è tàm dafìnkini d’èt sɤ

[Say] we’re here where the Dragostin family is, or there where the Dafinkin family is,

103 (a) è tòj dvòr ràvin z’il’ènə muràva kət napust’el’èm’e rugòskit’i da nəs’àdəmi

where there’s a large yard, a green meadow [where] we lay out reed mats and sit,

104 (a) č’èt’iri p’èt s’əmèjstva jàd’en’i pìen’i vìkə vèselsku s’igà g’erg’òwden’

four or five families. Eating, drinking – merriment! But St. George’s day now?

105 (GK) a nòsexte li go àgneto kato go opečete nòsexte li go

And did you take the lamb – when you roast the lamb did you take it

106 (GK) na cɤ̀rk na čɛ̀rkvata

to church [for a blessing]?

110 (b) nè pr’edvərìtelnu gu nòsim predvərìtelnu pr’ed’ì

No. We take it earlier on. Earlier on, before –

114 (a) kəd gu zəkòlim əmə s’igà gu kòl’im òšt’e sɤ̀buta àgn’itu pɤk

When we slaughter it. But now we slaughter it already on Saturday –

118 (a) inò vr’ɛ̀mi nòs’im gu nə cɤ̀rkvəta

Back then we carried it to the church

122 (a) də mu č’i̥tè tàm pòpɤ dɤ gu up’ɛ̀j

for the priest to read over it, to sing a blessing over it.

143 (a) nə rogàta ɤ pàl’ət sv’išt’ìčki i tugàskə gu kòl’u

On the horns, they light little candles. And then they slaughter it

144 (a) ukɤ̀št’i gu vrɤ̀štɤt pàk ut cɤ̀rkvəta i gu kòl’im tugàskə pičèmi

at home. They bring it back from the church and we slaughter it, and then roast it.

145 (a) tugà pɤk s’igà bɤ̀rzəmi zə zbòrɤ

[That was] then. But now we all hurry to the village celebration …

147 (a) dɤ dòət gòst’it’ȅ

… because guests are coming.

149 (a) em’i inò vr’èmi kàk də t’i kàɤ xùbuu b’èše

Well, in the old days – how can I tell you? It was nice.

151 (a) s’igà pàk

But now?

Petrov Dol 3

104 (a) inò vr’ɛ̀mi n’àmə təkòs n’èštu s’igà n’àmə

[That was] the old days. None [now]. There’s no such thing like that now.

106 (a) s’à gòš’u nàšət id’ìn d’èn’ pìtə bàbo kəkò j tùj n’èštu

So now our Gosho one day asks, “Granny, what is this thing?”

107 (a) əmə mə às i wìkə kɤkò i zə kəkvà

And I said, “What do you mean?” What kind of …

109 (a) dùma mə pìtə kò kàə tùj sià d’èt i kàzvəš

… word is he asking me about, I wonder. And he said “This thing you said now.”

110 (a) emi vìkəm i vìj n’i st’è č’ùəli ba d’ecà

“Ah,” I said. “You haven’t heard of that. Ah, children _

111 (a) v’ìj mlədèž’it’ȅ s’igà sè ùč’it’e n’i st’è č’ùəli wìkə

you young people now learn everything, but [this] you haven’t heard,” I said.

112 (a) èj tʌ̀s dùmə kəkvà b’èši n’i znàm

But [in fact] I don’t know what word it was that this was all about.

115 (a) s’è pòsl’ə kət nəpràjm’i n’àmə ə vɤrš’ɛ̀čki kət s’igà də vɤrš’ɛ̀jət

All of what we did next – there were no threshers they thresh with now.

116 (a) inò vr’èm’i məš’ìni vɤrš’ɛ̀čki b’èši̥ č’àsni nàj gul’ɛ̀m’ bugətàš’t’ȅ si gi kupùvəə

Back then threshing machines were private. [Only] the richest people bought

117 (a) məš’ìni čàk s’igà kumbàjnəta puž’è z’èm’im

[such] machines; now it’s harvesters. [But back then] we [next] take

118 (a) pòčvəm’i nə ərmàn

[what we’ve reaped] and begin [threshing] on the threshing floor.

Rajanovci 2

39 (a) a nò tegàf ne smò ìmàli mazè vìte i sɤ̀ga ìmamo

Back then we didn’t have cellars, you see, but now we do.

80 (a) nò ednò vrème se nè e varìlo slàtko tekà kvò sɤ̀ga

But back then they didn’t cook up preserves the way they do now,

81 (a) a ot plodovè ne sù li umejàli ne znàm kvò e

from fruits. They didn’t know how, I don’t know why

Repljana 1

51 (a) ama patìli smo mučìli smo se sɤ̀ga decà živèju

But we suffered, we had a hard time. Children nowadays live [much better].

Repljana 2

68 (VZh) doòdәt li decàta segà za sɤbòra

Do [your] children come now for the celebration?

69 (a) doòdat mlògo abe doòdɤt ama pò se ìzmeni sɤ̀ga

Yes, often. Well – they come, but it's much more different now.

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Mogilica 1

Mogilica 2

Mogilica 3

Mogilica 6

Nasalevci 1

Oborište 1

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Pavelsko 4

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