PAST VS. PRESENT

Stančov Han 3

10 (c) nè sə žèni nì nìštu v’èči nè sɤ sèi

nor reaped nor nothing any more. Nothing gets sown.

Stikŭl 1

18 (a) stàrutù k səm zəburìlə pək ezgà mlədèžəs

I’ve forgotten about the old times. And [anyway] youth now –

19 (a) è mlàdi̥se ne vɛ̀rvət stàru̥tu [laughter]

young people don’t believe [anything] about the old times. [laughter]

42 (a) drùgu kəkvò dɤ vɤ kàžə sìn envà səm zəpòmnilə ut stàr:te

So what else shall I tell you, son? I remembered that one from the older people.

43 (a) ə pək ezgà e sᶤìčku mlədèšček čə̥ kəkvò də ìdiš də də təkòvə

But now everything’s in the style of the young. Why should one go about

64 (KP) mnògo mnògo ste ìmali

A lot. You had a lot.

65 (a) hɔ̀ sìčkite imɛ̀hə sìn če gu ràbutèhə pək ezgà utkət stànə sèjnekə

Ah, everybody did, son, and they worked it. But now, since it’s become like this

66 (a) əzgà si dàduhə zəm’ɔ̀sə če kugà gl’ɔ̀də ajtùə mlədèš

Now they’ve returned the land [to its original owners], but when I look at these youth,

67 (a) kəkvòtu vàs nᶤìkuj ne utìde də ràbuti sin i gurà stànə

like you, nobody is going to work, son! All has turned to forest!

72 (a) tugàvə ìmat hòrəsə kràvcɨ žə si fpr’ɔ̀gne də s puurè

Back then people had little cows to harness up and start plowing –

73 (a) də s puurè če dè də gu znàem

to start plowing. But how can we understand [what’s happening]?

74 (a) mlədèšček ìmə tùkə tri čètiri pèt šɨz dùšɨ sid’ɔ̀t sid’ɔ̀t

Young folk here – three, four, five six of them – just sit. They just sit.

77 (a) jɛ̀ vɤ kàzvəm drùgučɛ̀šnutu beše enəkvò

I tell you, it was different in the old days!

92 (a) trùdenku dò̝jde pᶤìl’enc’ə təmàn etùkə gəlčɔ̀ zə hlɛ̀bə pùs kətu

It’s gotten to be a little hard, dear one. Now people talk about bread – to hell with

93 (a) hlɛ̀p dənò pùs esòtkivə hlɛ̀pkuve zgà ə sòč’ekəf hlɛ̀bec

bread, to hell [with it]. The tiny little loaves [they have] now, tiny bread

94 (a) i ezgà i du snò̝šə gù sme zìməli četìrise i š’ès

now. And up through last night we paid forty-six (levs) [for it]

124 (a) əm žə gi prìpusk’ə ədnɔ̀š ut təkò nòču dušlᶤì sə

but I’ll let it go this time, because of that. Nocho! They came

125 (a) də mə pᶤìtət kəkvò i bəlò drùguš kəkvò i stànəlu əzgà

to ask me what it was like in the old days, and what it’s come to now.

126 (b) še im kàzvaš be

So you’ll tell them then!

127 (a) i jɛ̀ hmə kàzvəm jɛ̀ hmə kàzvəm vìkem

I’m telling them, I’m telling them, I say

128 (a) kəkvò be sìn drùguš kəkvò e zgà

how it was in the old days and how it is now.

Stoilovo 1

38 (a) brəkmɤ̀ ednò vr’ɛ̀me pək s’ètne kàzvət tùlə tùlət

[It was called] “brakma” in the old days but later (= now) they say “tul”. The veil.

Šumnatica 3

57 (VZh) e pò ràno mašìnka nè e ìmalo pò ràno

And earlier on? There weren’t machines, earlier on.

58 (b) əmə e tàj nəkàcəme gu nəkàcəme gu nədrubìme go z nòžət

Well, we chop it, we chop it and cut it small with a knife

59 (b) kənà še gu pràiš [laughter]

What [else] would you do with it? [laughter]

99 (b) tò drùgə ràbutə n’èmə mlàdi ga beme ràbutihme əmə seà n’èmə

There isn’t other work. [When] I was young we worked, but now, there’s none.

100 (b) seà ràbuten’e n’èmə

Now there’s no work [to be done].

150 (b) ə s’à s’à s’à mnògu l’àsnu vàr si kùpi l’àp i gutòvu

Now – now it’s very easy: go and buy bread ready-made!

151 (b) jòk pràime ìč segà ìč jòk pràime

We don’t make anything now. We don’t make anything at all.

152 (a) pə si kupùvəme segà əmə ku ìməš pərì

We buy it now. If you have the money that is.

Šumnatica 4

7 (d) n’èmə nì zəvòt zəkrìan c’èxuvet’i im’ɛ̀šen cèhuv’e

There’s not even a factory. They closed the shops. There used to be shops,

8 (d) mlàdit’e rəbòtehə zəkrìən gi bùm

[where] young people would work, [but then] they closed them – boom!

9 (d) d’è stòriən mestà zəìə

Anywhere they had created [work]places, [now] they took them away.

10 (d) ajde šivàčkə cèh àjde drugàri

[Earlier on it was] – “Here’s a sewing shop, come on in, comrades!”

11 (d) sìčkəd’e nə s’àku selò mnògu o udubrìən òrətə

[It was like that] everywhere, in every village. They improved peoples’ [lives] a lot.

12 (d) əmə s’à vìš təkìvə mlàdi òd’ət n’èmə kəd’è də rəbòt’ət

But now, see so many young people going about, with no place to work.

Sŭrnica 2

28 (a) əmi sigà du sigà nəlì bəše drùgu vr’ɛ̀metu

Well now – up till now, you know, things were different –

30 (a) dəržàvnu i s’à uts’à nətàtək pə nèkə gu rəzrəbòt’et uttùk nətàtək

state-owned. And now – from now on [someone should] develop it for the future.

106 (MM) ne ne dàvaxa na drùgi mestà da im se bojadìsva

They didn’t – they didn’t take it other places to have it dyed for them.

107 (b) nè nè tugàvə nɛ̀məše

No, there was no such thing then.

110 (a) n’ɛ̀məš’e tugàf nìkədè kədè də buedìsvəš’ mɤ̀ i s’à si buedìsvəme

At that time there wasn’t anywhere to [take things] to dye. Even now we dye our own,

115 (a) kəd’è də ìdiš’ nə inò vrɛ̀me nɛ̀mə kəd’è n’èmə kəd’è də ìdiš’

Where are you going to go? In the old days there wasn’t anywhere to go.

116 (a) kòj də ti buedìsə i utkəd’è àš’kele minàvəhə təkà buedž’ìi

Who would dye for you, and where? Fortunately some dyers would come by

147 (a) à mɤ̀č’ehmè sə mlògu nə vrɛ̀metu mlògu

Ah, we suffered a lot in the old days. A lot.

148 (MM) ama sìčko ste moglì da pràvite

But you were able to do everything [for yourselves].

149 (a) à mòdž’in i s’à mi s’à də mì sə uddədè

Yes, we can. And even now I – even now if the occasion came up,

150 (a) i s’à š si pràve

I would do it myself.

203 (a) eno vrɛ̀me n’èməš’e ytìi s kvò də se glàt’et

In the old days there weren’t irons or [anything] you could iron with.

204 (a) pəntəlònə dəlì e umàč’kət dəlì n’è š’ə nəgàdiš

Whether or not trousers got wrinkled, you’ll deal with it

205 (a) š’ə vərvìš’ n’èmə nàčin

and [just] move on. No [other] way.

Sŭrnica 3

168 (c) sìč’ku ìməše nəs’àkəde

There were all sorts of [customs] everywhere,

170 (c) i čùvaà i ne čùvaà i

Some observed it, some didn’t.

173 (c) ìmə mlògu d’ètu də sə uč’ùvənì si

There’s a lot of [people] who are involved in [these customs]

174 (c) əmi nìe ne sì sm’e č’ùvəli

but we haven’t observed [them].

Sŭrnica 4

23 (a) miz’èrni ràbuti b’àhə nə vrɛ̀metu

Things were primitive in the old days.

56 (a) də vìdiš’ tvà tàm f tɤ̀vnutu n’èmə làmbə s kvò də sv’ɛ̀tiš’

so you could see there in the dark. There weren’t any [modern] lamps to light.

57 (a) sìč’ku stàrə ràbutə làmbə n’èmə drùgu n’èmə kləd’èš nə č’ərkmɤ̀tə

Everything [was] old-time. No lamps, no other [light source]. You put [up] the “churkma”

75 (a) štòtu n’e jè kətu seà də ìmə tòk də ìmə svetìlu

Because it wasn’t like now, when you’ve got electricity and lights

76 (a) vič’irtɤ̀ doòd’əš’ kɤ̀snu ud ràbutə

in the evening [when] you come home late from work.

Sveta Petka 1

149 (a) tò n’àma fnògu vɤ̀lnenu tavà imàa pu tri č’ètiri pèd bràvi

There’s not much wool [to be had]. Each has only three-four-five head of sheep.

150 (b) tò se izgubì vɛ̀č’e sìčku

All that’s pretty much gone by the wayside.

Sveta Petka 3

16 (MM) volòvetu kɤdè kɤdè gi zatvàr’axte

The oxen! Where – where did you used to stable them?

17 (e) mi tò e sìčko minà po d’ɛ̀voleto̥

Well, all that’s gone to the devil!

105 (e) jà tùkə nèmə [unintelligible] a nèma čàkaj segà səm

Yes, there’s nothing and nothing to expect. And now I’m –

106 (e) sìtna ràbutə e tùkə vrɤ̀a lè òrata ne bɛ̀a sɛàle odàvna sìtno nešto

Only small stuff here, up on top. People haven’t sowed anything [major] for a long time.

Tihomir 1

17 (a) à i ròkl’e i i f’èredž’e d’ul’b’èn’e zəkəč’ul’me tò a bilò napr’èš

Dresses, and the outer garment. We put on headscarves. Earlier on there were

18 (a) səz d’ulbène drùgɤkvᵊi abanìef g zavàhme abanìef zavàhme

– different headscarves – foreign, we called them. We called them “foreign”.

20 (a) ma tò segà l’è na tò s’eà ne trèva

But now, well, now it’s not required [any more].

42 (a) àrɤbɤ ne imè tùr’me na gɤrbàte i nòse:me jà

there weren’t any cars – we’d put it onto our backs and carry it. See?

43 (a) azàm segà tò kamiòn’:ne na vratàta i darvòto slàmata vekìn danèsenᵚɨ

And now trucks [come up] to the door, with wood and straw already delivered.

45 (a) tò segà kakvò bᵊìva tò segà kakvo bᵊìva

That’s what happens now. That’s what happens now.

46 (a) da ste žìvɯ i zdràvɯ vòlum da id’ème hazɤ̀r l’ɛ̀p na vratàta

May you live long and in health, son! We [now] eat bread ready at the doorstep,

47 (a) i ajl’ɔ̀kət i brašnòto i dərvòto at tɤjì pò ìma li

get monthly pay, flour, wood – could [we need] anything more than that?

135 (a) pa etèj znàhɤn da pràv'et tò segà druk pàk

Back then they knew how to do it. Now it’s different again.

136 (a) a na televìzorene

[For instance] on [all] those TV [screens] –

138 (a) napr'èž že se takònvat televìzore segà gl'ɔ̀dame

Earlier they would do this – now [when] we watch TV,

140 (a) səgà da vìdiš kanà pràvet as tòka li kimì s kanà

just see what they do now! With electrical power [they do] God knows what all.

141 (a) televìzore gl'ɔ̀dame ta drùgɤkvᵊi stàn':eto

[When] we watch TV [we see] all sorts of different looms.

Tihomir 2

25 (a) minàva minàva tò [unintelligible] tò segà hùvu fɤ̀rd’e

It’s gone, gone [unintelligible]. But now there’s a lot of good [things].

61 (a) sakvᵊìn pràime bànice segà drùgak ama na pò naprèš štèm do et’èj

We made those kinds of banitsa. Now it’s different, but back then we’d [eat] that.

216 (a) kanà da pràim tò ne imè sakvòne sakvɔ̀n ballɔ̀kᵊi atvɛ̀ana atsɛ̀ana

What [else] could we do? There wasn’t such plenty that’s winnowed and sifted.

217 (a) kvòto ìš’eš takvòn ìma bràšno segà napr’èš ne im’è

Now you can get whatever kind of flour you want. You didn’t have that before.

218 (a) tò b’e krɔ̀pko

[Back then, things] were [in] short [supply].

219 (a) tòo tòdor žìvkof da žìvɨ ìš’e mlògo

May this [guy] Todor Zhivkov go on living a long time yet!

220 (GK) da živèe

Long live.

221 (a) opràvi opràvi svetàte

He put [things] in order. He put the [whole] world in order.

Trŭnčovica 2

22 (b) nəpredè še preskàčəme nè̟mə gàšti nèmə nìštu kət skòčiš

to jump over one another. No underpants, nothing. When you jump,

23 (b) du tɤ̀j se zəgòl’uvə dè̟ segà təkvòz nèštu nè̟mə

you’re naked up to here. That sort of thing doesn’t happen now.

Tŭrnjane 1

4 (a) e tùka po selòto nè e bilò tәkà sɤ̀ga tùka ìma asfàl

Here in the village it wasn’t like that – now there’s asphalt here.

5 (a) tùka a bilò kəto mìnat kòlata sɤz volòvete

[Back then] it was like when oxcarts pass by

6 (a) nè e imàlo prevòzni srèstva togàva

there wasn’t any mechanized transport then.

Tǔrnjane 2

24 (a) nèmaše odjàla nèkogḁ

There weren’t blankets back then …

26 (a) za postìlki na krevàta nè e imàlo i po zemjàta da po

… to spread on beds. And there weren’t [things to spread] on the ground.

Vladimirovo 1

55 (a) pu mà i pòslem stanàa mnògo lozjà ama seà dalì ìma lozjà

albeit less. Then came the big vineyards. But whether there are vineyards now

Vŭglarovo 1

61 (a) n’è̝məše m’àrkə tugàvə nə nàšijə l’àp

There wasn’t a standard measure for our bread back then.

62 (b) n’è e t’è̝glen kət sigɛ̀

It didn’t get weighed [the way it is] now.

112 (a) ta sàčve ìməše

There used to be [these] baking slabs.

114 (a) nèmə əmə ìməše

Not [any more] but there used to be.

Vŭglarovo 2

1 (GK) a ednò vrème da rəskàžeš zə zə ednò vrème kvòt si spòmn’əte

[Let’s talk about] the old days. Tell us about the old days, what you remember.

8 (a) kɤ̀k sme ràbutili

How we used to work?

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