pasturing animals

23 (VZh) əmhəm a z govèdata govèda a kɤ si odìla

Yes. And the cattle – did you go out

24 (VZh) da gi pasèš li kvò

and pasture them, or what?

25 (a) e pa dà pàsla sɤm gi u balkàna pròletno vrème

Well yes, I pastured them in the hills in the springtime.

26 (a) se pùštu govèdata se pasù nò bèše u balkàna ìmaše livàde

You let the cattle go and they graze. It was in the hills, there were meadows,

27 (a) ìmaše n’ìve ìmaše sìčko i mì tàm gi pasèmo dogdè

there were fields, there was everything. And we pastured them there until

28 (a) se okòsi ama nè e da gi pasèmo u u livàdete

[it’s time to] mow. You can’t pasture them in the meadows [then]

30 (a) a mì po ìma si ə gorà nò takàva dṛžàvna gorà

And we – well, there’s the state forest.

31 (a) ma rètka ìma si trevà i tàm smo gi pàsli

It’s thinly [wooded], there’s grass, and we pastured them there

32 (a) kato se okòsi mi gi pasèmo pòsle po livàdete

during mowing time. After that we pasture them in the meadows.

33 (a) pasèmo gi dogdè se stàne žɤ̀vata gotòva pòsle òdimo na žɤ̀tve

We pasture them until it’s harvest, time, and then go off to harvest

3 (b) tùka tetev’èncite sa sa zas’è̝lile zərəd dobìtakḁ da im e širòko

People from Teteven settled here because of their livestock – to have enough space

4 (b) da pasɛ̀t i si sə podṛžèli i v gradɛ̀ kɤ̀štite

for them to graze. And they also kept houses in town.

Main menu