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Šumnatica 3

39 (VZh) a takòva pràexte li səs ə listò ot zèle da go zavìeš
And did you make this thing where you wrap up cabbage leaves?

40 (b) pa pràeme
[Yes,] we used to make that.

41 (VZh) kàk se kàzva tò
And what’s that called?

42 (b) pràime sərmà
We make “sarma” (stuffed [cabbage or grape] leaves)

44 (b) sərmà ut s’aə listà ut pò mnògut’e ut əsmòite listà pràime s’à
Sarma with these leaves – mostly we make it from grape leaves now.

45 (VZh) əhà
Aha.

46 (b) ut əsmòvit’e agà sə ne pàrskəni pò s mlàdič’ki əgà sə
From the grape leaves that haven’t been sprayed [yet], the newer ones

47 (b) əgà si nəberèš mlàdi də gi nənìžiš tugàvəkənə sə
And when you pick them “young”, you string them like this

48 (b) šə kləd’èš tuvà ə m’èsunu m’èsu žùpki šə kləd’èš
and then you put meat here, you put chunks of meat,

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Recommended Model for Citations

Bulgarian Dialectology as Living Tradition [2016] (http://www.bulgariandialectology.org, visited on 1 March 2016)
Babjak 1: 13-15. In: Bulgarian Dialectology as Living Tradition [2016] (http://www.bulgariandialectology.org, visited on 1 March 2016)

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