store-bought vs. homemade

Belica 3

7 (a) sìrište sɤm si kupìla od magazìna

I bought the rennet from the store.

8 (MM) à e pò ràno ìmaše li magazìni

And were there stores before?

9 (a) e pa imàlo e sèkoga štòm ìma stòka imàlo e

Oh, there always have been! Wherever there are animals, there was

10 (a) i sìrište imàlo e i magazìni imàlo e ìdem

both rennet and stores. Yes, there were. And we go –

12 (a) što nì trèbe ìdem v ixtimàn ta si kùpime

Whatever we need, we go to Ihtiman and buy it.

Glavanovci 1

113 (a) i se e proizveždàlo tovà ednòto vrème sà smo mnògo speciàlni

and [a lot] got produced back then. Now we’re “specialized”!

114 (a) i sìčko da ni e [laughter] nagotòvo pa nì e skùpo

Everything is /laughter/ readymade for us, but it’s expensive.

Gorna Krušica 1

40 (a) i z tovà darùvahme nìšto nè e imàlo è da kùpime

And we gifted those. There wasn’t anything we [could] buy

41 (a) ta da darùvame sà vìe ne znàm kàk pràvite i kakvò e

to gift [with]. I don’t know how you do it now, what you [use],

42 (a) kae nàs segà ùbavo bèše ə dàrove si ìmaše do sà

with us [more recently] it’s been nice. There’ve been gifts now,

43 (a) ka bè:me tèkezèta ìmašè si xùbavi dàrove nakùpimè si

when we were in the collective farm there were nice gifts [for] us [to] buy.

55 (a) aà a gòre takà bè:me ednò vrème dèz na svàdbite

Yes. But earlier on, when we were [in the old location] higher up, for weddings

56 (a) ka vì kàzvam takà bèše ama sìčko nàraka se pràveše

it was like I told you: everything was made by hand.

58 (a) nàraka nàraka sè nàraka da go napràviš da go isprèdeš

By hand. You make everything by hand! You spin it,

Graševo

76 (a) emi mi ut kəkvò gu pràveše tugàs si ìməše sìčku

Well, what did she make it from? You had everything then

77 (a) də si kùpiš i vɤ̀lnitè mu i pəmùcitè mu i sìčkutu

to buy: woolen things, and cotton things, and everything.

79 (a) sìčku slubòdnu bèše i bèše i jèftinu

Everything was available, and it was also inexpensive.

Huhla 2

106 (a) əm sigà sìčku kùpi nà è gu kò še mu e

Now, go buy everything! Look at it, what's wrong with it?

107 (a) ə tugàj n'àməše jà p'èd dicà ə̀ c'àlə nɤ̀š ne sɤ̀m lègnuvələ

But back then, no such thing. Five kids, right? I never slept at night

Kolju Marinovo 1

42 (a) tìj ìmət məjɤ̀ s’à gutòva pɤ̀k nìj si pruizvèždəjmi

Now they have ready-made yeast. But we used to make our own.

Kolju Marinovo 3

4 (a) ml’àko n’àma udd’è də kùpim kəto sigà

There wasn’t anyplace to buy milk like now [when] we [have to] wait at the store

5 (a) ə čàkəjmi nə məgazìnə də zèim

[now] we wait [in line] at the store to get it.

6 (a) ə togàə ìməmi si v dvòrə

But back then, we’ve got it [right] in our own yard.

Kozičino 1

16 (a) pò l’èsən nagutòu səgɑ̀ sm’ə l’àba gu tɛ̀rsim na hùrnata

easier. Now we’re in “ready-made” [mode]. We go get bread at the bakery,

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.

Kruševo 3

76 (a) nəpr’èš’ ud məgəzìnə si̥

Earlier, from the store.

77 (RA) sàmo od magazina

Only from the store.

78 (a) ud məgəzìnə si kupòvəhme

We used to buy them from the store.

96 (a) ud òreòvu təkà bujədìsu̥vàme pə ìnəč’è si kupòvəme bujà

… from walnuts. We’d make those dyes. Otherwise we buy colors

97 (a) ud məgəzìnetu ut cìgənkìte kupùvəme

from the store, and we buy them from gypsy women.

Malevo/Hsk 1

133 (a) štòt nòsehme sɨ̀čku təkànu dumàšnu sɨ̀čkite drèi b’àhə dumàšni

because all our clothes were home-woven, all our clothes were home-made

134 (a) n’àməše kət sigɛ̀ gutòvi i kup’èšku jà

there wasn’t anything like now, ready-made and bought [at the store].

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.

Oborište 1

138 (MM) otkɤdè sìrište

Where do you get the rennet from?

139 (a) mi kupùvaxmè pa n’àkoga i pràvea ut ə ègnetḁtḁ

Well, we used to buy it. At one point they would make it from lambs –

140 (a) kato zakòlet ègneta ìmaše sìrište i sčùkaa gò i

when they slaughter lambs there was rennet. They would pound it and

Stančov Han 1

93 (a) kujàtu kvàtu bujɤ̀ ìskәš tәkvàs ši si jə nәpràiš

Whatever dye ( = color) you want, that’s how you’ll make it.

94 (PSh) ama gi kupùvaxte ili si gi pràexte

But did you buy them or did you make them?

95 (a) kupùvəxmi gi ə dà

We bought them.

96 (PSh) a ne sì pràvexte boì

You didn’t make your dyes?

97 (a) n’è à ud òr’exə bujәdìsvәmi n’àkui ràbuti̥ è tùkә s’à ìmәm n’àkui

No. Well, we dye certain things using walnuts. Here, now I have some,

100 (a) segànkə ut òr’ehә sә bujәdìsvә ìnәči nè e

They dye this [color even] now from walnuts, [it’s] not [possible] otherwise.

101 (a) buì si gi kupùvəxmi әmì kәt ìskәd dә gu pusin’ɤ̀t

We bought [all other] dyes. But when they wanted to make something blue –

Stoilovo 1

28 (a) a i č’erv’èni prestìlki səs b’ɛ̀li uwì kùp’eni

And we wore red aprons with white edging. [But those were] bought.

Šumnatica 3

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.

Sŭrnica 2

127 (a) n’ɛ̀məš’e də kùpə ud məgəzìnə udd’è š’ə nəm’ɛ̀r’ə n’èmə utkəd’è

I wouldn’t buy [any] from the store. Where would I find it? Nowhere!

Sveta Petka 1

62 (MM) a pamùčno nèšto

[Did you weave] anything out of cotton?

65 (a) n’àma n’àma pamùčno n’àma

No, no. Nothing cotton.

66 (c) kupùvəme təkà rìzi plətnà təkòvə

We buy that sort of thing – shirts, fabric.

67 (MM) a ednò vrème pàk takà li e bilò

And was it like that in the old days?

69 (a) takà si e bìlo kàkto si

That’s how it was. Like it was …

71 (a) ot stàro na na esɛ̀ takà si e bìlo

... from the old [times] up till now. That’s just how it was.

73 (a) è təkìva rìzi sì kupùvame

We buy those sorts of shirts.

Sveta Petka 2

82 (MM) sè e pràvila

She kept on working.

84 (MM) sè e gradìla

She kept on piling [it up].

86 (a) nèmә nèmә i kup’èč’ki

No, no. She bought [some of it] too.

88 (a) i kup’èč’ki i kup’èč’ki

Also from the store, also from the store..

Tihomir 1

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,

191 (a) tə kupùvahme hìnte hìnte go zav'ème tò s tòpa

We used to buy [cotton fabric] – we call it “hinte”– in rolls,

192 (a) as tòpate zìmame [unintelligible] pr'ɔ̀lata da tač'ème rìzᵊi rìzi nòsehme

we buy it by the roll, [unintelligible] the thread to weave shifts. We used to take shifts –

Tihomir 2

47 (a) tò gal’èmkᵚɨ l’èp

It’s a big loaf of bread.

49 (a) tò n’è kato kùpen s’è

Not like what one buys [at the store] now.

107 (a) nᵊì kupùvame nɤ pràvime kuskùzɤ ne znàme kàk da

We buy it. We don’t make couscous, we don’t know how to –

108 (a) kàk sa pràvi i n’è sme pràv’alɤ

how to make it, and we have [never] made it.

109 (GK) a jufkà

And [what about] “youfka” (pasta for boiling)?

110 (a) ifkɔ̀ i ifkɔ̀ta kùp’etə̥ i t’è kùp’et

"Ifka” – that’s also for purchase. That gets bought also.

Vŭrbina 3

8 (a) tò n’è kəsu es’à kòrine də i dunesɤ̀t nətwòč’eni

Not like the pastry sheets you get now at the store, already rolled out.

97 (a) i dɤ̀ski nə nəd’èləni kùp’eni nem’è

and boards. There weren’t any that were already shaped, or bought.

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