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Bansko

134 (RSh) kogà kogà go edèxte tovà

When – when did you use to eat this dish?

135 (a) mi sɛ̀nga go edème i vèč'er i na òbet i sɛ̀nga

Oh, we eat it all the time! In the evening, at midday, any time.

Baskalci 1

189 (a) às ustrìgvәx pu četìreese tòa dèn nàči kәtu sèdnә

I used to shear forty sheep a day. I would sit down [to it]

190 (a) ut sutrintà du òbet četìrese ke ostrìžem tùkə ə pə

in the early morning, and by noon I’d shear forty of them. But,

Bosnek 3

47 (a) ta jàze bèx ne i ràno ìda è òše u trì časò

And I was – They go early, already at three o’clock

Breste 2

27 (a) stàvame ta pòčvame da žɤ̀nem ràno

and we get up and start to reap. Early.

Breste 3

29 (a) ne dàva na òbet da sa edè sàmo zàran pa vèčer

[that] he wouldn’t let us eat at noon, only in the morning and evening.

31 (a) a nìe nə òdene òjde:me i na òbet edè:me koto žɤ̀neme nèkoj

And we would go at noon to eat out, as in the old days when we reaped.

33 (a) še bɤ̀de zàran pa vèčer če nèma za lèp [laughter]

there’ll be [only] morning and evening [meals], for lack of [money for] bread

91 (a) i n’èe koto sedìm do dvanàese nàj mlògo

and we sit there at the most till midnight.

92 (a) tò nèmaše nìkogi takòvana i časòvnici emì petlìte koto propèjat

Back then there weren’t any watches, so [it’s] when the roosters crow

93 (a) kotò propèjat petlìte i nìe znàem vèče če e kɤ̀sno

When the roosters crow we know it’s gotten late.

94 (a) kɤ k’àne slàveja i onìja si otvàdat po petlìte

When the nightingale calls out, they leave. According to the roosters.

95 (GK) əmhəm po petl’àvoto ama tɤ̀j vèčer kato propèjat

By cockcrow. In the evening when they start up.

96 (a) vèčer koto tò rečè tò tìja pèat na lòšo vrème

It’s said that if they crow in the evening, [that means there’ll be] bad weather.

Dolna Sekirna 3

32 (a) sḷncèto a ràno da gi pùštu ofcète

[not in] the sun. You need to let the sheep out early.

Godeševo 1

4 (a) səbàjle še stàne še izmet'è̝ še svarɤ̀j še ublečè decàtə

In the morning you’ll get up, sweep out, cook up [food], you’ll dress the kids

7 (a) əšəmdàn pà gi vràškame pà pwòčvame še svərɤ̀jm fəsul'

In the evening we bring them back, and begin again. We’ll cook beans,

9 (a) səbàjle ut p'èt čəsò pà sme nə nug'ìte

At five in the morning we’re up on our feet again.

12 (a) bàle kətu stànət ut p'èt čəsò

-ning when they get up at five o’clock –

16 (a) i ə zəmòrknuvà li se pà slòncetu də sə nəved'è̝

And when it gets dark, when the sun [starts] to set,

20 (a) nətərkàl'ət sə səbàjle pà stàvət ud rànutu tvà e

[who are] racing about. In the morning you get up again early, and that’s it.

Gorna Krušica 3

22 (c) a tàa čèrga ìska da se istkàe i jàs tkàa

but this rug needed to be fully woven. So I’m weaving

23 (c) na tèmnoto večertà na ednà gàzena làmbička

in the dark of night, with just one gas lantern [to see by].

47 (c) nèma i dnèska i na òhò nèma dnèska nèma noštèska

Day or night – oh ho! Doesn’t matter if it’s day or night.

50 (c) è tàm na balkàno kolìbata baštà mi me ostài tàm noštèska

My father would leave me there at night, way up in the mountain hut

Gorno Vŭršilo 2

77 (b) onàa vèčer kadè večèra me digàa ta im davàx

The other evening at supper time they called me up [to come] and I sold [some] to them.

Malevo/Asg 3

50 (c) i kò š’e ràbutiš’ š’e ràbutiš’ dòde li slɤ̀nceno təkà vìkəm

And what will you do? You’ll work until the sun gets to be – as I say –

51 (c) dušlòlu v’èč’e nəkrivìlu sə ə tr’àvə

[till] it’s come to be all “tilted” (dusk). [But we still] have to …

Pavelsko 4

57 (b) i tò šə me čùvə jà š’e žʌ̀nə nə m’èseči̥nkə

and he’ll watch my back ( = the kids) [while] I reap in the moonlight.

58 (b) təkvò səm kàrələ i pàk š’ ìdeš’ sutrintʌ̀ də də vərš’ìješ’

That was my lot. And you’ll go [out] in the morning to thresh

Rajanovci 1

9 (a) no i onà màj za šivàčku otidè i i tekà stanà

she probably [studied to] be a seamstress as well, and – that’s how it happened.

10 (a) a pò ràno sɤm si učìla do do trèti klàs

Before that I went to school, up through the third grade.

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

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

Široka Lŭka

31 (a) žatvàrska pɛ̀sn’a vèč’ernu vrɛ̀m’a slèt pèt čɤsɤ̀ vèč’ernu vrɛ̀m’e

[We sang] the harvest song in the evening, after five o’clock. In the evening,

32 (a) kɤ̀snu na nìvatɤ smɤ

[because] we are in the fields late

Trŭnčovica 1

41 (a) a na òbet sl’èt rəkìjətə əku ìmə sestrɨ̀ bùlkətə snəxà

At noon, after the brandy, if the bride – [now] daughter-in-law – has sisters,

Trŭnčovica 2

94 (b) ònzi d’àt ti nikòlə gu nè̟mə čàk večertɤ̀ si dudè̟

And still no trace of that Grandpa Nikola. He came only in the evening.

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