AGRICULTURE

Baskalci 1

33 (GK) ednò vrème štò ste rabotìli

What kind of work did you do in the old days?

34 (a) živutuvɤ̀tstvu i zemledèlie stòka glèdami

Animal husbandry, agriculture! Looking after livestock,

35 (a) i zemledèlie si sèeme rɤ̀š uvès càrevička krɤtòfki

and agriculture, you know. We grow rye, oats, “tsarevichka” (corn), potatoes –

Brŭšljan 1

33 (a) ami tìjə zənəjàtite vəf s'èlutu sə t'àh elì vəv ž'ivutnuvɤ̀svutu̥

Well, the occupations in the villages are these: either in animal husbandry

34 (a) š'e̥ si̥ ufč'àr' jelì š'e si vəf pul'evɤ̀svutu č'ufč'ìe

– you’re a shepherd – or you’re in field labor, a land worker

35 (a) d'ètu mu vìkəme nìe pu.nàš'emu urèd də kàž'em ž'ènət

as we say in our [speech]. For example they plow, they reap,

36 (a) vòzet snòpetu nə vərš'àč'kətə gu vərš'àhə e

they transport sheaves, they thresh them at the threshing machine,

37 (a) e təkà prutìčəše ràbutətə vəf pul'evɤ̀svu

and that’s how work progressed in field agriculture.

Eremija 5

35 (c) ofčàr kopàr gradìna sàdim kòpaj lòze što tì dòe

a shepherd! A hoer! I plant the garden, dig the vineyard, whatever comes up –

36 (c) po sìčko zemedèlska ràbota sam rabotìla motìkata ne sàm svalìla od gṛbò

I did all sorts of agricultural work. I never took the hoe off my back!

38 (c) i i dičèla i li lizgàr i sas tovà sam se pri pripituvàla

With a – a two-pronged hoe, and a flat shovel: that’s how I fed myself.

40 (c) zemedèlska ràbota

Agricultural work.

Kolju Marinovo 1

1 (GK) kakvò e tovà čifčilìk

What is the agricultural [work you do] here?

2 (a) nə pol’è nə pul’ètu̥ sme

In the fields - we [work] in the fields.

3 (b) nə pol’ètu bè

You know, in the fields.

4 (c) nə pol’ètu mu vìkəmi čifčilìk

[Out] on the field, [that’s what] we call agriculture.

5 (a) nìj

We…

6 (c) zeml’edèlie

Agriculture.

7 (a) kəto rəbòtim nàči nəlì s kulà s vulòvi ur’èmi zem’ɤ̀tə

… when we work, it’s with oxcarts, you know, we plow the earth,

Kolju Marinovo 3

10 (a) kràvə žə ìjmi vulòvi kuètu ur’èm nìvəta

… we’d have cows, and oxen that we plow the fields with –

Petŭrnica

34 (a) kàk sme rabotìli poràsvame po golɛ̀ški trɤgnàme da ràbotim po kɤ̀rɤ

How did we work? We grew up ill-clothed. We went off to work in the fields

50 (a) àjde trɤgnàjme po kɤ̀rɤ ràbutim [cough] dòəme si vèčer

So we went off to the fields to work [cough], we come home in the evening,

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