argument between informants

Golica 3

31 (a) t'às hòra ud n'ib'ètu sl'ɛ̀zli

These people seem to have fallen out of the sky!

32 (a) ni znàjet n'èto vərhɑ̀ni n'èto žètva n'èto hùrka

They don’t know about threshing, nor about reaping, nor about distaffs.

33 (c) znàet znàet

They know, they know.

34 (a) èj go pìta tùj

Look at this guy, asking [all] these [questions]!

35 (c) znàet tìe sìčko znàet

They know, they know. They know everything.

37 (a) am ə wòt' pìtɛt

So why do they ask [then]?

38 (c) am də v'èšte da znàet

Well, so as to know more.

39 (a) ne znàet

They don’t know ...

41 (c) znàjət s'àkək nìj ne znàem

They know all sorts [of stuff that] we don’t know.

42 (a) d'èt harmɑ̀n:tȅ ne znàeli d d'èt sne žənèneli

... where the threshing fields are, they didn’t [seem to] know where we did the reaping,

43 (a) dèt sne vəršɛ̀li nìšto n znàjat ud nib'èto

where we did the threshing. Nothing! [They came] from the sky.

44 (c) ne sɛ̀ ud nebèto

They’re not from the sky

46 (c) ne sɛ̀ ud nibèto tìe

They’re not from the sky, these [people].

88 (c) s kol'à vər'àha wòlovi kol'à da wòz'ehə snòpi prəz nìvit'ȅ

The oxen going with the carts, the carts carrying sheaves through the fields,

89 (c) stɑ̀nalu ə tòs ə tòlkus prɑ̀h

came upon so much dust.

90 (a) ama i

… but –

92 (c) pɑ̀ri n'e sɛ̀ vərì

so much heat [that] they couldn’t go on.

93 (a) ama čuvaj ma

But listen here –

94 (c) n'èmaše vodà

There wasn’t any water …

95 (a) hùbəvu ama

Fine, but –

96 (c) nèja godìna

.. that year.

97 (a) pò napr'àt še e val'àlo kət sɛ̀

… it would have rained back when –

98 (c) ɑ̀s enɛ̀ zapòwnih počtì i tɛ̀zi̥ godìna

I remember one, almost – also that year.

99 (c) tɛ̀zi̥ godìna sɛ̀štutu̥

This year [it’s] the same.

100 (a) əmə tugìs

But [back] then –

101 (c) f tèkeesèto tùka še e prɑ̀h

It’ll [all] be dust here in the collective farm.

102 (a) mamùl':tȅ kat sɛ̀ və

… when the corn di –

104 (a) čùvaj Mariòno ma ma mamùl':tȅ kat sɛ̀ rast'ɛ̀li

Listen, Mariona, about the corn: If it’s grown,

105 (a) še j val'àlo pək wozìdba v žètva n'e è val'àlo

then it will have rained. But when we took in the harvest it hadn’t rained.

106 (c) v žètva b'ɛ̀še tùj

[Yes,] the harvest was like that.

107 (a) pək tùj nɑ̀či v'èki tr'àbva də je val'àlo də rəst'è

So then, it had to have rained already for [things] to have grown –

108 (a) s'àtutu də rəst'è

for what had been sowed to have grown.

109 (c) [unintelligible] da e vəl'àlu ama ne valì

[unintelligible] [it should] have rained but it’s not raining.

110 (a) pək t'ɛ̀z godina t'ɛ̀z godìna

But this year, this year?

111 (c) da pràim molèbie tr'àaše də nəpràim molèbija

[We have] to pray, we ought to have done the prayers.

112 (a) ama molèbie

But [for] prayers,

113 (c) selàta napràili

The [other] villages did [prayers].

114 (a) ama tr'àba pòpə də j tùka də č'i̥t'è

there has to be a priest here, to recite [them], …

115 (c) tòj si e tùka

Well, he is here, …

116 (a) də sə mòl'at

… [for everyone] to pray.

117 (c) kòj še mu platì

… [but] who’s going to pay him?

118 (a) pək sigɑ̀ tìj pòpə n: gù priznɑ̀wət

But these [folk] here now don’t recognize the priest.

119 (c) əmə tò togàa prədì bìlo bis parì sigà tr'àa

But that was then. It used to be free. But now you have to

120 (c) m platìš na pòpa zə də dòdi tùkanə

pay the priest to come here..

121 (a) ama

But …

122 (c) bis parì n'àma da dòdi

Without money, he won’t come.

123 (a) wòti pòp ìmat sigà pòp ìma ma ni štɛ̀d gu

… why? They have a priest. There’s a priest now. But they don’t want him.

124 (c) ə̀h ni štɛ̀d gu kɛ̀g gu ni štɛ̀t ma

They don’t want him? Listen, how [can it be that] they don’t want him?

125 (c) ìma pòp mà duxòd'a pòpa tùka

There is a priest, you know, [and] the priest comes here.

126 (c) a tì wòt' ne sì xòd'la

But because you haven’t been going

127 (a) amə̀

Well –

128 (c) f cɛ̀rkuvətə

to church –

129 (a) pòpa dohɑ̀d'a amà

The priest comes, but –

130 (c) às hòd'uw tɛ̀z godìna sreštu vilìgden hòd'uw

I went [to church] this year. I went at Easter [time].

131 (a) ɑ̀s molèbija

I – prayers –

132 (c) às tùkə òdə [unintelligible]

I go here [unintelligible]

133 (a) i ɑs znɑ̀m molèbijata tì mòž da ne znàš

I know the prayers too! You maybe don’t know, [but] I know.

134 (a) ɑ̀s gi znàm

I know them.

135 (c) jà mà znɑ̀m ut pizdìca hòdim na molèbija

Of course I know! We’ve been going to prayers since I was very young …

136 (a) am tɛ̀j li

Is that so?

138 (a) ìdət

They go –

139 (c) kɛ̀p'ət se iz udɛ̀tə

[people] were splashing in the water…

140 (a) jà vìš kɛ̀k znàjš

Ah, just see how you “know”!

141 (c) iz virištɑ̀ta

… in the whirlpools.

Huhla 6

23 (a) sigà hùbəvu hùbəvu pàk ne hər'èsvəti pàk pust'àvəte

Well now it’s fine, fine. But you still don’t like it. You still curse

24 (a) s'èdes'è upust'àlu səgà pust'àlu

the UDF [Union of Democratic Forces]. May it be cursed now, cursed!

25 (a) əm kəkò ne ər'èsvə čem ə wòt' tòlkus skəpotìjə stànə à

So what’s not to like? Why’s it’s gotten so expensive? Huh?

26 (a) wòt' ìməne bòrčuve zə plàtəne

Because we have [all these] debts to pay.

27 (b) wòt' ìməne bòrčuve kòj gi stòri tèə bòrčuve

Because we have debts! Well, who created all these debts?

28 (a) nìj stòrihne tì i jà

We did, you and I!

29 (b) jà stòrihne bòrčuve

Hah, we created the debts!

30 (a) tì i jà gi stòrihne

[Yes, we.] You and I created them.

31 (a) bà

Bah!

32 (a) nìj stòrihne kòj gi stòri nəl'ì b'àhne

We created [them]. Who created them? Weren’t we …

34 (a) f tàə bəlgàrijə nìj nəpràihne

… part of this Bulgaria? We did it.

35 (b) əhə

Uh huh

36 (a) n'àmə zə nəhòdəne məhənà

There’s no [other] fault to find.

37 (b) hə

Huh

38 (a) nìj nəpràihne tugàj b'àše

We did it. Back then it was –

39 (b) wòt' t'àhnite zəplàti tòlkəvi gol'àm' a

So why are their salaries so high, huh?

40 (a) tugàj b'àše jèftun jèftun

It used to be really inexpensive …

41 (b) à

Huh?

42 (a) e še dòjd'e skɤ̀pu̥

… and [now] it’ll get expensive!

43 (b) še dòjde skɤ̀p cərvùl'ə šə dòjde èj tàm nì də ìdeme

What it’ll “get” is that we’ll go there ourselves …

44 (a) wòt' tì sə ut t'àh

– because they take care of their own, …

45 (b) də nəs'àdəme [unintelligible]

… and do a sit-in! [unintelligible]

46 (a) zə t'àhnite se bl'ɤ̀skət pək nìj ne mòžem tìj d'èt

… they work their asses off for their own, but we can’t. [We’re part of] those who

47 (a) ni mòət də kàžət nìj ni mòžem də kàžem zə tvà

who have no say! We have no say. And why?

48 (b) həm

Hm.

49 (a) zə tvà tìjə tòlku pərɤ̀ sə dàli nə učène

Because they spent so much money on [their] schooling.

50 (b) agà sə dàvəli nə učène gà

[It doesn’t matter] that they spent so much on education –

51 (a) n'àmə sə vɤ̀rne segà

It [the old system] is not going to come back.

52 (b) gà sə dàvəli nə učène š ìdə tàm

So what they paid for schooling! I’ll go there, and [I’ll go]

53 (b) dàn dàn dàn dàn dàn dàn dàn dàn dàn dàn dàn

bam bam bam bam bam bam bam bam bam bam bam [just like]

54 (b) dànkət tàm na əf sòfijə àz də mògə də ìdə tàm

they go bam! there in Sofia. [Now] if I could go there

56 (b) zə dànkən še z'èmə ədnɤ̀ surovìcə še gi zàčukə i udzàt

for [some] banging. I’d take a stick and beat their behinds!

57 (a) tì də zlàtə vìkə də z'èmə ədnɤ̀ pùškə əm

You’re [like] Zlata, [she says she’ll] take a gun and –

58 (a) če kògə kògə še pùnkə

and who? Who will she shoot?

60 (a) nàšte sìnue

Our sons!

61 (b) əm ma wòt' nàšte sìnuve mà

What do you mean, our sons?!

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