MARRIAGE

Bosnek 1

43 (a) togàva se mnògo dɤržèše i jà si ojdòx čèsna

But back then they cared a lot. So I went [to be married] in an “honorable” state

44 (a) kato si ojdòx čèsna i svekorò togàva pa nèmaše so štò

And when I was married “honorably” my father-in-law – back then there wasn’t

45 (a) nèšto da kupiš pedesè i i ftòra godìna se oženìx nèma nìšto

anything to buy with. In [nineteen] fifty-two [when] I got married there was nothing.

Bosnek 3

42 (a) nalì kato se ožèn’a i kogà idaa u čèrkva bàbite gi vòda

So when they get married, and they go to church, the grannies lead them,

Gigen 1

4 (a) ožèni sɤ dvɛ̀ sestrì ìməm pò gulèmi i sə užènii

Marriages – I have two sisters older [than me], they both got married

5 (a) àjde sə užèni i àze i uprài:me ràbuttə pribrà se bɤštɤ̀ ni

And I got married too. And we took care of things. Our father came back

Gorna Krušica 3

19 (c) l’ubòvnik k’e se žèna

I was going to marry [my] beloved

21 (c) na velìgden k’e se žèna prolettà

on Easter. I was going to get married in the spring,

Rajanovci 1

6 (a) ja sɤm se ženìla na sedemnàes gòdine no mì ne smò učìli

I got married at seventeen, but we didn’t study.

Rakovski

37 (a) užìnij sə zə ednò sɨrmàšku mòmčə pedesèt i dev'ɤ̀tə gudɨ̀nə

I married a poor boy in [nineteen] fifty-nine.

39 (a) səs trɨ̀ zɤ̀lvɨ i edɨ̀n dìver deverɤ̀t m bèše užìnən

[He lived] with three sisters-in-law and one brother-in-law [who] was married

40 (a) zə mujà sestrà àz zə nèguvijət bràt stànəjme dvè sestrɨ̀

to my sister, [and] I to his brother. [So] we ended up as [both] two sisters,

45 (a) užìnijmi zɤ̀lvit'e zədum'à sə i tìjə

We found husbands for my sisters-in-law; they each set up their own households.,

Salaš

41 (a) baštà trèto detè ə nali karàlo karàlo oženìlo se

My father was the third child, he went along a while and then got married,

42 (a) te tùj za siràče i onò nèmaš kòj da ti pomògne

and to an orphan, so you don’t have anyone to help you out.

245 (a) sìčko se tɤčè dàže jà kàt sɤm se oženìla bilà sɤm

Everything was woven! When I married, I was

246 (a) na sèdɤm osəmnàes godin dvàes u stàn se tùra čèrgi

seventeen or eighteen, twenty. And rugs got put on the loom!

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