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_ I am Nana Khabuliani from Mutsdi.

_ mi xûi nana xabulyān məc̣dixen.

I am married in Chvelpi; I am the wife of Zuri Zurabiani, who is the son of Ardavan Zurabiani.

luc̣ûile xûi č̣ûēlpte, zuri zurabyān ardaûanis ʒe.

We live here, in Chvelpi.

amču xûizged, č̣ûēlps.

They come from Upper Svaneti, but later they moved to Lower one.

alyär lix žibe šûänxen c̣armošobit i ka meqde lix čube šuänte.

There were three brothers; they moved here: one settled in Chvelpi, another - in Tvibi and the third - in Shgedi.

semi laxûba ləmārelix ka meqde amxāû i ešxu č̣ûēlps alzigēli, mērme _ ṭûibs i mēsme _ šgeds.

They said that there was sour water where they lived

es'ēgi, alyärs dautkûiat amži, ere eče sgim lok ləmār mine pēdyas i amxāû k'ēr emqedēlix,

and, having moved here, they decided to settle down where there was sour water.

näy lok xeḳûes eǯḳäy ädgis otzigēnd, ere ime mžaû... sgim lok irdi i dasaxlebulan amžīnen,

So, shortly, one brother lives in Chvelpi, another - in Tvibi and the third - in Shgeti.

ser ešxu _ č̣ûelps, mērme _ ṭûibs i mēsme šgeds äri.

We gather together every year and have a session,

q̇rilobas xûašdbad näy,

this year it will be on the tenth of September.

q̇oûel c̣elic̣ads, atxe at sekṭembers uḳûe ûgroûdebit amžīn.

We gather and invite the Zurabianis from over there as well.

ži xûixûryelāld i zurabyānärs, ečey zurabyānärsi ka xûindûrēnid amxenčūnen

We gather around inTvibi; mainly it is their village; we meet on the tenth of September.

i ži xûixûryelāld ṭûibsé, ʒiritad eǯi lok li alyäre sopel i eščūne gûār ser ale, q̇riloba, at sekṭembers.

We collect money andà all Zurabianis, being able to come here, arrive from all over the area And

xûaxûryēlid tetrs i mag zurabyānar, erûǟys sašualeba xuûa, či ḳutxexen onġûrid i

we pray there and all like that...

ečečūnen gûār ser limzər i mag.

What else can I say?

ser atxe mäy lōkûa išgen.

_ How old are you?

_ ûoša ləzä xi?

_ I am thirty eight years old and I have five children.

_ ûocdatûrameṭi c̣lis xûi, xûi mi atxe i maq̇a ûoxûišd gezal.

_ Tell me in Svan how old you are...

_ lušnud reka ûoša ləzä xi, eǯi.

_ I am thirty nine years old and I have five children.

_ semešdičxara ləzäy xûi i maq̇a ûoxûišd gezal.

_ What have you finished?

_ mä ǯar ləzgəre?

_ I have finished nothing; I got married at eighteen; I'd been on the farm before.

_ ləzgəre dēsma mi ?gauṭeûar? yešdara ləzäy otc̣ûilenxûäsû ka, mare ečkad permäysa xûard,

I had a limit as well, but I've got married and remained uneducated.

limiṭi ču muġûān, mag, mare k'otc̣ûilenxûäsû i ečkānġo č'osed amžīnen ser ži utûrad.

_ How old is your eldest child?

_ mašene gezal ûoša ləzä li isgu?

_ The eldest is nineteen years old.

_ yešdčxara ləzäy li mašēne.

_ And the youngest?

_ mahrene?

_ Another boy, the youngest one, is ten years old.

_ mērbe, maûrenol, yešd ləzäy, č̣q̇inṭ.

While searching for a boy we have had four girls.

č̣q̇inṭi latxēlisa ser ešxu č̣q̇inṭ gûaq̇a i ûōštxû dina.

_ Are you going to move somewhere?

_ ǯiṗirax imte lälzigalte lizi?

_ We want to go to Sakulia.

_ atxe gûaḳuč ser, ere k'ēr očed saq̇ulyāte, xûaṗired.

East is too far from here; it does not fit us to go there and we want to have our way to Svaneti.

atxe aġmosaûlet suru ǯōdya li gušgûeû, mām gûac̣q̇obs ečxāû i šûänte er guġûǟndes mimosûla,

In short, we want to settle down in Sakulia.

gûaḳuč ser saq̇ulias čaûsaxldet.

_ Why are you going from here?

_ imġ' esxrid amxenka?

_ Well, because there is a brook near here and it always takes away our hayland;

_ nu, amġa, ere ġela amečūnen pēdyas äri, čigar ale iḳaûe gušgûey lāras, čigar esġûa,

It takes it away constantly and devastates the yards and everything else;

mudmiûd esġûa ser i amžīn gagûinadgura ezoar i mag ser.

it hit all nut trees completely...and it makes no sense to live here further

ḳaḳal ž'anḳāpe mag i ar ġirs, ra, amčūnen lirde ser mām ġirs.

Things are getting so that it broke our car last year, on the tenth of August.

eǯḳä mdgomareobāys'ǟri, mankanāy č'ogûḳušure lena ats agûisṭos.

Such a storm came from above that it broke our car!

eǯḳä grigäl anqad žikānču, ere čûadḳušure mankana.

It cost him 600 dollars... 600 dollars to repair it... and now he goes by it...

ekûsasi dolär... usgûāšir dolar dauǯda atxe eča ži lisq̇i, ž'ānsq̇e i atxe izelāl,

But still it's better for children to be there while we, adults, prefer to stay here.

mare mainc ser ečxāû xoča atxe, bopšārešd xoča ečxāû, ado näy aǯaġ xûirdid aǯaġ ame, šûans.

There was a natural disaster there in eighty seven...

otxmocdašûid, arēšdišgûidisa las ame sṭikia.

An avalanche moved down from Lachvadari up to here... and since then we've been frightened and eager to leave...

čûānqad amelēkûa, ləč̣adārs xûaṭūlid, žäy, amāû, gušgûey... mədāmən... i ečānġo gûaq̇lūni, gûaḳu meyad gadasûla.

Death of my brother-in-law coincided with it...It was a terrible, terrible time...

ečka daemtxûa, mišgûi muxûbe... mišgûi č̣äšs atdagān muxûbe, ečkas sašinel, ʒaan sašineli mdgomareoba iq̇o, ečka.

They hardly brought cars by tractors...

mankanāli amži ser ʒliûs, c̣ûalebit, ṭrakṭorālšû amžīnen anqidx amxāû.

He died at home, but being ill he was in Tbilisi and we brought him here...

eǯi atxe, ču ägis adgānda, mare legmerde tbilis gûeq̇āda, ečxenisa onqûidd

It coincided with that disaster in eighty seven...

i ales daemtxûa ečka eǯi, otxmocda... arēšdišgûid zäysa moxda ale.

The avalanche moved down just up to here, to the front of our door and stopped here.

žäy čûānqad teld amaû, gušgûey q̇orä nämc̣ûind, amēka edčerûānda.

Fortunately, nothing bad.... it did not make any harm to people...

atxe eǯḳä xola desma xočûmīna, desma zaräl xočûmīna xälxišd mag,

It moves down and the rocks are falling into pieces...

mare ečānġo gûaq̇lūni ser meyad.

it moves down and down permanenty and rocks are taling into pieces...

anġri i anġri ale žikančūnen ser meyad, xûernix ḳoǯär.