Široka Lŭka

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1 (VZh) [When did you set out to work in the fields?]

[...]

2 (a) [0:01] In the old days Dad would get up and shout to the ch- “Children, get up earlier!

father sg m

earlier.times adv

arise 3sg impf I

and

call 3sg impf I

[...]

hes

child pl n

arise pl imv I

early adv

3 (a) [0:05] The moon’s out, the [crops in the] field are ripe, you have to go out and reap them

moon sg f def med

emerge sg f L.part P

field sg f def med

3sg pres aux clt

ripen sg f L.part P

must pres I imprs

comp

go 2pl pres P

comp

acc f 3sg clt

reap 2pl pres I

4 (a) [0:08] or they’ll fall off.” We’d get up early, we’d go, we’d start [work] without breakfast.

disc

fut

drop 3pl pres P

nom 1pl

arise 1pl impf I

early adv

go 1pl impf I

begin 1pl impf I

without

breakfast sg f

5 (a) [0:14] Mother brought [us], out at the harvest, “progyuma” (breakfast), to say it in Rhodope speech,

mother f sg

bring 3sg impf I

harvest sg f def med

breakfast sg f

[ … ]

comp

say 1sg pres P

Rhodope.manner adv

6 (a) [0:19] “progyuma”. And we went and reaped, and gathered the sheaves up into piles.

breakfast sg f

and

go 1pl impf I

and

reap 1pl impf I

gather 1pl impf I

sheaf pl m def med

pile pl f

7 (a) [0:24] After that we loaded them on mules and he drives them to the threshing floor.

later adv

acc 3pl clt

drive 1pl impf I

mule pl n

and

acc 3pl clt

drive 3sg pres I

threshing.floor sg m def

харман

8 (a) [0:28] And we did them up in cruciforms, then we make a pile, and then we thresh.

and

make 1pl impf I

acc 3pl clt

basket pl m

after adv

acc 3pl clt

make 1pl pres I

pile sg m

and

after adv

thresh 1pl pres I

9 (a) [0:33] We gather the grain up into a pile. A pile. [Then] we winnow, and we sing.

gather 1pl pres I

wheat sg n def med

pile sg m

pile sg m

and

winnow 1pl I

and

sing 1pl pres I

10 (a) [0:38] We collect the grain and load it onto the mules, and he takes it

grain sg n def med

acc n 3sg clt

gather 1pl pres P

and

acc n 3sg clt

load 1pl pres I

mule pl n

and

acc n 3sg clt

то

kàra

drive 3sg pres I

карам

11 (a) [0:41] home. Into the house area, [where] we pour it out [into containers] in the barn. Then –

at.home adv

house sg f def med

and

barn sg m def

acc n 3sg clt

pour 1pl pres I

after adv

again adv

12 (a) [0:47] potatoes – I started - I – because I’m accustomed to –

[...]

potatoes sg m def

nom 1sg

acc m 3sg clt

[…]

nom 1sg

because conj

1sg pres aux clt

accustom sg f L.part P

свикна

jɛ̀

nom 1sg

аз

13 (a) [0:50] When we take potatoes out – we take them out and plant them in the spring,

potatoes sg m def

when inter.rel

comp

take.out 1pl pres I

and

acc m 3sg

take.out 1pl pres I

plant 1pl pres I

acc m 3sg clt

in.spring adv

14 (a) [0:54] hoe them, dig them up, take them out [of the ground], stuff them in bags,

hoe 1pl pres I

acc m 3sg clt

dig.up 1pl pres I

acc m 3sg clt

take.out 1pl I

acc m 3sg clt

drive 1pl pres I

bag pl m

15 (a) [0:59] and put them back in the hole. During the winter

and

put 1pl pres P

acc m 3sg clt

again adv

hole sg f def med

winter sg n adj

time sg n

16 (a) [1:02] we wanted [to know] – I’d ask when is spri- [that is,] fall going to come,

nom 1pl

want 1pl impf I

call 1sg pres I

when interr

fut

come 3pl pres P

come 3sg pres P

[...]

hes

pòdzima

autumn sg f

подзима

17 (a) [1:07] so girls can gather, the girls at spinning bees and the “heroes” (= boys) at work bees.

comp

acc refl clt

gather 3pl pres I

maiden pl f def med

maiden pl f def med

spinning.bee pl f def med

hero pl m def dist

work.bee pl f

18 (a) [1:12] [To be together with] the “heroes” at the work bees, to play music and sing.

hero pl m def dist

work.bee pl f

comp

play 1pl pres I

and

comp

да

pèjem

sing 1pl pres I

пея

19 (a) [1:17] We girls would line up, girl to girl,

nom 1pl

acc refl clt

arrange 1pl pres I

hes

girl pl n def med

maiden sg f

maiden sg f

20 (a) [1:21] woman to woman, and “hero” to “hero”, and we would sing:

woman sg f

woman sg f

and

hero sg m

hero sg m

and

sing 1pl impf I

21 (a) [1:24] “They’ve all lined up themselves in lines

in.a.row adv

3pl pres aux clt

acc refl clt

in.a.row adv

arrange pl L.part P

22 (a) [1:26] By the sea, the pasha’s guards

beside

sea sg n

of.pasha pl adj

guard pl m

23 (a) [1:28] Hero to hero, horse to - to horse

hero sg m

hero sg m def dist

horse sg m

horse sg m def dist

24 (a) [1:32] They agreed, they persuaded each other

discuss 3pl aor P

acc refl clt

persuade pl L.part P

acc refl clt

25 (a) [1:33] Who should go to the cold water (= well)

which sg m interr

comp

go 3sg pres P

water sg f

cold sg f adj

26 (a) [1:35] It fell to - to Maruda – to Maruda’s mother

fall sg n L.part P

acc refl clt

Maruda sg f name

of.Maruda sg f adj

mother sg f

27 (a) [1:40] They asked her, Maruda’s mother

acc f 3sg

ask 3sg pres I

of.Maruda sg f adj

mother sg f

28 (a) [1:43] Where is she, your fair Maruda?

where interr

dat 2sg clt

3sg pres cop clt

lovely sg f adj

Maruda sg f name

29 (a) [1:44] The fair Maruda is ill, she took ill.”

lovely sg f adj

Maruda sg f name

3sg pres cop clt

sick sg f adj

take.ill sg f L.part P

разболея

30 (a) [1:48] After that we would sing a harvest song, and I’ll tell you that one too

after

this sg n med adj

and

sing 1pl pres I

harvest sg f adj

song sg f

and

acc f 3sg

comp

dat 2sg clt

acc f 3sg clt

say 1sg pres P

31 (a) [1:52] [We sang] the harvest song in the evening, after five o’clock. In the evening,

harvest sg f adj

song sg f

evening sg n adj

time sg n

after

five

hour sg m def

evening sg n adj

time sg n

32 (a) [1:56] [because] we are in the fields late

late adv

field sg def med

1pl pres cop clt

33 (VZh) [Do you really say ‘kɤsno’ for “late”?]

[...]

34 (a) [1:57] Yes, late

disc

late sg n adj

time sg n

35 (VZh) [Did you have any other word for “late”?]

[...]

36 (a) [1:59] What? Yes, “gech”, for instance. [laughter]. Late.

excl

late adv

for.example adv

late adv

37 (VZh) [When was your house built?]

[...]

38 (a) [2:03] My house is very old and it’s on the [main] road.

my sg f def prox adj

house sg f

3sg pres cop clt

very adv

old sg f adj

and

road sg m def dist

3sg pres cop clt

39 (a) [2:05] My grandfather wasn’t capable of making it nice.

my sg m def adj

grandfather sg m

neg

3sg pres aux clt

sg m L.part cop

capable sg m adj

comp

3sg pres aux clt

make sg m L.part P

nice sg f adj

40 (a) [2:08] Now we’re waiting [to see what happens]. If they will restore it,

now adv

wait 1pl pres I

if conj

fut

acc f 3sg clt

restore 3pl pres I

41 (a) [2:10] they will do it. If not, –

fut

acc f 3sg clt

do 3pl pres I

if conj

not

42 (VZh) [Your house is very nice.]

[...]

43 (a) [2:12] [Yes,] it’s a nice house. My husband left me here.

nice sg f adj

dat refl clt

3sg pres cop clt

house sg f def prox

disc

now adv

here adv

acc 1sg clt

3sg pres aux clt

leave sg m L.part P

husband sg m def

44 (a) [2:15] I was brought here (as a bride), I gave birth here, I fed and raised [my kids] here,

here adv

1sg pres cop clt

bring sg f P.part P

here adv

1sg pres aux clt

bear sg f L.part I

here adv

1sg pres aux clt

feed sg f L.part I

nurture sg f L.part I

кутя

45 (a) [2:18] Grandma spread out for me a mattress of ferns [laughter] she put down a fern mattress for me

grandmother f

dat 1sg clt

3sg pres aux clt

spread sg f L.part I

mattress sg m

for

fern sg m

fern sg m

dat 1sg clt

put sg f L.part P

from

mattress sg m

46 (a) [2:23] and covered [me up]. We didn’t deal with doctors, we didn’t go to doctors.

wind sg f L.part I

neg

know 1pl pres I

doctor pl m

neg

know 1pl pres I

doctor pl m

comp

go 1pl pres I

47 (a) [2:27] We didn’t deal with midwives. I gave birth to all four children [here]

midwife pl f

neg

know 1pl pres I

all pl adj

four

child pl n

1sg pres aux clt

bear sg f L.part P

48 (a) [2:32] in the house. And I – I bore them myself,

house sg f def prox

and

1sg pres aux clt

dat refl clt

1sg pres aux clt

bear sg f L.part I

49 (a) [2:34] I bore them myself, I fed and nourished them myself, I unwound and wound them up (= changed their diapers),

nom 1sg

dat refl clt

1sg pres aux clt

feed sg f L.part I

nurture sg f L.part I

unwind sg f L.part I

wind sg f L.part I

50 (a) [2:39] and I sang songs to them.

and

song pl f

dat 3pl clt

1sg pres aux clt

sing sg f L.part I

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1 (VZh) [When did you set out to work in the fields?]

2 (a) [0:01] In the old days Dad would get up and shout to the ch- “Children, get up earlier!

3 (a) [0:05] The moon’s out, the [crops in the] field are ripe, you have to go out and reap them

4 (a) [0:08] or they’ll fall off.” We’d get up early, we’d go, we’d start [work] without breakfast.

5 (a) [0:14] Mother brought [us], out at the harvest, “progyuma” (breakfast), to say it in Rhodope speech,

6 (a) [0:19] “progyuma”. And we went and reaped, and gathered the sheaves up into piles.

7 (a) [0:24] After that we loaded them on mules and he drives them to the threshing floor.

8 (a) [0:28] And we did them up in cruciforms, then we make a pile, and then we thresh.

9 (a) [0:33] We gather the grain up into a pile. A pile. [Then] we winnow, and we sing.

10 (a) [0:38] We collect the grain and load it onto the mules, and he takes it

11 (a) [0:41] home. Into the house area, [where] we pour it out [into containers] in the barn. Then –

12 (a) [0:47] potatoes – I started - I – because I’m accustomed to –

13 (a) [0:50] When we take potatoes out – we take them out and plant them in the spring,

14 (a) [0:54] hoe them, dig them up, take them out [of the ground], stuff them in bags,

15 (a) [0:59] and put them back in the hole. During the winter

16 (a) [1:02] we wanted [to know] – I’d ask when is spri- [that is,] fall going to come,

17 (a) [1:07] so girls can gather, the girls at spinning bees and the “heroes” (= boys) at work bees.

18 (a) [1:12] [To be together with] the “heroes” at the work bees, to play music and sing.

19 (a) [1:17] We girls would line up, girl to girl,

20 (a) [1:21] woman to woman, and “hero” to “hero”, and we would sing:

21 (a) [1:24] “They’ve all lined up themselves in lines

22 (a) [1:26] By the sea, the pasha’s guards

23 (a) [1:28] Hero to hero, horse to - to horse

24 (a) [1:32] They agreed, they persuaded each other

25 (a) [1:33] Who should go to the cold water (= well)

26 (a) [1:35] It fell to - to Maruda – to Maruda’s mother

27 (a) [1:40] They asked her, Maruda’s mother

28 (a) [1:43] Where is she, your fair Maruda?

29 (a) [1:44] The fair Maruda is ill, she took ill.”

30 (a) [1:48] After that we would sing a harvest song, and I’ll tell you that one too

31 (a) [1:52] [We sang] the harvest song in the evening, after five o’clock. In the evening,

32 (a) [1:56] [because] we are in the fields late

33 (VZh) [Do you really say ‘kɤsno’ for “late”?]

34 (a) [1:57] Yes, late

35 (VZh) [Did you have any other word for “late”?]

36 (a) [1:59] What? Yes, “gech”, for instance. [laughter]. Late.

37 (VZh) [When was your house built?]

38 (a) [2:03] My house is very old and it’s on the [main] road.

39 (a) [2:05] My grandfather wasn’t capable of making it nice.

40 (a) [2:08] Now we’re waiting [to see what happens]. If they will restore it,

41 (a) [2:10] they will do it. If not, –

42 (VZh) [Your house is very nice.]

43 (a) [2:12] [Yes,] it’s a nice house. My husband left me here.

44 (a) [2:15] I was brought here (as a bride), I gave birth here, I fed and raised [my kids] here,

45 (a) [2:18] Grandma spread out for me a mattress of ferns [laughter] she put down a fern mattress for me

46 (a) [2:23] and covered [me up]. We didn’t deal with doctors, we didn’t go to doctors.

47 (a) [2:27] We didn’t deal with midwives. I gave birth to all four children [here]

48 (a) [2:32] in the house. And I – I bore them myself,

49 (a) [2:34] I bore them myself, I fed and nourished them myself, I unwound and wound them up (= changed their diapers),

50 (a) [2:39] and I sang songs to them.

1 (VZh) [Кога тръгвахте да работите на нивата?]

[When did you set out to work in the fields?]

2 (a) [0:01] bubàjku drùguš stàvaše i vìkaše dɤ ɤ dɤcà stàvajte pò rànu

In the old days Dad would get up and shout to the ch- “Children, get up earlier!

3 (a) [0:05] mɛ̀se̥činata izlɛ̀la nìvata e uzrɛ̀la trɛ̀va d ìdite da a žɔ̀nete

The moon’s out, the [crops in the] field are ripe, you have to go out and reap them

4 (a) [0:08] če že ukàpɤ nìj stàvahme rànu hòg’ahme pòčvahme bèz zakùska

or they’ll fall off.” We’d get up early, we’d go, we’d start [work] without breakfast.

5 (a) [0:14] màjka dunìsaše na ž’ètvata pròg’uma pr da kàža po rudòpski

Mother brought [us], out at the harvest, “progyuma” (breakfast), to say it in Rhodope speech,

6 (a) [0:19] pròg’uma i hòg’ehme i žɔ̀nehme zbìrahme snòpte na kùpčɤne

“progyuma”. And we went and reaped, and gathered the sheaves up into piles.

7 (a) [0:24] sèk’ne gi kàrahme na mùleta i gi kàrə nə hərmàna

After that we loaded them on mules and he drives them to the threshing floor.

8 (a) [0:28] i pràehmè gi kò̝šuve pòsle i pràim kupèn’ i pòsle vəršèm

And we did them up in cruciforms, then we make a pile, and then we thresh.

9 (a) [0:33] zbìrame žìttu nə kùp nə kùp i i vɛ̀jem i pejèm

We gather the grain up into a pile. A pile. [Then] we winnow, and we sing.

10 (a) [0:38] žìtutu gu zbɤrèm i gu tuvàrim na mùleta i i gu kàra

We collect the grain and load it onto the mules, and he takes it

11 (a) [0:41] vəfkɤ̀šti vəf kɔ̀štata i vəf xəmbàr’a gu sìpu̥vamɤ pòsle pàk

home. Into the house area, [where] we pour it out [into containers] in the barn. Then –

12 (a) [0:47] kar kratòha jɛ̀ gu za jɛ̀ òt səm svìknala jɛ̀