Vladimir Zhobov
Široka Lŭka
1 (VZh) [When did you set out to work in the fields?]
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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 |
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hes | child pl n | arise pl imv I | more | 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 | to | harvest sg f def med | breakfast sg f | [ … ] | comp | say 1sg pres P | in | 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 | in | 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 | on | mule pl n | and | acc 3pl clt | drive 3sg pres I | to | threshing.floor sg m def |
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 | in | pile sg m | in | pile sg m | and | 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 | on | mule pl n | and | and | acc n 3sg clt | drive 3sg pres I |
11 (a) [0:41] home. Into the house area, [where] we pour it out [into containers] in the barn. Then –
at.home adv | in | house sg f def med | and | in | 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 –
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potatoes sg m def | nom 1sg | acc m 3sg clt | […] | nom 1sg | because conj | 1sg pres aux clt | accustom sg f L.part P | nom 1sg |
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 | in | 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 | in | 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 |
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hes | hes | autumn sg f |
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 | at | spinning.bee pl f def med | hero pl m def dist | in | 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 | in | work.bee pl f | comp | play 1pl pres I | and | comp | sing 1pl pres I |
19 (a) [1:17] We girls would line up, girl to girl,
nom 1pl | acc refl clt | arrange 1pl pres I |
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hes | girl pl n def med | maiden sg f | to | maiden sg f |
20 (a) [1:21] woman to woman, and “hero” to “hero”, and we would sing:
woman sg f | to | woman sg f | and | hero sg m | to | 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 | to | hero sg m def dist | horse sg m | to | to | 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 | to | 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 | to | to | Maruda sg f name | to | 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 |
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 | at | field sg def med | 1pl pres cop clt |
33 (VZh) [Do you really say ‘kɤsno’ for “late”?]
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34 (a) [1:57] Yes, late
disc | late sg n adj | time sg n |
35 (VZh) [Did you have any other word for “late”?]
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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?]
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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 | on | 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.]
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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 |
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 | to | 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,
in | 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 |