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1 (GK) You’re probably tired; we wore you out with chatting.

tì

nom 2sg

acc refl clt

tire 2sg aor P

surely adv

tire 2pl aor P

acc 2sg clt

with

tale pl f

2 (b) [0:02] What?

à

disc

3 (a) [0:03] What?

à

disc

4 (GK) Well –

disc

5 (a) [0:04] You haven’t worn me out, I’m not tired.

fut neg

comp

2pl pres aux clt

acc 1sg clt

tire pl L.part P

neg

1sg pres aux clt

acc refl clt

tire sg f L.part P

6 (GK) Tell [me] about work-bees, what you did in the old days. You called them work-bees?

hort

say sg imv P

[...]

work.bee pl f

one sg n adj

time sg n

how interr

do 2pl impf I

work.bee pl f

interr clt

dat n 3sg clt

call 2pl impf I

7 (a) [0:11] Work-bees. We had work-bees when St. Elias’s day came,

disc

work.bee pl f

work.bee pl f

make 1pl impf I

[...]

when conj

come 3sg pres P

saint sg m adj

Elias sg m name

saint sg m adj

8 (a) [0:17] when – that’s on the second of August.

when conj

3sg pres cop clt

dat refl clt

nom m 3sg

3sg pres cop clt

second sg m adj

August sg m

9 (GK) Aha.

əhə

bkch

аха

10 (a) [0:19] And –

and

па

11 (b) [0:19] They know about holidays.

nom 3pl

dat refl clt

acc m 3sg clt

know 3pl pres I

holiday sg m def

12 (GK) St. Elias’s day, on the second.

St.Elias's.day sg m

yes

second sg m adj

13 (a) [0:21] St. Elias’s day. They pronounced it to be the twentieth of July

St.Elias's.day sg m

and

nom 3pl

acc m 3sg clt

say 3pl aor P

twentieth sg m adj

July sg m

14 (a) [0:25] or [maybe] the day before yesterday. But I know it to be on the second.

ònia.dènka

day.before.yesterday adv

interr clt

what sg n interr

nom 1sg

dat refl clt

acc m 3sg clt

know 1sg pres I

second sg m adj

15 (a) [0:29] Why – what did they change it for? Don’t they have any [other] work?

why interr

interr clt

why interr

disc

change 3pl aor P

nom 3pl

exactly adv

not.have 3pl I

work sg f

16 (b) [0:32] [laughter]

[...]

17 (a) [0:33] They’ve nothing else to do.

not.have 3pl I

work sg f

18 (GK) And the priests don’t have anything else to do either.

priest pl m def

and

nom 3pl

not.have 3pl I

work sg f

disc

19 (a) [0:35] They’ve nothing [else] to do “Let’s change it!” So we can’t put on

not.have 3pl I

work sg f

disc

and

comp

change 1pl pres P

and

comp

neg

make 1pl pres I

20 (a) [0:38] [our own] village celebrations. Celebration aren’t just for eating and drinking,

and

celebration pl m def

disc

disc

celebration sg m def

neg

3sg pres cop clt

comp

eat 2sg pres I

and

comp

да

pìeš

drink 2sg pres I

пия

21 (a) [0:41] but to go see – My sister is married in another village,

and

comp

go 2sg pres P

comp

acc refl clt

see 2sg pres P

sister sg f

dat 1sg clt

marry sg f P.part I

other sg n adj

village sg n

22 (a) [0:44] she would come and we’d see one another.

and

fut

come 3sg pres P

comp

acc refl clt

see 1pl pres P

23 (b) [0:46] Well, that was then, but now [people] are together all the time,

disc

thus adv

3sg pres aux clt

sg n L.part cop

one.time adv

but

now adv

constantly adv

3pl pres cop clt

together adv

24 (b) [0:48] And they go to someone’s celebrations [even though] life is expensive now.

and

[…]

go 3pl pres I

dat m 3sg clt

village.celebration sg m

this sg m adj

expensive sg m adj

life sg m

now adv

25 (a) [0:52] Life is expensive now. So what – what were you saying?

this sg m adj

life sg m

expensive sg m adj

now adv

village.celebration sg m

disc

what sg n interr

what sg n interr

call 2sg impf I

nom 2sg

26 (GK) About work bees.

for

за

sedènkite

work.bee pl f def

седянка

27 (a) [1:00] About work bees, yes. When St. Elias’s day came, and we’d begin –

for

work.bee pl f def

yes

and

when conj

come 3sg pres P

saint sg m adj

Elias sg m name

and

begin 1pl impf I

28 (a) [1:03] Even grandpa would say back then, when he saw the cornelian cherry [all ripe],

even adv

grandfather sg m

say 3sg impf P

one.time adv

when conj

see 3sg pres P

red sg f adj

cornel.cherry sg f

29 (a) [1:07] [that] he wouldn’t let us eat at noon, only in the morning and evening.

neg

give 3sg pres I

noon sg m

comp

acc refl clt

eat 3sg pres I

only adv

morning sg f

and

evening sg f

30 (GK) Hah!

excl

ха

31 (a) [1:11] And we would go at noon to eat out, as in the old days when we reaped.

and

nom 1pl

go vbl.n I

go 1pl impf I

and

noon sg m

eat 1pl impf I

when conj

reap 1pl pres I

at.one.time adv

32 (a) [1:15] and when it came, when the cornelian cherry came out, the days got shorter.

and

when conj

come 3sg pres P

nom m 3sg

when conj

pres exist

[...]

red sg f adj

cornel.cherry sg f

day pl m

day pl m def

acc refl clt

shorten pl L.part P

33 (a) [1:21] there’ll be [only] morning and evening [meals], for lack of [money for] bread

fut

be 3sg pres P

morning sg f

and

evening sg f

because

pres neg exist

for

bread sg m

34 (GK) Hah.

35 (a) [1:26] So we had work bees. We light the fire, spin “svetuchka”, and then that stopped

disc

disc

make 1pl impf I

dat refl clt

work.bee pl f

lay 1pl pres P

fire sg m

firelight sg f def

spin 1pl impf I

later adv

wipe.out 3pl aor P

this sg n adj

36 (GK) What did you spin?

what sg n interr

spin 2pl impf I

37 (a) [1:34] Well, the distaff-full – wool on the distaff, and we spin it for socks, for –

hes

distaff.ful pl f def

ost

thus adv

wool sg f def

distaff sg f def

and

dat refl clt

spin 1pl pres I

for

for

sock pl m

for

38 (b) [1:38] [When she says] “svetuchka” she means by what [light], not by electric lights,

for

firelight sg f def

nom f 3sg

want 3sg pres I

comp

say 3sg pres P

what sg n interr

not

current sg m def

39 (b) [1:41] [but] by “svetuchka”, as she said.

firelight sg f def

call 3sg impf I

40 (a) [1:42] By “svetuchkha”, by firelight.

firelight sg f def

fire sg m def

41 (GK) Aha!

ahà

excl

аха

42 (a) [1:44] By firelight.

на

ogɤ̀n'a

fire sg m def

огън

43 (GK) I hadn’t understood that word.

this sg f adj

word sg f

neg

acc f 3sg clt

understand 1sg aor P

44 (b) [1:46] Well, yes.

è

disc

dà

yes

да

45 (a) [1:47] By the fire – the fire gives light and we spin by that.

fire sg m def

and

[...]

shine 3sg pres I

fire sg m def

and

nom 1pl

acc f 3sg

spin 1pl pres I

46 (GK) Uh huh, uh huh.

əmhəm

bkch

əmhəm

bkch

47 (a) [1:51] And then we take – we go outside to do our work

later adv

and

take 1pl pres P

and

dat refl clt

again adv

dat refl clt

do 1pl pres I

disc

outside adv

do 1pl pres P

dat refl clt

48 (a) [1:56] when there’s moonlight, we work by moonlight. If there’s no moonlight ...

when conj

pres exist

moon sg f

moon sg f def

and

when conj

pres neg exist

moon sg f

49 (b) [1:59] Ah, how can you spin by moonlight?

disc

how interr

fut

spin 2sg pres I

moon sg f

50 (a) [2:00] ... we put – Oh, we would spin fine by moonlight, just fine! It’s –

put 1pl pres I

excl

spin 1pl impf I

dat refl clt

moon sg f

excellent adv

nom 1pl

disc

dat refl clt

51 (a) [2:05] I know by my fingers how to spin it. Some [threads] are thin –

finger pl m def

dat refl clt

know 1sg pres I

how interr

comp

acc n 3sg clt

spin 1sg pres I

some sg n adj

thin sg n adj

52 (a) [2:09] what’s thin [I make] thin, what’s thick [I make] thick

kojò

which sg n inter.rel adj

3sg pres cop clt

thin sg n adj

thin sg n adj

which sg n inter.rel adj

3sg pres cop clt

thick sg n adj

fat sg n adj

53 (a) [2:12] I know how I’ll spin it. If you manage it,

nom 1sg

dat refl clt

acc n 3sg clt

know 1sg pres I

how interr

fut

acc n 3sg clt

spin 1sg pres I

disc

if conj

dat refl clt

manage 2sg pres P

54 (a) [2:15] you’ll wear [the clothing from it], if you don’t manage it, then you won’t.

fut

acc refl clt

dress 2sg pres P

if conj

dat refl clt

neg

manage 2sg pres P

not

55 (GK) You won’t wear [the clothing from it].

fut neg

acc refl clt

dress 2sg pres P

56 (a) [2:17] No.

nè

не

57 (GK) But didn’t you do [work bees] in various houses? Or outside, on the square

but

neg

acc 3pl clt

interr clt

do 2pl impf I

house pl f def

outside adv

square sg m def

58 (a) [2:20] In the square, outside. We could also do it in different houses when winter came.

square sg m def

outside adv

can pres imprs

and

house pl f def

when conj

acc refl clt

become.winter 3sg pres P

зазимея

59 (a) [2:23] in [their] house. When it’s outside we gather there, women come,

and

house pl f def

and

when conj

3sg pres cop clt

out adv

gather 1pl pres I

acc refl clt

there adv

woman pl.t

come 3pl pres I

60 (a) [2:27] [younger] women, maidens together. Not like now with no women.

woman pl f

maiden pl f

together adv

pres neg exist

now adv

comp

pres neg exist

woman pl f

61 (a) [2:31] The women knew each other, and spun. We looked after one another.

woman pl f def

acc refl clt

know 3pl pres I

and

dat refl clt

spin 3pl pres I

and

nom 3pl

dat refl clt

look 1pl pres I

62 (a) [2:35] There were husbands and children, and they worked along with us.

man pl m

pres exist

dat refl clt

kids pl.t

and

nom 3pl

dat refl clt

work 3pl impf I

acc 1pl

63 (GK) Aha, so as not to leave you alone with the bachelors.

əmhəm

disc

and

па

and

comp

neg

acc 2pl clt

leave 3pl pres P

alone pl adj

with

bachelor pl m def

64 (a) [2:40] Mhm. But we say, “There’s no such thing”.

bkch

and

dat refl clt

call 1pl pres I

pres neg exist

such sg n adj

65 (b) [2:44] Tell about the old days! Let the present go.

say sg imv I

about

one.time adv

nom 2sg

now adv

remove sg imv P

66 (a) [2:46] Well, in the old days there wasn’t any such thing

disc

for

one.time adv

pres neg exist

neither

such sg n adj

67 (a) [2:49] I’m telling him about that! Back then that’s how we did work bees.

acc f 3sg clt

this sg n adj

dat m 3sg clt

say 1sg pres I

at.one.time adv

thus adv

dat refl clt

work.bee pl f

dat refl clt

make 1pl impf I

68 (GK) Are work bees and house parties different things?

and

work.bee sg f

and

work.party sg f

different pl adj

thing pl f

interr clt

3pl pres cop clt

69 (a) [2:54] Yes, different. A house party is different, a woman can’t do [her own] work.

yes

different sg n adj

3sg pres cop clt

work.party sg f def

3sg pres cop clt

other sg n adj

work.party sg f def

disc

nom f 3sg

neg

can 3sg pres I

work 3sg pres I

70 (a) [2:58] There are many men, and she’s alone, so she calls the house party, and we spin.

and

3pl pres cop clt

many adv

man pl m

and

3sg pres cop clt

alone sg f adj

and

nom f 3sg

call 3sg pres I

work.party sg f def

and

spin 1pl pres I

71 (GK) Aha.

aha

bkch

аха

72 (a) [3:04] And we spin for her, spin up two or three spindles each, and she

and

dat f 3sg clt

spin 1pl pres I

spin 1pl pres P

dat f 3sg clt

two n

three

spindle pl n

and

nom f 3sg

73 (a) [3:07] makes up the warp and weaves.

make 3sg pres P

warp sg f def

and

weave 3sg pres I

and

74 (GK) Uh huh.

əhə

bkch

аха

75 (a) [3:10] She calls us to the house party and we would go.

call 3sg pres I

acc 1pl clt

work.party sg f

and

nom 1pl

go 1pl impf I

76 (GK) Aha, that means that you’re helping someone.

aha disc

this sg n adj

mean 3sg pres I

comp

comp

help 2sg pres I

someone sg m

77 (a) [3:14] Yes, [it’s to] help.

yes

comp

help 3sg pres I

78 (GK) Whereas a work bee is –

and

but

work.bee sg f def

dat refl clt

3sg pres cop clt

79 (a) [3:17] A work bee is different.

work.bee sg f def

dat refl clt

3sg pres cop clt

other sg n adj

80 (GK) It’s just for –

thus adv

only adv

for

81 (a) [3:19] At the work bee you’re concerned for yourself, each one.

work.bee sg f def

dat refl clt

3sg pres cop clt

comp

acc refl clt

care 2sg pres I

for

acc 2sg

dat refl clt

each sg m adj

comp

82 (a) [3:21] But a house party is for the one that calls you to her house.

but

work.party sg f def

for

this sg f adj

where interr

acc 2sg clt

call 3sg pres I

house sg f def

83 (a) [3:25] She cooks for you and lays out food for us to eat.

and

nom f 3sg

dat 2sg clt

cook 3sg pres I

and

dat 1pl clt

put 3sg pres I

comp

eat 1pl pres I

84 (GK) Uh huh.

əhə

bkch

аха

85 (a) [3:27] She hosts you.

nom f 3sg

acc 2sg clt

disc

host 3sg pres I

87 (b) [3:29] Because you’re working for her.

since conj

dat f 3sg clt

work 2sg pres I

88 (GK) Because you’re working for her, indeed.

since conj

dat f 3sg clt

work 2sg pres I

at.least adv

89 (b) [3:31] That’s right.

takà

thus adv

така

3sg pres cop clt

съм

90 (a) [3:32] She’d have slaughtered a hen, made soup, made pita bread,

zaklàla

slaughter sg f L.part P

hen sg f

boil sg f L.part P

soup sg f

knead sg f L.part I

pita sg f

91 (a) [3:37] and we sit there at the most till midnight.

and

nom 1pl

when conj

sit 1pl pres I

twelve

most

much adv

92 (a) [3:42] Back then there weren’t any watches, so [it’s] when the roosters crow

disc

exist impf neg

once adv

disc

and

watch pl m

disc

rooster pl m def

when conj

crow 3pl pres P

93 (a) [3:48] When the roosters crow we know it’s gotten late.

when conj

crow 3pl pres P

rooster pl m def

and

nom 1pl

know 1pl pres I

already adv

that conj

3sg pres cop clt

late adv

94 (a) [3:52] When the nightingale calls out, they leave. According to the roosters.

when conj

sing 3sg pres P

nightingale sg m def

and

that pl adj

dat refl clt

depart 3pl pres I

rooster pl m def

95 (GK) By cockcrow. In the evening when they start up.

əmhəm

bkch

по

petl’àvoto

rooster’s sg n def adj

but

thus adv

evening sg f

when conj

crow 3pl pres P

96 (a) [3:58] It’s said that if they crow in the evening, [that means there’ll be] bad weather.

evening sg f

when conj

disc

say 3sg pres P

disc

this pl adj

sing 3pl pres I

bad sg n adj

weather sg n

97 (a) [4:02] That’s what I’ve heard anyway.

disc

thus adv

1sg pres aux clt

acc n 3sg clt

hear sg f L.part P

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1 (GK) You’re probably tired; we wore you out with chatting.

2 (b) [0:02] What?

3 (a) [0:03] What?

4 (GK) Well –

5 (a) [0:04] You haven’t worn me out, I’m not tired.

6 (GK) Tell [me] about work-bees, what you did in the old days. You called them work-bees?

7 (a) [0:11] Work-bees. We had work-bees when St. Elias’s day came,

8 (a) [0:17] when – that’s on the second of August.

9 (GK) Aha.

10 (a) [0:19] And –

11 (b) [0:19] They know about holidays.

12 (GK) St. Elias’s day, on the second.

13 (a) [0:21] St. Elias’s day. They pronounced it to be the twentieth of July

14 (a) [0:25] or [maybe] the day before yesterday. But I know it to be on the second.

15 (a) [0:29] Why – what did they change it for? Don’t they have any [other] work?

16 (b) [0:32] [laughter]

17 (a) [0:33] They’ve nothing else to do.

18 (GK) And the priests don’t have anything else to do either.

19 (a) [0:35] They’ve nothing [else] to do “Let’s change it!” So we can’t put on

20 (a) [0:38] [our own] village celebrations. Celebration aren’t just for eating and drinking,

21 (a) [0:41] but to go see – My sister is married in another village,

22 (a) [0:44] she would come and we’d see one another.

23 (b) [0:46] Well, that was then, but now [people] are together all the time,

24 (b) [0:48] And they go to someone’s celebrations [even though] life is expensive now.

25 (a) [0:52] Life is expensive now. So what – what were you saying?

26 (GK) About work bees.

27 (a) [1:00] About work bees, yes. When St. Elias’s day came, and we’d begin –

28 (a) [1:03] Even grandpa would say back then, when he saw the cornelian cherry [all ripe],

29 (a) [1:07] [that] he wouldn’t let us eat at noon, only in the morning and evening.

30 (GK) Hah!

31 (a) [1:11] And we would go at noon to eat out, as in the old days when we reaped.

32 (a) [1:15] and when it came, when the cornelian cherry came out, the days got shorter.

33 (a) [1:21] there’ll be [only] morning and evening [meals], for lack of [money for] bread

34 (GK) Hah.

35 (a) [1:26] So we had work bees. We light the fire, spin “svetuchka”, and then that stopped

36 (GK) What did you spin?

37 (a) [1:34] Well, the distaff-full – wool on the distaff, and we spin it for socks, for –

38 (b) [1:38] [When she says] “svetuchka” she means by what [light], not by electric lights,

39 (b) [1:41] [but] by “svetuchka”, as she said.

40 (a) [1:42] By “svetuchkha”, by firelight.

41 (GK) Aha!

42 (a) [1:44] By firelight.

43 (GK) I hadn’t understood that word.

44 (b) [1:46] Well, yes.

45 (a) [1:47] By the fire – the fire gives light and we spin by that.

46 (GK) Uh huh, uh huh.

47 (a) [1:51] And then we take – we go outside to do our work

48 (a) [1:56] when there’s moonlight, we work by moonlight. If there’s no moonlight ...

49 (b) [1:59] Ah, how can you spin by moonlight?

50 (a) [2:00] ... we put – Oh, we would spin fine by moonlight, just fine! It’s –

51 (a) [2:05] I know by my fingers how to spin it. Some [threads] are thin –

52 (a) [2:09] what’s thin [I make] thin, what’s thick [I make] thick

53 (a) [2:12] I know how I’ll spin it. If you manage it,

54 (a) [2:15] you’ll wear [the clothing from it], if you don’t manage it, then you won’t.

55 (GK) You won’t wear [the clothing from it].

56 (a) [2:17] No.

57 (GK) But didn’t you do [work bees] in various houses? Or outside, on the square

58 (a) [2:20] In the square, outside. We could also do it in different houses when winter came.

59 (a) [2:23] in [their] house. When it’s outside we gather there, women come,

60 (a) [2:27] [younger] women, maidens together. Not like now with no women.

61 (a) [2:31] The women knew each other, and spun. We looked after one another.

62 (a) [2:35] There were husbands and children, and they worked along with us.

63 (GK) Aha, so as not to leave you alone with the bachelors.

64 (a) [2:40] Mhm. But we say, “There’s no such thing”.

65 (b) [2:44] Tell about the old days! Let the present go.

66 (a) [2:46] Well, in the old days there wasn’t any such thing

67 (a) [2:49] I’m telling him about that! Back then that’s how we did work bees.

68 (GK) Are work bees and house parties different things?

69 (a) [2:54] Yes, different. A house party is different, a woman can’t do [her own] work.

70 (a) [2:58] There are many men, and she’s alone, so she calls the house party, and we spin.

71 (GK) Aha.

72 (a) [3:04] And we spin for her, spin up two or three spindles each, and she