Gela 3

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1 (c) [0:01] So other than that, where are you all from, huh? Are you Bulgarian?

disc

from

where interr

2pl pres cop clt

otherwise adv

adrs

Bulgarian pl m

interr clt

2pl pres cop clt

2 (GK) We’re Bulgarian.

Bulgarian pl m

1pl pres cop clt

3 (VZh) Yes.

dà

yes

да

4 (c) [0:05] Tell me, what do you want us to talk to you about?

disc

say pl imv P

what sg n interr

want 2pl pres I

now adv

comp

dat 2pl clt

talk 1pl pres I

5 (VZh) [This woman] is from America, but studies Bulgarian and knows it very well.

nom f 3sg

3sg pres cop clt

from

America sg f place

but

learn 3sg pres I

Bulgarian sg m adj

and

acc m 3sg clt

know 3sg pres I

very adv

well adv

6 (c) [0:10] Well, is she taking you around or are you taking her around?

disc

nom f 3sg

acc 2pl clt

lead 3sg pres I

nom 2pl

acc f 3sg clt

lead 2pl pres I

acc f 3sg

7 (d) [laughter]

[ … ]

8 (VZh) Well, we’re going together [laughter]. Who’s [taking] whom [doesn’t matter].

disc

together adv

go 1pl pres I

now adv

which sg m interr

who acc sg m interr

9 (GK) When we go – when we go to America, she’ll take us around.

when conj

go 1pl pres P

when conj

go 1pl pres P

America sg f place

nom f 3sg

fut

acc 1pl clt

lead 3sg pres I

10 (RA) Yes. [laughter]

yes

да

11 (c) [0:16] So what are you doing now? [Making] some sort of film?

and

what sg n interr

fut

do 2pl pres I

now adv

film sg m

some.sort sg m adj

12 (RA) No.

не

13 (VZh) No, no. We’re only interested in the old-time Rhodope language …

only adv

acc refl clt

interest 1pl pres I

from

old sg m adj

from

old sg m def adj

Rhodope sg m adj

hes

language sg m

14 (GK) How you speak here in Gela!

how interr

acc refl clt

speak 3sg pres I

here adv

Gela sg f place

15 (VZh) … how you speak in Gela.

how conj

acc refl clt

speak 3sg pres I

Gela sg f place

16 (c) [0:24] Ah, well to tell you [the truth], we’ve lived many years in Smolyan,

disc

nom 1pl

comp

dat 2sg clt

say 1sg pres P

many adv

year pl f

live 1pl pres I

Smolyan sg m place

17 (c) [0:27] so we’ve messed up [our Gela speech] a bit.

and

acc m 3sg clt

1pl pres aux clt

little adv

contaminate pl L.part P

объркам

18 (GK) Uh huh.

ɤxɤ̀

bkch

аха

19 (c) [0:29] From ’58 or ’59 we’ve been in Smolyan.

from

fifty

from

fifty

and

eighth sg f adj

ninth sg f adj

year sg f

1pl pres cop clt

Smolyan sg m place

20 (c) [0:32] During the summer we’re in Gela, and in the winter we’re in Smolyan.

summer sg n adj

time sg n

1pl pres cop clt

Gela sg f place

winter sg f def med

1pl pres cop clt

Smolyan sg m place

21 (c) [0:35] We have a house there, my children are there, and that’s how it is.

there adv

dat refl clt

have 1pl pres I

house sg f

child pl n def med

dat 1sg clt

3pl pres cop clt

there adv

and

thus med adv

22 (c) [0:38] So tell [us] what to tell you. You [tell them], you know more. Come on!

disc

say pl imv P

disc

fut

say 1pl pres P

nom 2sg

know 2sg pres I

hort

23 (d) [0:41] Ah – what [do I have] to tell [them]?

disc

what sg n interr

comp

say 1sg pres P

24 (c) [0:42] You know more [than I do], Tosho.

nom 2sg

know 2sg pres I

Tosho sg m name

25 (d) [0:43] Eh!

əh

disc

ах

26 (c) [0:44] You’re more [into these things].

disc

nom 2sg

2sg pres cop clt

thus sg n med adj

27 (VZh) Well, let’s say – since there are sheep here, it’s a good opportunity

disc

ost

what sg n adj

when conj

pres exist

sheep sg f

here adv

3sg pres cop clt

convenient sg m adv

instance sg m

28 (VZh) to tell us about how one looks after sheep.

comp

dat 1pl clt

tell 2pl pres P

sheep pl f

how interr

acc refl clt

look 3pl pres I

29 (c) [0:53] How one looks after [them]?

how interr

acc refl clt

look 3pl pres I

30 (VZh) Uh huh. How one “looks after”, you know, in ...

yes

how interr

acc refl clt

look 3pl pres I

interr

31 (c) [0:57] “looks after”

gl’ɔ̀dat

look 3pl pres I

гледам

acc refl clt

се

32 (VZh) … [spoken] in – in the Rhodope manner.

по

rodòpski

of.Rhodope adv

родопски

33 (d) [0:59] [One] looks after them, you gather together many sheep.

look 3pl pres I

acc refl clt

gather 3pl pres I

acc refl clt

many adv

sheep pl f

34 (c) [1:02] Ah no, aren’t you going to speak pure Rhodope [speech] to them?

fut neg

hes

pure adv

of.Rhodope adv

interr clt

dat 3pl clt

speak 2sg pres I

35 (GK) We need pure Rhodope [speech].

purely adv

of.Rhodope adv

dat 1pl clt

need pres imprs

36 (VZh) Pure Rhodope [speech], yes.

pure adv

of.Rhodope adv

yes

37 (c) [1:07] They (the sheep) are gathered –

gather 3pl pres I

acc refl clt

38 (d) [1:08] [laughter] “Pure” – even I don’t know that any more! [laughter]

nom sg n

pure adv

and

nom 1sg

neg

know 1sg pres I

[ … ]

39 (c) [1:10] Like I’m telling you, we’ve mixed up our language now.

interr

dat 2sg clt

say 1sg pres I

nom 1pl

acc m 3sg clt

1pl pres aux clt

mix pl L.part P

our sg m def prox adj

language sg m

now adv

40 (c) [1:13] So – we feed them in the winter, three times [a day]: morning, noon and evening.

disc

what

winter sg f def med

acc 3pl clt

feed 1pl pres I

three

time pl m

morning adv

noontime adv

and

evening adv

41 (c) [1:18] We give them forage, feed, maybe also barley, wheat.

give 1pl pres I

dat 3pl clt

fodder sg m

there adv

feed sg m

can pres imprs

comp

3sg pres cop clt

barley sg m

comp

3sg pres cop clt

wheat sg f

42 (c) [1:26] And in the spring they were [taken out to] graze in the fields, in the hills,

and

spring adv

but

3pl pres aux clt

pasture pl L.part I

field sg m def

hill pl m def med

43 (c) [1:30] and they’ve mated, and in the spring they started to bear–

and

3pl pres aux clt

acc refl clt

mate pl L.part P

and

springtime adv

begin 3pl pres P

comp

acc refl clt

comp

bear 3pl pres I

44 (c) [1:35] To give birth.

comp

да

ràždat

bear 3pl pres I

раждам

45 (GK) To have lambs.

comp

acc refl clt

bear.lamb 3pl pres I

46 (c) [1:37] Yes, to have lambs. They’d bear one – some would have one, some two.

à

disc

comp

acc refl clt

bear.lamb 3pl pres I

and

bear 3pl pres I

one sg n adj

which sg m interr

one sg n adj

which sg m interr

two n

47 (c) [1:41] and in the – A "spring lamb" (= one born in the spring), well it’s little, see?

ost

this sg n med adj

3sg pres cop clt

[ … ]

spring sg n adj

lamb sg n

but

3sg pres cop clt

little sg n adj

disc

48 (GK) Uh huh.

ɤxɤ̀

bkch

аха

49 (c) [1:45] [So] the other mothers are out in the woods, they graze in the hills

and

other pl def med

3pl pres cop clt

mother pl f def med

3pl pres cop clt

again adv

forest sg f def med

hill pl m def prox

pasture 3pl pres I

50 (c) [1:49] but we look after these little ones that just got born,

and

ost

this pl def med adj

little pl def med adj

acc 3pl clt

look 1pl pres I

rel

3pl pres aux clt

acc refl clt

bear.lamb pl L.part P

оагня

51 (c) [1:52] we look after [them]. People now have a lot of them, but

acc 3pl

look 1pl pres I

now adv

disc

people pl def

have 3pl pres I

many adv

but

52 (c) [1:53] we’re not here. We have fewer sheep. We have one cow and one sheep.

acc 1pl

acc 1pl clt

pres neg exist

nom 1pl

little

sheep pl f

have 1pl pres I

one f sg adj

cow sg f

one sg f adj

sheep sg f

53 (c) [2:00] and now when October or November comes, they come with the car

and

now adv

when conj

come 3sg pres P

[ … ]

October m

November sg m

come 3sg pres P

hes

one sg f adj

car sg f

54 (c) [2:05] and they take us off to Smolyan to live there,

and

hort

again adv

Smolyan sg m place

acc 1pl clt

drive 3pl pres I

there adv

comp

live 1pl pres I

55 (c) [2:09] so we can be closer to the children.

comp

1pl pres cop clt

near adv

child pl n def dist

56 (d) Uh huh.

disc

57 (c) [2:12] We have a son, a daughter, and four grandchildren. They’re in school, in the military –

have 1pl pres I

son sg m

daughter sg f

four

grandchild pl n

learn 3pl pres I

serve 3pl pres I

58 (c) [2:17] one has finished his military service, another’s a soldier, a [future] doctor –

one sg n adj

have 1sg pres I

serve sg n L.part P

other sg n adj

now adv

3sg pres cop clt

soldier sg m

little.doctor sg n

59 (c) [2:21] I have one in England now, one of my granddaughters went off to England.

one f sg adj

have 1sg pres I

and

England sg f place

now adv

one sg f adj

granddaughter sg f

dat 1sg clt

go 3sg aor P

England sg f place

60 (VZh) She’s studying there?

learn 3sg pres I

there adv

61 (c) [2:27] She studied in Plovdiv, at this institute of – of agronomy.

learn 3sg aor I

Plovdiv sg m place

hes

this sg m med adj

[...]

institute sg m

agronomy sg n

62 (d) [2:31] [She] was –

bèše

3sg impf cop

съм

63 (c) [2:31] In her fifth year. She's finished four years and started the fifth. They chose her

for

fifth sg f adj

year sg f

four

year pl f

[…]

finish 3sg aor P

fifth sg f def med adj

3sg pres aux clt

begin sg f L.part P

and

acc f 3sg clt

choose 3pl aor P

64 (c) [2:36] for an international camp. Not a camp, a brigade – I don’t know what.

for

за

meždunaròden

international sg m adj

camp sg m

neg

camp sg m

brigade sg f

neg

know 1sg pres I

what sg n interr

65 (c) [2:40] She’ll be there three months, and if that farmer approves she can stay

three

month ct m

fut

stand 3sg pres I

if conj

acc f 3sg clt

approve 3sg pres P

that sg m adj

farmer sg f def

can pres imprs

comp

sit 3sg pres I

66 (c) until the new year. There are forty of them from their institute. She writes

new sg f adj

year sg f

forty

people pl

3pl pres cop clt

from

their sg m def adj

institute sg m

and

write 3sg pres I

67 (c) [2:46] that it’s good. But last year she gathered hay here and [said] it was better here.

that conj

nice adv

but

last.year adv

gather 3sg impf I

hay sg n

and

sg n L.part cop

nice adv

here adv

68 (VZh) [laughter]

[…]

69 (RA) [laughter]

[…]

70 (c) [2:50] She said, “Mother, it’s good here too, gathering the beans. That farm is well provided,

call 3sg pres I

mother voc sg f

and

here adv

nice adv

call 3sg pres I

beans sg m

gather 1pl pres I

very adv

nice adv

provide sg f P.part P

заведа

fèrmana

farm sg f def dist

ферма

71 (c) [2:55] we understand one another very well in English, but in Gela

very adv

well adv

understand 1pl pres I

acc refl clt

call 3sg pres I

English sg m adj

but

Gela sg f place

72 (c) [2:58] it was better. It’s good to be bringing in the hay here with you and Granny."

dat refl clt

3sg impf cop

nice adv

good adv

when rel

gather 1pl pres I

hay sg n

with

acc 2sg

and

with

grandmother f

pay 3pl pres I

dat 1sg clt

very adv

well adv

inexpensive sg f adj

food sg f

have 3pl pres I

chocolate pl m

76 (c) [3:07] I don’t know what they eat, [but] she’s content.

neg

know 1sg pres I

what sg n interr

eat 3pl pres I

disc

praise 3sg pres I

acc refl clt

77 (GK) Uh huh.

əxə

bkch

аха

78 (VZh) Uh huh.

əmhəm

bkch

79 (c) [3:10] On the one hand she’s praising [it] but [at the same time]

from

one f sg adj

side sg f

acc refl clt

praise 3sg pres I

but

80 (c) [3:11] it appears she’s happier with her mother and her grandmother.

mother f sg

and

grandmother f

dat refl clt

3sg pres aux clt

sg n L.part cop

nice adv

disc

81 (GK) [Here] in Gela.

gelà

Gela sg f place

Гела

82 (c) [3:14] In Gela.

gelà

Gela sg f place

Гела

83 (d) [3:15] [ … ]

[...]

84 (c) [3:15] We’re used to it, you know? We were born here –

nom 1pl

1pl pres aux clt

dat refl clt

accustom pl L.part P

adrs

nom 1pl

1pl pres cop clt

bear pl P.part P

from

here adv

85 (c) [3:17] My husband is from here and I am from here.

and

husband sg m def

dat refl clt

3sg pres cop clt

from

here adv

and

nom 1sg

1sg pres cop clt

dat refl clt

from.here adv

86 (c) [3:19] and [unintelligible] when the cooperative farms came in, and there was no work,

and

when conj

become 3sg aor P

T.K.Z.S. sg n

and

work f sg

pres neg exist

then adv

87 (c) [3:23] and no school for the children to go to, then we picked up, [off] to Smolyan.

child pl n

school sg n

fut neg

comp

learn 3pl pres I

and

then adv

nom 1pl

acc refl clt

rise 1pl aor P

Smolyan sg m place

88 (c) [3:26] We built a little house there, and my son and daughter – we’re all

build 1pl aor P

dat refl clt

one f sg adj

house sg f

and

daughter sg f def med

and

son sg m def

all pl adj

1pl pres cop clt

89 (c) [3:29] in the same house. For now we’re fine – alive and healthy.

one f sg adj

house sg f

and

1pl pres cop clt

good adv

for.now adv

alive pl adj

healthy pl adj

90 (c) [3:33] We agree, we understand one another, and that’s what’s most important.

listen 1pl pres I

acc refl clt

understand 1pl pres I

acc refl clt

most

important sg n adj

3sg pres cop clt

that sg n dist adj

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1 (c) [0:01] So other than that, where are you all from, huh? Are you Bulgarian?

2 (GK) We’re Bulgarian.

3 (VZh) Yes.

4 (c) [0:05] Tell me, what do you want us to talk to you about?

5 (VZh) [This woman] is from America, but studies Bulgarian and knows it very well.

6 (c) [0:10] Well, is she taking you around or are you taking her around?

7 (d) [laughter]

8 (VZh) Well, we’re going together [laughter]. Who’s [taking] whom [doesn’t matter].

9 (GK) When we go – when we go to America, she’ll take us around.

10 (RA) Yes. [laughter]

11 (c) [0:16] So what are you doing now? [Making] some sort of film?

12 (RA) No.

13 (VZh) No, no. We’re only interested in the old-time Rhodope language …

14 (GK) How you speak here in Gela!

15 (VZh) … how you speak in Gela.

16 (c) [0:24] Ah, well to tell you [the truth], we’ve lived many years in Smolyan,

17 (c) [0:27] so we’ve messed up [our Gela speech] a bit.

18 (GK) Uh huh.

19 (c) [0:29] From ’58 or ’59 we’ve been in Smolyan.

20 (c) [0:32] During the summer we’re in Gela, and in the winter we’re in Smolyan.

21 (c) [0:35] We have a house there, my children are there, and that’s how it is.

22 (c) [0:38] So tell [us] what to tell you. You [tell them], you know more. Come on!

23 (d) [0:41] Ah – what [do I have] to tell [them]?

24 (c) [0:42] You know more [than I do], Tosho.

25 (d) [0:43] Eh!

26 (c) [0:44] You’re more [into these things].

27 (VZh) Well, let’s say – since there are sheep here, it’s a good opportunity

28 (VZh) to tell us about how one looks after sheep.

29 (c) [0:53] How one looks after [them]?

30 (VZh) Uh huh. How one “looks after”, you know, in ...

31 (c) [0:57] “looks after”

32 (VZh) … [spoken] in – in the Rhodope manner.

33 (d) [0:59] [One] looks after them, you gather together many sheep.

34 (c) [1:02] Ah no, aren’t you going to speak pure Rhodope [speech] to them?

35 (GK) We need pure Rhodope [speech].

36 (VZh) Pure Rhodope [speech], yes.

37 (c) [1:07] They (the sheep) are gathered –

38 (d) [1:08] [laughter] “Pure” – even I don’t know that any more! [laughter]

39 (c) [1:10] Like I’m telling you, we’ve mixed up our language now.

40 (c) [1:13] So – we feed them in the winter, three times [a day]: morning, noon and evening.

41 (c) [1:18] We give them forage, feed, maybe also barley, wheat.

42 (c) [1:26] And in the spring they were [taken out to] graze in the fields, in the hills,

43 (c) [1:30] and they’ve mated, and in the spring they started to bear–

44 (c) [1:35] To give birth.

45 (GK) To have lambs.

46 (c) [1:37] Yes, to have lambs. They’d bear one – some would have one, some two.

47 (c) [1:41] and in the – A "spring lamb" (= one born in the spring), well it’s little, see?

48 (GK) Uh huh.

49 (c) [1:45] [So] the other mothers are out in the woods, they graze in the hills

50 (c) [1:49] but we look after these little ones that just got born,

51 (c) [1:52] we look after [them]. People now have a lot of them, but

52 (c) [1:53] we’re not here. We have fewer sheep. We have one cow and one sheep.

53 (c) [2:00] and now when October or November comes, they come with the car

54 (c) [2:05] and they take us off to Smolyan to live there,

55 (c) [2:09] so we can be closer to the children.

56 (d) Uh huh.

57 (c) [2:12] We have a son, a daughter, and four grandchildren. They’re in school, in the military –

58 (c) [2:17] one has finished his military service, another’s a soldier, a [future] doctor –

59 (c) [2:21] I have one in England now, one of my granddaughters went off to England.

60 (VZh) She’s studying there?

61 (c) [2:27] She studied in Plovdiv, at this institute of – of agronomy.

62 (d) [2:31] [She] was –

63 (c) [2:31] In her fifth year. She's finished four years and started the fifth. They chose her

64 (c) [2:36] for an international camp. Not a camp, a brigade – I don’t know what.

65 (c) [2:40] She’ll be there three months, and if that farmer approves she can stay

66 (c) until the new year. There are forty of them from their institute. She writes

67 (c) [2:46] that it’s good. But last year she gathered hay here and [said] it was better here.

68 (VZh) [laughter]

69 (RA) [laughter]

70 (c) [2:50] She said, “Mother, it’s good here too, gathering the beans. That farm is well provided,