Vladimir Zhobov
Golica 4
1 (a) [0:00] People say there’s no God. [But] the Lord at one time walked on the earth,
disc | say 3pl pres I | people pl def | L.part neg exist | lord sg m | lord sg m | one sg n adj | time sg n | on | earth sg f def | walk sg m L.part I |
2 (a) [0:08] I’m already almost a hundred years old – ninety. I’ve heard my ancestors
nom 1sg | already adv | almost adj | hundred.year.old sg f adj | ninety | grandmother pl adj | 1sg pres aux clt | hear sg f L.part I |
3 (a) [0:15] [tell] how it was [that] the Lord walked on this earth,
how interr | sg n L.part cop | on | earth sg f def | lord sg m | walk sg m L.part I |
4 (a) [0:18] and told the ploughmen how to plow, and the women how to weave.
to | plowman pl m def | how interr | say sg m L.part P | comp | plow 3pl pres I | to | woman pl f def | how interr | say sg m L.part P | comp | weave 3pl pres I |
5 (a) [0:25] But now people have changed, and they don’t recognize the Lord.
but | now adj | change 3sg aor P | acc refl clt | people sg m def | neg | recognize 3sg pres P | lord sg m def |
6 (a) [0:34] He will make it rain again - it won’t stay like this. But when time passes –
nom m 3sg | fut | precipitate 3sg pres P | again adv | fut neg | comp | remain 3sg pres P | thus adv | but | when inter.rel | pass 3sg pres P | time sg n |
7 (VZh) But [in the interim] the corn will wither, won’t it?
but | fut | dry out 3pl pres P | corn pl m def | disc |
8 (c) [0:42] It’ll wither.
fut | dry out 3pl pres P |
9 (a) [0:43] I don’t [even] know if they’re sowing it [or not]
disc | nom 1sg | neg | neg | acc n 3sg clt | know 1sg pres I | sow 3pl pres I | interr clt |
10 (a) [0:45] though from what I can see it seems that they have sown [the seed].
disc | thus adv | by | acc refl | dat refl clt | see 3sg pres P | dat 1sg clt | acc refl clt | that conj | 3pl pres aux clt | sow pl L.part I |
11 (c) [0:49] I sowed, but [who knows] now what will become [of it].
nom 1sg | sow 1sg aor I | but | now adv | what sg n interr | fut | become 3sg pres P |
12 (a) [0:52] Well, the corn can hold out, [because] in other years of drought
disc | […] | corn pl m def | can pres imprs | comp | acc refl clt | keep 3pl pres I | but | other sg f adj | year sg f | drought sg f |
13 (a) [0:55] even still …
and | again adv |
14 (c) [0:55] There is [such corn].
pres exist |
15 (a) [0:56] they [will be able to] bring [it] in.
gather 3pl pres I |
16 (VZh) So, the young people don’t know the Lord now, they don’t go to church
mean 3sg pres I | young pl def adj | neg | neg | know 3pl pres I | lord sg m | now adv | neg | go 3pl pres I | to | church sg f |
17 (a) [1:01] Well, they say it’s not God, [it’s a] [curved] blue slab.
disc | say 3pl pres I | neg | 3sg pres cop clt | lord sg m | blue sg f adj | slab sg f |