Golica 1

1 (a) [0:00]      Don’t puff yourselves up, don’t puff yourselves up.

neg
acc refl clt
hes
puff.up pl imv P
neg
acc refl clt puff.up pl imv P

2 (a) [0:06]      There’s no one older than us, [no one] more on the decline than us,

from
acc 1pl more old pl adj pres neg exist
from
acc 1pl more decay pl L.part P pres neg exist

3 (a) [0:09]      or who lives more miserably than us.

from
acc 1pl more miserably adv
comp
live 3pl pres I pres neg exist

4 (a) [0:13]      One of my sons was killed, [that] was the oldest one,

one sg m def adj
dat 1sg clt
son sg m
acc m 3sg clt
kill 3pl aor P when conj one sg m adj first sg m def adj 3sg impf cop

5 (a) [0:18]      and another drowned.

one sg m def adj
acc refl clt
drown 3sg aor P

6 (b) [0:19]      And that’s what happened

and
thus adv happen 3sg pres P

7 (a) [0:20]      We’re [the only ones] still here, the Lord hasn’t taken our souls [yet].

nom 1pl remain 1pl aor P already adv
neg
dat 1pl clt take 3sg pres I lord sg m soul sg f def

8 (a) [0:25]      There isn’t anyone to see us.

nobody sg m pres neg exist
comp
acc 1pl clt
look 3sg pres I

9 (b) [0:27]      They will take us.

fut
acc 1pl clt
take 3pl pres P

10 (a) [0:29]      [Yes,] to put an end [to us], put an end. [But he] won’t put an end [to it]

comp
put 3pl pres P end sg m
comp
put 3pl pres P end sg m fut neg
comp
put 3pl pres P end sg m

11 (a) [0:32]      the Lord should see how much I’ve been punished –

comp
acc 1sg clt
look 3sg pres I lord sg m how interr 1sg pres cop clt punish sg f P.part P

12 (a) [0:37]      the one – He sees from [up] there.

who sg m interr how interr
from
there adv look 3sg pres I

         Don’t puff yourselves up, don’t puff yourselves up.


         There’s no one older than us, [no one] more on the decline than us,


         or who lives more miserably than us.


         One of my sons was killed, [that] was the oldest one,


         and another drowned.


         And that’s what happened


         We’re [the only ones] still here, the Lord hasn’t taken our souls [yet].


         There isn’t anyone to see us.


         They will take us.


         [Yes,] to put an end [to us], put an end. [But he] won’t put an end [to it]


         the Lord should see how much I’ve been punished –


         the one – He sees from [up] there.


1 (a) [0:00]       не с’е̂̀ ə курназ’а̀йти не с’е̂̀ курназ’а̀йти

2 (a) [0:06]       уд на̊̀с по̀ де̂̀рти н’ѐма уд на̊̀с по̀ запа̊̀ннали н’ѐма

3 (a) [0:09]       од на̊̀с по̀ миз’ѐрно дə жув’е̂̀йет н’ѐма

4 (a) [0:13]       идѝна ми сѝн гу убѝhа кəт едѝн пе̂̀рвие б’е̂̀ше

5 (a) [0:18]       идѝна са уда̊̀ви

6 (b) [0:19]       а те̂̀й ста̊̀на

7 (a) [0:20]       нѝй оста̊̀наhме в’ѐки не нѝ з’ѐма го̀спут душе̂̀та

8 (a) [0:25]       нѝкуй н’ѐма дə ни пугл’ѐждə

9 (b) [0:27]       ше ни зе̂̀мнат

10 (a) [0:29]       дə ту̀р’əт кра̊̀й дə ту̀р’əт кра̊̀й н’ѐма дə ту̀р’а кра̊̀й 11

11 (a) [0:32]       дə мə гл’ѐда го̀спут ке̂̀к сəм нака̊̀зана

12 (a) [0:37]       ко̀й ка̊̀к ут тəм’ѐ гл’ѐдə

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Recommended Model for Citations

Bulgarian Dialectology as Living Tradition [2016] (http://www.bulgariandialectology.org, visited on 1 March 2016)
Babjak 1: 13-15. In: Bulgarian Dialectology as Living Tradition [2016] (http://www.bulgariandialectology.org, visited on 1 March 2016)

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