Ronelle Alexander
Village Image:
Gorna Krušica 3
1 (RA) And it was you who did the spinning?
| and | nom 2sg | interr clt | spin 2sg impf I |
2 (d) [0:01] Yes
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3 (RA) A lot.
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4 (d) Oh ho ho!
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5 (RA) Back in the old days.
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6 (d) [0:03] Look at that rug that she showed you!
| ost | this sg f adj | rug sg f | rel | dat 2sg clt | acc f 3sg clt | show 3sg aor P |
7 (c) [0:05] [laughter]
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8 (c) [laughter]
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9 (d) [0:05] [laughter]
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10 (c) [0:08] [About] that rug that I just showed you –
| this sg f adj | rug sg f | now adv | rel | acc f 3sg clt | show 1sg aor P |
11 (RA) Yes? Yes? Yes?
| yes | yes | yes |
12 (c) [0:10] if you knew what sort of –
| comp | know 2pl pres I | what.sort pl adj |
13 (d) [0:11] I made it –
| nom 1sg | 1sg pres aux clt | acc f 3sg clt | make sg f L.part I |
14 (RA) You mean all that – you spun all that on this –
| mean 3sg pres I | all adv | spin 2sg impf I | all | spin 2sg impf I | on | this sg n adj |
15 (c) [0:15] Yes.
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16 (f) [0:15] [unintelligible]
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17 (RA) Hm.
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18 (e) [0:17] [laughter]
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19 (c) [0:18] I was going to marry [my] beloved
| beloved sg m | fut | acc refl clt | marry 1sg pres I |
20 (RA) Yes?
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21 (c) [0:19] on Easter. I was going to get married in the spring,
| on | Easter sg m | fut | acc refl clt | marry 1sg pres I | spring sg f def |
22 (c) [0:22] but this rug needed to be fully woven. So I’m weaving
| but | this sg f adj | rug sg f | must pres I imprs | comp | acc refl clt | weave 3sg pres P | and | nom 1sg | weave 1sg pres I |
23 (c) [0:26] in the dark of night, with just one gas lantern [to see by].
| in | dark sg n def adj | evening sg f def | on | one f sg adj | gas sg f adj | lantern sg f |
24 (e) [0:29] [laughter]
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25 (c) [0:30] My fiancé is sitting by me [making sure] I finish weaving so we can get married
| comrade sg m def | dat 1sg clt | sit 3sg pres I | by | acc 1sg | comp | acc f 3sg clt | weave 1sg pres P | and | comp | acc refl clt | marry 1pl pres P |
26 (c) [0:31] because I don’t [yet] have the rug [that I need] to get married
| because | not. have 1sg pres I | rug sg f | disc | comp | acc refl clt | marry 1sg pres P |
27 (e) [0:34] [laughter]
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28 (RA) Hm.
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29 (e) [0:34] [laughter]
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30 (c) [0:36] Ah, but there wasn’t enough wool. I couldn’t finish it,
| disc | but | neg | suffice 3sg aor P | wool sg f def | neg | can 3sg aor I | acc f 3sg clt | be.enough 3sg pres P |
31 (e) [0:38] [laughter]
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32 (c) [0:32] because they (the state) were taking for their quota a lot of wool.
| because | disc | take 3pl impf I | then adv | and | quota sg m | much adv | wool sg f |
33 (c) [0:42] So my mother went off to some people to borrow
| this sg f adj | my sg f def adj | mother f sg | go sg f L.part P | borrow sg f L.part P | from | one pl adj | people pl |
34 (RA) Uh huh.
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35 (c) [0:45] the wool. We carded it and made it up. Ah, such mellow parents.
| wool sg f | card 1pl aor P | acc f 3sg clt | make 1pl aor P | acc f 3sg clt | parent pl m | comp | see 2sg pres P | peaceful pl adj |
36 (c) [0:52] And then they saddle a mule, the first time he’d carried a packsaddle.
| and | disc | on | one sg n adj | mule sg n | first sg m adj | time sg m | dat n 3sg clt | load 3pl pres I | packsaddle sg m |
37 (c) [0:55] They put on the packsaddle, load up the wool, and I ride the mule
| load 3pl pres I | dat n 3sg clt | packsaddle sg m def | hang 3pl pres P | dat n 3sg clt | wool sg f def | mount 1sg pres I | mule sg n def |
38 (c) [0:59] [all the way] from our old village site to Sandanski – alone!
| from | old sg n def | village sg n | to | Sandanski place sg m | alone sg f adj |
39 (RA) All the way to Sandanski!
| even adv | to | Sandanski place sg m |
40 (c) [1:03] Alone!
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41 (d) [1:03] Without – without the mule having been ridden [before that].
| without | without | comp | 3sg pres cop clt | ride sg n P.part I | mule sg n def |
42 (c) [1:05] Alone! The first time the mule is saddled! And to let this child
| alone sg f adj | first sg m adj | time sg m | packsaddle sg m | dat n 3sg clt | put 3pl pres P | and | comp | acc n 3sg clt | allow 3pl pres P | this sg n adj | child sg n |
43 (c) [1:08] go [like that] to the carder. I go off to Sandanski, get the wool carded,
| comp | go 3sg pres P | to | carder sg f | go 1sg pres I | to | Sandanski place sg m | card 1sg pres I | wool sg f def |
44 (c) [1:11] mount the mule again at three o’clock, the sun already [down to] here,
| climb 1sg pres I | acc refl clt | from | three | hour sg m def | on | mule sg n def | ost | sun sg n def | thus adv |
45 (c) [1:15] and I ride all the way back to our old village. Such brave children we were!
| climb 1sg pres I | acc refl clt | old sg n def | village sg n | such pl adj | brave pl adj | child pl n | 1pl pres aux clt | pl L.part cop |
46 (RA) Wow. Whew!
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47 (c) [1:19] Day or night – oh ho! Doesn’t matter if it’s day or night.
| pres neg exist | and | today adv | and | [...] | excl | pres neg exist | today adv | pres neg exist | at.night adv |
48 (f) [1:23] [laughter]
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49 (RA) [laughter]
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50 (c) [1:23] My father would leave me there at night, way up in the mountain hut
| ost | there adv | on | mountain sg m def | hut sg f def | father sg m | dat 1sg clt | acc 1sg clt | leave 3sg aor P | there adv | at.night adv |
51 (c) [1:27] to stay with the sheep and watch over them.
| comp | 1sg pres cop clt | by | sheep pl f def | comp | acc 3pl clt | guard 1sg pres I |