Ronelle Alexander
Kruševo 4
1 (RA) And holidays – what was it like!
| and | for | holiday m | how interr | 3sg pres aux clt | sg n L.part cop |
2 (a) [0:03] Oh, the holidays!
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3 (RA) Which –
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4 (a) [0:04] You can’t imagine! Our Bayram is coming –
| neg hort | think sg imv I | fut | come 3sg pres P | our sg m def adj | Bayram sg m |
5 (RA) Well [tell me], how do you celebrate Bayram?
| disc | and | how interr | acc refl clt | celebrate 3sg pres I | Bayram sg m def |
6 (a) [0:08] We celebrated it for five days. Five days! People keep
| five | day ct m | five | day ct m | acc m 3sg clt | 1pl pres aux clt | celebrate pl L.part I | disc | keep 3pl pres I |
7 (RA) Mm
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8 (a) [0:11] everything nice.
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9 (RA) Ooh!
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10 (a) [0:12] We didn’t rest for five days and, you know, don’t you, [that]
| five | day ct m | neg | 1pl pres aux clt | rest pl L.part I | and | disc | know 2sg pres I | interr clt |
11 (a) [0:15] three days before that we didn’t touch our work.
| already adv | three | day ct m | not.at.all adv | neg | 1pl pres aux clt | touch pl L.part I | work sg f |
12 (RA) Uh huh.
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13 (a) [0:18] And on two of those days, we’ll go out in the dark to reap.
| and | on | two m def | day ct m | fut | go 1pl pres P | in | dark adv | fut | reap 1pl pres I |
14 (a) [0:21] And I remember
| and | nom 1sg | dat refl clt | remember 1sg pres I |
15 (RA) Mm.
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16 (a) [0:22] how in my time we’d go and we’d reap until daylight, until …
| when conj | in | my sg n def adj | time sg n | fut | go 1pl pres P | fut | reap 1pl pres I | to | morning adv | until conj |
17 (RA) Umhm.
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18 (a) [0:26] … the cowherd [comes], a bit late, so up to around ten o’clock.
| cowherd sg m | more | late adv | thus med adv | toward | ten | hour sg m def |
19 (RA) Umhm.
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20 (a) [0:29] And we’ll come home, and after we dress up, at home,
| and | dat refl clt | acc refl clt | come.home 1pl pres P | and | when conj | acc refl clt | dress.up 1pl pres P | home adv |
21 (a) [0:31] we don’t touch anything in the house. We’ll only sweep and clean, and
| at.home adv | nothing sg n | neg | touch 1pl pres I | only adv | fut | sweep 1pl pres P | fut | clean 1pl pres P | and |
22 (a) [0:35] then we’ll make – we’ll make nice dishes.
| this sg n med adj | fut | make 1pl pres P | and | fut | [...] | make 1pl pres I | dat refl clt | nice pl adj | dishes pl n |
23 (RA) What sorts of dishes?
| and | what.kind pl adj | dishes pl n |
24 (a) [0:40] Banitsa,
| banitsa pl f |
25 (RA) Mmm!
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26 (a) [0:41] Things like banitsa, sweet [things].
| banitsa pl f | such pl med adj | thing pl f | sweet sg n adj |
27 (RA) Mm.
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28 (a) [0:44] and we cook up meat [too].
| meat sg n | dat refl clt | cook 1pl pres I |
29 (RA) Umhm.
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30 (a) [0:45] We used to have it really well,
| very adv | nice adv | dat refl clt | spend 1pl impf I |
31 (a) [0:47] [but] now in this village here it’s not nice at all.
| now adv | here adv | in | this sg n med adj | village sg n | not.at.all adv | neg | 3sg pres cop clt | nice adv |
32 (RA) And what sort of banitsa? How do you make banitsa?
| and | what.kind pl adj | banitsa pl f | how interr | acc refl clt | make 3sg pres I | banitsa sg f |
33 (a) [0:52] Hah! How do you make it? Well, for banitsa you’ll [first] put in cheese,
| excl | how interr | acc refl clt | make 3sg pres I | disc | disc | banitsa sg f | fut | put 2sg pres P | cheese sg n |
34 (RA) Uh huh, uh huh.
| bkch | bkch |
35 (a) [0:58] and then eggs, yogurt, and you’ll add a little soda
| egg pl n | yeasted sg n adj | milk sg n | fut | and | little adv | soda sg f | fut | drop 2sg pres P |
36 (RA) Umhm.
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37 (a) [1:03] and you’ll roll it up …
| and | fut | acc f 3sg clt | wind 2sg pres P |
38 (RA) Umhm.
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39 (a) [1:05] … with the dough.
| with | pastry.sheet sg f def |
40 (b) [1:07] And some oil!
| and | oil sg m |
41 (a) [1:08] And [there’s] already a bit of oil there –
| and | oil sg n | already adv | there adv |
42 (RA) [laughter]
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43 (a) [1:01] [laughter] [Yes,] oil. And we’ll put – we’ll sprinkle it [over] the leaves,
| oil sg m | and | fut | drop 1pl pres P | fut | acc m 3sg clt | sprinkle 1pl pres P | leaf sg n def |
44 (a) [1:15] we’ll roll it up and arrange it in the pan, baste more oil on it –
| fut | acc f 3sg clt | wind 1pl pres P | fut | acc f 3sg clt | arrange 1pl pres P | in | pan sg f def | smear 1pl pres P | oil sg n | more adv |
45 (RA) Mmhm.
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46 (a) [1:20] we’ll baste it and it’ll bake. You baste it on top with a little water [mixed]
| smear 1pl pres P | and | fut | acc refl clt | bake 3sg pres P | above adv | fut | acc f 3sg clt | smear 2sg pres P | little adv | water sg f |
47 (a) [1:23] with oil, and cover it so it gets soft. And then just see
| with | oil sg n | fut | acc f 3sg clt | cover 2sg pres P | comp | soften 3sg pres P | and | comp | see 2sg pres P |
48 (a) [1:28] how nice it turns out!
| what.kind sg f adj | nice sg f adj | become 3sg pres I |
49 (RA) Mmm! And how long does it bake?
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and | how.much interr | acc refl clt | bake 3sg pres I |
50 (a) [1:33] Oh, how much –
| disc | how.much interr |
51 (RA) How much time?
| how.much interr | time sg n |
52 (a) [1:34] Until it browns a bit.
| when conj | redden 3sg pres P | little adv |
53 (RA) Mmhm –
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54 (a) [1:35] On a fairly strong flame, you know?
| more | on | nice sg m adj | fire sg m | thus med adv |
55 (RA) Mmhm –
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56 (a) [1:38] When the crust on top browns through, you turn it over.
| when conj | redden 3sg pres P | above adv | crust sg f def | to | below adv | fut | turn 2sg pres P | this sg n med adj |
57 (RA) Umhm.
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58 (a) [1:42] And in the old days, oh! When it came to harvest, my mother would gather up
| and | and | one sg n adj | time sg n | adrs | come 3sg pres P | harvest sg f | my sg f def adj | mother sg f | still adv | gather 1pl impf I |
59 (a) [1:48] workers. We had a lot to harvest, difficult harvests because our brother shepherds
| worker pl m | have 1pl impf I | much adv | harvest pl f | difficult pl adj | harvest pl f | because | brother pl m def | shepherd pl m |
60 (RA) Mmhm.
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61 (a) [1:53] had fertilized the fields, and there was a lot of grain. And when she went to reap,
| fertilize 3pl pres I | field pl f def | become 3sg pres I | much adv | grain pl n | nom f 3sg | when conj | go 3sg pres P | comp | reap 3sg pres I |
62 (a) [1:56] her sickle would break. She’d break two sickles per harvest on the field –
| and | sickle sg m def | break 3sg impf I | by | two m | sickle ct m | break 3sg impf I | at | field sg f def |
63 (RA) Hmm!
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64 (a) [1:59] – my mother. Oh ho!
| mother sg f | excl |
65 (RA) [What a] lot of work!
| much adv | work sg f |
66 (a) [2:01] A lot. So when we’d start the harvest, and when she’d gathered a few workers,
| much adv | and | disc | when conj | reap 1pl pres P | nom f 3sg | when conj | gather 3sg pres P | little adv | worker pl m |
67 (RA) Mmhm
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68 (a) [2:08] she’d cook up boiled beans and she’d roast a lamb
| cook 3sg pres I | beans sg m | cook sg f P.part P | beans sg m | bake 3sg pres P | one sg n adj | lamb sg n |
69 (RA) Ooh!
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70 (a) [2:13] And beans – she’d bake beans, [that is] she’d boil beans.
| beans sg m | beans sg m | fut | bake 3sg pres P | beans sg m | fut | boil 3sg pres P |
71 (RA) Mmhm, mmhm.
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72 (a) [2:18] Such things. When she made these nice dishes, like [when] she’ll make banitsa,
| disc | such pl med adj | thing pl f | when conj | make 3sg pres P | one pl adj | nice pl adj | dish pl n | banitsa sg f | fut | make 3sg pres P |
73 (a) [2:21] she wouldn’t sleep all night. She’d [just] cook.
| nom f 3sg | entire sg f adj | night sg f | fut neg | comp | sleep 3sg pres P | fut | cook 3sg pres I |
74 (RA) Mmhm.
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75 (a) [2:25] And when we carry it in baskets out to the workers,
| and | when conj | carry 1pl pres P | with | basket pl m | to | worker pl m def |
76 (RA) Mmhm,
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77 (a) [2:28] they’d run up to us to eat and drink.
| and | and | nom 3pl | run 3pl impf I | to | acc 1pl | comp | eat 3pl pres I | and | comp | drink 3pl pres I |
78 (RA) Mmm!
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79 (a) [2:32] We’d shell the corn. All the boys, everyone in the house, they’d all come
| fut | shell 1pl pres P | corn sg m | boy pl n def | all pl adj | in | house adv | all indcl | fut | come 3pl pres P |
80 (a) [2:36] to break and shell it. And our mother would make them banitsa
| fut | knock 3pl pres I | fut | shell 3pl pres I | our sg f adj | mother sg f | fut | dat 3pl clt | make 3pl pres P | banitsa pl f |
81 (a) [2:40] she’d cook us corn.
| corn sg m | fut | dat 1pl clt | boil 3sg pres P |
82 (RA) Mmhm.
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83 (a) [2:42] She’d cook them potatoes. We had nice potatoes. They’d all rush
| potato sg m | fut | dat 3pl clt | boil 3sg pres P | nom 1pl | nice pl adj | potato pl m | have 1pl impf I | all indcl | run 3pl impf I |
84 (a) [2:46] to work for us. Back then it was both bad and good.
| to | acc 1pl | comp | work 3pl pres I | and | one sg n adj | time sg n | 3sg impf cop | both | bad adv | both | and | nice adv |
85 (a) [2:52] Mostly it was good.
| more | nice adv | 3sg impf cop |
86 (RA) Well, all times are like that!
| disc | all pl adj | time pl n | 3pl pres cop clt | thus adv |
87 (a) [2:55] [Yes,] all [of them].
| all pl adj |
88 (RA) Both the bad and the good.
| both | bad adv | both | nice adv |
89 (a) [2:56] Both bad and good. It was good [for us],
| both | bad adv | both | nice sg adv | nice sg adv | 3sg impf cop |
90 (a) [2:59] we were very well off in our village.
| nom 1pl | dat refl clt | 1pl impf cop | very adv | rich pl adj | in | our sg n def adj | village sg n |
91 (RA) Hm.
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92 (a) [3:02] Very well off, because, as they say, fertilize so as to have.
| very adv | rich pl adj | because | thus med adv | interr | fertilizer sg m def | make 3sg pres I | comp | have 2sg pres I |
93 (a) [3:06] [that is,] if you put down manure, you’ll have [what you need].
| when conj | fertilize 2sg pres I | and | fut | have 2sg pres I |
94 (RA) Mmhm.
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95 (a) [3:09] Because we fertilized our fields, and so we had everything.
| because | fertilize 1pl aor I | acc 3pl clt | field pl f def | and | have 1pl impf I | everything sg n adj |
96 (RA) Mmhm.
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97 (a) [3:12] We had everything. But he who didn’t fertilize,
| everything sg n adj | dat refl clt | have 1pl impf I | and | which sg m interr | neg | acc 3pl clt | fertilize 3sg impf I |
98 (RA) Mm.
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99 (a) [3:14] didn’t have anything.
| not.have 3sg impf I |
100 (RA) Ah, [you see?]
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101 (a) [3:15] didn’t have anything.
| not.have 3sg impf I |
102 (RA) Yes, [you need] time to keep it up. [Ah,] it’s really beautiful here.
| yes | time sg n | comp | acc refl clt | prepare 3sg pres I | disc | very adv | nicely adv | here adv |
103 (a) [3:21] It is nice, very nice. If there were water here, you know
| nice adv | very adv | 3sg pres cop clt | nice adv | here adv | comp | pres exist | water sg f | know 2sg pres I |
104 (a) [3:23] what a rich area this would be!
| what.kind sg f adj | rich sg f adj | place sg f | 3sg pres cop clt |
105 (RA) Ooh!
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106 (a) [3:26] You should see it!
| comp | see 2sg pres P |
107 (RA) Mm.
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108 (a) [3:27] In back of the house there’s a garden. One year they brought in water
| behind | house sg f def | pres exist | one f sg adj | garden sg f | one f sg adj | year sg f | release 3pl aor P | water sg f |
109 (a) [3:31] from Oreshe, from the river.
| from | Oreshe sg n place | from | river sg f def |
110 (RA) Mmhm.
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111 (a) [3:32] And we irrigated it twice,
| here adv | water 1pl aor P | acc f 3sg clt | two m | time pl m |
112 (RA) Hm.
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113 (a) [3:34] and you couldn’t even pick [everything]!
| nom 3sg | neg | can pres imprs | comp | acc f 3sg clt | gather 2sg pres P |
114 (a) [3:36] What I didn’t manage! I chopped beans to make preserves –
| and | beans sg m | interr clt | dat refl clt | neg | [...] | pick 1sg aor P | comp | dat refl clt | make 1sg pres P | jar pl m |
115 (a) [3:39] And tomatoes, and peppers – And the corn came in fine. Everything!
| and | tomato pl m | interr clt | neg | and | pepper pl f | interr clt | corn sg n | become 3sg aor P | dat 1sg clt |
116 (a) [3:42] A garden this big – well, it was like a cow to us.
| everything sg n adj | so.big sg f prox adj | garden sg f | but | nom f 3sg | dat 1pl clt | 3sg impf cop | like | cow sg f |
117 (RA) Hm.
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118 (a) [3:50] But now there’s a drought. Even still we had a few crops in.
| and | now adv | drought sg f | again adv | again adv | good.harvest sg m | again adv | little adv | have 1pl aor I |
119 (a) [3:50] We had a bit, so we’re not totally without.
| again adv | have 1pl aor I | neg | 1pl pres cop clt | without | not.at.all adv |
120 (RA) Let’s hope all will be O.K.
| disc | lets.hope adv | become 3sg pres I |
121 (a) [3:54] If Allah wills it, next year at least to have rain.
| again adv | if.God.wills adv | next.year adv | at.least adv | comp | pres exist | rain sg m |
122 (RA) Ah.
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123 (a) [3:57] This year is done already. What’s done is done.
| this sg f prox adj | year sg f | already adv | what sg n interr | 3sg impf cop | 3sg impf cop |
124 (RA) The drought.
| drought sg f |
125 (a) [4:00] The drought, that’s right.
| drought sg f | and | thus med adv |