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1 (a) [0:00] Back then, when I had finished school in ’fifty-three

enò

one sg n adj

time sg n

when rel

finish 1sg aor P

school sg n def

fifty

and

third sg f adj

2 (a) [0:02] [or] fifty-four, we were very poor.

fifty

and

fourth sg f adj

year sg f

1pl impf cop

very adv

poor pl adj

3 (a) [0:07] [When] we heard good money would be paid in the village of Resen near Tǔrnovo,

hear 1pl aor P

much adv

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fut

acc refl clt

give 3sg pres I

village sg n

Resen sg m place

Tŭrnovo sg n adj

4 (a) [0:10] we set out [for there together] with my father and my sister. We went there

depart 1pl aor P

with

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dat 1sg clt

with

sister sg f

dat 1sg clt

go 1pl aor P

there adv

5 (a) [0:13] general labor work in the collective farm – to pick cotton,

comp

work 1sg pres I

general sg f adj

work sg f

T.K.Z.S. sg n def

comp

gather 1pl pres I

cotton sg m

6 (a) [0:19] to pick okra, to shuck corn, [etc.] The next day [there] came

comp

gather 1pl pres I

okra sg f

comp

peel 1pl pres I

corncob pl m

second sg m def adj

day sg m

come 3sg aor P

7 (a) [0:24] a man [who] appeared to have heard there were people from the village

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person sg m

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that conj

pres exist

people pl

from

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8 (a) [0:28] General Nikolaevo village, near Plovdiv. So he came to see us,

generàl.nikulàevu

General Nikolaevo sg n place

Plovdiv sg n adj

and

come 3sg aor P

dat 1pl

9 (a) [0:32] and began to interrogate me: where we’re from, what sort [of people] we are.

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comp

acc 1sg clt

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from

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1pl pres cop clt

what.kind pl adj

1pl pres cop clt

10 (a) [0:35] We received him, entertained him, treated him to wine

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receive 1pl aor I

entertain 1pl aor I

acc m 3sg clt

treat 1pl aor I

acc m 3sg clt

with

there adv

with

wine sg n

11 (a) [0:39] such as we had. Two or three days went by [and then] he came again to see

as rel

impf exist

pass 3pl aor P

two m

three

day ct m

again adv

come 3sg aor P

comp

look 3sg pres I

12 (a) [0:43] what we are doing. We sat down at the table to eat

what sg n interr

do 1pl pres I

sit.down 1pl aor P

table sg f def

there adv

comp

eat 1pl pres I

table sg f def

13 (a) [0:49] and he said, “Listen, I don’t know how to say this [but] I thought

and

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say 3sg pres I

listen pl imv I

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fut

dat 2pl clt

say 1sg pres P

nom 1sg

think 1sg impf I

14 (a) [0:54] that you Catholics were… I’ve heard about you, [I’ve heard] that you eat

that conj

nom 2pl

Catholic pl m def

2pl pres cop clt

hear sg m L.part I

1sg pres aux clt

for

acc 2pl

that conj

eat 2pl pres I

15 (a) [0:58] people alive, because [it’s known] you’ve been eating turtles there.”

living pl adj

people pl

because conj

2pl pres aux clt

eat pl L.part.impf I

there adv

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16 (a) [1:03] And we were astounded when he just upped and said such things about us.

and

nom 1pl

acc refl clt

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when conj

take 3sg aor P

comp

[...]

narrate 3sg pres I

thus adv

for

dat 1pl

17 (a) [1:06] We were amazed, and said “How can [you think] that we eat people alive?

wonder 1pl aor P

acc refl clt

say 1pl pres I

how interr

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comp

eat 1pl pres I

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people pl

18 (a) [1:10] It’s been three or four days that you’ve been with us, and you’ve see

disc

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three

four

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dat 1pl

notice 2sg pres I

19 (a) [1:13] what we do, how we work, how we behave with folk.”

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do 1pl pres I

how interr

work 1sg pres I

how interr

acc refl clt

behave 1pl pres I

with

people pl def

20 (a) [1:17] And he said, “[Yes,] what they say [about you], well, it isn’t true.”

and

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this pl adj

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mean 3sg pres I

neg

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21 (a) [1:21] The next day he came again, and found us out there in the field

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day sg m

again adv

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encounter 3sg aor P

acc 1pl clt

block sg m def

there adv

22 (a) [1:24] where we were picking cotton. I was the smallest, but I [was the one who] picked

that conj

gather 1pl pres I

cotton sg m

nom 1sg

1sg impf cop

most

little sg f def adj

but

gather 1sg impf I

23 (a) [1:27] the most kilos [of cotton]. He said, “Well look at you, you’re as tiny

most

much adv

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say 3sg pres I

adrs

nom 2sg

what.kind sg f adj

2sg pres cop clt

little sg f adj

24 (a) [1:31] as a peanut and yet you pick the most kilos [of cotton].

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disc

but

most

much adv

kilogram pl m

gather 2sg pres I

25 (a) [1:34] How old are you?” And I upped and said to him that

how.many interr

2sg pres cop clt

year pl f

nom 1sg

take 1sg aor P

comp

dat m 3sg clt

say 1sg pres I

that conj

26 (a) [1:37] there were eight of us children, mother and father, very poor and with no property,

eight

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1pl pres cop clt

mother sg f

and

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poverty sg f

poverty sg f

27 (a) [1:41] and that times [like these] drove us to come all the way here to work.

bring 3sg aor P

acc 1sg clt

time sg f def

even adv

here adv

comp

come 1pl pres P

comp

work 1sg pres I

28 (a) [1:45] We found a safe haven here, good people, they accepted me, and we work here now.

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shelter sg n

here adv

good pl adj

people pl

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acc 1sg clt

work 1sg pres I

here adv

now adv

29 (a) [1:51] We’re thinking that in the future we [might] come again this way

think 1pl pres I

for

ahead adv

again adv

comp

thus adv

again adv

comp

come 1pl pres P

30 (a) [1:54] if they invite me, if they like me. And he said,

if conj

acc 1sg clt

summon 3pl pres P

disc

if conj

acc 1sg clt

like 3pl pres P

nom m 3sg

say 3sg pres I

31 (a) [1:58] “Oh yes they like you, you people, because you work, you work really hard.”

excl

like 3pl pres I

acc 2pl clt

people pl def

because conj

work 2pl pres I

labor 2pl pres I

acc refl clt

32 (VZh) [Can you count to ten please?]

[...]

33 (a) [2:04] One, two, three, four, five, six, seven, eight, nine, ten. O.K.

one sg n adj

two n

three

four

five

six

seven

eight

nine

ten

good adv

34 (VZh) [Tell me about your life.]

[...]

35 (a) [2:14] I was born in nineteen thirty-eight

nom 1sg

1sg pres cop clt

bear sg f P.part P

thousand sg f

nine.hundred

and

thirty

and

eighth sg f adj

year sg f

36 (a) [2:19] into a poor family. We were eight children: I was the seventh

poor sg n adj

family sg n

eight

child pl n

1pl pres cop clt

nom 1sg

1sg pres cop clt

seventh sg f def

37 (a) [2:24] I married a poor boy in [nineteen] fifty-nine.

marry 1sg aor P

acc refl clt

for

one sg n adj

poor sg n adj

boy sg n

fifty

and

ninth sg f def adj

year sg f

38 (a) [2:29] [When] I met him he only had a father, his mother had died.

find 1sg aor P

acc m 3sg clt

only adv

with

father sg m

dat m 3sg clt

mother sg f

dat m 3sg clt

die sg f L.part P

39 (a) [2:33] [He lived] with three sisters-in-law and one brother-in-law [who] was married

with

three

sister.in.law pl f

and

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brother.in.law sg m

brother.in.law sg m def

dat 1sg clt

3sg impf cop

marry sg m P.part P

40 (a) [2:39] to my sister, [and] I to his brother. [So] we ended up as [both] two sisters,

for

my sg f adj

sister sg f

nom 1sg

for

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brother sg m

become 1pl aor P

sister pl f

41 (a) [2:43] [and] two sisters-in-law. We got on well, we lived together three or four years.

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sister.in.law pl f

understand 1pl impf I

acc refl clt

live 1pl impf I

together adv

three

four

year pl f

42 (a) [2:50] In the fifth year each of us went our own way.

fifth sg f def

year sg f

each sg m adj

acc refl clt

find 3sg aor P

one's.own sg m def adj

свой

pɤ̀t

way sg m

път

43 (a) [2:54] My sister bought herself a plot of land and built a house,

sister sg f

dat 1sg clt

dat refl clt

buy 3sg aor P

yard sg m

make 3sg pres P

dat refl clt

house sg f

44 (a) [2:57] [but] we stayed in the old homestead with my father-in-law.

nom 1pl

dat refl clt

remain 1pl aor P

old sg m def adj

yard sg m

with

father.in.law sg m def

свекър

45 (a) [3:00] We found husbands for my sisters-in-law; they each set up their own households.,

užìnijmi

marry 1pl aor P

оженя

zɤ̀lvit'e

sister.in.law pl f def

зълва

zədum'à

settle.down 3pl aor P

acc refl clt

and

nom 3pl

46 (a) [3:05] We lived well. I have two sons.

well adv

live 1pl pres I

have 1sg pres I

dat refl clt

two m an.num

son ct m

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1 (a) [0:00] Back then, when I had finished school in ’fifty-three

2 (a) [0:02] [or] fifty-four, we were very poor.

3 (a) [0:07] [When] we heard good money would be paid in the village of Resen near Tǔrnovo,

4 (a) [0:10] we set out [for there together] with my father and my sister. We went there

5 (a) [0:13] general labor work in the collective farm – to pick cotton,

6 (a) [0:19] to pick okra, to shuck corn, [etc.] The next day [there] came

7 (a) [0:24] a man [who] appeared to have heard there were people from the village

8 (a) [0:28] General Nikolaevo village, near Plovdiv. So he came to see us,

9 (a) [0:32] and began to interrogate me: where we’re from, what sort [of people] we are.

10 (a) [0:35] We received him, entertained him, treated him to wine

11 (a) [0:39] such as we had. Two or three days went by [and then] he came again to see

12 (a) [0:43] what we are doing. We sat down at the table to eat

13 (a) [0:49] and he said, “Listen, I don’t know how to say this [but] I thought

14 (a) [0:54] that you Catholics were… I’ve heard about you, [I’ve heard] that you eat

15 (a) [0:58] people alive, because [it’s known] you’ve been eating turtles there.”

16 (a) [1:03] And we were astounded when he just upped and said such things about us.

17 (a) [1:06] We were amazed, and said “How can [you think] that we eat people alive?

18 (a) [1:10] It’s been three or four days that you’ve been with us, and you’ve see

19 (a) [1:13] what we do, how we work, how we behave with folk.”

20 (a) [1:17] And he said, “[Yes,] what they say [about you], well, it isn’t true.”

21 (a) [1:21] The next day he came again, and found us out there in the field

22 (a) [1:24] where we were picking cotton. I was the smallest, but I [was the one who] picked

23 (a) [1:27] the most kilos [of cotton]. He said, “Well look at you, you’re as tiny

24 (a) [1:31] as a peanut and yet you pick the most kilos [of cotton].

25 (a) [1:34] How old are you?” And I upped and said to him that

26 (a) [1:37] there were eight of us children, mother and father, very poor and with no property,

27 (a) [1:41] and that times [like these] drove us to come all the way here to work.

28 (a) [1:45] We found a safe haven here, good people, they accepted me, and we work here now.

29 (a) [1:51] We’re thinking that in the future we [might] come again this way

30 (a) [1:54] if they invite me, if they like me. And he said,

31 (a) [1:58] “Oh yes they like you, you people, because you work, you work really hard.”

32 (VZh) [Can you count to ten please?]

33 (a) [2:04] One, two, three, four, five, six, seven, eight, nine, ten. O.K.

34 (VZh) [Tell me about your life.]

35 (a) [2:14] I was born in nineteen thirty-eight

36 (a) [2:19] into a poor family. We were eight children: I was the seventh

37 (a) [2:24] I married a poor boy in [nineteen] fifty-nine.

38 (a) [2:29] [When] I met him he only had a father, his mother had died.

39 (a) [2:33] [He lived] with three sisters-in-law and one brother-in-law [who] was married

40 (a) [2:39] to my sister, [and] I to his brother. [So] we ended up as [both] two sisters,

41 (a) [2:43] [and] two sisters-in-law. We got on well, we lived together three or four years.

42 (a) [2:50] In the fifth year each of us went our own way.

43 (a) [2:54] My sister bought herself a plot of land and built a house,

44 (a) [2:57] [but] we stayed in the old homestead with my father-in-law.

45 (a) [3:00] We found husbands for my sisters-in-law; they each set up their own households.,

46 (a) [3:05] We lived well. I have two sons.

1 (a) [0:00] enò vr'èm'ə kugàtu zəvɤ̀ršij učɨlɨ̀štetu pedes'ɤ̀t i trìtə

Back then, when I had finished school in ’fifty-three

2 (a) [0:02] pedes'ɤ̀t i četvɤ̀rtə gudɨ̀nə bème mnògu sirmàški

[or] fifty-four, we were very poor.

3 (a) [0:07] pručùjme mnògu pərɨ̀ či sə dàvə u sìlu rìsen tɤ̀rnufsku

[When] we heard good money would be paid in the village of Resen near Tǔrnovo,

4 (a) [0:10] trɤ̀gnajmi səz bəštà mɨ sɤs sestrà mɨ utɨ̀dəjme tàm

we set out [for there together] with my father and my sister. We went there

5 (a) [0:13] də ràbutime òpšta ràbota u tèkezes'ɤ̀tu də berìm pəmùk

general labor work in the collective farm – to pick cotton,

6 (a) [0:19] də berìm bàmjə da b'èlim kučèn'a na drùgijə d'ɤ̀n dujdì

to pick okra, to shuck corn, [etc.] The next day [there] came

7 (a) [0:24] edɨ̀n čuv'èk rəzbràl če ìma ù:rə ut sìlu

a man [who] appeared to have heard there were people from the village

8 (a) [0:28] generàl.nikulàevu plòwd'usku i dudì prɨ nàm

General Nikolaevo village, near Plovdiv. So he came to see us,

9 (a) [0:32] pòčnə də mə rəspɨ̀tvə ut kəd'è sm'ɤ kəkvɨ̀ sm'ə

and began to interrogate me: where we’re from, what sort [of people] we are.

10 (a) [0:35] nìe gu prièjme guštàvəjme gu čèrpijme gu səs tàm səs ɨ̀no

We received him, entertained him, treated him to wine

11 (a) [0:39] kəkùtu ìməši mɨ̀nəxə dvà trɨ̀ d'ɤ̀nə pàk dojdı̀ də gl'ɤ̀də

such as we had. Two or three days went by [and then] he came again to see

12 (a) [0:43] kəkvò pràime s'ɤ̀dnəjme nə sinìjətə tàm də jədìm nə màsətə

what we are doing. We sat down at the table to eat

13 (a) [0:49] i tòj vɨ̀kə slùšəjte kəkò žə vi kàža az mɨ̀slej

and he said, “Listen, I don’t know how to say this [but] I thought

14 (a) [0:54] če vɨ̀e kətulɨ̀ci̥te ste slùšəl səm zə vàs če jədìte

that you Catholics were… I’ve heard about you, [I’ve heard] that you eat