Vladimir Zhobov
Rakovski
1 (a) [0:00] Back then, when I had finished school in ’fifty-three
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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 | money pl.t | fut | acc refl clt | give 3sg pres I | in | 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 | father sg m | 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 | in | 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 | on | 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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8 (a) [0:28] General Nikolaevo village, near Plovdiv. So he came to see us,
| General Nikolaevo sg n place | Plovdiv sg n adj | and | come 3sg aor P | by | 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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10 (a) [0:35] We received him, entertained him, treated him to wine
| nom 1pl | acc m 3sg clt | 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 | at | table sg f def | there adv | comp | eat 1pl pres I | at | table sg f def |
13 (a) [0:49] and he said, “Listen, I don’t know how to say this [but] I thought
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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 | turtle pl f def |
16 (a) [1:03] And we were astounded when he just upped and said such things about us.
| and | nom 1pl | acc refl clt | wonder 1pl aor P | when conj | take 3sg aor P | comp |
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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 | can pres imprs | comp | eat 1pl pres I | living pl adj | people pl |
18 (a) [1:10] It’s been three or four days that you’ve been with us, and you’ve see
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19 (a) [1:13] what we do, how we work, how we behave with folk.”
| what sg n interr | 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.”
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21 (a) [1:21] The next day he came again, and found us out there in the field
| to | next sg m def adj | day sg m | again adv | come 3sg aor P | encounter 3sg aor P | acc 1pl clt | at | 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 | kilogram pl m | 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].
| as | small.peanut sg n | 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
| to | 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 | child pl n | 1pl pres cop clt | to | mother sg f | and | to | father acc sg m | 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.
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28 (a) [1:45] We found a safe haven here, good people, they accepted me, and we work here now.
| find 1pl aor P | shelter sg n | here adv | good pl adj | people pl | accept 3pl aor P | 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
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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 people like you, 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?]
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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.]
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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
| in | 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.
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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 | one sg m adj | 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 | his sg m def adj | brother sg m | become 1pl aor P | two f | 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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42 (a) [2:50] In the fifth year each of us went our own way.
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43 (a) [2:54] My sister bought herself a plot of land and built a house,
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44 (a) [2:57] [but] we stayed in the old homestead with my father-in-law.
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45 (a) [3:00] We found husbands for my sisters-in-law; they each set up their own households.,
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46 (a) [3:05] We lived well. I have two sons.
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