Vladimir Zhobov
Salaš
1 (VZh) Are you from here?
from | here adv | interr clt | 2sg pres cop clt |
2 (a) [0:02] I was born here, near the cemetery, and grew up here.
ost | here adv | 1sg pres aux clt | acc refl clt | bear sg f L.part P | by | graveyard sg n def | ost | here adv | grow sg f L.part P |
3 (a) [0:06] There’s a little Turkish house over there, I grew up in it.
ost | there adv | L.part exist | Turkish sg f adj | house sg f | nom 1sg | in | acc f 3sg | 1sg pres aux clt | acc refl clt | bear sg f L.part P |
4 (VZh) Uh huh.
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5 (a) [0:10] My father built it – [well,] half of it.
and | there adv | after adv | father sg m | dat 1sg clt | make sg m L.part P | to |
half
sg
f
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6 (b) [0:13] Look here, they – go ahead, explain to her [why you’ve come]
look sg imv I | now adv | nom 3pl | hort | explain pl imv P | dat f 3sg clt |
7 (VZh) We’ve come to talk a bit in Torlak [dialect].
come pl L.part P | 1pl pres aux clt | little adv | comp | speak 1pl pres I | by | Torlak sg m adj |
8 (b) [0:18] In Torlak.
in | Torlak sg m adj |
9 (VZh) In Tor–
by | [...] |
10 (a) [0:19] Yes, Yes.
yes | yes |
11 (VZh) I’m from Vŭrbovo (in the Torlak region), but –
nom 1sg | 1sg pres cop clt | from | Vŭrbovo sg n place | but |
12 (a) [0:21] You’ve forgotten
2sg pres aux clt | forget sg m L.part P |
13 (VZh) They don’t – I’ve forgotten a little.
nom 3pl | there adv | [...] | little adv | 1sg pres aux clt | forget sg m L.part P |
14 (a) [0:23] But you’ve forgotten, haven’t you?
but | interr | 2sg pres aux clt | forget sg m L.part P |
15 (VZh) Not for–
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neg |
16 (b) [0:24] No, that’s not [how they say] “speak” over there.
no | there adv | more | neg | speak 3pl pres I |
17 (a) [0:26] That [speech] is in each village but in Stakevtsi it’s even –
disc | nom n 3sg | in | each sg n adj | village sg n | disc | in | Stakevtsi sg m place | ost |
18 (a) [0:28] [See] where Krechimir is, even they say “imamo”
where interr | 3sg pres cop clt | Krechimir sg m place | and | nom 3pl | have 1pl pres I |
disc
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19 (VZh) Uh huh.
bkch |
20 (a) [0:31] In the meaning “we talk”, we say “vrevimo”, they say “glčimo” or “oratimo” or –
nom 1pl | say 1pl pres I | talk 1pl pres I | nom 3pl | say 1pl pres I | talk 1pl pres I | or | speak 1pl pres I | or |
21 (a) [0:36] all sorts of things.
most | differently adv | thus adv |
22 (VZh) Tell us about the old days. Do you remember before collective farms,
comp | dat 1pl clt | tell 2sg pres P | for | one sg n adj | time sg n | remember 2sg pres I | interr clt | before | economy sg n def |
23 (VZh) when it was private (ownership), what work did you do?
private sg n def adj | when inter.rel | 3sg impf cop | what sg n interr | 2pl pres aux clt | work pl L.part I |
24 (a) [0:48] Before – before collective farms. I’m of the birth year ’forty-one, which means
disc | before | before | economy sg n def | nom 1sg | 1sg pres cop clt | forty | and | first sg m adj | аge.group sg m | and | mean 3sg pres I |
25 (a) [0:55] that was already in ’fifty, after that, ’fifty-two
this sg n adj | dat refl clt | 3sg pres aux clt | sg n L.part cop | [...] | fifty | fifty | after | fifty | and | second sg f adj |
26 (a) [0:59] it was, maybe. Yes, after.
can pres imprs | comp | 3sg pres aux clt | sg n L.part cop | but | and | yes | and | after | yes |
27 (a) [1:03] What did we do? You plow, you dig, you plant the way [you do]
disc | and | what sg n interr | 1pl pres aux clt | work pl L.part I | plow 2sg pres I | dig 2sg pres I | hes | what sg n inter.rel | dat refl clt | plant 2sg pres I |
28 (a) [1:07] [in] your garden now. You go out in the field,
garden acc sg f | now adv | nom 2sg | disc | and | thus adv | go 3sg pres P | acc refl clt | to | field sg n def |
29 (a) [1:11] you plow for corn, for wheat, for oats,
and | acc refl clt | plow 3sg pres I | for | corn sg m | and | for | wheat sg n | and | for | feed sg m |
30 (a) [1:16] because that was our “hrana” (food) during the winter.
because | from | this sg n adj | dat 1pl clt | 3sg pres aux clt | sg n L.part cop | food sg f def | during | winter sg f def |
31 (a) [1:18] I’m mixing [my speech] a bit, you see.
nom 1sg | little adv | and | mix 1sg pres I | interr | see 2sg pres I |
32 (VZh) Yes, yes, yes, yes.
yes | yes | yes | yes |
33 (a) [1:21] Ha, let’s say “jeden’e” (food). I’ve just been three days in the city…
excl | comp | say 1pl pres P | food sg n def | but | sit sg f L.part I | 1sg pres aux clt | three | day ct m | in | city sg m |
34 (a) Aha.
bkch |
35 (a) [1:27] …more [actually]. Then came school, and then each one fends for himself.
more adv | that | after adv | interr | come 3sg aor P | school sg n def | and | thus adv | each sg m adj | acc refl clt | save 3sg pres I | alone sg m adj |
36 (a) [1:34] I had only mother and father, my mother was –
nom 1sg | 1sg pres aux clt | have sg f L.part I | only adv | mother f sg | and | father sg m | because | hes | mother f sg | dat 1sg clt | 3sg pres cop clt |
37 (a) [1:39] Her father [worked in Lom, there he was the paymaster,
father sg m | dat f 3sg clt | 3sg pres aux clt | sg m L.part cop | in | Lom sg m place | paymaster sg m | there adv |
38 (a) [1:42] as they call them in the military.
what sg n inter.rel | acc 3pl clt | say 3pl pres I | to | military pl adj |
39 (VZh) Uh huh.
bkch
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40 (a) [1:43] But then he took ill, and he had died by the time she was born.
however adv | acc refl clt | fall.ill sg m L.part P | and | nom f 3sg | when conj | acc refl clt | bear sg f L.part P | nom m 3sg | sg m L.part cop | die sg m L.part P |
41 (a) [1:49] My father was the third child, he went along a while and then got married,
father sg m | third sg n adj | child sg n | hes | interr | go.on sg n L.part I | go.on sg n L.part I | marry sg n L.part P | acc refl clt |
42 (a) [1:53] and to an orphan, so you don’t have anyone to help you out.
and | here adv | for | orphan sg n | and | disc | not.have 2sg pres I | who interr | comp | dat 2sg clt | help 3sg pres P |
43 (a) [1:57] So there’s the three of us. I was the first born,
nom 1pl | ost | this pl adj | three def | nom 1sg | when conj | 1sg pres aux clt | acc refl clt | bear sg f L.part P | first sg n def adj | child sg n |
44 (a) [2:01] there were three of us, but my little brother died
because | nom 1pl | 1pl pres cop clt | dat 3pl clt | pl L.part cop | three | but | little.brother sg n | dat 1sg clt | die sg n L.part P | after |
45 (a) [2:05] at three years of age. There weren’t doctors then.
at | three | year pl f | disc | and | then adv | 3sg impf cop | thus adv | hes | pres neg exist | doctor sg m |
46 (a) [2:10] I had taken ill with scarlet fever, and he got it from me.
and | nom 1sg | acc refl clt | fall.ill 1sg aor P | from | scarlet.fever acc sg f | nom m 3sg | acc m 3sg | acc m 3sg clt | catch 3sg aor P | by | acc 1sg |
47 (a) [2:15] The fact that I was bigger was why I managed
because | nom 1sg | 1sg pres aux clt | sg f L.part cop | more | big sg f adj | and |
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1sg pres aux clt | succeed sg f L.part P | interr |
48 (a) [2:19] to survive. And holidays – people celebrated a lot then.
comp | acc refl clt | save 1sg P | disc | holiday pl m | then adv | acc refl clt | much adv | celebrate 3sg impf I |
49 (a) [2:24] All the holidays: St. John’s Day, St. Dragan’s Day, you know how it is
all pl adj | holiday pl m | St.Johns.Day sg m | St.Dragan's.Day sg m | there adv | most | interr | know 2sg pres I | what sg n interr | dat refl clt | 3sg pres cop clt |
50 (VZh) Uh huh.
bkch
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51 (a) [2:28] on the calendar, you can read it and see all of them there.
by | calendar sg m | ost | and | comp | read 2sg pres I | fut | see 2sg pres I | interr | all adv | dat 3pl clt | [...] | disc |
52 (a) [2:33] People had – oh excuse me! – people had horses (standard form) …
have 3pl impf I | excl | excuse pl imv I | have 3pl impf I | people pl def | horse pl m |
53 (a) [2:38] Horses (dialect form)
horse pl m |
54 (a) [2:38] … with this –
with | disc |
55 (VZh) Uh huh.
bkch |
56 (b) [2:40] Horses (dialect form)
horse pl m |
57 (VZh) Uh huh.
bkch |
58 (a) [2:41] Uh huh, [and would get around] by carriage, and he would –
disc | with | hes | interr | with | hansom.cab sg m | with | hes | disc | and | nom m 3sg | fut |
59 (a) [2:46] that’s how you would take someone, take a sick person in that,
must pres I imprs | comp | acc m 3sg clt | drive 2sg pres I | person sg m def | comp | dat 2sg clt | drive 3sg pres P | ill sg m def adj | in | disc |
60 (a) [2:50] to Belogradchik [where] there were private doctors. There wasn’t
to | Belogradchik sg m place | L.part exist | 3sg pres aux clt | private pl adj | doctor pl m | neg | 3sg pres aux clt | L.part exist | then adv |
61 (a) [2:55] a hospital. I don’t remember now, maybe there was. But probably
now adv | hospital sg f | neg | remember 1sg pres I | can pres imprs | comp | dat refl clt | 3sg pres cop clt | but | surely adv |
62 (a) [2:58] it was built later, I don’t know. Anyway, we look after ourselves.
3sg pres cop clt | later adv | make sg f P.part I | neg | know 1sg pres I | and | ost | thus adv | save 1pl pres I | acc refl clt | alone pl adj |
63 (a) [3:03] Mother will mix up buns in the morning – well [not] every time
and | mother f sg | in.morning adv | fut | knead 3sg pres P | small.bun sg n | because |
disc
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each sg m adj | time sg m |
64 (a) [3:09] did we even have flour! But she’ll mix it up, she’ll take
neg | 3sg pres aux clt | L.part exist | and | flour sg n | and | then adv | nom f 3sg | fut | knead 3sg pres P | fut | take 3sg pres P |
65 (a) [3:14] cheese if we had some, we’ll take it – But we didn’t have –
if conj | pres exist | cheese sg n | fut | carry 1pl pres P | because | and | nom 1pl | neg | 1pl pres aux clt | have pl L.part I |
66 (a) [3:18] when you don’t have grandparents you can’t even look after the animals.
when conj | not.have 2sg pres I | grandmother acc sg f | and | grandfather acc sg m | nom 2sg | neg | can 3sg pres I | keep 2sg pres I | and | animal pl n | because | nom 3pl |
67 (a) [3:22] That is, when you must go to work, somebody has to look after them.
interr | nom 2sg | comp | go 2sg pres P | comp | work 2sg pres I | acc 3pl | must pres I imprs | comp | acc 3pl clt | look 3sg pres I | someone sg m |
68 (a) [3:27] And then we’d go – here near the village we have a field
and | then adv | go 1pl pres P | ost | here adv | near adv | under | village sg n | have 1pl pres I | field acc sg f |
69 (a) [3:31] We’d go [there] and then come back home to eat. We were poor,
go 1pl pres P | and | acc refl clt | return 1pl pres P | comp | eat 1pl pres P | home adv | nom 1pl | 1pl pres aux clt | poor pl adj | pl L.part cop |
70 (a) [3:36] I’m not going to pretend I was rich. And now I’m the same.
fut neg | comp | acc refl clt | make 1pl pres I | to | rich acc sg f adj | and | now adv | 1sg pres cop clt | dat refl clt |
71 (a) [3:39] But I’ve got a rich soul,
soul sg f def | dat 1sg clt | 3sg pres cop clt | wide sg f adj | disc |
72 (VZh) Huh.
bkch |
73 (a) [3:41] I like beautiful things.
nom 1sg | like 1sg pres I | nice pl def adj | thing pl n |
74 (AK) Huh.
bkch |
75 (a) [3:44] Well, I can [live] more modestly. I live a very modest life.
and | can pres imprs | and | more | modestly adv | even adv | and | nom 1sg | very adv | modestly adv | live 1sg pres I |
76 (a) [3:49] Everything I have is from my parents. I don't have any household appliances,
this sg n adj | everything sg n adj | which sg n inter.rel | dat 1sg clt | 3sg pres cop clt | from | parent pl m def | equipment pl n | not.have 1sg pres I |
77 (a) [3:53] I wash clothes by hand, and what is it to me
ost | now adv | wash 1sg pres I | on | hand sg f | disc | what interr | and | for | acc 1sg | dat refl clt |
78 (a) [3:56] I’ll do my washing [this way]. I won’t – I’m free all day!
fut | dat refl clt | wash 1sg pres P | fut neg | comp | entire sg m adj | day sg m | 1sg pres cop clt | free sg f adj |
79 (VZh) Huh.
bkch |
80 (a) [4:01] I look after my garden. Back then we’d go outside the village
look 1sg pres I | dat refl clt | garden acc sg f | and | then adv | go 1pl pres P | from | there adv | to | under | village sg n |
81 (a) [4:05] to work a bit. Back then, you know, there was envy –
comp | dat refl clt | work 1pl pres P | something sg n | disc | interr | know 2sg pres I | and | then adv | dat refl clt | L.part exist | envy sg f |
82 (a) [4:11] whoever had help didn’t trust you. As they say – the sated disbelieves the hungry.
who sg m inter.rel | have sg m L.part I | help sg f | nom m 3sg | acc 2sg clt | neg | believe 3sg pres I | interr | say 3pl pres I | sated sg m def adj | hungry sg m def adj | neg | believe 3sg pres I |
83 (VZh) That’s it.
thus adv |
84 (a) [4:17] Yes, that’s it. So there were neighbors, but they had grandparents,
disc | ost | thus adv | and | then adv | here adv | neighbor pl m | but | pres exist | grandmother sg f | grandfather sg m |
85 (a) [4:21] sheep, goats. We didn’t have much, but mother said,
and | sheep pl f | and | goat pl f | and | but | nom 1pl | pres neg exist | what sg n interr | mother f sg | speak 3sg pres I |
86 (a) [4:25] “Don’t talk about it.” And we – she’d make pepper-cucumber soup,
fut neg | comp | say 2pl pres I | and | nom 1pl | make 3sg pres P | sour sg n adj | hes | mower's sg n adj | sour sg n adj |
87 (VZh) Ah, that.
this sg n adj | disc |
88 (a) [4:31] with dry – dry peppers, and if there was cucumber, but –
with | dry acc sg f adj | dry acc sg f adj | pepper acc sg f | and | if conj | L.part exist | cucumber sg f | but | disc |
89 (a) [4:34] they haven’t had cucumbers this big for a long time. No time to water them.
cucumber sg f | long.ago adv | this.size pl f adj | pres neg exist | not.have 3pl pres I | when interr | and | comp | comp | acc n 3sg | water 1pl pres I |
90 (a) [4:42] They send me, and [I was] a child, I’d say I’ve watered them.
send 3pl pres P | acc 1sg clt | acc 1sg | disc | nom 1sg | child sg n | say 1sg pres P | water sg f L.part P | 1sg pres aux clt | acc n 3sg |
91 (a) [4:45] though the way I’ve watered them only I know!
but | how interr | 1sg pres aux clt | acc n 3sg | water sg f L.part P | nom 1sg | alone sg f adj | dat refl clt | know 1sg pres I |
92 (VZh) (laughter)
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93 (a) [4:49] And then you start to gather in everything you’ve hoed,
and | then adv | later adv | begin 3sg pres I | already adv | comp | acc refl clt | gather 3sg pres I | interr | when conj | hoe 1pl pres P | all adv |
94 (a) [4:54] we’d go – my dad built a house with his own two hands – and we’d
go 1pl pres P | father sg m | dat 1sg clt | make 3sg pres I | house sg m | with | two f def | hand pl f | and | nom 1pl | comp |
95 (a) [4:59] bring in bricks because there wasn’t – wasn’t anyone to help. And then
bring 1pl pres P | brick pl f def | that conj | pres neg exist | pres neg exist | who interr | comp | help 3sg pres P | and | then adv |
96 (a) [5:04] we’d go with mother to dig. I was probably in third or fourth grade,
go 1pl pres P | with | mother acc sg f | dat 1sg clt | comp | dig 1pl pres I | nom 1sg | 1sg pres aux clt | sg f L.part cop | surely adv | third sg n adj | fourth sg n adj |
97 (a) [5:08] I’d go with her to hoe, and what I hoed up, well –
with | acc f 3sg | go 1sg pres P | comp | dig 1sg pres I | and | what sg n interr | 1sg pres aux clt | dig sg f L.part I | disc |
98 (a) [5:11] I certainly learned how, and I still know how …
excl | and | then adv | 1sg pres aux clt | acc refl clt | surely adv | learn sg f L.part P | ost | still adv | know.how 1sg pres I |
99 (VZh) (laughter)
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100 (a) [5:15] … to hoe, and I still hoe, and back then she said don’t tell [people]
comp | dig 1sg pres I | and | still adv | dig 1sg pres I | and | then adv | nom f 3sg | say 3sg pres P | fut neg | comp | say 2pl pres I |
101 (a) [5:20] what we eat. And we nibble on [our] pepper-cucumber soup and –
what sg n interr | 1pl pres aux clt | eat pl L.part I | disc | nom 1pl | eat 1pl pres P | from | mower's sg n def adj | sour sg n adj | and |
102 (a) [5:26] And if there’s another baby it’s bound up in a cradle on your back –
if conj | pres exist | other sg n adj | baby sg n | nom n 3sg | tie.up sg n P.part P | in | cradle acc sg f def | behind adv |
103 (a) [5:29] do you know what a cradle is?
nom 2sg | know 2sg pres I | interr clt | what sg n interr | 3sg pres cop clt | cradle sg f |
104 (VZh) Like –
like |
105 (a) [5:31] Woven, woven.
weave sg n P.part I | weave sg n P.part I |
106 (VZh) A carry-sack, like a carry-sack –
from | carry.sack sg n | like | carry.sack sg n | like |
107 (a) [5:33] That’s right, except it’s longer,
disc | thus adv | but | only adv | that conj | 3sg pres cop clt | more | long sg n adj | interr |
108 (VZh) Huh.
disc
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109 (a) [5:37] because it’s got a baby in it. We carry it them and tie it on some tree.
because | 3sg pres cop clt | baby sg n | put sg n P.part P | there adv | acc n 3sg clt | carry 1pl pres P | tie 1pl pres P | there adv | on | some.kind sg n adj | tree sg n |
110 (a) [5:42] If the child has begun to walk, they dig out a hole and put it
if conj | 3sg pres aux clt | take sg n L.part P | comp | go 3sg pres I | nom 3pl | dig 3pl pres P | hole acc sg f def | and | acc n 3sg clt | put 3pl pres P |
111 (a) [5:46] to sit there so it can pee or do whatever,
comp | sit 3sg pres P | down adv | nom n 3sg | fut | piss 3sg pres I | interr clt | what sg n interr | fut | do 3sg pres I |
112 (a) [5:50] and it’ll sit there, because its mother has to work,
ost | there adv | fut | sit 3sg pres I | because | nom f 3sg | must pres I imprs | comp | and | [...] | work 3sg pres I | this sg n adj |
113 (a) [5:54] otherwise there won’t be bread or anything to eat in the winter.
and | that conj | later adv | pres neg exist | bread sg m | hes | winter sg f def | what sg n interr | comp | acc refl clt | eat 3sg pres I |
114 (a) [5:58] Everyone starts to gather – that is, to reap
begin 3sg pres I | comp | acc refl clt | gather 3sg pres I | and | this sg n adj | comp | acc refl clt | reap 3sg pres I |
115 (a) [6:03] wheat, oats, rye – [we do it] all by ourselves,
wheat sg n | feed sg m | rye sg f | all adv | alone pl adj |
116 (b) [6:08] All by hand.
and | on | hand acc sg f |
117 (a) [6:09] Aha, and with the sickle.
disc | and | with | sickle sg m |
118 (VZh) Uh huh.
bkch
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119 (a) [6:11] Ah, I’ll talk about that. Do you know what a sickle is?
ost | and | this sg n adj | comp | say 1sg pres P | know 2sg pres I | interr clt | what sg n interr | 3sg pres cop clt | sickle sg m | know 2sg pres I |
120 (VZh) Well, it’s this –
hes | such sg m adj | one sg n adj | hes |
121 (a) [6:15] Yes! With a wooden handle …
yes | and | with | wood sg n | here adv | handle sg f def |
122 (VZh) Aha.
bkch |
123 (a) [6:17] … so it won’t hurt [you]. And you lean down to cut, you cut this –
comp | neg | kill 3sg pres I | and | thus adv | lean.down 2sg pres P | acc refl clt | and |
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cut 2sg pres I | one sg n adj |
124 (AK) How do they hold it?
and | how interr | acc m 3sg clt | hold 3pl pres I |
125 (a) [6:23] Uh, well, it’s got – well, I’ve got one somewhere
hes | disc |
disc
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disc | dat refl clt | have 3sg pres I | hes | have 3sg pres I | dat refl clt | but | nom 1sg | have 1sg pres I | somewhere adv |
126 (a) [5:26] but I don’t know where I put it.
but | not.know 1sg pres I | where interr | 1sg pres aux clt | acc m 3sg clt | put sg f L.part P |
127 (AK) Later.
more | late adv |
128 (a) [5:28] A wooden handle, attached to this, and the sickle is like this,
wooden sg f adj | handle sg f | put sg n P.part P | interr | this sg n adj | disc | 3sg pres cop clt | thus adv | sickle sg m def |
129 (VZh) Uh huh.
bkch
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130 (a) [5:32] Like a [crescent] moon.
like | moon sg f def |
131 (VZh) Uh huh.
bkch
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132 (a) [6:35] And then there’s this thing that’s made –
and | then adv | hes | here adv | pres exist | one sg n adj | hes | where inter.rel | make sg n P.part P | disc | this sg n adj |
133 (a) [6:39] See how clever people are, what they have invented
and | see sg imv P | interr clt | how interr | 3pl pres aux clt | acc refl clt | invent pl L.part I | people pl def | comp | comp |
134 (a) [6:43] to make their lives easier. Who knows what it was like at the beginning,
comp | dat 3pl clt | 3sg pres cop clt | more | easy adv | because | who interr | know 3sg pres I | what sg n interr | 3sg pres aux clt | sg n L.part cop | at.first adv |
135 (a) [6:46] I can’t say, it was before I was born,
not.know.how 1sg pres I | comp | say 1sg pres P | interr | [...] | nom 1sg | before | comp | acc refl clt | bear 1sg pres P |
136 (a) [6:49] but it’s been that way for years. And then we reap, and reap
but | thus adv | dat refl clt | 3sg pres aux clt | sg n L.part cop | with | year f pl | and | then adv | reap 1pl pres I | reap 1pl pres I |
137 (a) [6:53] and then – then you gather it up and make it into sheaves,
and | again | again | comp | acc n 3sg clt | tie 2sg pres P | again | comp | acc n 3sg clt | place 2sg pres P | to | sheaf sg m |
138 (a) [6:58] and you make a “vŭzhe”, a cord of the wheat itself [to tie the sheaf].
make 3sg pres I | acc refl clt | one sg n adj | rope sg n | again adv | hes | from | hes | this sg n adj | from | wheat sg n def |
139 (VZh) What [did you say]? Do you call it “yuzhe”?
what sg n interr | cord sg n | cord sg n | interr clt | dat n 3sg clt | call 2pl pres I |
140 (a) [7:04] “Juzhe”, yes, that’s right.
cord sg n | excl | thus adv |
141 (VZh) Ah.
bkch |
142 (a) [7:05] Just that, a “yuzhe”. And one goes at night to make it,
exactly adv | thus adv | cord sg n | but | acc refl clt | go 3sg pres P | at.night adv | comp | acc refl clt | make 3sg pres P |
143 (a) [7:09] since when the sun shines it will get hot and one can’t –
because | disc | when conj | warm 3sg pres I | sun sg n def | nom n 3sg | acc refl clt | heat 3sg pres P | and | neg | can pres imprs |
144 (a) [7:13] it needs to be – to be …
disc | must pres I imprs | comp | 3sg pres cop clt | comp | 3sg pres cop clt |
145 (VZh) Dry.
dry sg n |
146 (a) [7:16] … to be a little –
comp | 3sg pres cop clt | little adv |
147 (VZh) Yes, to be moist?
yes | but | wet sg n adj | comp | 3sg pres cop clt |
148 (a) [7:17] Yes, to be a little like that. And then it gets tied off,
comp | little adv | comp | have 3sg pres I | disc | and | later adv | acc refl clt | tie 3sg pres P |
149 (a) [7:22] and we gather it up, and put it [in piles], and then they begin
again adv | acc n 3sg clt | gather 1pl pres I | on | thus adv | acc refl clt | place 3sg pres P | and | later adv | and | begin 3sg pres I |
150 (a) [7:27] [with] the threshing, and they begin – And then mother, or whoever
to | hes | threshing sg f def | and | acc refl clt | begin 3sg pres I | and | mother sg f def | who sg f rel adj | 3sg pres cop clt | interr |
151 (a) [7:33] [will be feeding] the reapers, when there are additional hired hands…
or | fut | pres exist | reaper pl m | who interr | have 3sg pres I | [...] | more adv | hes | worker pl m |
152 (VZh) Uh huh
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153 (b) [7:38] Workers
worker pl m |
154 (a) [7:38] … to help out because some people had – In Salash
comp | dat m 3sg clt | help 3pl pres P | because | people pl def | some pl adj | 3pl pres aux clt | have pl L.part I | in | in | Salash sg m place |
155 (a) [7:42] there weren’t many rich people. Mostly people had animals,
rich pl adj | many adv | neg | 3sg pres aux clt | L.part exist | with | hes | animal pl n | more adv |
156 (a) [7:45] but someone might have managed holdings of 90 to 100 decares.
and | property sg m | to | ninety | and | to | hundred | decare ct m | interr | 3sg pres aux clt | reach sg m L.part P | someone sg m |
157 (VZh) Hm.
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158 (a) [7:49] There might have been some like that, with holdings on the side
can pres imprs | comp | 3sg pres aux clt | L.part exist | disc | with | such pl adj | more | marginal pl adj | interr |
159 (VZh) Uh huh.
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160 (a) [7:54] and then they take – or help the one who has more –
and | then adv | what | fut | make 3sg pres P | carry 3pl pres I | or | dat refl clt | help 3pl pres I | who interr | have 3sg pres I | more adv | interr |
161 (a) [8:01] everyone goes to what we call the “guvno” (threshing floor),
there adv | pres exist | on | say 1pl pres I | threshing.floor sg n | there adv | all pl adj | dat refl clt | drive 3sg pres I | dat refl clt |
162 (a) [8:05] Each puts his in when his turn comes to thresh, and then
each sg m adj | dat refl clt | place 3sg pres P | when conj | dat m 3sg clt | come 3sg pres P | turn sg m | comp | thresh 3sg pres I | and | after adv |
163 (a) [8:11] some help others, but women stay home to cook, because it’s necessary
one pl adj | dat refl clt | help 3pl pres I | and | woman sg f def | remain 3sg pres P | home adv | comp | cook 3sg pres P | because | and | must pres I imprs |
164 (a) [8:15] to have enough to feed all the people [working] on the machines
comp | pres exist | comp | comp | acc 3pl clt | feed 3sg pres I | this pl adj | where inter.rel | 3pl pres cop clt | at | machine pl f def |
165 (a) [8:20] like that one, how was it, the one called a “locomobile”, right?
because | disc | interr | how interr | 3sg impf cop | hes | with | locomobile sg m | 3sg impf cop | interr | thus adv | 3sg impf cop |
166 (VZh) Right.
thus adv |
167 (a) [8:27] And the thresher. People help with the thresher – if they want (that is).
and | thresher sg f def | and | thresher sg f def | and | then adv | dat refl clt | help 3pl pres I | who interr | want 3sg pres I | disc |
168 (a) [8:32] We’re still like that, we Bulgarians are “individualists”.
because | disc | and | now adv | 1pl pres cop clt | dat refl clt | such pl adj | nom 1pl | 1pl pres cop clt | hes | Bulgarian pl m def | individualist pl m |
169 (VZh) Uh huh.
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170 (a) [8:37] Let’s agree that we’re …
give sg imv P | comp | dat refl clt | speak 1pl pres I | that | 1pl pres cop clt |
171 (VZh) Uh huh.
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172 (a) [8:39] … that way. And we still are. See,
such pl adj | and | now adv | 1pl pres cop clt | dat refl clt | such pl adj | hes | see 2pl pres I | interr clt |
173 (a) [8:42] when [a Bulgarian] goes abroad he follows all the rules,
hes | when conj | go 3sg pres P | in | foreign.country sg f | fulfill 3sg pres I | all pl adj | rule pl n |
174 (a) [8:47] but when he’s in Bulgaria he does whatever he wants.
but | when conj | 3sg pres cop clt | in | Bulgaria acc sg f place | dat refl clt | do 3sg pres I | what sg n inter.rel | want 3sg pres I |
175 (VZh) Uh huh.
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176 (a) [8:50] Don't you see it’s like that?
neg | see 2pl pres I | interr clt | that | 3sg pres cop clt | thus adv |
177 (VZh) [Yes, it’s] like that, like that.
thus adv | 3sg pres cop clt | thus adv | 3sg pres cop clt |
178 (a) [8:52] It’s as if he does it out of pure stubbornness.
and | as | that | acc n 3sg clt | do 3sg pres I | on | stubbornness sg m |
179 (VZh) So you remember when threshing machines came in. But before that,
and | nom 2sg | remember 2sg pres I | thresher pl f def | when conj | come 3pl aor P | and | before | this sg n adj | before | this sg n adj |
180 (VZh) what [was it like] when there were no threshers but [just] horses?
what sg n interr | what sg n interr | 3sg pres cop clt | hes | when inter.rel | neg | 3sg pres aux clt | L.part exist | thresher pl f | but | horse pl m |
181 (a) [9:01] Ah, I can’t say. Probably they pounded it.
disc | neg | can 1sg pres I | comp | dat 2sg clt | say 1sg pres P | and | surely adv | 3pl pres aux clt | acc n 3sg clt | pound pl L.part I |
182 (VZh) They pounded it.
pound pl L.part I | 3pl pres aux clt | acc n 3sg clt | disc |
183 (a) [9:09] Well surely! It couldn’t be any other way.
disc | surely adv | disc | neg | can pres imprs | differently adv |
184 (VZh) Uh huh
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185 (a) [9:08] There wasn’t any other way. So now when it all got gathered in,
disc | disc | other sg m adj | manner sg m | neg | 3sg pres aux clt | L.part exist | like | and | then adv | acc refl clt | gather 3sg pres I |
186 (a) [9:13] now let’s gather in the wheat, and then let’s go get wood,
and | hort | [...] | comp | gather 3sg pres P | wheat sg n | and | hort | wood pl n | comp | acc refl clt | provide 3pl pres P |
187 (a) [9:17] because winter is coming. And there it is.
because | and | come 3sg pres I | winter sg f | and | ost | thus adv | and |
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188 (VZh) What will they [use] to bring in the wood?
with | what sg n interr | fut | acc 3pl clt | drive 3pl pres I | this pl adj | wood pl n |
189 (a) [9:21] What?
disc |
190 (VZh) How do they bring the wood to the house?
with | what sg n interr | acc 3pl clt | drive 3pl pres I | this pl adj | wood pl n | here adv | in | house acc sg f |
191 (a) [9:23] Oh, everybody had – not everybody, but most people had
excl | each sg m adj | dat refl clt | 3sg pres cop clt | not | each sg m adj | but | mostly adv | 3pl pres aux clt | have pl L.part I |
192 (a) [9:26] oxen or cows and a cart. Everyone has to have livestock
ox pl m | or | cow pl f | and | cart sg |