Vŭrbina 1

1 (VZh)       And what do you do at the threshing floor?

and
at
threshing.floor sg m def
what sg n interr
do 2pl pres I

2 (a) [0:02]      At the threshing floor we make sheaves. Sheaves – and we made them

at
threshing.floor sg m def dist again adv
acc m 3sg clt
make 1pl pres I sheaf pl m sheaf pl m
and
and
make 2pl impf I
acc m 3sg clt
pile pl f

3 (a) [0:06]      into small piles and they dry, and then thresh it with hinnies.

and
dry 3sg pres P
and
then med adv
acc m 3sg clt
again adv with
hinny pl m
acc sg n 3sg
thresh 1pl pres I

4 (a) [0:12]      We thresh the wheat and [what] remains is straw. And down below

thresh 1pl pres I wheat sg f def dist
and
and
and
[...]
remain 3sg pres I straw sg f
and
from
below adv

5 (a) [0:18]      the wheat is there on the threshing floor.

grain sg n def dist remain 3sg pres I
to
threshing.floor sg m def

6 (VZh)       [Say that again?]

7 (a) [0:22]      OK, I will. So – when they take out [what needs to be threshed], the mules thresh it.

fut say 1sg pres I
to
threshing.floor sg m def when inter.rel
acc m 3sg clt
extract 3pl pres P thresh 3pl pres P
acc m 3sg clt
mule pl n def dist

8 (a) [0:26]      And then we push the straw over to one side

and
then med adv
acc m 3sg clt
push 1pl pres P straw sg f def dist
to
one sg m adj end sg m

9 (a) [0:28]      and we sweep the wheat into a pile. [Then] we have these sieves, like the ones

and
wheat sg f def dist sweep 1pl pres P
to
pile sg m
and
have 1pl pres I
dat refl clt
sieve pl n like med sieve sg n

10 (a) [0:32]      where you sift flour, and then we lift it up, we lift up the chaff

rel prox pour 3pl pres P flour sg n
and
acc n 3sg clt
raise 1pl pres P
and
raise 1pl pres P chaff sg f def dist

11 (a) [0:36]      and that’s how – that’s how we’ve winnowed it [all].

and
thus dist adv thus dist adv
acc n 3sg clt
1pl pres aux clt
winnow pl L.part I

12 (VZh)       [Did you keep sheep?]

13 (a) [0:39]      We keep sheep. We took on a shepherd [who] takes them out to pasture for us

sheep pl f def dist
acc 3pl
look 1pl pres I shepherd sg m catch 1pl impf I
and
dat 1pl clt
acc 3pl clt
pasture 3sg pres I

14 (a) [0:42]      and brings them back to the cellar [where] we’ve piled up oak leaves

and
bring 3sg pres I
acc 3pl clt
to
cellar sg m def dist
and
leaf.pile pl m pile.up 1pl aor I
from
oak sg n adj leaves coll

15 (a) [0:47]      [and other] leaf cuttings. We fed them that way, and the shepherd takes them to graze

prune sg n P.part P
of
leaf.pile pl m
and
feed 1pl impf I
acc 3pl clt
thus dist adv
and
pasture 3sg pres I
dat 1pl clt
acc 3pl clt
shepherd sg m

16 (a) [0:51]      up above Les, to all the places up in the hills around here.

by
by
above adv Les sg m place from.here adv above adv everywhere adv

17 (VZh)       [And when do you milk the sheep?]

18 (a) [0:56]      We milk them after we separate them from the lambs, and [get] milk –

when inter.rel
from
lamb pl n def dist remove 1pl pres P then med adv milk 1pl pres I sheep pl f def dist
and
and
milk sg n

19 (a) [1:01]      fresh [milk and yogurt] and butter – there’s everything [you need]; and we gathered

and
and
fresh sg n adj
and
butter sg n pres exist everything sg n adj
hes
gather pl L.part I
1pl pres aux clt

20 (a) [1:05]      [sufficient] fat. We had quite a lot of sheep.

fat pl n but
by
many adv sheep pl f have 1pl impf I

21 (a) [1:07]      It wasn’t [like now]. Each [of us] had "altmŭš" (60) [that is] "šejset" (60) head of sheep.

neg
3sg impf cop
by
sixty head sg m sixty sheep pl f
and

22 (a) [1:14]      My father was a shepherd and had – we had our own [summer pasture] hut.

and
father sg m def dist
dat refl clt
dat 1sg clt
3sg impf cop
shepherd sg m
dat refl clt
have 3sg impf I
and
and
hut sg f
dat refl clt
have 1pl impf I

23 (a) [1:17]      We didn’t keep [the sheep] here: you can’t do it here in the village.

and
and
acc 3pl clt
1pl pres aux clt
neg here adv look pl L.part I disc here adv
neg
can pres imprs in
village sg n def prox

24 (a) [1:22]      [You have to go] far off in the summer pasture hut, an hour’s [walk] away.

ost far adv
to
hut sg f one sg m adj hour sg m road sg m

25 (a) [1:26]      That’s where we kept them, in the summer hut.

and
there adv
acc 3pl clt
look 1pl impf I
in
hut sg f def dist

26 (VZh)       [And did you used to go to Komotini?

27 (a) [1:30]      [No,] we didn’t go to Komotini. [No,] we weren’t

neg
1pl pres aux clt go pl L.part I nom 1pl
by
Gyumyurdzhina sg f place but nom 1pl
neg
1pl pres aux clt pl L.part cop nom 1pl

28 (a) [1:33]      rich [enough] to [be able] to go to Komotini. [laughter]

some.kind pl adj rich pl adj
and
comp
go 1pl pres P
to
Gyumyurdzhina sg f place

29 (a) [1:35]      [We stayed] here and earned our keep from the hut. If you slaughter [your animals]

disc here adv rel med
dat refl clt
earn 1pl aor P
in
hut sg f def dist
and
if conj
slaughter 2sg pres P

30 (a) [1:39]      and sell [the meat], you’ll have money. If you don’t slaughter and sell [your livestock]

if conj
sell 2sg pres P fut
comp
have 2sg pres I money pl.t
if conj
neg
slaughter 2sg pres P
and
neg
sell 2sg pres I

31 (a) [1:40]      you won’t have money. Always suffering [laughter] without anything at all.

fut neg
comp
have 2sg pres I neither money pl.t who sg m rel med adj
only adv
suffer 3sg pres I
and
pres neg exist nothing indcl

32 (a) [1:45]      We didn’t go to Komotini to work. Our [men] would go to –

neg
1pl pres aux clt go pl L.part I
by
Gyumyurdzhina sg f place
comp
work 1pl pres I our pl def med adj go 3pl impf I
to

33 (a) [1:52]      to Haskovo, to Kurdzhali, and – and to Plovdiv.

to
Haskovo sg n place
and
to
Kurdzhali sg m place
and
and
and
to
Plovdiv sg m place

34 (a) [1:58]      They went there by foot. It took two days walking

and
nom 3pl
3pl pres aux clt
go pl L.part I walking adv
by
two m day ct m
comp
walk 2sg pres I

35 (a) [2:01]      to get to Plovdiv. Where were there any cars? There weren’t any!

to
Plovdiv sg m place
comp
go 2sg pres P where interr where interr
3sg pres aux clt
sg f L.part cop car sg f neg
3sg pres aux clt
L.part exist

36 (VZh)       [What did the men do for a living?]

37 (a) [2:06]      Our menfolk earned enough to keep us fed. Not like now, though,

our pl def med adj man pl m
3pl pres aux clt
earn pl L.part I
comp
acc 1pl clt
feed 3pl pres I
but
how interr disc not now adv

38 (a) [2:11]      they way we enjoy life now. They bring flour to you already ground,

like prox thus prox adv
comp
go.through 1pl pres I
and
life sg m flour sg n def dist
dat 2sg clt
acc n 3sg clt
bring 3pl pres P grind sg n P.part P

39 (a) [2:15]      they bring wool to you as already spun yarn. This kind of life is easy!

wool sg f def dist
dat 2sg clt
bring 3pl pres P spin sg n P.part P yarn sg n disc
acc refl clt
easy adv thus prox adv live 3sg pres I

40 (a) [2:20]      But the way we lived – ! I’ve lived through "doksan" (90) years.

but how interr
1pl pres aux clt
nom 1pl live pl L.part I
and
and
and
1sg pres aux clt live sg f L.part I ninety year pl f

41 (a) [2:24]      I’ve passed "doksan" (90) [birthdays].

ninety 1sg pres aux clt pass sg f L.part P

42 (VZh)       [So how old are you exactly?]

43 (a) [2:27]      Ninety-two.

ninety
and
two f

44 (VZh)       And your sister?

and
sister sg f
dat 2sg clt

45 (a) [2:32]      My sister? My sister is dead.

sister sg f def med sister sg f def med die sg f L.part P my sg f def dist adj sister sg f

46 (VZh)       Do you have a brother?

brother sg m have 2sg pres I
interr clt

47 (a) [2:36]      A brother?

brother sg m

48 (VZh)       Yes.

yes

49 (a) [2:38]      I have one brother, he lives nearby.

have 1sg pres I one sg m adj brother sg m here adv
3sg pres cop clt
near adv

50 (VZh)       How old is he?

on
how.many interr
3sg pres cop clt

51 (a) [2:41]      He’s not old at all, he’s around "altmŭš" (60).

nom m 3sg
3sg pres cop clt
neg
3sg pres cop clt
some.kind sg m adj old sg m adj nom m 3sg
3sg pres cop clt
to
sixty
and

52 (a) [2:44]      "Altmŭš-jedi" (67) maybe? I don’t know how old he is.

sixty seven
interr clt
3sg pres cop clt
neg
know 1sg pres I how.many interr

53 (VZh)       Ah. How much is "altmŭš-jedi" (67) in Bulgarian? "Šejset i sedem" (67)?

excl
and
in
Bulgarian sg m adj how interr
3sg pres cop clt
sixty seven
or
sixty
and
seven

54 (a) [2:48]      Hah, hah! "Šejset i sedem" (67) years old.

excl excl sixty
and
seven year pl f

         And what do you do at the threshing floor?


         At the threshing floor we make sheaves. Sheaves – and we made them


          into small piles and they dry, and then thresh it with hinnies.


         We thresh the wheat and [what] remains is straw. And down below


         the wheat is there on the threshing floor.


         [Say that again?]


          OK, I will. So – when they take out [what needs to be threshed], the mules thresh it.


          And then we push the straw over to one side


         and we sweep the wheat into a pile. [Then] we have these sieves, like the ones


         where you sift flour, and then we lift it up, we lift up the chaff


         and that’s how – that’s how we’ve winnowed it [all].


         [Did you keep sheep?]


          We keep sheep. We took on a shepherd [who] takes them out to pasture for us


         and brings them back to the cellar [where] we’ve piled up oak leaves


         [and other] leaf cuttings. We fed them that way, and the shepherd takes them to graze


         up above Les, to all the places up in the hills around here.


         [And when do you milk the sheep?]


         We milk them after we separate them from the lambs, and [get] milk –


          fresh [milk and yogurt] and butter – there’s everything [you need]; and we gathered


         [sufficient] fat. We had quite a lot of sheep.


         It wasn’t [like now]. Each [of us] had "altmŭš" (60) [that is] "šejset" (60) head of sheep.


         My father was a shepherd and had – we had our own [summer pasture] hut.


          We didn’t keep [the sheep] here: you can’t do it here in the village.


         [You have to go] far off in the summer pasture hut, an hour’s [walk] away.


          That’s where we kept them, in the summer hut.


         [And did you used to go to Komotini?


         rich [enough] to [be able] to go to Komotini. [laughter]


         [We stayed] here and earned our keep from the hut. If you slaughter [your animals]


         and sell [the meat], you’ll have money. If you don’t slaughter and sell [your livestock]


         you won’t have money. Always suffering [laughter] without anything at all.


         We didn’t go to Komotini to work. Our [men] would go to –


          to Haskovo, to Kurdzhali, and – and to Plovdiv.


         They went there by foot. It took two days walking


         to get to Plovdiv. Where were there any cars? There weren’t any!


         [What did the men do for a living?]


         Our menfolk earned enough to keep us fed. Not like now, though,


         they way we enjoy life now. They bring flour to you already ground,


          they bring wool to you as already spun yarn. This kind of life is easy!


         But the way we lived – ! I’ve lived through "doksan" (90) years.


          I’ve passed "doksan" (90) [birthdays].


         [So how old are you exactly?]


         And your sister?


         Do you have a brother?


         A brother?


          Yes.


         I have one brother, he lives nearby.


         How old is he?


         He’s not old at all, he’s around "altmŭš" (60).


         "Altmŭš-jedi" (67) maybe? I don’t know how old he is.


         Ah. How much is "altmŭš-jedi" (67) in Bulgarian? "Šejset i sedem" (67)?


         Hah, hah! "Šejset i sedem" (67) years old.


1 (VZh)       а на харма̀на кво пра̀ите

2 (a) [0:02]       нә hәрма̀нән па̀к гу пра̀име сно̀пкове сно̀пув’е и и пра̀иhме гу куш’ѝнки

3 (a) [0:06]       та исъ̀hне и туга̀вә гу па̀к сәс кәтъ̴̀ре гу вәрш’е̇̀ме

4 (a) [0:12]       вәрш’е̇̀ме пш’енѝцәнә и и йɨ у уста̀нвә сла̀ма и уд нɨ̀ску

5 (a) [0:18]       жɨ̀туну уста̀нвə нә hәрма̀нә

6 (VZh)       [Раскажи пак?]

7 (a) [0:22]       ш’ә ка̀звәм нә hәрма̀нә әга̀ гу изва̀д’әт увәрhъ̀д гу му̀л’етәнә

8 (a) [0:26]       и туга̀вә гу зәтѝкәме сла̀мәнә нә әдѝн кра̀й

9 (a) [0:28]       и пш’енѝцәнә см’әте̇̀ме нә ку̀п и ѝмәме си реш’ета̀ кәту сɨ̀ту

10 (a) [0:32]       дѐсу сѝп’әт бра̀шну тә гу вдѝгнеме и вдѝгнем пл’әвъ̀нә

11 (a) [0:36]       и нѐи нѐй гу сме в’е̂̀ли

12 (VZh)       [Гледахте ли овце?]

13 (a) [0:39]       уфцѝн’е ги гл’ъ̀дәме уфч’е̂̀р’ фа̀т’әhме тә ни ги пәс’ѐ

14 (a) [0:42]       и дука̀рвә ги ф по̀дникән и лѝст’еници̭ скәла̀вәhме ут дəбѝену лѝст’е

15 (a) [0:47]       нәка̀стрену нә лѝсници и hра̀неhме ги енѐй и пәс’ѐ н ги уфч’е̂̀р’

16 (a) [0:51]       пу пу го̀р’е лѐс утту̀кә нәго̀р’е се̂̀кәд’е

17 (VZh)       [А кога се доят овцете?]

18 (a) [0:56]       әга̀ ут йѐгнетәнә удма̀hнеме туга̀ дуйѝме уфц’ѐн’е тә и мл’ѐку

19 (a) [1:01]       и и пр’ѐсну и ма̀слу ѝмә сѝчку ə збѝрәли сме

20 (a) [1:05]       мәсла̀ [неразбрано] әмә пу мно̀гу о̀фц’е им’ѐhм’е

21 (a) [1:07]       не б’ѐ пу алтмъ̴̀ш дәва̀р шейсе̇̀ уфцѝ и

22 (a) [1:14]       и буба̀йкуну си ми бе уфче̂̀р’ си им’ѐ и и кулѝбә си им’ѐhме

23 (a) [1:17]       и тә и сме н’ѐ ейту̀вә гл’ъ̀дәли то̀ ейту̀вә не мо̀ж’е фәф с’е̇̀лусу

24 (a) [1:22]       ѐй дәл’е̇̀ч’е нә кул’ѝбә әдѝн сәhа̀т’ пъ̂̀т’

25 (a) [1:26]       и та̀м ги гл’ѐдәhме ф кулѝбәнә

26 (VZh)       [А ходехте ли в Гюмюрджина?]

27 (a) [1:30]       не см’ѐ hо̀дили нѝе пу г’ум’урж’ѝне пъ̀ нѝе не см’ъ̂̀ бəлѝ нѝй

28 (a) [1:33]       нѐкви буга̀ти тә дә ѝдем нә гумурж’ѝне [смях]

29 (a) [1:35]       ѐй ту̀кә кина̀т си иска̀рәhм’ə ф кулѝбәнә и ку зәко̀л’әш’

30 (a) [1:39]       ку прудәд’е̇̀ш’ ш’ə дә ѝмәш пәрѝ ку не зәко̀л’әш’ и не пруда̀вәш’

31 (a) [1:40]       н’ѐмә дә ѝмәш’ нѝ пәрѝ ко̀йту лу па̀ти [смях] и н’ѐмә никина̀

32 (a) [1:45]       не смѐ hо̀дили пу г’ум’урж’ѝне дә ра̀бутиме на̀ште hо̀д’еhә ду

33 (a) [1:52]       ду hа̀скуву и ду къ̴̀ржәлә и и и ду пло̀диф

34 (a) [1:58]       и т’ѐ сә hо̀дил’и hо̀дум пу два̀ де̇̀н’ә дә вәрвѝш’

35 (a) [2:01]       ду пло̀див дә по̀йдеш’ де̇̀ де̇̀ е билъ̀лә кула̀ нѐ е им’е̇̀лу

36 (VZh)       [А какъв беше поминъкьт на мьжете?]

37 (a) [2:06]       на̀ште мъ̀ж’уве сә кәзәндѝсвәли дә нә hра̀н’ет әм ка̀к то̀ нѐ с’ѐе

38 (a) [2:11]       кәсу ес’е̂̀ дә ка̀рам’ə и ж’әво̀т’ брәшно̀ну тɨ гу дука̀рәт смл’ѐту

39 (a) [2:15]       въ̀лнәнә тɨ дука̀рәт испр’ъ̀денә пр’ъ̀лу то̀ се л’ъ̀сну ес’е̂̀ ж’увѐи

40 (a) [2:20]       әмә ка̀к сме нѝе ж’ѝли и тә тə сәм ж’ѝлә дукса̀н гудѝни

41 (a) [2:24]       дукса̀н сәм мѝнәлә

42 (VZh)       [На колко си точно?]

43 (a) [2:27]       деведес’е̇̀ и дв’е̇̀

44 (VZh)       а сестра̀ ти

45 (a) [2:32]       сестръ̀тә сестръ̀тә умр’ѐлә мо̀йнә сестръ̀

46 (VZh)       бра̀т ѝмаш ли

47 (a) [2:36]       бра̀т

48 (VZh)       да̀

49 (a) [2:38]       ѝмәм ъд’ин бра̀т ѐйту̀кә ә блѝзе

50 (VZh)       на ко̀лко е

51 (a) [2:41]       то̀ е нѐ е н’е̂̀кәф ста̀р то̀ е нә hәлтмъ̴̀ш’ и

52 (a) [2:44]       hәлтмъ̴̀ш’ йедѝ ли е нə зна̀м ко̀лко

53 (VZh)       әhә а̀ по бъ̀лгарски ка̀к е алтмъ̀ш йедѝ или шейсѐ и сѐдем

54 (a) [2:48]       хъ̀ хъ̀ шейсе̇̀ и се̇̀дем гудѝни

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Recommended Model for Citations

Bulgarian Dialectology as Living Tradition [2016] (http://www.bulgariandialectology.org, visited on 1 March 2016)
Babjak 1: 13-15. In: Bulgarian Dialectology as Living Tradition [2016] (http://www.bulgariandialectology.org, visited on 1 March 2016)

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