Elena Uzenëva
Vŭrbovo 3
1 (c) [0:00] Let me tell you, he often surprises me and insists on talking to me.
| comp | dat 2pl clt | say 1sg pres I | nom m 3sg | acc 1sg | often adv | just adv | acc 1sg clt | step 3sg pres P |
2 (c) [0:03] I don’t have time to talk. But he keeps on insisting
| nom 1sg | not.have 1sg pres I | when interr | comp | talk 1sg pres I | nom m 3sg | acc 1sg clt | just adv | step 3sg pres P |
3 (c) [0:06] that we talk and starts telling me [something] from an old book [of his]
| and | comp | talk 1pl pres I | comp | dat 1sg clt | say 3sg pres I | one acc sg f adj | old acc sg f adj | book acc sg f |
4 (c) [0:10] (he won’t give [me] the book) – such things are written down [there].
| nom m 3sg | book acc sg f def | fut neg | comp | give 3sg pres P | and | such pl adj | thing pl f | 3sg pres aux clt | write sg n L.part I |
5 (EU) Uh huh.
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6 (d) [0:18] Well, didn’t he write about these things [we’ve been discussing]?
| disc | interr | 3sg pres aux clt | write sg m L.part I | for | this pl med adj | thing pl f |
7 (c) [0:19] Huh?
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8 (d) [0:20] Did he write about weddings?
| for | wedding pl f def | interr clt | 3sg pres aux clt | write sg m L.part I |
9 (c) [0:21] [He wrote] about these – [It was] in Granitovo, that used to be Turkish. In Granitovo –
| for | this pl med adj | in | Granitovo sg n place | rel | sg n L.part cop | Turkish sg n adj | in | Granitovo sg n place |
10 (VZh) In Kaluger, as they used to call it?
| in | Kaluger sg m place | rel | acc n 3sg clt | call 3pl impf I | more | early adv |
11 (c) [0:29] Nikola, uh, says –
| Nikola sg m name | hes | 3sg pres I |
12 (VZh) Kaluger! Wasn’t Kaluger its former name?
| Kaluger sg m name | interr | Kaluger sg m name | dat m 3sg clt | 3sg pres cop clt | old sg n def adj | name sg n |
13 (c) [0:34] That’s right, it’s Kaluger now. So these Turks went off to ask a girl’s hand [in marriage].
| disc | thus adv | 3sg pres cop clt | Kaluger sg m place | now adv | and | go pl L.part P | Turk pl m | comp | want 3pl pres I | girl acc sg f |
14 (c) [0:40] Fine, but her father wasn’t going to let [that happen] – that she could marry a Turk.
| good adv | but | father sg m def | neg | give 3sg pres I | comp | go 3sg pres P | for | Turk acc sg m |
15 (c) [0:45] What could they do? They messed about, did this and that, hid a bit, but to no avail.
| what sg n interr | fut | do 3pl pres I | revolve pl L.part I | do pl L.part I | hide pl L.part I | acc refl clt | neg | can pres imprs |
16 (c) [0:49] The Turks were very insistent on having her. And he [laughter] he – Well,
| already adv | Turk pl m def | insist 3pl pres I | comp | acc f 3sg clt | take 3pl pres P | and | nom m 3sg | nom m 3sg | then adv |
17 (c) [0:55] what were they going to do? They prepared – like we’ve just been talking about –
| what sg n interr | fut | do 3pl pres P | prepare pl L.part P | how conj | now adv | rel | talk 1pl pres I |
18 (c) [0:59] they prepared food and drink, since the Turks were coming for the agreement.
| prepare pl L.part P | food sg n | drink sg n | and | Turk pl m def | fut | come 3pl pres P | for | agreement sg m |
19 (c) [1:03] The Turks came [to conclude] the agreement. And while the Turks ate and drank inside,
| come pl L.part P | Turk pl m def | for | agreement sg m | while conj | nom 3pl | eat pl L.part I | and | drink pl L.part I | Turk pl m def | in | room acc sg f |
20 (c) [1:10] outside they ( = her people) were preparing everything so as to escape. And when –
| nom 3pl | dat refl clt | outside adv | everything sg n adj | prepare pl L.part P | comp | escape 3pl pres I | and | when conj |
21 (b) [1:15] The Turks, [by now quite] drunk, hoisted the bride and her parents into the carriage,
| drink pl L.part P | acc refl clt | Turk pl m def | hoist 3pl pres P | bride acc sg f def | and | mother sg f | father sg m | in | carriage acc sg f def |
22 (d) [1:23] [unintelligible]
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23 (c) [1:24] And by the time they got – The others stayed
| while conj | nom 3pl | here adv | comp | acc refl clt | [...] | and | other sg m adj | remain pl L.part P |
24 (c) [1:27] and messed around with the house, and then set it on fire.
| and | do.such pl L.part P | house acc sg f def med | with | such sg n adj | and | set.fire pl L.part P |
25 (c) [1:31] By the time they came to their senses, some were burnt and some escaped.
| while conj | nom 3pl | comp | acc refl clt | come.around 3pl pres P | one sg n adj | burn sg n L.part P | one sg n adj | escape sg n L.part P |
26 (c) [1:35] They’d gotten past Kula, and escaped across the border there.
| pass pl L.part P | Kula sg f place | there adv | across | border acc sg f | and | run.away pl L.part P |
27 (EU) Uh huh.
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28 (c) [1:39] That name, well it’s Anta [who] tells me all this. A book –
| disc | name sg n def | disc | this sg n med adj | everything sg n adj | dat 1sg clt | say 3sg pres I | Anta sg m name | and | book acc sg f |
29 (EU) [unintelligible]
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30 (c) [1:44] books, he’s written books, [but] I don’t know what [about]. “When will you come,”
| book pl f | 3sg pres aux clt | write sg m L.part P | neg | know 1sg pres I | what sg n interr | when interr | fut | come 2sg pres P |
31 (c) [1:48] [he says] “so I can read them to you?” “Get out,” [I answer], “leave me alone.
| comp | dat 2sg clt | acc n 3sg clt | read 1sg pres I | adrs | hort | leave sg imv P | dat 1sg clt | acc refl clt | from.head adv |
32 (c) [1:50] What [do you have] that you could read to me?”
| what sg n interr | fut | dat 1sg clt | read 2sg pres I |