Georgi Kolev
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Huhla 1
1 (a) [0:02] [No,] there isn’t. I don’t know. Let people have what they want.
| pres neg exist | pres neg exist | this pl prox adj | people pl | neg | know 1sg pres I | what sg n rel | want 3pl pres I | comp |
2 (a) [0:06] If they want the Communist [way], if they want, let it be the Russian.
| if conj | want 3sg pres I | comp | 3sg pres cop clt | Communist sg n adj | if conj | want 3sg pres I | comp | 3sg pres cop clt | Russian sg n adj |
3 (a) [0:09] Whatever they want. All [we] need is work, but they don’t want to work.
| what sg n rel | want 3sg pres I | comp | only adv | need pres I imprs | acc refl clt | work 3sg pres I | neg | want 3pl pres I | comp | work 3pl pres I |
4 (a) [0:12] But tell [me] where [will money come] from without work?
| from | where interr | say pl imv P | from | where interr | fut | come 3sg pres P | without | work sg f |
5 (a) [0:16] What can we – Isn’t that right?
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6 (k) No, they’re just listening to you now …
| no | nom 3pl | only adv | acc 2sg clt | listen 3pl pres I | acc 2sg | now adv |
7 (a) [0:21] Hah!
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8 (k) … because, it’s said, old people are wiser,
| because conj | thus adv | acc refl clt | say 3sg pres I | old def pl adj | 3pl pres cop clt | more | wise pl adj |
9 (k) they’ve seen and heard more.
| more | see pl L.part P | and | more | hear pl L.part P |
10 (a) [0:25] Oho! [Well,] I’ve eaten “broom bread”.
| excl | nom 1sg | 1sg pres aux clt | eat sg f L.part I | broom sg m adj | bread sg m |
11 (GK) [You mean] “honey and bread”.
| honey sg m | and | bread sg m |
12 (a) [0:29] [No, bread] from a broom. What you sweep with. We scrape [it], scrape [it] up.
| broom sg m adj | disc | rel | sweep 3pl pres I | fut | scrape 1pl pres I | scrape 1pl pres I |
13 (k) From brooms, [It’s] what they make …
| from | broom sg f | rel | acc refl clt | make 3pl pres I |
14 (a) [0:32] “Syupyurge”
| broom sg f def |
15 (k) seeds [of the branches of a] broom. It’s called “syupyurge".
| broom pl f def | seed sg n def | say 3sg pres I | acc refl clt | broom sg f |
16 (k) That’s a Turkish word,” “syupyurge”. It means “broom”.
| this sg n med adj | 3sg pres cop clt | Turkish sg f adj | word sg f | broom sg f | mean 3sg pres I | broom sg f def |
17 (a) [0:36] That’s right. So, [everything’s] scraped up, and mother went with my uncle,
| disc | thus med adv | and | scrape sg f P.part P | and | mother sg f | go 3sg aor P | and | uncle sg m |
18 (a) [0:41] may he rest in peace, they went and ground it – there’s a mill here –
| God sg m | comp | acc m 3sg clt | forgive 3sg pres P | go 3pl aor P | and | grind 3pl aor P | ost | here adv | pres exist | mill sg f |
19 (a) [0:44] and they made bread. It was just bread. But, what can I tell you?
| knead 3pl aor P | bread sg m | bread sg m def | 3sg impf cop | simply adv | what sg n interr | comp | dat 2sg clt | say 1sg pres P |
20 (a) [0:46] It’s like that shit that [they have] over there at this –
| like | ost | that sg n dist adj | shit sg n | rel | 3sg pres cop clt | there adv | at | such sg n med adj |
21 (GK) Was it really that bad?
| such sg m adj | interr clt | 3sg impf cop | so.much adv | bad sg m adj |
22 (a) [0:51] Well, because it was dark – seeds from the broom, the “syupyurge” –
| and | disc | why interr | disc | black sg m | from | broom sg f | from | broom sg f | seed sg n |
23 (a) [0:55] What sort of bread [is that?] But we ate it. That’s what we ate.
| what.kind sg m adj | bread sg m | but | eat 1pl impf I | such sg n adj | 1pl pres aux clt | eat pl L.part I |
24 (GK) There wasn’t anything else.
| impf neg exist | other sg n adj |
25 (a) And I came barefoot all the way to here, to school. I had no problem with that.
| to | ost | here adv | 1sg pres aux clt | go sg f L.part I | barefoot sg f | to | school sg n | nothing sg n | dat 1sg clt | neg | 3sg pres cop clt |
26 (a) [1:00] [But] when I look at my feet [now], they hurt, hurt – [how] they hurt!
| when inter.rel | […] | acc 3pl clt | look 1sg pres P | this pl med adj | foot pl m | hurt 3pl pres I | hurt 3pl pres I | hurt 3pl pres I |
27 (a) [1:06] and the nails hurt, it’s like fire burning, from [having been] frozen.
| and | this pl med adj | nail pl m | hurt 3pl pres I | burn 3pl pres I | fire sg m | from | freeze vbl.n P |
28 (a) [1:10] But I’m alive today – eighty years [old]. But now it’s
| and | to | today adv | 1sg pres cop clt | alive sg f adj | to | eighty | year pl f | and | now adv |
29 (a) [1:13] “Oh child! Oh child, don’t move! Oh child!”
| excl | child sg n | excl | child sg n | comp | neg | acc refl clt | move 2sg pres P | excl | child sg n |
30 (a) [1:15] And it’ll say “Is there enough light?” I don’t know what [other reason] there was,
| nom sg n | call 3sg pres I | well adv | interr clt | light sg n P.part P | nom n 3sg | neg | know 1sg pres I | what sg n interr | sg n L.part cop |
31 (a) [1:18] I don’t know. And still [the child] can’t manage anything.
| nom n 3sg | neg | know 1sg pres I | what sg n interr | sg n L.part cop | and | again adv | neg | be.adequate 3sg pres I |
32 (a) [1:20] Why is this? Tell me, now. Why are people like this?
| from | what sg n interr | 3sg pres cop clt | this sg n med adj | say sg imv P | now adv | from | what sg n interr | 3sg pres cop clt | this sg n med adj | this sg m med adj | people sg m |
33 (GK) They’re spoiled.
| from | pampering sg f |
34 (a) [1:26] [Is it] from food? Too much food? Too many chunks of meat? As for me, I
| from | eat def vbl.n I | interr clt | much adv | eat vbl.n I | much adv | meat.chunk pl m | nom 1sg |
35 (a) [1:30] don’t eat meat – no, I don’t. A while ago I was in the hospital
| meat.chunk pl m | disc | neg | eat 1sg pres I | no | nom 1sg | before adv | interr | 1sg impf cop | in | hospital sg f def |
36 (a) [1:34] where they gave me [some]. I can [eat it], but – “No, no,” I said.
| rel | dat 1sg clt | give 3pl pres P | can 1sg pres I | and | thus med adv | but | no | no | nom 1sg | call 1sg pres I |
37 (a) [1:37] “I haven’t eaten meat chunks till now. Why should they make me eat meat?”
| to | now adv | neg | 1sg pres aux clt | eat sg f L.part I | meat.chunk pl m | fut | acc 1sg clt | compel 3pl pres I | comp | eat 1sg pres I | meat.chunk pl m |
38 (GK) So you – in the old days you didn’t eat meat chunks.
| disc | nom 2sg | one sg n adj | time sg n | meat.chunk pl m | 2sg pres aux clt | neg | eat sg f L.part.impf I |
39 (a) [1:42] No! Where would we get it, back then? Where would we get [any] to eat?
| no | disc | from | where interr | one sg n adj | time sg n | comp | eat 1pl impf I | from | disc | comp | eat 1pl impf I |
40 (a) [1:45] There weren’t [even] onions, not to say meat! [What] onions [there were]
| disc | exist impf neg | onion sg m | nom n 3sg | say 3sg pres I | meat.chunk pl m | onion sg m def |
41 (a) [1:48] got all pounded, pounded up like this, and mother, God rest her soul,
| thus prox adv | fut | acc m 3sg clt | pound 1pl pres P | pound 1pl pres P | and | mother sg f | God sg m | comp | acc f 3sg clt | forgive 3sg pres P |
42 (a) [1:53] would pick these grapes, but unripe, and would make vinegar
| gather 3sg impf I | thus med adv | thus sg n med adj | grape sg n | but | unripe.grape sg f | and | make 3sg impf I | vinegar sg m |
43 (a) [1:57] and [we’d] scoop it up and eat – the skins too.
| already adv | scoop 1pl pres I | eat 1pl pres I | this pl med adj | peel pl m |
44 (GK) Of the unripe grapes?
| from | unripe.grape sg f def |
45 (a) [2:00] Uh huh, of the unripe grapes. We’d take this vinegar, and the peels
| disc | from | unripe.grape sg f def | scoop 1pl pres I | vinegar sg m | and | peel pl f def |
46 (a) of onions, chopped onions, and we’d scoop it up and eat.
| from | onion sg m def | pound sg m P.part P | disc | onion indcl adj | onion sg m | and | scoop 1pl pres I | eat 1pl pres I |
47 (a) [2:07] Sweet food [that was]! And [just] let [them] eat that now!
| sweet sg n adj | food sg n | and | now adv | comp | eat 3pl pres I | thus sg n med adj |
48 (GK) Huh.
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49 (a) [2:11] We are more healthy, you have to admit that. And that meat you eat
| nom 1pl | 1pl pres cop clt | more | healthy pl adj | must pres imprs | comp | know 2pl pres I | disc | this sg n med adj | meat sg n | rel | acc n 3sg clt | eat 2pl pres I |
50 (a) [2:15] and all these chemical things [they use]. [People] eat tomatoes all winter
| and | this pl med adj | chemical pl adj | thing pl f | entire sg f adj | winter sg f | tomato pl m | eat 3pl pres I |
51 (a) [2:19] and where do these tomatoes come from? From fertilizer and water!
| from | where interr | this sg m med adj | tomato sg m | adrs | interr | from | fertilizer sg m | and | water sg f |
52 (a) [2:23] They’re not from the earth, are they? But over there, where I planted mine,
| interr | neg | 3sg pres cop clt | from | earth sg f def | ost | there adv | 1sg pres aux clt | acc 3pl clt | sow sg f L.part P |
53 (a) [2:27] I didn’t put anything on them, not anything. Just water.
| nothing sg n | dat 3pl clt | neg | 1sg pres aux clt | put sg f L.part I | nothing sg n | neg | only adv | water sg f |
54 (a) [2:31] [Just] water. [That gives] nice tomatoes. I didn’t put anything on them.
| water sg f | from | tomato pl m | nice pl adj | nothing sg n | neg | put 1sg aor I |
55 (GK) Why [not]?
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56 (a) [2:37] Why [not]?! Why would I go to throw such fertilizer, such poison on them?
| disc | why interr | why interr | fut | go 1sg pres P | comp | throw 1sg pres I | such pl med adj | fertilizer pl m | this pl med adj | poison pl f |
57 (GK) Not that artificial stuff. If you [want] you could take [fertilizer] from sheep –
| disc | neg | for | artificial sg m def adj | from | sheep pl f def | if conj | take 2sg pres P |
58 (a) [2:43] I don’t have any from sheep, but I put down some from chickens.
| disc | from | sheep pl f def | no | but | hen pl f def | dat 3pl clt | acc m 3sg clt | and | put 1sg aor I |
59 (GK) Ah but [you see], that’s fertilizer too!
| disc | disc | disc | again adv | 3sg pres cop clt | fertilizer sg m |
60 (a) [2:48] The chickens –
| hen pl f def |
61 (GK) Mini-fertilizer, [just] a little.
| little.fertilizer sg n | little adv |
62 (a) [2:49] I put [stuff] from the chickens down, water it, put down lumps [of it].
| hen pl f def | dat 3pl clt | put 1sg pres I | moisten 1sg pres I | acc m 3sg clt | and | dat 3pl clt | put 1sg pres I | and | lump pl m |
63 (GK) And when you [do] that, do you dig, or –
| and | when rel | acc n 3sg clt | this sg n adj | when conj | acc n 3sg clt | dig 2sg pres I | interr clt | or |
64 (a) [2:57] Well I make rows, and I put out [these lumps] like this so they’ll get soaked
| disc | when conj | make 1sg pres P | little.row pl f | and | nom 1sg | acc m 3sg clt | put 1sg pres I | thus med adv | comp | soak 3sg pres P |
65 (a) [3:00] when they sit there for a long time. And then I pour them over the rows
| disc | much adv | time sg n | comp | stay 3pl pres I | and | then adv | on | row pl f def | pour 1sg pres I |
66 (a) [3:05] and that’s all. I’ve never put down anything artificial in my yard,
| and | this sg n med adj | 3sg pres cop clt | and | such sg n med adj | artificial sg m adj | in | yard sg m def | neg | 1sg pres aux clt | put sg f L.part I |
67 (a) [3:08] not even “medicinally”. And that’s how it is. I don’t know why –
| for | medicine sg m | thus med adv | interr | thus med adv | disc | neg | know 1sg pres I | what sg n interr |
68 (a) [3:16] why it’s not –people aren’t right now. No, not right.
| what sg n interr | neg | 3sg pres cop clt | people sg m def | neg | be.adequate 3sg pres I | no | neg | be.adequate 3sg pres I |
69 (a) [3:22] Why aren’t they right – [is it] …
| from | what sg n interr | neg | be.adequate 3sg pres I |
70 (GK) People have gone off, somehow.
| twist 3sg aor P | acc refl clt | something sg n | people sg m def |
71 (a) [3:26] from eating, from drinking, from idleness? [laughter]
| from | eat def vbl.n I | interr clt | from | drink def vbl.n I | interr clt | from | not.work def vbl.n I | interr clt |
72 (GK) From la-
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73 (a) [3:33] Listen up now. I can’t [any] more, I haven’t much strength, but [I’ve] enough
| pres exist | listen pl imv I | disc | now | neg | can 1sg pres I | already adv | not.have 1sg pres I | this sg f med adj | strength sg f | but | suffice 3sg pres I |
74 (a) [3:37] to be grateful to the Lord for what he’s given me till now –
| lord sg m | to | now adv | rel | dat 1sg clt | 3sg pres aux clt | give sg m L.part I | this sg f med adj | disc | 1sg pres cop clt | dat m 3sg clt | grateful sg f adj |
75 (a) [3:41] that I can go to the field and manage to dig my melon patch. Little by little
| comp | go 1sg pres P | to | field sg m def | comp | take 1sg pres P | comp | dig 1sg pres I | melon.field sg m def | easily adv | easily adv |
76 (a) [3:44] I dug it out, with my tiny little shovel.
| dat refl clt | acc m 3sg clt | dig 1sg aor P | with | little sg f def adj | hoe sg f |
77 (GK) With a mini-shovel.
| with | hoe sg f def |
78 (a) [3:47] Two or three times I went, oho! [I dug] a melon patch as big [as I needed].
| two m | three | time pl m | go 1sg aor P | excl | melon.field sg m | how.much rel | 3sg pres cop clt |
79 (a) [3:50] And there it is. Around the garden I’ve got a big yard, and it’s [something]
| thus med adv | ost | and | around | garden sg f def | have 1sg pres I | dat refl clt | big sg m adj | yard sg m | and | and | acc m 3sg |
80 (a) [3:53] I’ll work in it [unintelligible]. But to go out like before, to go out
| dat refl clt | acc m 3sg clt | make 1sg pres I | before adv | comp | go 1sg pres P |
81 (a) [3:55] to reap and dig all day, I can’t do that now.
| comp | reap 1pl pres I | comp | go 1sg pres P | comp | dig 1sg pres I | entire sg m adj | day sg m | neg | can 1sg pres I |
82 (GK) And you don’t have to.
| disc | disc | disc | and | neg | must pres imprs |
83 (a) [4:00] I haven’t that – I haven’t that strength. Enough already.
| not.have 1sg pres I | this sg f med adj | this sg f med adj | strength sg f | not.have 1sg pres I | but | suffice 3sg pres I | this.much med adv |
84 (a) [4:03] But the young people, they’re just don’t make it.
| disc | young pl def adj | disc | at.all adv | neg | be.adequate 3pl pres I | interr clt |
85 (GK) The young people don’t come [to see you]?
| young pl def adj | at.all adv | neg | come 3pl pres I | interr clt |
86 (a) [4:08] No, you don’t make it.
| disc | neg | be.adequate 2pl pres I |