Vladimir Zhobov
Huhla 4
1 (VZh) Where were there fields around here? Everywhere I look are mountains.
| where interr | have 2pl impf I | field f pl | here adv | everywhere adv | look 1sg pres I | mountain sg f |
2 (a) [0:04] Hah?
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3 (VZh) Where were your fields?
| where interr | dat 2pl clt | 3pl impf cop | field pl f def |
4 (a) [0:06] Where were the fields? There’s fields everywhere! “We don’t have fields”!
| where interr | 3pl impf cop | field pl f def | disc | everywhere adv | pres exist | field f pl | adrs | not.have 1pl pres I | field pl f |
5 (a) [0:09] What [do you mean]?! See, over there, there’s a level area, Tsimbel,
| what sg n interr adj | ost | there adv | pres exist | one sg n adj | level sg n adj | place sg n | Tsimbel sg m place |
6 (a) [0:12] we’ve got a field this big on the other side there. We’ve got a whole field like this
| that.big sg f med adj | field sg f | have 1pl pres I | there adv | beyond adv | have 1pl pres I | whole f adj | such sg f med adj | field sg f |
7 (a) [0:16] here abo- below we have a section of field; here outside the village
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below | have 1pl pres I | one sg m adj | block sg m | field sg f | here adv | under | village sg n def |
8 (a) [0:19] we have a section of field. Where are there “no fields”? For our village
| have 1pl pres I | block sg m | field sg f | where interr | pres neg exist | nom 1pl | for | our sg n def adj | village sg n |
9 (a) [0:21] we have lots of fields, so there. Who says we don’t have fields?
| have 1pl pres I | field f pl | many adv | why interr | which sg m interr | say 3sg pres I | that conj | nom 1pl | not.have 1pl pres I | field f pl |
10 (VZh) It seemed to me like it was mountainous here.
| thus adv | dat 1sg clt | seem 3sg pres I | here adv | [...] | like | mountain sg f | [...] |
11 (a) [0:27] Maybe it’s a mountain, but it’s not so high as [it is] there
| disc | can pres imprs | hort | 3sg pres cop clt | mountain sg f | but | neg | 3sg pres cop clt | thus med adv | high sg f adj | disc | there adv |
12 (a) [0:29] near Smolyan where our daughter lives, where there’s nothing [like fields].
| towards | Smolyan sg m place | where rel | 3sg pres cop clt | our sg n def adj | daughter sg f | comp | pres neg exist | nothing sg n |
13 (a) [0:31] Here there’s land. Oh, we’ve got land.
| here adv | pres exist | earth sg f | how interr | nom 1pl | have 1pl pres I | earth sg f |
14 (a) [0:35] There’s the mayor, [ask him] to tell you that we don’t have land.
| excl | ost | ost | acc m 3sg clt | mayor sg m def | comp | say 3sg pres P | interr | not.have 1pl pres I | earth sg f | nom 1pl |
15 (a) [0:38] We have land! How [can anyone say] we don’t?
| disc | nom 1pl | have 1pl pres I | earth sg f | why interr | not.have 1pl pres I |
16 (VZh) And what did you plant in the old days?
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disc | what sg n interr | acc f 3sg clt | sow 2pl impf I | one sg n adj | time sg n |
17 (a) [0:44] What did we plant in the old days? If it wasn’t edible, we didn’t [plant it].
| what sg n interr | sow 1pl impf I | one sg n adj | time sg n | what sg n rel | neg | acc refl clt | eat 3sg impf I |
18 (a) [0:47] Beans, chickpeas, wheat – we also planted corn, and cotton, and sunflowers –
| and | bean sg m | and | chickpea sg m | and | wheat sg f | and | corn sg f | sow 1pl impf I | and | cotton sg m | and | sunflower sg m |
19 (a) [0:53] and sesame. Everything! We planted everything, it all came up fine. It still does,
| and | seasame sg m | everything sg n adj | everything sg n adj | sow 1pl impf I | everything sg n adj | become 3sg impf I | and | again adv | become 3sg pres I |
20 (a) [1:02] but this year – such a drought. Up there they say – some of our folks from there
| ost | this sg f med adj | year sg f | such sg f med adj | drought sg f | up adv | say 3pl pres I | this pl med adj | our pl def adj | from.above adv |
21 (a) [1:05] just now came here to a wedding, and they say [that up] by Malko Gradište
| 3pl impf aux | come pl L.part P | now adv | here adv | to | wedding sg f | say 3pl pres I | towards | Malo.Gradishte sg n name |
22 (a) [1:09] [near] there are no grapes and melons at all. So we’re grateful.
| grape sg n |
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melon.field sg m | L.part neg exist | at.all adv | disc | nom 1pl | 1pl pres cop clt | grateful pl adj |
23 (a) [1:13] We’ve got both grapes and melons, even though it hasn’t rained at all.
| and | grape sg n | pres exist | and | melon.field sg m | have 1pl pres I | but | at.all | neg | 3sg pres aux clt | precipitate sg n L.part P |
24 (a) [1:16] [Here] in our area in the summer, we [just] get rain two or three times
| our sg n def adj | earth sg f | during | summer sg n def | thus med adv | three | time ct m | comp | begin 3sg pres P | rain m |
25 (a) [1:20] and that’s enough. It doesn’t require more. But this region didn’t –
| disc | dat f 3sg clt | suffice 3sg pres I | more adv | neg | want 3sg pres I | but | this sg f med adj | earth sg f |
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26 (a) [1:24] There was nothing this summer, you see?
| this sg f med adj | summer sg n | exist impf neg | adrs |
27 (RA) Mm.
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28 (a) [1:24] This summer there was no rain. This summer – [only a little] in May. But now –
| this sg n med adj | summer sg n | exist impf neg | rain m | this sg n med adj | summer sg n | May sg m | when conj | precipitate 3sg impf I | and | now |
29 (a) [1:30] [In] earlier [years] there’d been a lot of rain [by now]. Still, look there –
| more | before adv | 3sg impf aux | begin sg n L.part P | much adv | rain m | and | again adv | ost | disc | ost |
30 (a) [1:33] at the grapes. Over there we’ve a vineyard with grapes [and] the grapes are fine.
| grape sg n def | 3sg pres cop clt | there adv | have 1pl pres I | vineyard sg n | grape sg n | grape sg n | already adv | shine 3sg pres I | nice sg n adj |
31 (VZh) And what animals did you raise mostly?
| and | for | animal pl n | what.kind pl adj | breed 2pl impf I | most | much adv |
32 (a) [1:44] Mostly we raised sheep and goats, and I had horses.
| most | much adv | sheep pl f | goat pl f | breed 1pl pres I | disc | horse pl m | have 1sg impf I |
33 (a) [1:49] But we had nothing to eat and nothing to buy, child. What to raise?
| disc | exist impf neg | for | eat vbl.n I | exist impf neg | for | buy vbl.n I | child sg n | what sg n interr | comp | breed 1pl pres I |
34 (a) [1:52] We had a cow. What [can you do?] We milked goats – we had twelve goats
| nom 1pl | cow sg f | have 1pl impf I | but | where interr | goat pl f | milk 1pl impf I | because | twelve | goat pl f |
35 (a) [1:58] and sheep. And we had donkeys, and we had two mules.
| and | sheep pl f | have 1pl impf I | donkey pl n | have 1pl impf I | nom 1pl | have 1pl impf I | and | two n | mule pl n |
36 (a) [2:00] They took them off to the front, and didn't bring them back. They stayed there.
| take.away 3pl aor P | acc 3pl clt | to | front sg m def | already adv | neg | acc 3pl clt | drive.back 3pl aor P | remain 3pl aor P | dat refl clt | there adv |