Žitnica 3

1 (b) [0:00]      In the fields we reap what we reap – hungry and thirsty

disc
by
field sg m def reap 1pl pres I how.much interr reap 1pl pres I thirsty pl adj hungry pl adj

2 (b) [0:03]      by the time we finish the field, gather in the handfuls, to tie them into sheaves,

[...]
while conj finish 1pl pres P field sg f def
comp
acc n 3sg clt
gather 1pl pres P handful pl f def med
comp
tie 1pl pres P sheaf pl m def

3 (b) [0:07]      to arrange them in a proper line – that’s what we did. It was very bad when –

comp
acc 3pl clt
pile 1pl pres P
in
chain sg m this sg n adj
acc refl clt
do 3sg impf I very adv
3sg pres cop clt
bad adv 3sg impf cop when conj

4 (b) [0:12]      when they started to take part of it from me for duty taxes at that time

and
disc
begin 3pl aor P
and
comp
dat 1sg clt
take 3pl pres I
and
duty.tax sg m
at
that sg n adj time sg n

5 (b) [0:16]      [when] we didn’t have [anything] for duty. We used to be able to work our fields,

duty.tax pres neg exist nom 1pl
dat refl clt
can 1pl pres I
at
field pl f def when conj

6 (b) [0:19]      but [when] there’s no one [else] to work, others, outsiders, came to work my fields,

pres neg exist which sg m interr
comp
comp
work 3sg pres I other pl adj foreign people pl
dat 1sg clt
work 3pl pres I field f def

7 (b) [0:22]      and I didn’t have any grain to give [them]. So what could I do?

not.have 1sg impf I
dat refl clt
grain sg n
comp
give 1sg pres I again adv what sg n interr
comp
make 1pl pres P

8 (b) [0:26]      I bought cotton and such things to give them, just to cool things down.

[…]
cotton sg m give 1pl pres I thing pl f only adv
and
only adv
comp
acc refl clt pacify 3sg pres P

9 (b) [0:30]      Then my son started to study in Hisar,

after adv boy sg n def begin 3sg aor P
comp
acc refl clt
study 3sg pres
in
Hisar sg m def place

10 (b) [0:32]      and they added thirty kilos of rye [to my duty]. I had nothing. No place to get it!

thirty kilogram ct m rye sg f
dat 1sg clt
add 3sg aor P pres neg exist pres neg exist from.where interr
comp
acc n 3sg clt
take 3sg pres P

11 (b) [0:37]      I was hungry and thirsty, but in those years they required us to give as duty.

nom 1sg hungry sg f adj thirsty sg f adj but what sg n rel pres exist duty.tax sg m
dat 1pl clt
give 3pl impf I
to
that pl adj year pl f

12 (b) [0:41]      What could I do? They failed my boy, they failed my boy

what sg n interr
comp
do 1sg pres P
and
dat 1sg clt
flunk 3pl aor P boy sg n def flunk 3pl aor P
dat 1sg clt
boy sg n def

13 (b) [0:44]      that was studying in Hisar, they failed him and set him back an entire year

from
Hisar sg m def place
acc refl clt
learn 3sg impf I
and
flunk 3pl aor P
acc n 3sg clt
one sg f adj year sg f more down adv

14 (b) [0:48]      even though he was studying hard – they failed him [simply] because I didn’t give them

although conj
acc refl clt
learn 3sg impf I much adv
acc n 3sg clt
flunk 3pl aor P
because
neg
1sg pres aux clt give sg f L.part P

15 (b) [0:50]      thirty kilos of rye. You see what they were like in those years!

thirty kilogram ct m rye sg f see sg imv P what.kind pl adj 3pl impf cop that pl adj that pl adj year pl f

16 (b) [0:54]      Now we don’t pay any duty or anything, and we live [well]. They give us a nice pension,

now adv neither in.row adv give 1pl pres I neither nothing sg n
and
live 1pl pres I give 3pl pres I beautiful f adj pension sg f

17 (b) [0:57]      and we are very grateful. But back then, God knows,

grateful pl adj
1pl pres cop clt
very adv but then adv
comp
dat 2sg clt
say 3sg pres P lord sg m

18 (b) [1:00]      I could recognize you just by the way you walked into your house.

[...]
by
sg m def
acc 2sg clt
recognize 1sg pres I
[…]
how interr enter 2sg pres I
in
this f adj house sg f

19 (b) [1:03]      So Vladumir, that’s enough. Vladumir, you’ve asked enough questions, granny’s one.

Vladimir voc sg m hort so.much adv Vladimir voc sg m hort
2sg pres aux clt
acc 1sg clt
ask sg m L.part I grandmother voc sg f

20 (b) [1:07]      If I were to take and tell you – Oh, I can’t tell you all of it.

nom 1sg if conj take 3sg pres P
comp
tell 1sg pres P excl
neg
can 1sg pres I
dat 2sg clt
express 1sg pres P everything sg n adj

21 (b) [1:10]      If the whole sea was ink and the whole earth a piece of newsprint [to write on],

comp
3sg pres cop clt
sea sg n def ink sg n
comp
3sg pres cop clt
earth sg f def newspaper sg m

22 (b) [1:13]      I still wouldn’t be able to tell you my life [story].

neg can 1sg pres
dat refl clt
describe inf P life sg m def

         In the fields we reap what we reap – hungry and thirsty


         by the time we finish the field, gather in the handfuls, to tie them into sheaves,


         to arrange them in a proper line – that’s what we did. It was very bad when –


         when they started to take part of it from me for duty taxes at that time


         [when] we didn’t have [anything] for duty. We used to be able to work our fields,


         but [when] there’s no one [else] to work, others, outsiders, came to work my fields,


         and I didn’t have any grain to give [them]. So what could I do?


         I bought cotton and such things to give them, just to cool things down.


         Then my son started to study in Hisar,


         and they added thirty kilos of rye [to my duty]. I had nothing. No place to get it!


         I was hungry and thirsty, but in those years they required us to give as duty.


         What could I do? They failed my boy, they failed my boy


         that was studying in Hisar, they failed him and set him back an entire year


         even though he was studying hard – they failed him [simply] because I didn’t give them


         thirty kilos of rye. You see what they were like in those years!


         Now we don’t pay any duty or anything, and we live [well]. They give us a nice pension,


         and we are very grateful. But back then, God knows,


         I could recognize you just by the way you walked into your house.


         So Vladumir, that’s enough. Vladumir, you’ve asked enough questions, granny’s one.


         If I were to take and tell you – Oh, I can’t tell you all of it.


         If the whole sea was ink and the whole earth a piece of newsprint [to write on],


         I still wouldn’t be able to tell you my life [story].


1 (b) [0:00]       әми пу къ̀рәд жъ̀н’еме ко̀лку жъ̀нем жъ̀днɨ гла̀ннɨ

2 (b) [0:03]       д’ѐк дукәту свъ̀ршим нɨ̀вәта дә гу сәберè̟ме рәко̀йките дә въ̀ржем сно̀пете

3 (b) [0:07]       дә ги нәстру̀пәме нә синџɨ̀р тува̀ се пра̀еше мно̀гу е ло̀шу бѐше ка̀то

4 (b) [0:12]       пә мɨ зәпо̀чнәә пә дә ми зɨ̀мәт и наре̇̀т нә унува̀ врѐме

5 (b) [0:16]       нәр’а̀т н’а̀мә нѝй сɨ мо̀еме нә нɨ̀вɨте кәту

6 (b) [0:19]       не̇̀мә ко̀й дә дә рабо̀тɨ дру̀ги чу̀жди о̀рә ми рәбо̀тәт нɨ̀вите

7 (b) [0:22]       не̇̀мәh си не̇̀мәм зъ̀рну дә да̀вәм па̀к ко̀ дә нәпра̀им

8 (b) [0:26]       купу̀вә пәму̀к да̀вәме ра̀бути са̀му и са̀му дә сѐ умирɨ̀

9 (b) [0:30]       по̀сле момче̇̀ту по̀чнә дә сә учɨ у хиса̀рәт

10 (b) [0:32]       трѝйсет килугра̀мә ръ̀ш ми дуда̀ди н’а̀мә не̇̀ⁱмә уткәдѐ дә гу зе̇̀мә

11 (b) [0:37]       а̀с гла̀ннә жъ̀ннә әмә кво̀ту ѝмә нәрѐд ни да̀вәә нә унѝйә гудɨ̀нɨ

12 (b) [0:41]       кво̀ дә нәпра̀вә тә ми скъ̀сәа мумче̇̀ту скъ̀сәа ми мумче̇̀ту

13 (b) [0:44]       ут хиса̀рә се уч’ѐше̭ и скъ̀сәhә и иднъ̀ гудɨ̀нә по̀ нәдо̀лу

14 (b) [0:48]       мәка̀р че се у̀чеше мно̀гу и скъ̀сәә̀ че не съ̀м да̀лә

15 (b) [0:50]       трѝйсе килугра̀мә ръ̀ш вɨ̀ш кәквɨ̀ бѐә унѐə унѐә гудɨ̀нɨ

16 (b) [0:54]       сега̀ нɨ̀ту нәрѐт да̀вәме нɨ̀ту нɨ̀шту и живѐем да̀вәт у̀бәвә пе̇̀нсийә

17 (b) [0:57]       бләгуда̀рни сме мно̀гу әмә туга̀вә дә ти ка̀же го̀спут

18 (b) [1:00]       пəс пу вәрве̇̀жә те пузна̀вәм кə къ̀к влѝзәш əф та̀ә къ̀штә

19 (b) [1:03]       вләдумɨ̀ре стɨ̀гә то̀лкувә вләдумɨ̀ре стɨ̀гә си ме пɨ̀тәл ба̀бо

20 (b) [1:07]       а̀с әку зе̇̀мә дә рәспра̀вәм о̀о не мо̀гә тɨ иска̀жә сɨ̀чку

21 (b) [1:10]       дә е муре̇̀ту мәстɨ̀лу дә е зем’ъ̀тә ве̇̀сник

22 (b) [1:13]       нѐ моә си опɨ̀сә живо̀тә

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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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