Vladimir Zhobov
Čokmanovo 2
1 (b) [0:02] When it would rain a bit, we’d go out up there and look for mushrooms.
when rel | rain 3sg impf P | rain sg m | little adv | nom 1pl | go.out 1pl impf I | up adv | and | find 1pl impf I | mushroom pl f |
2 (b) [0:07] We’d eat them, we’d fry them, we called them “surneli” (parasol mushrooms).
eat 1pl impf I | acc 3pl clt | fry 1pl impf I | acc 3pl clt | hes | call 1pl impf I | acc 3pl clt | parasol.mushroom pl f |
3 (VZh) [Were there other mushrooms?]
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4 (b) [0:13] There are other mushrooms which people ate. We called them “blood redcaps”.
pres exist | and | other pl adj | mushroom pl f | which pl rel med | acc refl clt | eat 3pl impf I | nom 1pl | acc 3pl clt | say 1pl impf I | blood.redcap pl f |
5 (b) [0:19] They come up in November or December, when the ground is well watered
nom 3pl | come.out 3pl pres I | in | November sg m | December sg m | when rel | acc refl clt | water 3sg pres P | nicely adv | earth sg f def dist |
6 (b) [0:24] so it gets moist. They come up then, in the month of December.
comp | become 3sg pres P | moist sg f adj | then adv | come.out 3pl pres I | during | December sg m | month sg m |
7 (VZh) [What do you cut meat with?]
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8 (b) [0:30] Yesterday I took [some] meat and sliced the meat. We cook with meat but [now]
yesterday adv | take 1sg aor P | meat sg n | slice 1sg aor I | meat sg n | cook 1pl pres I | meat sg n | but |
9 (b) [0:36] there aren’t these old-time knives to cut it up at one stroke. We slice
pres neg exist | old.time pl def med adj | knife pl m | comp | acc m 3sg clt | cut.off 2sg pres P | at.once adv | cut 1pl pres I |
10 (b) [0:40] and slice and cut it all up [only] with difficulty. We cook the meat, we put it
cut 1pl pres I | with.difficulty adv | acc m 3sg clt | cut.off 1pl pres I | cook 1pl pres I | meat sg n def dist | put 1pl pres P | acc m 3sg clt |
11 (b) [0:44] in a cauldron and it boils. When we sat down [to eat], don’t ask how we ate!
in | cauldron sg f def dist | boil.up 3sg pres P | when inter.rel | sit 1pl impf P | sg neg hort | ask inf I | how interr | eat 1pl impf I |
12 (VZh) [What did you plant?]
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13 (b) [0:50] We would plant rye and wheat and barley and corn.
nom 1pl | sow 1pl impf I | and | rye sg m | and | wheat sg f | and | barley sg m | and | corn sg f |
14 (b) [0:55] We reaped all of it with sickles, it was really hard [work].
reap 1pl impf I | acc n 3sg clt | everything sg n adj | with | sickle pl m | but | 3sg impf cop | very adv | hard adv |
15 (b) [1:00] We planted beans. And lentils, but they didn’t make it. The birds ate it all,
sow 1pl impf I | beans sg m | lentils sg f | but | neg | become 3sg impf I | more | eat.up 3pl impf I | acc n 3sg clt | bird pl n |
16 (b) [1:06] the deer ate it all. There weren’t any lentils left for us.
eat.up 3pl impf I | acc n 3sg clt | doe pl f | neg | leave 3sg impf I | for | acc 1pl | lentils sg f |
17 (VZh) [Did you use a rope to carry things back home?]
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18 (b) [1:10] [I'll say] “I want you to bring me a rope” because we’d tie up wood, beans, whatever.
want 1sg pres I | comp | dat 1sg clt | bring 2sg pres P | rope sg n | because | acc refl clt | tie.up 1pl pres I | wood pl n | beans sg m | interr clt | 3sg pres aux clt | sg n L.part cop |
19 (b) [1:18] We go gather oak-apples so we’ll have fire-starter and kindling for the winter.
oak.apple pl f | go 1pl pres I | and | gather 1pl pres I | for | comp | have 1pl pres I | winter adv | fire.starter sg f | and | kindling sg f |
20 (b) [1:23] But we carry it on our backs. Whoever doesn’t have a donkey – on his back.
but | acc n 3sg clt | carry 1pl pres I | on | back pl m def prox | who sg m rel med | not.have 3sg pres I | donkey sg n | on | back sg m def dist |
21 (b) [1:27] Whoever has a donkey harnesses up the carriage and goes off to load it up.
who sg m rel med | have 3sg pres I | donkey sg n | harness 3sg pres P | carriage sg f def dist | go 3sg pres P | dat refl clt | and | dat refl clt | load 3sg pres P |
22 (b) [1:32] Whoever doesn’t have a donkey carries it tied to his back. And we bring
who sg m rel med | not.have 3sg pres I | donkey sg n | carry 3sg pres I | on | back sg m def dist | on | rope sg n | and | dat refl clt | bring 1pl pres I |
23 (b) [1:37] everything tied up – oak-apples, kindling – we carry it all.
everything sg n adj | on | rope sg n | and | oak.apple pl f | and | kindling sg f | everything sg n adj | dat refl clt | carry 1pl pres I |