Ronelle Alexander
Šumnatica 4
1 (RA) And what was it like before?
and | more | early adv | how interr | 3sg impf cop |
2 (d) [0:02] What?
disc |
3 (RA) Did you grow tobacco earlier on as well?
and | and | more | early adv | sow 2pl impf I | tobacco sg m |
4 (d) [0:04] We grew [it], we grew [it]. Now I’m fifty- three;
sow 1pl impf I | sow 1pl impf I | nom 1sg | 1sg pres cop clt | now adv | on | fifty | and | three | year pl f |
5 (d) [0:06] I’ve been working tobacco [since I was] this big. And so?
such sg f med adj | tobacco sg m | 1sg pres aux clt | work sg f L.part I | and | again adv |
6 (d) [0:09] Where [else] can you go? There’s nowhere [else] to go.
where interr | fut | go 2sg pres P | pres neg exist | where interr | comp | go 2sg pres P |
7 (d) [0:12] There’s not even a factory. They closed the shops. There used to be shops,
pres neg exist | neither | factory sg m | close 3pl aor P | shop pl m def med | impf exist | shop pl m |
8 (d) [0:17] [where] young people would work, [but then] they closed them – boom!
young pl def med adj | work 3pl impf I | close 3pl aor P | acc 3pl clt | excl |
9 (d) [0:20] Anywhere they had created [work]places, [now] they took them away.
where interr | create 3pl aor P | place pl n | take 3pl aor P |
10 (d) [0:22] [Earlier on it was] – “Here’s a sewing shop, come on in, comrades!”
hort | tailor's sg m adj | shop sg m | hort | comrade m pl |
11 (d) [0:25] [It was like that] everywhere, in every village. They improved peoples’ [lives] a lot.
everywhere adv | in | each sg n adj | village sg n | very adv | excl | improve 3pl aor P | people pl def med |
12 (d) [0:28] But now, see so many young people going about, with no place to work.
but | now adv | see sg imv P | such pl med adj | young pl adj | go 3pl pres I | pres neg exist | where interr | comp | work 3pl pres I |