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

         And what was it like before?


         What?


         Did you grow tobacco earlier on as well?


         We grew [it], we grew [it]. Now I’m fifty- three;


         I’ve been working tobacco [since I was] this big. And so?


         Where [else] can you go? There’s nowhere [else] to go.


         There’s not even a factory. They closed the shops. There used to be shops,


         [where] young people would work, [but then] they closed them – boom!


         Anywhere they had created [work]places, [now] they took them away.


         [Earlier on it was] – “Here’s a sewing shop, come on in, comrades!”


         [It was like that] everywhere, in every village. They improved peoples’ [lives] a lot.


         But now, see so many young people going about, with no place to work.


1 (RA)       а по̀ ра̀но ка̀к бѐше

2 (d) [0:02]       а̀

3 (RA)       а и по̀ ра̀но сѐеhте т’ут’у̀н

4 (d) [0:04]       сѐеме сѐеме йа̀ сəм с’а̀ на педесѐ и трѝ гудѝни

5 (d) [0:06]       тəко̀фкə т’ут’у̀н сəм рəбо̀тилə и па̀к

6 (d) [0:09]       кəд’е ше ѝдиш н’ѐмə кəд’ѐ дə ѝдиш

7 (d) [0:12]       н’ѐмə нѝ зəво̀т зəкрѝан ц’ѐхувет’и им’е̂̀шен цѐhув’е

8 (d) [0:17]       мла̀дит’е рəбо̀теhə зəкрѝəн ги бу̀м

9 (d) [0:20]       д’ѐ сто̀риəн места̀ зəѝə

10 (d) [0:22]       айде шива̀чкə цѐh а̀йде друга̀ри

11 (d) [0:25]       сѝчкəд’е нə с’а̀ку село̀ мно̀гу о удубрѝəн о̀рəтə

12 (d) [0:28]       əмə с’а̀ вѝш тəкѝвə мла̀ди о̀д’əт н’ѐмə кəд’ѐ дə рəбо̀т’əт

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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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