Bangejci 1

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1 (a) [0:02] Two or three houses over.

priz

across

two f

three

house pl f

2 (TD) Ah, OK. Two or three houses over.

disc

thus adv

across

two f

three

house pl f

3 (a) [0:06] Yes.

dà

yes

да

4 (TD) And this is where you got married.

and

here adv

2sg pres aux clt

acc refl clt

marry sg f L.part P

5 (a) [0:07] I got married here, in this house.

here adv

1sg pres aux clt

acc refl clt

marry sg f L.part P

this sg f adj

house sg f

6 (TD) Uh huh.

əhə

bkch

аха

7 (a) [0:10] And I also grew up in this village.

disc

1sg pres aux clt

grow.up sg f L.part P

again adv

this sg f adj

village sg n

8 (TD) Uh huh. [So, your] whole life here.

disc

entire sg m adj

life sg m

here adv

9 (a) [0:16] Huh?

disc

10 (TD) I said, your whole life here.

entire sg m adj

life sg m

here adv

call 1sg pres I

11 (a) [0:18] Yes.

dà

yes

да

12 (TD) Uh huh.

mhm

disc

mhm

disc

13 (JB) Was the village bigger earlier on?

and

before

time sg n

big sg n adj

interr clt

sg n L.part cop

village sg n def

14 (a) [0:25] Excuse me?

mòl'ə

beg 1sg pres I

моля

15 (TD) Was the village bigger earlier on?

before

time sg n

village n def sg

big sg n adj

interr clt

3sg impf cop

16 (a) [0:30] The village is still a village. But there was full –

village sg n def

dat refl clt

all adv

3sg pres cop clt

village sg n

however adv

impf exist

full sg f adj

17 (a) [0:33] Every single house was full of people,

each sg f adj

one sg f adj

house sg f

3sg impf cop

full sg f adj

with

people pl

18 (TD) Uh huh.

bkch

19 (a) [0:38] [Of] families. Now you’ll see a small house – here there’ll be some people,

family pl adj

now adv

here adv

fut

see 2sg pres P

small.house sg f

ost

fut

pres exist

people pl

20 (a) [0:44] and down below there’s people, and I am here, and there’s some there,

ost

here adv

from.below adv

people pl

and

here adv

now adv

nom 1sg

1sg pres cop clt

and

here adv

pres exist

21 (a) [0:49] but most of the village is empty. Everyone has gone to the city.

and

majority sg n def

village sg n def

acc refl clt

empty.out 3sg aor P

everything sg n def adj

go 3sg aor P

toward

city sg m def

22 (TD) Uh huh. People are moving away.

disc

run 3pl pres I

people pl def

23 (a) [0:56] And people – the old people have died off, and there it is.

and

people pl def

and

old pl def adj

die.out 3pl aor P

and

thus adv

24 (a) [1:00] And now it’s already my turn to die.

now adv

turn sg m def

already adv

acc 1sg

comp

die 1sg pres I

25 (b) [1:04] There’s no “turns” for that.

disc

there adv

pres neg exist

turn sg m

26 (a) [1:05] I don’t feel like – I’ve had enough of living already [laughter].

and

nom 1sg

neg

acc 1sg clt

acc refl clt

neg

dat 1sg clt

acc refl clt

live 3sg pres I

already adv

27 (a) [1:10] I have a daughter. She lives in town, but they’ll come

disc

have 1sg pres I

daughter sg f

nom f 3sg

live pres I

city sg m def

but

dat refl clt

come 3pl pres I

28 (a) [1:14] here on Sunday. They come on Saturdays and Sundays

Sunday sg m adj

day sg m

here adv

dat refl clt

come 3pl pres P

Saturday sg m adj

day sg m

Sunday sg m adj

day sg m

29 (a) [1:20] and then go away again. They have an apartment there.

and

again adv

dat refl clt

go 3pl pres I

have 3pl pres I

dat refl clt

block sg m

there adv

30 (a) [1:23] Their daughter was with them there. Now they’ve taken her

girl sg n def

dat 3pl clt

3sg impf cop

acc 3pl

nom 3pl

acc n 3sg clt

take 3pl aor P

now adv

31 (a) [1:28] and gone off to the seacoast. And I’m [here] alone.

go 3pl aor P

sea sg n

and

nom 1sg

alone sg f adj

32 (TD) Do you manage to do everything here all alone?

here adv

alone sg f adj

interr clt

arrange 2sg pres I

everything sg n adj

33 (a) [1:35] All alone.

səmìčkə

alone sg f adj

самичък

34 (JB) Yes.

dà

yes

да

35 (TD) I see that it’s very well cared for [here], very clean.

look 1sg pres I

very adv

arrange sg n P.part P

very adv

clean sg n adj

36 (a) [1:38] Well, I sweep [here], and so it’s clean.

disc

sweep 1sg pres I

dat refl clt

clean sg n adj

dat refl clt

3sg pres cop clt

37 (b) [1:41] She’s ninety years old, didn’t I tell you something [about that]?

nom f 3sg

3sg pres cop clt

ninety

year pl f

interr

dat 2pl clt

say 1sg aor P

something sg n

38 (a) [1:43] In a month I’ll be ninety.

hes

ninety

year pl f

after

one sg m adj

month sg m

acc 3pl clt

complete 1sg pres I

39 (JB) Hm.

disc

40 (TD) Bravo!

bràu

excl

браво

41 (a) [1:48] Ninety years. And if my leg didn’t hurt here now,

ninety

year pl f

comp

neg

3sg pres cop clt

leg sg m def

now adv

comp

acc 1sg clt

hurt 3sg pres I

thus adv

42 (a) [1:51] [or] my arms – [at least] I still haven’t lost my mind.

arm pl f def

dat 1sg clt

and

nom 3pl

mind sg m def

dat 1sg clt

still adv

neg

1sg pres aux clt

acc m 3sg clt

lose sg f L.part P

43 (JB) [That's] good.

dobrè

fine adv

добре

44 (a) [1:57] Ha.

xə

disc

ха

45 (TD) Ha.

disc

ха

46 (a) [1:58] But my leg gives me trouble. It hurts.

but

leg sg m def

acc 1sg clt

bother 3sg pres I

hurt 3sg pres I

acc 1sg clt

47 (TD) Don’t you go to [any] doctors?

neg

go 2sg pres I

interr clt

doctor pl m

48 (a) [2:03] Ah! Where [is there] a doctor I [can] go to?

disc

where interr

comp

walk 1sg pres I

and

doctor sg m

49 (a) [2:07] I went [once] and they took a picture and said [it was] bone spurs.

òdix

go 1sg aor I

ходя

and

dat 1sg clt

make 3pl impf I

picture sg f

call 3pl pres I

bone.spur pl m

50 (TD) Hm.

həm

bkch

51 (a) [2:11] And recently my kidney, from heavy lifting …

and

from

time sg n def

kidney sg m def

dat 1sg clt

from

heavy sg n adj

lift vbl.n I

and

52 (b) [2:15] I’ll be leaving [now]. Goodbye.

nom 1sg

fut

depart 1sg pres I

goodbye

53 (a) [2:16] … isn’t as it should be.

neg

3sg pres cop clt

place sg n

54 (JB) Thank you [for bringing us here].

blagodar’ɤ̀

thank 1sg pres I

благодаря

55 (a) [2:18] My kidney got displaced from heavy lifting, from [physical] labor.

snìšen

move.down sg m P.part P

dat 1sg clt

kidney sg m def

from

heavy sg n adj

lift vbl.n I

from

work sg f

56 (TD) Mm.

əm

bkch

ами

57 (a) [2:24] We were working [with] a wheelbarrow here on this old house, who remembers [how old]

wheelbarrow sg f

here adv

rearrange 1pl impf I

nom f 3sg

house sg f

old sg f def adj

and

nom f 3sg

immemorial sg f adj

58 (a) [2:30] this house is, from my grandparents – well, we rearranged it a bit and

this sg f adj

house sg f

from

grandfather pl m

from

grandmother pl f

disc

acc f 3sg clt

rearrange 1pl aor P

and

59 (a) [2:37] I was moving dirt with the wheelbarrow and my kidney got displaced.

soil sg f

wheelbarrow sg f def

take.out 1sg impf I

and

kidney sg m def

dat 1sg clt

acc refl clt

move.down 3sg aor P

60 (a) [2:42] And now the bone spurs have shifted all around, and other stuff, and there it is.

and

now adv

and

bone.spur pl m

dat 1sg clt

acc refl clt

displace 3pl aor P

and

many adv

thing pl f

and

thus adv

61 (JB) Hm.

bkch

62 (TD) Well, that’s now, when you’re old. But when you were young?

but

this sg n adj

even adv

now adv

when conj

age 2sg aor P

but

when conj

3sg impf cop

young sg f adj

63 (a) [2:53] When I was young, no work got away from me! I did it [all].

when conj

1sg impf cop

young sg f adj

work sg f

neg

run 3sg pres I

from

acc 1sg

nom 1sg

acc f 3sg clt

do 1sg pres I

64 (a) [3:00] The state-owned farm came, and then the collective farm. [No,] the coll-

stànə

become 3sg aor P

стана

dezes'è

state.owned.farm sg n

after

T.K.Z.S. sg n

hes

and

tè

[ ... ]

kik

[ ... ]

sè

[ ... ]

65 (a) [3:06] they formed the collective farms first and then the state-owned farm.

tikizis’è

cooperative.farm sg n

most

early adv

acc n 3sg clt

make 3pl aor P

after

state.owned.farm sg n

ДЗС

66 (a) [3:10] And we worked there up until [when] I retired.

and

thus adv

all adv

work 1pl impf I

there adv

until conj

acc refl clt

pension.off 1sg pres P

пенсионирам

67 (JB) Uh huh.

əmhəm

bkch

68 (TD) And what do you do here? What sorts of things do you raise?

disc

here adv

what sg n interr

work 2pl pres I

what.kind pl adj

[...]

thing pl n

raise 2pl pres I

69 (a) [3:23] Well, we plowed the land, you know.

disc

here adv

plow 1pl impf I

land sg f

adrs

70 (TD) Hm.

əm

bkch

71 (a) [3:27] Everyone plowed his own plot so long as it was private [ownership].

each sg m adj

dat refl clt

plow 3sg impf I

place pl n def

while conj

3sg impf cop

private sg n adj

72 (a) [3:31] Each one had three or four or five hectares of property

each sg m adj

dat refl clt

have 3sg impf

thirty

forty

fifty

decare ct m

property sg m

73 (TD) Yes.

yes

да

74 (a) [3:36] and we worked [the land]. I –

and

acc m 3sg clt

work 1pl impf I

nom 1sg

75 (TD) What did you plant?

disc

what sg n interr

what sg n interr

sow 2pl impf I

76 (a) [3:39] What? Wheat, oats, corn, potatoes, beans. Whatever we needed,

what sg n interr

wheat sg n

oats sg m

corn sg m

potato pl m

beans sg m

what sg n rel

hes

dat 1pl clt

ние

and

nùžnu

necessary sg n adj

нужен

77 (a) [3:46] we produced it for ourselves – we produced it. Then when the collective farm came

dat refl clt

produce 1pl impf I

dat refl clt

and

dat refl clt

produce 1pl impf I

after

when conj

become 3sg aor P

T.K.Z.S. sg n

78 (a) [3:54] and they gathered all the livestock into one place for some woman to look after them,

and

gather 3pl aor P

livestock sg m def

one sg n adj

place sg n

comp

acc 3pl clt

look 3sg pres I

some sg f adj

woman sg f

79 (a) [4:00] we would go out in the morning. We’d feed them, take them and harness them, and plow.

nom 1pl

go 1pl pres I

morning adv

feed 1pl pres I

acc 3pl clt

take 1pl pres I

and

acc 3pl clt

harness 1pl pres I

and

plow 1pl pres I

80 (a) [4:06] The women, [that is]. The men work on construction.

woman pl f def

man pl m def

go 3pl pres I

about

construction pl m

81 (TD) Mm

bkch

82 (a) [4:11] The men would go off and we women would deal with them.

man pl m def

go 3pl impf I

and

nom 1pl

woman pl f

acc refl clt

deal.with 3pl impf I

with

acc 3pl

83 (a) [4:17] And then everything became state-owned, the state-owned farm.

after adv

become 3sg aor P

state sg n adj

D.Z.S. sg n

84 (a) [4:23] and they began to plow with tractors. But still when we go to plant potatoes

and

with

tractor pl m

begin 3pl aor P

comp

plow 3pl pres I

but

and

go 1pl pres I

when conj

sow 3pl pres P

potato pl m

85 (a) [4:29] we’d go out to do all the digging, and to reap when they planted wheat, and so on.

nom 1pl

go 1pl impf I

all adv

comp

dig 1pl pres I

comp

reap 1pl pres I

when conj

sow 3pl pres P

wheat pl n def

and

thus adv

86 (a) [4:38] until we stopped. We can’t do it any more [laughter].

until conj

already adv

cease 1pl aor P

neg

can 1pl pres I

already adv

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Bangejci 1

1 (a) [0:02] Two or three houses over.

2 (TD) Ah, OK. Two or three houses over.

3 (a) [0:06] Yes.

4 (TD) And this is where you got married.

5 (a) [0:07] I got married here, in this house.

6 (TD) Uh huh.

7 (a) [0:10] And I also grew up in this village.

8 (TD) Uh huh. [So, your] whole life here.

9 (a) [0:16] Huh?

10 (TD) I said, your whole life here.

11 (a) [0:18] Yes.

12 (TD) Uh huh.

13 (JB) Was the village bigger earlier on?

14 (a) [0:25] Excuse me?

15 (TD) Was the village bigger earlier on?

16 (a) [0:30] The village is still a village. But there was full –

17 (a) [0:33] Every single house was full of people,

18 (TD) Uh huh.

19 (a) [0:38] [Of] families. Now you’ll see a small house – here there’ll be some people,

20 (a) [0:44] and down below there’s people, and I am here, and there’s some there,

21 (a) [0:49] but most of the village is empty. Everyone has gone to the city.

22 (TD) Uh huh. People are moving away.

23 (a) [0:56] And people – the old people have died off, and there it is.

24 (a) [1:00] And now it’s already my turn to die.

25 (b) [1:04] There’s no “turns” for that.

26 (a) [1:05] I don’t feel like – I’ve had enough of living already [laughter].

27 (a) [1:10] I have a daughter. She lives in town, but they’ll come

28 (a) [1:14] here on Sunday. They come on Saturdays and Sundays

29 (a) [1:20] and then go away again. They have an apartment there.

30 (a) [1:23] Their daughter was with them there. Now they’ve taken her

31 (a) [1:28] and gone off to the seacoast. And I’m [here] alone.

32 (TD) Do you manage to do everything here all alone?

33 (a) [1:35] All alone.

34 (JB) Yes.

35 (TD) I see that it’s very well cared for [here], very clean.

36 (a) [1:38] Well, I sweep [here], and so it’s clean.

37 (b) [1:41] She’s ninety years old, didn’t I tell you something [about that]?

38 (a) [1:43] In a month I’ll be ninety.

39 (JB) Hm.

40 (TD) Bravo!

41 (a) [1:48] Ninety years. And if my leg didn’t hurt here now,

42 (a) [1:51] [or] my arms – [at least] I still haven’t lost my mind.

43 (JB) [That's] good.

44 (a) [1:57] Ha.

45 (TD) Ha.

46 (a) [1:58] But my leg gives me trouble. It hurts.

47 (TD) Don’t you go to [any] doctors?

48 (a) [2:03] Ah! Where [is there] a doctor I [can] go to?

49 (a) [2:07] I went [once] and they took a picture and said [it was] bone spurs.

50 (TD) Hm.

51 (a) [2:11] And recently my kidney, from heavy lifting …

52 (b) [2:15] I’ll be leaving [now]. Goodbye.

53 (a) [2:16] … isn’t as it should be.

54 (JB) Thank you [for bringing us here].

55 (a) [2:18] My kidney got displaced from heavy lifting, from [physical] labor.

56 (TD) Mm.

57 (a) [2:24] We were working [with] a wheelbarrow here on this old house, who remembers [how old]

58 (a) [2:30] this house is, from my grandparents – well, we rearranged it a bit and

59 (a) [2:37] I was moving dirt with the wheelbarrow and my kidney got displaced.

60 (a) [2:42] And now the bone spurs have shifted all around, and other stuff, and there it is.

61 (JB) Hm.

62 (TD) Well, that’s now, when you’re old. But when you were young?

63 (a) [2:53] When I was young, no work got away from me! I did it [all].

64 (a) [3:00] The state-owned farm came, and then the collective farm. [No,] the coll-

65 (a) [3:06] they formed the collective farms first and then the state-owned farm.

66 (a) [3:10] And we worked there up until [when] I retired.

67 (JB) Uh huh.

68 (TD) And what do you do here? What sorts of things do you raise?

69 (a) [3:23] Well, we plowed the land, you know.

70 (TD) Hm.

71 (a) [3:27] Everyone plowed his own plot so long as it was private [ownership].