Bosnek 1

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1 (IL) Tell me about your childhood.

raskažì

tell sg imv P

dat 1sg clt

for

childhood sg n def

dat 2pl clt

2 (a) [0:02] Childhood? I should tell you [about] my childhood?

for

childhood sg n def

interr clt

must pres imprs

comp

dat 2sg clt

say 1sg pres P

childhood sg n def

3 (NL) Uh huh.

əhəm

bkch

4 (a) [0:06] It was very good. We were very poor,

disc

1sg pres aux clt

acc n 3sg clt

go.on sg f L.part P

very adv

well adv

very adv

1pl impf cop

poor.person pl m

5 (a) [0:11] We were four sisters and one brother. That’s [how it was]. But

nom 1pl

1pl pres cop clt

four

sister f pl

and

one sg m adj

brother sg m

thus adv

and

but

6 (a) [0:17] let me tell you, we were quite united. Poverty –

and

comp

dat 2sg clt

say 1sg pres P

1pl impf cop

very adv

but

united pl adj

poverty sg f

7 (a) [0:22] Mom’s mother-in-law was a stepmother, and they separated them

Mom sg f

mother.in.law sg f def

3sg impf cop

stepmother sg f

and

[...]

separate 3pl aor P

separate 3pl aor P

acc 3pl clt

8 (a) [0:29] from her aunt’s people and Mom said – “I asked my mother-in-law,

from

от

hes

strinàrite

aunt’s.cohort pl m def

and

Mom sg f

call 3sg pres I

[...]

want 1sg aor

mother.in.law sg f

dat 1sg clt

9 (a) [0:35] and she said – she’d given [me] clay – back then pans were [of clay]

and

nom f 3sg

dat 1sg clt

call 3sg pres I

give 3sg aor P

clay pl def adj

then adv

3pl pres aux clt

pl L.part cop

pan pl f

[...]

10 (a) [0:40] and she said, your sister broke, she said, the big pan

and

call 3sg pres I

[...]

sister sg f

dat 2sg clt

break 3sg aor P

call 3sg pres I

[ ... ]

ost

big sg f def adj

hes

pan sg f

11 (a) [0:49] and said there – there won’t be anything to eat from.

and

call 3sg pres I

[...]

pres neg exist

from

[…]

what interr

comp

eat 2pl pres P

12 (a) [0:54] So she said, I’ll dish out [food] in tiny pans and you fight it out.

and

call 3sg pres I

dat 2pl clt

pour 1sg pres P

one pl adj

little pl adj

pan pl n

and

acc refl clt

scold 2pl pres I

13 (a) [0:58] It was joyous, let me tell you, even in poverty.

and

3sg impf cop

disc

joyful adv

comp

dat 2sg clt

say 1sg pres P

and

poverty sg f

14 (a) [1:03] And when they resettled [people to build] the dam in Krapets – you know Krapets?

from

Krapets sg m place

inter.rel

resettle 3pl aor P

dam sg m def

Krapets sg m place

nom 2sg

know 2sg pres I

and

disc

15 (a) [1:10] They came from there bringing cherries in baskets. And we [were] poor,

come 3pl impf P

from

there adv

and

bring 3pl impf I

cherry pl f

with

hes

basket pl m

and

nom 1pl

poor.person pl m

16 (a) [1:17] No resources. Father, God rest his soul, worked in the mine,

pres neg exist

from

where interr

and

father sg m

God sg m

comp

acc m 3sg clt

forgive 3sg pres P

mine sg f def

work 3sg pres I

17 (a) [1:22] and was gone the whole week. So Mom said, “Children, see

entire sg f adj

week sg f

acc m 3sg clt

pres neg exist

and

Mom sg f

call 3sg pres I

child pl n

ost

18 (a) [1:27] the cherry-man has come, so you’ll eat cherries.” But then she said

čerešàro

cherry.merchant sg m def

3sg pres aux clt

come sg m L.part P

but

fut

eat 2pl pres P

cherry pl f

this sg n adj

3sg pres cop clt

call 3sg pres I

disc

19 (a) [1:32] “There’s worms,” and said, “With this money, I’ll buy rice,

worm pl m

pres exist

nom 1sg

call 3sg pres I

with

this pl adj

money pl.t

fut

dat 2pl clt

buy 1sg pres P

rice sg m

20 (a) [1:35] and make food for you.” And that’s how it was,

comp

dat 2pl clt

make 1sg pres P

food sg n

and

ost

thus adv

3sg impf cop

21 (a) [1:40] all the poverty you could want back then. When they reaped,

poverty sg f

how.much inter.rel

dat refl clt

want 2sg pres I

time sg n def

what sg n interr

3sg impf cop

when inter.rel

acc refl clt

reap 3sg impf I

22 (a) [1:46] there weren’t horses, there weren’t any of these factories to process things.

and

exist impf neg

horse pl m

exist impf neg

this sg f adj

hes

this pl adj

disc

factory pl f

comp

acc refl clt

work 3pl pres I

23 (a) [1:53] And you know how they threshed? They lay the grain down to thresh it,

and

know 2sg pres I

what sg n interr

acc refl clt

thresh 3sg impf I

when conj

lay 3pl pres P

disc

grain sg n def

comp

acc refl clt

thresh 3sg pres I

24 (a) [2:00] harnessed up oxen (you know what oxen are [right?]), and put on a wattle harrow.

harness 3sg pres P

ox m def pl

nom 2sg

know 2sg pres I

what interr

3sg pres cop clt

ox pl m

and

put 3sg pres I

one f sg adj

wattle.harrow sg f

25 (a) [2:07] [Like] a gate. And we kids climbed up on it top to [help] smash the grain.

gate sg f

and

nom 1pl

child pl n def

acc refl clt

climb 1pl pres P

acc f 3sg

and

comp

acc refl clt

[...]

crush 3sg pres P

grain sg n def

26 (a) [2:13] That’s how it was. And then there was a hand-held winnower, you know that surely,

and

thus adv

3sg impf cop

and

after adv

winnower sg f

exist impf

by.hand adv

nom 2sg

know 2sg pres I

surely adv

27 (a) [2:20] A winnower. And the ones who were taller were up above –

and

winnower sg f def

and

who pl inter.rel adj

3pl pres cop clt

high pl adj

fut

3pl pres cop clt

above adv

28 (a) [2:25] Aren’t you cold? Should I bring you something, a vest?

comp

neg

dat 2sg clt

3sg pres cop clt

cool adv

something sg n

comp

bring.out 1sg pres P

vest sg n

29 (IL) No, I’m fine.

bkch

well adv

30 (a) [2:28] And the taller ones above would drop the grain down. Some raked [it]

and

who pl inter.rel adj

3pl pres cop clt

high pl adj

above adv

fut

release 3pl pres I

grain sg n def

one pl adj

rake 3pl impf P

31 (a) [2:33] and others would be down with the chaff. We put the kids we hated [down there].

one pl m def

and

chaff sg f def

who pl inter.rel adj

hate 1pl pres I

child pl n

acc 3pl clt

put 1pl pres P

32 (a) [2:38] to rake the chaff!

chaff sg f def

comp

rake 3sg pres I

33 (NL) /laughter/

[...]

34 (a) [2:41] /laughter/ Well, that’s how it was! And later when we grew up,

disc

thus adv

3sg impf cop

and

thus adv

after adv

and

grow.up 1pl aor P

35 (a) [2:47] when we grew up, each went wherever they wanted. Mom back then didn’t allow [us]

and

who sg m interr adj

to.where adv

see 3sg pres P

when conj

grow.up 1pl aor P

and

Mom sg f

time sg n def

neg

give 3sg impf I

36 (a) [2:52] to go out much. Our house was old, Grandpa had given it to us,

comp

acc refl clt

much adv

go 3sg pres I

and

old sg f adj

dat 1pl clt

3sg impf cop

house f def

grandfather sg m def

dat 1pl clt

give 3sg aor P

37 (a) [2:58] and Mom didn’t have a lock on the door. So she would put a piece of wood,

and

Mom sg f

not.have 3sg pres I

lock sg f

comp

acc refl clt

lock 3sg pres P

and

nom f 3sg

put 3sg impf P

one sg n adj

wood sg n

38 (a) [3:03] she’d put the “masha” (fire tongs), you know what “masha” is, don’t you?

and

put 3sg pres P

fire.tongs sg f

interr

know 2sg pres I

what interr

3sg pres cop clt

fire.tongs sg f

39 (IL) Um, no.

hes

nè

не

40 (a) [3:08] /laughter/. Ah well. /laughter/ So she put up the “masha” so that when we got home

disc

now adv

and

put 3sg pres P

fire.tongs sg f def

and

when conj

acc refl clt

return 1pl pres P

41 (a) [3:15] she’d know what time we got home. Otherwise, she said, I won’t let you out [at all].

comp

know 3sg pres I

when interr

1pl pres aux clt

acc refl clt

return m pl L.part.

otherwise adv

call 3sg pres I

fut neg

comp

acc 2pl clt

release 1sg pres P

42 (a) [3:20] She wouldn’t allow it. Now people don’t care much about this – “morals”,

neg

dat 1pl clt

give 3sg impf I

now adv

neg

this sg m adj

[ … ]

ethic sg m

43 (a) [3:25] But back then they cared a lot. So I went [to be married] in an “honorable” state

then adv

acc refl clt

much adv

hold 3sg impf I

and

nom 1sg

dat refl clt

go 1sg aor P

honest sg f adj

44 (a) [3:29] And when I was married “honorably” my father-in-law – back then there wasn’t

when conj

dat refl clt

go 1sg aor P

honest sg f adj

and

father.in.law sg m def

then adv

but

exist impf neg

with

what interr

45 (a) [3:35] anything to buy with. In [nineteen] fifty-two [when] I got married there was nothing.

something sg n

comp

buy 2sg pres P

fifty

and

second sg f adj

and

year f sg

acc refl clt

marry 1sg aor P

pres neg exist

nothing sg n

46 (a) [3:41] So we take butter and cheese from here and bring it to Sofia [to sell]

and

from.there adv

take 1pl pres P

butter sg n

cheese sg n

and

carry 1pl pres I

Sofia sg f place

47 (a) [3:45] so they could buy us [things]. I was the only daughter-in-law; I had a sister-in-law

and

comp

dat 1pl clt

buy 3pl pres P

1sg impf cop

one f sg adj

daughter.in.law sg f

3sg impf cop

have 1sg impf I

sister.in.law sg f

disc

48 (a) [3:50] but my father-in-law liked me more. As to my mother-in-law –

but

acc 1sg

acc 1sg clt

acc 1sg clt

love 3sg impf I

father.in.law sg m def

свекър

[...]

səs

with

svekɤ̀rvata

mother.in.law sg f def

свекърва

49 (a) [3:54] I didn’t get along with her. But my father-in-law would go and take cheese,

acc refl clt

neg

respect 1sg impf I

but

with

father.in.law sg m def

fut

go 3sg pres P

fut

take 3sg pres P

cheese sg n

50 (a) [3:58] he’d take butter, and he’d go to buy me silk

fut

take 3sg pres P

butter sg n

and

fut

go 3sg pres P

comp

dat 1sg clt

buy 3sg pres P

silk sg f

51 (a) [4:01] so I could make a dress. And there’ll be a wedding.

comp

dat refl clt

make 1sg pres P

dress sg f

and

wedding sg f def

fut

acc refl clt

make 3sg pres P

52 (a) [4:04] Weddings used to last three days. Do you understand?

three

day ct m

acc refl clt

make 3sg impf I

wedding sg f

understand 2sg pres I

разбирам

interr clt

ли

53 (IL) Yes.

dà

yes

да

54 (a) [4:09] They’d have a “teferich” (staff for a processional flag), you maybe know –

ritual.flagpole sg m

acc refl clt

make 3sg impf I

nom 2sg

can pres imprs

comp

know 2sg pres I

hes

55 (a) [4:14] Do you know what a “teferich” is?

and

ritual.flagpole sg m

know 2sg pres I

interr clt

what sg n interr

3sg pres cop clt

56 (IL) No.

nè

не

57 (a) [4:17] No. So. The wedding itself is on Sunday. On Saturday they –

neg

mean 3sg pres I

when conj

3sg pres cop clt

wedding sg f def

Sunday sg f

nom 3pl

Saturday sg f

58 (a) [4:23] the unmarried girls get together and sing, and take boxwood staffs.

acc refl clt

gather 3pl pres P

girl pl n def

and

fut

sing 3pl pres I

and

take 3pl pres I

hes

boxwood pl m

59 (a) [4:29] There weren’t any fancy things back then, they took paper to make [decorations].

and

then adv

exist impf neg

nice pl adj

thing pl f

in.winter adv

from

this sg f adj

paper sg f

make 3pl pres P

[...]

60 (a) [4:34] They make the flagstaff, put an apple on top, and dance and sing.

make 3pl impf P

and

above adv

ritual.flagpole sg m def

put 3sg pres I

apple sg f

and

dance 3pl impf I

and

sing 3pl pres I

61 (a) [4:41] Then the next morning the groomsmen come and take the boxwood staffs.

and

after adv

when conj

come 3sg pres P

and

morning sg f def

son.in.law pl m def

fut

come 3pl pres P

take 3pl pres P

disc

boxwood pl m def

62 (a) [4:50] They take the flag, and go steal roosters from neighbors who don’t lock them up.

flag sg n def

take 3pl pres P

and

fut

go 3pl pres P

comp

steal 3pl pres I

rooster pl m def

neighbor pl m def

who sg m inter.rel

neg

3pl pres P

63 (a) [4:57] They take [their] roosters and slaughter them. You needed to have locked them up!

take 3pl pres P

rooster pl m def

and

acc 3pl clt

slaughter 3pl pres I

comp

dat refl clt

2sg pres aux clt

acc 3pl clt

close sg m L.part P

64 (a) [5:04] Nobody – Everyone knows that a wedding is on, and that one must

nobody sg m

neg

know 3sg pres I

rel

wedding sg f def

acc refl clt

make 3sg pres I

must pres I imprs

comp

acc refl clt

65 (a) [5:08] lock up all the chickens. And when they go to invite the godfather –

comp

acc refl clt

close 3pl pres I

chicken pl f def

and

when conj

acc refl clt

invite 3sg pres P

godfather sg m def

66 (a) [5:13] they go to invite the godfather with music and everything. And the godfather comes –

go 3pl pres P

and

acc m 3sg clt

invite 3sg pres I

godfather sg m def

with

hes

music sg f

with

everything sg n adj

and

come 3sg pres P

godfather sg m def

67 (a) [5:19] when the godfather comes from the church, when they [all] come back,

when conj

come 3sg pres P

godfather sg m def

from

church sg f def

and

acc refl clt

return 3pl pres I

when conj

acc refl clt

return 3pl pres P

68 (a) [5:24] they take a “kanat” (cart board) and lay it out. You know, from a carriage.

one f sg adj

one sg m adj

cart.board sg m

acc refl clt

put 3sg pres P

cart.board sg m

nom 2sg

acc m 3sg clt

know 2sg pres I

from

carriage pl f def

69 (a) [5:30] You know what a “kanat” is, don’t you? [I suspect] you don’t.

interr

dat refl clt

know 2sg pres I

what sg n interr

3sg pres cop clt

cart.board sg m

neg

know 2sg pres I

70 (IL) No, I don’t.

neg

не

znàm

know 1sg pres I

зная

71 (a) [5:33] And they put a rug on it. When they put down the rug, they put down

and

put 3pl pres P

one f sg adj

rug sg f

when conj

put 3pl pres P

rug sg f def

and

put 3pl pres P

72 (a) [5:40] a cauldron of water, and they’ve put flowers in the cauldron. And the bride

one sg m adj

kettle sg m

water sg f

and

flower pl n

cauldron sg m def

put 3pl impf P

and

bride sg f def

73 (a) [5:46] kicks the cauldron and throws the flowers over the house.

comp

kick 3sg pres P

disc

cauldron sg m def

and

comp

throw 3sg pres P

flower pl n def

through

hes

through

house sg f def

74 (a) [5:51] And however many flowers [she throws], that’s how many children she’ll have.

and

comp

pres exist

how.many inter.rel

3pl pres cop clt

flower pl n def

so.many rel adv

child pl n

comp

pres exist

75 (a) [5:55] And the father-in-law takes the daughter in law and spins her several times around him

and

svekorò

father.in.law sg m def

свекър

fàne

grasp 3sg pres P

хвана

[...]

acc f 3sg clt

тя

snaàta

daughter.in.law sg f def

снаха

and

acc f 3sg clt

rotate 3sg pres I

several adv

time pl m

acc m 3sg

76 (a) [6:00] so the daughter-in-law won’t run off, so she’ll stay at home and obey him.

and

comp

neg

run 3sg pres I

daughter.in.law sg f def

comp

sit 3sg pres I

at.home adv

comp

acc m 3sg clt

listen 3sg pres I

77 (a) [6:04] [They did] a lot of interesting things, and it was very joyous.

3sg impf cop

many adv

interesting pl adj

thing pl f

exist impf

and

thus adv

and

3sg impf cop

very adv

joyful adv

78 (a) [6:12] And it was nice. When we got together with neighbors, there was a lot of laughter

and

3sg impf cop

nice adv

disc

and

when conj

acc refl clt

gather 1pl impf P

and

neighbor pl m

and

laughter sg m

79 (a) [6:18] Just now my neighbor came by, the day before yesterday.

and

now adv

this sg f adj

neighbor sg f

from

[...]

from

that sg m adj

day sg m

come 3sg aor P

80 (a) [6:22] She’d gone and returned; she’d been in Norway. “Now,” she said,

òjde

go 3sg aor P

отида

and

dat refl clt

come 3sg aor P

Norway sg f place

3sg impf cop

now adv

call 3sg pres I

81 (a) [6:26] “I’ll be back.” But for two days there’s no sign of my neighbor.

fut

dat refl clt

come 1sg pres P

neighbor sg f def

ost

two m

day ct m

no.kind sg f adj

acc f 3sg clt

pres neg exist

82 (a) [6:32] No, no, I don’t agree [with how things are these days]. We’ve all gotten very bad.

neg

1sg pres aux clt

agreed sg f adj

very adv

bad pl adj

become 1pl aor P

people pl def

83 (a) [6:37] We would go to the “living water”. Have you gone for living water?

go 1pl impf P

after

alive sg f adj

water sg f

go sg f L.part I

interr clt

2sg pres aux clt

alive sg f adj

water sg f

84 (NL) Yes,

əmhəm

yes

85 (a) [6:41] When I said “living water” my hair stood up on end.

when conj

say 1sg aor P

alive sg f adj

water sg f

and

hair sg f def

dat 1sg clt

go 3sg aor P

up adv

86 (a) [6:44] We were stacking hay up there. We went up there three times. We all go,

stack.hay 1pl impf I

above adv

three

time pl m

1pl pres aux clt

go pl L.part P

up adv

and

go 1pl pres P

87 (a) [6:49] cowherds, shepherds, and we’d sing and go around. We went to Holland

cowherd pl m

and

shepherd pl m

and

sing 1pl impf I

and

go 1pl pres P

interr

go 1pl aor P

Holland sg f place

88 (a) [6:55] some years back. There we sang and danced, and we’d go –

before

how.many interr

year f pl

3sg impf cop

here adv

sing 1pl impf I

and

dance 1pl pres I

and

fut

ще

ìdeme

go 1pl pres P

ида

89 (a) [7:03] And we went to Kladnitsa – we went all over the place, and danced.

and

Kladnitsa sg f place

go 1pl impf P

hes

where interr

interr clt

neg

acc refl clt

wander 1pl impf I

and

dance 1pl pres I

90 (a) [7:11] And the people from Holland liked us a lot, and we went around –

and

that pl adj

from

Holland sg f place

dat 1pl clt

very adv

3pl impf aux

like pl L.part P

and

go 1pl aor P

91 (a) [7;16] How long were we there? It was exactly on the twelfth of December

and

how.much interr

time sg n

go 1pl aor P

exactly adv

twelfth sg m adj

December sg m

92 (a) [7:19] that my daughter had her birthday, so we went on the thirteenth,

daughter sg f def

have 3sg impf I

birth sg m adj

day sg m

disc

acc m 3sg clt

nom f 3sg

thirteenth sg m adj

and

go 1pl aor P

93 (a) [7:24] and came back on Christmas Eve. Later they came here.

and

for

Christmas.Eve sg m

dat refl clt

come 1pl aor P

after adv

nom 3pl

here adv

come 3pl impf I

94 (a) [7:28] But to tell you the truth, I didn’t like their [life] there.

but

nom 1sg

their sg n def adj

neg

acc n 3sg clt

like 1sg aor P

comp

dat 2sg clt

say 1sg pres P

95 (a) [7:33] They don’t have any bread [to speak of] there. We Bulgarians are big on bread.

there adv

pres neg exist

bread sg m

nom 1pl

1pl pres cop clt

dat refl clt

here adv

Bulgarian pl m def

bread sg m

96 (a) [7:37] There, when they give you bread it’s a single slice. But in Sofia!

there adv

ost

fut

see 2sg pres P

one f sg adj

slice sg f

fut

dat 2sg clt

give 3sg pres P

fut

see 2sg pres P

Sofia sg f place

97 (NL) /laughter/

[...]

98 (a) [7:42] Oh, excuse me.

izvin’àvaj

excuse sg imv I

извинявам

99 (NL) /laughter/

[...]

100 (a) [7:43] Go ahead and laugh, [but] that’s how it was.

laugh sg imv I

acc refl clt

laugh sg imv I

acc refl clt

thus adv

3sg impf cop

101 (NL) Uh huh.

əmhəm

bkch

102 (a) [7:45] And meat! We’re not that used to [eating meat]. But when they came

and

meat sg n

nom 1pl

neg

1pl pres cop clt

[...]

thus adv

accustom pl L.part P

but

nom 3pl

when conj

come 3pl aor P

103 (a) [7:49] we did things differently. I said to Grandpa, “Listen, I’ll tell you.”

nom 1pl

differently adv

do 1pl aor P

say 1sg aor P

grandfather sg m def

hort

listen sg imv I

comp

dat 2sg clt

say 1sg pres P

104 (a) [7:54] They were three women here in the village with me, and I placed them

nom 3pl

acc 1sg

dat 1sg clt

3pl impf cop

three

woman pl f

village sg n

here adv

acc 3pl clt

put 1pl impf P

105 (a) [7:57] in the same spot. We hadn’t yet put the house in order.

one sg n adj

place sg n

still adv

neg

1pl impf aux

to.there adv

fix pl L.part I

house f def

106 (a) [8:01] But the point is that I took them, and fed them. I liked it a lot.

question sg m def

that conj

acc 3pl clt

take.home 1sg aor P

and

food sg n

exist impf

very adv

like 1sg impf I

107 (a) [8:06] Every evening they drank a bottle of ouzo – well, that’s fine by me!

each sg f adj

evening sg f

one f sg adj

bottle sg f

[...]

ouzo sg f

drink 3pl impf I

comp

dat 3pl clt

3sg pres cop clt

sweet sg n adj

108 (a) [8:12] That’s what I wanted, and that’s what I gave them.

this sg n adj

1sg pres aux clt

this sg n adj

want 1sg impf I

and

this sg n adj

1sg pres aux clt

give sg f L.part I

109 (a) [8:16] And we slaughtered a lamb and ate it, and they were content. Recently

but

slaughter 1pl pres P

lamb sg n def

and

eat 1pl impf I

and

3pl impf cop

content pl adj

recently adv

exist impf

110 (a) [8:21] a neighbor of ours didn’t go to Holland, and they sent [her back]

and

one f sg adj

neighbor sg f

neg

go 3sg aor P

Holland sg f place

and

nom 3pl

send pl L.part P

111 (a) [8:24] a shawl, as a sort of consolation. I wonder what you want,

one sg n adj

shawl sg n

thus adv

simply adv

for

respect sg n

wonder 1sg pres I

acc refl clt

what interr

want 2sg pres I

and

112 (a) [8:30] sister Dena. You haven’t gone anywhere and you don’t know anything.

nom 2sg

older.sister sg f

Dena voc sg f name

nom 2sg

neg

2sg pres aux clt

go sg f L.part I

nowhere adv

and

nothing sg n

neg

know 2sg pres I

113 (a) [8:34] [Whereas] I’ve seen [all sorts of] people: Boris I,

nom 1sg

[...]

rel

1sg pres aux clt

folk sg m

see sg f L.part P

Boris sg m name

first sg m adj

114 (a) [8:38] and Exarch Joseph, if you know where that is, at the emperor’s carriage.

and

exarch sg m

Joseph sg m name

if conj

know 2sg pres I

hes

where interr

3sg pres cop clt

tsar sg m def

carriage sg f

115 (a) [8:43] You don’t know these things, you don’t know anything.

[...]

nothing sg n

neg

know 2sg pres I

and

this pl adj

thing pl f

nom 2sg

nothing sg n

neg

know 2pl pres I

116 (a) [8:48] The Palace of Justice, do you know where that is?

sɤdèbnata

judicial sg f def adj

palace sg f

know 2sg pres I

interr clt

where interr

3sg pres cop clt

117 (NL) Yes [I do].

dà

yes

да

118 (a) [8:51] Ah, OK. Have you gone in below, to the cellar where the big shots [hang out]?

disc

thus adv

[...]

enter sg f L.part I

interr clt

2sg pres aux clt

below adv

cellar sg n def

where inter.rel

3pl pres cop clt

big.shot pl m def

[...]

119 (a) [8:57] [No,] you can’t have gone there, it’s not allowed. Don’t lie to me,

neg

can pres imprs

comp

2sg pres aux clt

enter sg f L.part I

there adv

neg

give 3sg pres I

neg

acc 1sg clt

lie sg imv I

120 (a) [9:01] you haven’t been. But we went across from there, Yalovitso was the guard,

neg

2sg pres aux clt

enter sg f L.part I

and

nom 1pl

across.from adv

go 1pl impf P

Yalovitso sg m name

3sg impf cop

there adv

caretaker sg m

121 (a) [9:06] We went there, took our shoes off, went to the café there and said,

go 1pl pres P

but

acc refl clt

take.off 1pl pres P

go 1pl pres P

coffee sg n

there adv

and

say 1pl pres P

122 (a) [9:11] “Let me see the emperor’s carriage, where it was,

jà

hort

acc 1sg clt

allow sg imv P

comp

see 1sg pres P

carriage sg f

tsar sg m def

where interr

3sg pres aux clt

sg f L.part cop

123 (a) [9:15] what it was like.” We went and saw everything there. I’m a little pushy

what sg n interr

3sg pres aux clt

sg n L.part cop

everything sg n adj

there adv

go 1pl impf P

and

look 1pl impf I

nom 1sg

1sg pres cop clt

little adv

impudent sg f adj

124 (a) [9:22] about these things. Well, not so much pushy, I just wanted to know

this pl adj

thing pl f

not

comp

1sg pres cop clt

impudent sg f adj

simply adv

want 1sg impf I

comp

comp

understand 1sg pres P

разбера

125 (a) [9:26] how it was and what it was. We went everywhere,

what sg n interr

3sg pres aux clt

sg n L.part cop

what interr

3sg pres aux clt

sg n L.part cop

and

go 1pl impf P

and

everywhere adv

126 (a) [9:32] I’ve gone all over. To Vitosha, we had a friend there.

everywhere adv

1sg pres aux clt

go sg f L.part I

and

Vitosha sg f place

one f sg adj

have 1pl impf I

female.friend sg f

127 (a) [9:38] And then I went and worked 16 years at a kindergarten. Parents –

and

after adv

go 1sg aor P

work 1sg aor P

child sg f def adj

garden sg f

sixteen

year f pl

parent pl m

128 (a) [9:44] as many as you want. I went all over, I’ve gone to Koprivshtitsa

how.many inter.rel

dat refl clt

want 2sg pres I

go 1sg aor I

everywhere adv

1sg pres aux clt

go sg f L.part I

Koprivshtitsa sg f place

Копривщица

129 (a) [9:49] many times. They took our photos there, no matter for what reason,

how.many interr

time pl m

there adv

acc 1pl clt

photograph 3pl aor I

and

pres neg exist

meaning sg n

what sg n interr

and

comp

да

bilò

sg n L.part cop

съм

130 (a) [9:53] I still have the newspapers and can show you the photo I have.

have 1sg pres I

still adv

newspaper pl m

comp

dat 2sg clt

acc 3pl clt

show 1sg pres P

what.kind sg f interr adj

picture sg f

have 1sg pres I

131 (a) [9:57] You wouldn’t know that it was me! And we went again

fut neg

comp

say 2sg pres P

rel

1sg pres aux clt

nom 1sg

sg f L.part cop

thus adv

and

go 1pl aor P

and

132 (a) [10:01] to Koprivshtitsa. The [Dutch] liked us there, and we went to Holland.

koprìvštica

Koprivshtitsa sg f place

there adv

acc 1pl clt

take.liking 3pl aor P

for

Holland sg f place

and

go 1pl aor P

133 (a) [10:05] But when we went to Holland I didn’t like their – I didn’t like their life.

and

Holland sg f place

when conj

go 1pl impf P

neg

dat 3pl clt

take.liking 1sg aor P

life sg m def

dat 3pl clt

neg

take.liking 1sg aor P

харесам

134 (a) [10:12] Too much water! We went to a kindergarten, their children are yellow like –

much adv

water sg f

[...]

go 1sg impf P

child sg f def adj

garden sg f

child pl n def

dat 3pl clt

yellow pl adj

135 (a) [10:18] I can’t describe them to you Washed out children, not like ours,

neg

can 1sg pres I

comp

dat 2sg clt

acc 3pl clt

say 1sg pres P

emaciate pl P.part P

child pl n

not

our pl def adj

136 (a) [10:23] [who] are beautiful children. No, no beautiful children [there]. I told them

comp

3pl pres cop clt

beautiful pl adj

child pl n

pres neg exist

beautiful pl adj

child pl n

and

nom 1sg

dat 3pl clt

say 1sg impf P

137 (a) [10:28] there was a – I told them straight to their faces, “I don’t like your life.”

exist impf

one f sg adj

[,,,]

nom 1sg

dat 3pl clt

say 1sg impf I

to.eyes adv

neg

dat 2pl clt

like 1sg pres I

life sg m def

138 (a) [10:33] They live in water. Have you gone there to see what it’s like?

water sg f

live 3pl pres I

nom 2sg

neg

go sg f L.part P

interr clt

2sg pres aux clt

there adv

comp

see 2sg pres P

what sg n interr

3sg pres cop clt

139 (a) [10:38] Their houses are in the water. You haven’t gone. At a windmill

house pl f

3pl pres cop clt

dat 3pl clt

water sg f

neg

2sg pres aux clt

go sg f L.part I

wind sg f def adj

mill f

140 (a) [10:43] [where] we were standing I said to the women, “Let’s take some sand

and

stand 1pl impf I

and

call 1sg impf I

woman pl f def

hort

comp

take 1pl pres P

sand sg m

141 (a) [10:46] so I can plaster my house! We were out аll night long.

comp

dat refl clt

plaster 1sg pres P

house f def

go 1pl

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1 (IL) Tell me about your childhood.

2 (a) [0:02] Childhood? I should tell you [about] my childhood?

3 (NL) Uh huh.

4 (a) [0:06] It was very good. We were very poor,

5 (a) [0:11] We were four sisters and one brother. That’s [how it was]. But

6 (a) [0:17] let me tell you, we were quite united. Poverty –

7 (a) [0:22] Mom’s mother-in-law was a stepmother, and they separated them

8 (a) [0:29] from her aunt’s people and Mom said – “I asked my mother-in-law,

9 (a) [0:35] and she said – she’d given [me] clay – back then pans were [of clay]

10 (a) [0:40] and she said, your sister broke, she said, the big pan

11 (a) [0:49] and said there – there won’t be anything to eat from.

12 (a) [0:54] So she said, I’ll dish out [food] in tiny pans and you fight it out.

13 (a) [0:58] It was joyous, let me tell you, even in poverty.

14 (a) [1:03] And when they resettled [people to build] the dam in Krapets – you know Krapets?

15 (a) [1:10] They came from there bringing cherries in baskets. And we [were] poor,

16 (a) [1:17] No resources. Father, God rest his soul, worked in the mine,

17 (a) [1:22] and was gone the whole week. So Mom said, “Children, see

18 (a) [1:27] the cherry-man has come, so you’ll eat cherries.” But then she said

19 (a) [1:32] “There’s worms,” and said, “With this money, I’ll buy rice,

20 (a) [1:35] and make food for you.” And that’s how it was,

21 (a) [1:40] all the poverty you could want back then. When they reaped,

22 (a) [1:46] there weren’t horses, there weren’t any of these factories to process things.

23 (a) [1:53] And you know how they threshed? They lay the grain down to thresh it,

24 (a) [2:00] harnessed up oxen (you know what oxen are [right?]), and put on a wattle harrow.

25 (a) [2:07] [Like] a gate. And we kids climbed up on it top to [help] smash the grain.

26 (a) [2:13] That’s how it was. And then there was a hand-held winnower, you know that surely,

27 (a) [2:20] A winnower. And the ones who were taller were up above –

28 (a) [2:25] Aren’t you cold? Should I bring you something, a vest?

29 (IL) No, I’m fine.

30 (a) [2:28] And the taller ones above would drop the grain down. Some raked [it]

31 (a) [2:33] and others would be down with the chaff. We put the kids we hated [down there].

32 (a) [2:38] to rake the chaff!

33 (NL) /laughter/

34 (a) [2:41] /laughter/ Well, that’s how it was! And later when we grew up,

35 (a) [2:47] when we grew up, each went wherever they wanted. Mom back then didn’t allow [us]

36 (a) [2:52] to go out much. Our house was old, Grandpa had given it to us,

37 (a) [2:58] and Mom didn’t have a lock on the door. So she would put a piece of wood,

38 (a) [3:03] she’d put the “masha” (fire tongs), you know what “masha” is, don’t you?

39 (IL) Um, no.

40 (a) [3:08] /laughter/. Ah well. /laughter/ So she put up the “masha” so that when we got home

41 (a) [3:15] she’d know what time we got home. Otherwise, she said, I won’t let you out [at all].

42 (a) [3:20] She wouldn’t allow it. Now people don’t care much about this – “morals”,

43 (a) [3:25] But back then they cared a lot. So I went [to be married] in an “honorable” state

44 (a) [3:29] And when I was married “honorably” my father-in-law – back then there wasn’t

45 (a) [3:35] anything to buy with. In [nineteen] fifty-two [when] I got married there was nothing.

46 (a) [3:41] So we take butter and cheese from here and bring it to Sofia [to sell]

47 (a) [3:45] so they could buy us [things]. I was the only daughter-in-law; I had a sister-in-law

48 (a) [3:50] but my father-in-law liked me more. As to my mother-in-law –

49 (a) [3:54] I didn’t get along with her. But my father-in-law would go and take cheese,

50 (a) [3:58] he’d take butter, and he’d go to buy me silk

51 (a) [4:01] so I could make a dress. And there’ll be a wedding.

52 (a) [4:04] Weddings used to last three days. Do you understand?

53 (IL) Yes.

54 (a) [4:09] They’d have a “teferich” (staff for a processional flag), you maybe know –

55 (a) [4:14] Do you know what a “teferich” is?

56 (IL) No.

57 (a) [4:17] No. So. The wedding itself is on Sunday. On Saturday they –

58 (a) [4:23] the unmarried girls get together and sing, and take boxwood staffs.

59 (a) [4:29] There weren’t any fancy things back then, they took paper to make [decorations].

60 (a) [4:34] They make the flagstaff, put an apple on top, and dance and sing.

61 (a) [4:41] Then the next morning the groomsmen come and take the boxwood staffs.

62 (a) [4:50] They take the flag, and go steal roosters from neighbors who don’t lock them up.

63 (a) [4:57] They take [their] roosters and slaughter them. You needed to have locked them up!

64 (a) [5:04] Nobody – Everyone knows that a wedding is on, and that one must

65 (a) [5:08] lock up all the chickens. And when they go to invite the godfather –

66 (a) [5:13] they go to invite the godfather with music and everything. And the godfather comes –

67 (a) [5:19] when the godfather comes from the church, when they [all] come back,

68 (a) [5:24] they take a “kanat” (cart board) and lay it out. You know, from a carriage.

69 (a) [5:30] You know what a “kanat” is, don’t you? [I suspect] you don’t.

70 (IL) No, I don’t.

71 (a) [5:33] And they put a rug on it. When they put down the rug, they put down

72 (a) [5:40] a cauldron of water, and they’ve put flowers in the cauldron. And the bride