Drabišna 1

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1 (a) [0:01] We used to feed [= keep] [silk]worms. I kept three boxes of silkworms.

silkworm pl f

feed 1pl impf I

three

feed 1sg impf I

three

box pl f

silkworm pl f

2 (a) [0:05] And I planted three decares of tobacco, and I looked after children.

and

three

decare ct m

tobacoo sg m

plant 1sg impf I

and

child pl n

look 1sg impf I

3 (RA) Mm hm.

əmhm

bkch

4 (a) [0:09] And I harvested, sesame or whatever – we planted all of that. But now, nothing.

and

harvest sg f

reap 1sg impf I

sesame sg m

conj

what sg n rel

conj

everything sg n adj

plant 1pl impf I

this sg n med adj

now

nothing sg n

5 (GK) So tell us about the silkworms. How do you look after them?

jà

hort

comp

dat 1pl clt

tell 2sg pres P

worm pl f

how interr

acc refl clt

look 3pl pres I

6 (a) [0:17] How they [just] sit [around]? What?

how interr

sit 3pl pres I

disc

7 (GK) How you look after the silkworms!

how interr

acc refl clt

look 3pl pres I

worm pl f

8 (RA) How you look after the silkworms!

how interr

acc refl clt

look 3pl pres I

worm pl f

9 (a) [0:19] Oh, the silkworms, [how] you look after them. I had a garden here in back,

excl

worm pl f def

nom 3pl

acc refl clt

raise 3pl pres I

ost

here adv

behind adv

garden sg f def

have 1sg impf I

10 (a) [0:22] behind the house, an entire garden. There was a garden over there [by]

behind

house sg f def

entire sg f adj

garden sg f

ost

there adv

pres exist

garden sg f

ost

there adv

11 (a) [0:26] where the soldiers built the barracks, that was a garden.

soldier pl m def

where rel

make 3pl aor P

barrack sg f

this sg n med adj

3sg impf cop

garden sg f

12 (a) [0:28] I'd cut up leaves and carry them. I was carrying leaves, and [something] fell on me

cut 1sg impf I

leaf pl n

carry 1sg pres I

leaf pl n

ost

when conj

carry 1sg impf I

leaf pl n

fall 3sg aor P

dat 1sg clt

13 (a) [0:31] up there, and I broke my leg while I was carrying the leaves.

ost

there adv

above adv

and

one sg m def

leg sg m

dat refl clt

break 1sg aor P

and

when conj

carry 1sg impf I

leaf pl n def

14 (a) [0:36] Then they came and took me in an ambulance to the hospital

later adv

come 3pl aor P

acc 1sg clt

take 3pl aor P

with

ambulance sg f def

hospital sg f def

15 (a) [0:40] and looked after me for nine months.

and

acc 1sg clt

look.after 3pl aor P

nine

month ct m

16 (RA) Hm.

bkch

17 (a) [0:45] [My leg] was in a cast [that whole time].

gipsìrənə

plaster sg n P.part I

гипсирам

b'àše

3sg impf cop

съм

18 (GK) Nine months!

nine

month ct m

19 (a) [0:48] I stayed in the hospital for nine months.

nine

month ct m

hospital sg f def

lie 1sg impf I

20 (RA) Whew!

pùf

excl

пуф

21 (GK) [That’s] a lot.

mnògo

much adv

много

22 (RA) A lot.

mnògo

much adv

много

23 (a) [0:53] This leg, this leg here was broken [when]

this sg f med adj

leg sg f

this sg f prox adj

leg sg f

ost

this sg n med adj

3sg pres cop clt

break sg f P.part P

here adv

24 (a) [1:00] the cart went by [carrying] sheaves. And it got broken here too.

cart sg f def

pass 3sg aor P

sheaf pl m

and

this sg n med adj

again adv

dat 1sg clt

3sg pres cop clt

break sg f P.part P

25 (RA) Hmm.

həm

disc

26 (a) [1:05] Here, you see?

hort

see sg imv P

see sg imv P

27 (GK) Ooh!

ù

excl

28 (RA) Oh, yes. Tsk, tsk.

excl

yes

excl

29 (a) [1:08] And so now I am lame.

ost

now adv

ost

lame sg f adj

1sg pres cop clt

30 (RA) Tsk, tsk, tsk

c.c.c

excl

31 (GK) [Ah,] after all that work!

when conj

2sg pres aux clt

work sg f L.part I

all adv

32 (a) [1:15] I should know! Look now, [when] I go even up to the [village] square,

nom 1sg

dat refl clt

know 1sg pres I

ost

now adv

go 1sg pres I

even adv

above adv

square sg m def

33 (a) [1:19] I can’t walk. I [can only] walk by [using] two crutches to lean on.

neg

can 1sg pres I

comp

walk 1sg pres I

with

two f

crutch pl f

ost

acc refl clt

support 1sg pres I

and

walk 1sg pres I

34 (a) [1:23] Today our aunt Hrishiyka said, “Well, why do you [use] two crutches?”

today adv

our sg f adj

aunt sg f

Hrishiyka sg f

why interr

why interr

2sg pres cop clt

two f

crutch pl f

35 (a) [1:27] “I can’t walk,” I said. “One crutch!” she said. “Take [it up]”, she said, “and walk!”

disc

neg

can 1sg pres I

comp

walk 1sg pres I

call 1sg pres I

and

one sg f adj

crutch sg f

call 3sg pres I

take sg imv P

call 3sg pres I

walk sg imv I

36 (RA) Hm.

disc

37 (a) [1:37] People [just now] planted their melon patches, they planted everything.

people pl def

and

melon.patch pl m

plant 3pl aor I

everything sg n def adj

всичко

s'àhə

plant 3pl aor I

сея

38 (a) [1:39] But I can’t. I don’t even have a single watermelon.

nom 1sg

neg

can 1sg pres I

one sg f adj

watermelon sg f

not.have 1sg pres I

at.least adv

39 (VZh) So the silkworms, the silkworms. You said you had a garden around here.

and

worm pl f def

worm pl f def

say 2sg aor P

from

here adv

2sg pres aux clt

have sg f L.part I

garden sg f

40 (a) [1:48] [Ah], garden. [The] garden.

garden sg f

garden sg f

41 (VZh) What did you have in the garden?

what sg n interr

have 2pl impf I

garden sg f def

42 (a) [1:50] They give them [to us] as seeds, and you’ll hatch them. It’s a tiny little seed

nom 3pl

acc 3pl clt

give 3pl pres I

thus med adv

seed sg n

fut

acc 3pl clt

hatch 2sg pres P

nom n 3sg

tiny sg n adj

seed sg n

43 (a) [1:54] like the seed of a tomato. That kind of seed.

hes

tomato sg n def adj

seed sg n

such sg n adj

seed sg n

44 (GK) Uh huh.

əxə

bkch

аха

45 (a) [1:57] That kind. You hatch them in a warm [place], and pour [them] into a basket.

thus sg n med adj

3sg impf cop

comp

acc 3pl clt

hatch 2sg pres P

warm sg n def adj

pour sg imv P

one sg m adj

basket sg m

46 (a) [2:01] You’ll put them [in], spread out a piece of paper and a towel underneath,

fut

put 2sg pres I

fut

spread 2sg pres P

one sg f adj

paper sg f adj

spread 2sg pres P

and

one sg f adj

towel sg f

below

47 (a) [2:06] and then you’ll pour them [in] and they hatch. Then you put leaves all around

and

fut

acc 3pl clt

pour 2sg pres P

nom 3pl

acc refl clt

hatch 3pl pres I

later adv

put 3pl pres I

leaf pl n def

around adv

48 (a) [2:10] and they gobble, gobble, gobble [it up]. Then we had these grates,

nom 3pl

gobble 3pl pres I

gobble 3pl pres I

[...]

later adv

grate pl n

have 1pl impf I

49 (a) [2:14] and we put the silkworms on the grates, and we’d feed them.

this pl med adj

grate pl n

acc 3pl clt

put 1pl pres I

silkworm pl f def

and

acc 3pl clt

feed 1pl impf I

50 (a) [2:18] This stable was full of silkworms. The stable, the pantry, in the rooms –

ost

this sg m prox adj

stable sg m

3sg impf cop

full sg m adj

silkworm pl f

there adv

stable sg m def

pantry sg f def

room pl f def

51 (a) [2:23] we slept outdoors. Silkworms [everywhere]! I fed three boxes of silkworms.

lie 1pl impf I

outside adv

silkworm pl f

this sg n med adj

three

box pl f

silkworm pl f

feed 1sg impf I

52 (GK) Is that a lot?

much adv

interr clt

3sg pres cop clt

this sg n adj

53 (a) [2:30] What?

à

disc

54 (GK) Is that a lot? How many is that? We’ve [never] seen [any].

many adv

interr clt

3sg pres cop clt

how.many interr

3sg pres cop clt

nom 1pl

neg

1pl pres aux clt

see pl L.part I

55 (a) [2:32] Well, that’s a lot! [You think] it’s a little?

disc

many adv

3pl pres cop clt

little adv

interr clt

3pl pres cop clt

56 (GK) I don’t know! We’ve [never] seen [any].

neg

know 1sg pres I

neg

1pl pres aux clt

see pl L.part I

57 (a) [2:34] You’ve [never] looked after silkworms?

neg

2pl pres aux clt

look pl m L.part I

silkworm pl f

58 (GK) No.

nè

не

59 (a) [2:36] Well, we do. [But] nothing now. What do they do now? There’s nothing now.

disc

nom 1pl

raise 1pl pres I

pres neg exist

now adv

now adv

what sg n interr

look 3pl pres I

now

nothing sg n

pres neg exist

60 (a) [2:41] Now – look, now they get together, these really big girls pass by here,

now

ost

now

acc refl clt

gather 3pl pres P

[...]

enormous indcl adj

girl pl f

pass 3pl pres P

here adv

61 (a) [2:48] going to the barracks. Over there with the soldiers they talk and talk

fut

go 3pl pres P

barrack sg f def

ost

there adv

soldier pl m def

talk 3pl pres I

talk 3pl pres I

62 (a) [2:51] and then they come back. And I'm sitting here. Yesterday, they’d gone in

again adv

acc refl clt

return 3pl pres P

nom 1sg

dat refl clt

ost

here adv

sit 1sg pres I

yesterday adv

and

enter pl f L.part P

inside adv

63 (a) [2:57] and danced and danced. “Well,” I said, “did you dance yourselves out?"

dance 3pl pres I

and

dance 3pl pres I

adrs

dance.out 2pl aor P

interr clt

acc refl clt

call 1sg pres I

already adv

64 (RA) Huh, huh!

hm.hm

disc

65 (a) [3:03] "You should sing. If we were you," I said, "[with] such a big nice square –

comp

sing 2pl pres P

acc 2pl

call 1sg pres I

such sg m med adj

nice sg m adj

big sg m adj

square sg m

pres exist

66 (a) [3:07] If there’d been such a square in our days," I said, "what circle dances

our pl f adj

year pl f

if conj

impf exist

this sg m med adj

square sg m

call 1sg pres I

what.kind pl n

round.dance pl n

67 (a) [3:10] we’d have danced!" But we [danced] in that swamp and in these clothes –

1pl fut.pst

comp

dance 1pl pres I

and

nom 1pl

this pl med adj

swamp pl m

this pl med adj

dress pl f

68 (a) [3:14] [still] clap clap!, The men, the boys: clap, clap!

clap

clap

this pl med adj

male pl m adj

this pl med adj

boy pl n

clap

clap

69 (RA) Mm.

bkch

70 (a) [3:18] All there in the river[bed]. There, where it used to be a river,

and

nom sg n

thus med adv

riverbed sg m def

this sg m med adj

riverbed sg m

here adv

3sg impf cop

71 (a) [3:22] they’ve now made it a garbage pit. They throw sticks and everything [there].

now

acc m 3sg clt

make 3pl aor P

garbage.pit sg n

throw 3pl pres I

this sg n med adj

throw 3pl pres I

stick pl f

throw 3pl pres I

everything sg n adj

throw 3pl pres I

72 (VZh) But has the river always been dried up like that?

but

riverbed sg m def

always adv

interr clt

thus adv

dat refl clt

dry.up 3sg impf I

73 (a) [3:30] What?

à

disc

74 (VZh) Has it always dried up like this? [Oh,] a dog.

always adv

interr clt

dry.up 3sg impf I

this sg n adj

this sg n med adj

cur sg m

75 (a) [3:34] [It’s] a cat.

kòte

cat sg n

коте

76 (GK) Has the river always dried up?

dry.up 3sg impf I

interr clt

always adv

river sg f def

77 (a) [3:36] What?

à

disc

78 (GK) Has the river here [always] dried up?

river sg f def

here adv

dry.up 3sg impf I

interr clt

79 (a) [3:39] It didn’t use to dry up earlier, [but] this year it dried up a lot. This river [is]

before adv

neg

dry.up 3sg impf I

this sg f prox adj

year sg f

much adv

dry.up 3sg aor P

this sg f med adj

river sg f

80 (a) [3:43] a big river, it came all the way up to my steps.

big sg f adj

river sg f

come 3sg impf I

ost

even adv

disc

there adv

my pl def adj

plate pl f

81 (RA) Really?

takà

thus adv

така

interr clt

ли

82 (a) [3:47] Yes, [to] here, [to] here.

ost

here adv

thus med adv

83 (RA) [It was] that big!

so.much adv

big sg f adj

84 (a) [3:49] We bored a hole [by the] outdoor oven, the shed, and the water flowed down.

oven sg f def

shed pl m def

from.there adv

bore 1pl aor P

hole sg f

and

flow 3sg impf I

water sg f def

to.below adv

85 (a) [3:53] Rivers as big as that would come up [to our house]. Now they don’t.

such pl med adj

big pl adj

river pl f

come 3pl impf I

now

pres neg exist

86 (a) [3:55] There's no water now.

water sg f

now

pres neg exist

87 (GK) No water.

pres neg exist

water sg f

88 (a) [3:58] No, none.

pres neg exist

pres neg exist

89 (RA) There's no rain.

rain m

pres neg exist

90 (a) [4:00] It hasn't rained, either up higher or here.

neither

up adv

rain 3sg pres I

neither

towards

here adv

rain 3sg pres I

91 (RA) Hm.

disc

92 (GK) Uh huh. So, after you hatch the silkworms, what happens?

əmhəm

yes

and

when conj

acc 3pl clt

hatch 2sg pres P

when conj

acc 3pl clt

hatch 2sg pres P

worm pl f def

what sg n interr

happen 3sg pres I

93 (a) [4:09] What happens? Well, you'll feed them, feed them and feed them up.

what sg n interr

happen 3sg pres I

ost

fut

acc 3pl clt

feed 2sg pres I

comp

acc 3pl clt

feed 2sg pres I

feed.up 2sg pres P

94 (a) [4:12] When they're ready to sleep, they fall asleep, and sleep. When they wake up,

become 3pl pres P

interr clt

for

sleep sg m

nom 3pl

3pl pres P

later adv

sleep 3pl pres I

when inter.rel

acc refl clt

awaken 3pl pres P

95 (a) [4:16] you feed them again, and then you spread them out on other grates,

again adv

fut

acc 3pl clt

feed 2sg pres I

again adv

later adv

fut

acc 3pl clt

spread.out 2sg pres P

other pl adj

grate pl n

96 (a) [4:20] and then they will sleep three more “sleeps”.

later adv

still adv

three

sleep ct m

sleep 3pl pres I

97 (GK) Three “sleeps”.

three

sleep ct m

98 (a) [4:23] They sleep three sleeps. When you feed them next, they [go] to the spinning.

three

sleep ct m

sleep 3pl pres I

sleep 3pl pres I

later adv

already adv

when inter.rel

acc 3pl clt

feed 2sg pres I

this sg n med adj

toward

winding sg f

99 (a) [4:26] So you feed them [one last time] to [make them] spin [their cocoons].

already adv

comp

acc 3pl clt

feed 2sg pres I

cocoon pl m

comp

wind 2sg pres P

100 (GK) Aha.

əxà

bkch

аха

101 (a) [4:29] So then you feed it to [make] them spin, and it gets this big.

later adv

fut

acc 3pl clt

wind 2sg pres P

comp

acc f 3sg clt

feed 2sg pres I

fut

so.much med adv

become 3sg pres I

102 (a) [4:33] We put greenery on top of the racks and they gobble it from above,

from

rack sg f def

cram 1pl pres P

shrubbery sg f def

nom 3pl

[...]

gobble 3sg pres I

from.above adv

103 (a) [4:37] and then [make] these big cocoons. White cocoons.

ost

such pl med adj

big pl adj

cocoon pl m

white pl m adj

cocoon pl m

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Drabišna 1

1 (a) [0:01] We used to feed [= keep] [silk]worms. I kept three boxes of silkworms.

2 (a) [0:05] And I planted three decares of tobacco, and I looked after children.

3 (RA) Mm hm.

4 (a) [0:09] And I harvested, sesame or whatever – we planted all of that. But now, nothing.

5 (GK) So tell us about the silkworms. How do you look after them?

6 (a) [0:17] How they [just] sit [around]? What?

7 (GK) How you look after the silkworms!

8 (RA) How you look after the silkworms!

9 (a) [0:19] Oh, the silkworms, [how] you look after them. I had a garden here in back,

10 (a) [0:22] behind the house, an entire garden. There was a garden over there [by]

11 (a) [0:26] where the soldiers built the barracks, that was a garden.

12 (a) [0:28] I'd cut up leaves and carry them. I was carrying leaves, and [something] fell on me

13 (a) [0:31] up there, and I broke my leg while I was carrying the leaves.

14 (a) [0:36] Then they came and took me in an ambulance to the hospital

15 (a) [0:40] and looked after me for nine months.

16 (RA) Hm.

17 (a) [0:45] [My leg] was in a cast [that whole time].

18 (GK) Nine months!

19 (a) [0:48] I stayed in the hospital for nine months.

20 (RA) Whew!

21 (GK) [That’s] a lot.

22 (RA) A lot.

23 (a) [0:53] This leg, this leg here was broken [when]

24 (a) [1:00] the cart went by [carrying] sheaves. And it got broken here too.

25 (RA) Hmm.

26 (a) [1:05] Here, you see?

27 (GK) Ooh!

28 (RA) Oh, yes. Tsk, tsk.

29 (a) [1:08] And so now I am lame.

30 (RA) Tsk, tsk, tsk

31 (GK) [Ah,] after all that work!

32 (a) [1:15] I should know! Look now, [when] I go even up to the [village] square,

33 (a) [1:19] I can’t walk. I [can only] walk by [using] two crutches to lean on.

34 (a) [1:23] Today our aunt Hrishiyka said, “Well, why do you [use] two crutches?”

35 (a) [1:27] “I can’t walk,” I said. “One crutch!” she said. “Take [it up]”, she said, “and walk!”

36 (RA) Hm.

37 (a) [1:37] People [just now] planted their melon patches, they planted everything.

38 (a) [1:39] But I can’t. I don’t even have a single watermelon.

39 (VZh) So the silkworms, the silkworms. You said you had a garden around here.

40 (a) [1:48] [Ah], garden. [The] garden.

41 (VZh) What did you have in the garden?

42 (a) [1:50] They give them [to us] as seeds, and you’ll hatch them. It’s a tiny little seed

43 (a) [1:54] like the seed of a tomato. That kind of seed.

44 (GK) Uh huh.

45 (a) [1:57] That kind. You hatch them in a warm [place], and pour [them] into a basket.

46 (a) [2:01] You’ll put them [in], spread out a piece of paper and a towel underneath,

47 (a) [2:06] and then you’ll pour them [in] and they hatch. Then you put leaves all around

48 (a) [2:10] and they gobble, gobble, gobble [it up]. Then we had these grates,

49 (a) [2:14] and we put the silkworms on the grates, and we’d feed them.

50 (a) [2:18] This stable was full of silkworms. The stable, the pantry, in the rooms –

51 (a) [2:23] we slept outdoors. Silkworms [everywhere]! I fed three boxes of silkworms.

52 (GK) Is that a lot?

53 (a) [2:30] What?

54 (GK) Is that a lot? How many is that? We’ve [never] seen [any].

55 (a) [2:32] Well, that’s a lot! [You think] it’s a little?

56 (GK) I don’t know! We’ve [never] seen [any].

57 (a) [2:34] You’ve [never] looked after silkworms?

58 (GK) No.

59 (a) [2:36] Well, we do. [But] nothing now. What do they do now? There’s nothing now.

60 (a) [2:41] Now – look, now they get together, these really big girls pass by here,

61 (a) [2:48] going to the barracks. Over there with the soldiers they talk and talk

62 (a) [2:51] and then they come back. And I'm sitting here. Yesterday, they’d gone in

63 (a) [2:57] and danced and danced. “Well,” I said, “did you dance yourselves out?"

64 (RA) Huh, huh!

65 (a) [3:03] "You should sing. If we were you," I said, "[with] such a big nice square –

66 (a) [3:07] If there’d been such a square in our days," I said, "what circle dances

67 (a) [3:10] we’d have danced!" But we [danced] in that swamp and in these clothes –

68 (a) [3:14] [still] clap clap!, The men, the boys: clap, clap!

69 (RA) Mm.

70 (a) [3:18] All there in the river[bed]. There, where it used to be a river,

71 (a) [3:22] they’ve now made it a garbage pit. They throw sticks and everything [there].