Eremija 1

disc

comp

neg

come 3pl pres I

acc 1pl

34 (a) [1:24] Why?

òti

why interr

оти

35 (GK) What [do you mean,] why?

what interr

why interr

36 (b) [1:26] … to ask for money!

money pl.t

comp

seek 3pl pres I

37 (a) [1:27] No!

nè

не

38 (GK) Hah!

hà

excl

ха

39 (a) [1:28] [laughter] They’re only recording something, they’re not asking for money.

only adv

here adv

record 3pl pres I

something sg n

pres neg exist

neg

seek 3pl pres I

money pl.t

40 (GK) [We’ve come] to chat. Who, what –

for

story sg f def

which sg m interr

which sg n interr adj

кой

41 (RA) To chat.

for

по

prìkaskata

story sg f def

42 (GK) We’re looking for stories.

seek 1pl pres I

story pl f def

43 (a) [1:36] For tales.

for

по

prìkaski

tale pl f

44 (b) [1:37] Ah, for tales.

excl

prìkaski

tale pl f

45 (a) Tales.

prìkaski

tale pl f

46 (b) [1:38] But we don’t know [any] tales.

but

nom 1pl

neg

know 1pl pres I

tale pl f

47 (a) [1:40] Ah, you know, first name, last name –

disc

name sg n

surname sg n

48 (b) [1:42] We don’t know –

neg

не

znàeme

know 1pl pres I

зная

49 (RA) We’re just [here] to chat.

only adv

comp

chat 1pl pres I

50 (GK) We’re just [here] to talk, you know? We’re not looking for anything else.

only adv

comp

dat refl clt

speak 1pl pres I

adrs

nothing sg n

other sg n adj

neg

seek 1pl pres I

51 (b) [1:45] I – I took fright because …

nom 1sg

acc refl clt

nom 1sg

acc refl clt

take.fright 1sg aor P

уплаша

òti

because

оти

52 (a) [1:47] Ah, no.

disc

nè

не

53 (b) [1:47] … just now …

segà

now adv

сега

54 (a) [1:48] [laughter]

[…]

55 (b) [1:48] … they are coming around for water, for taxes …

come 3pl pres I

for

water sg f

for

tax pl m

56 (a) [1:49] [Ah,] [laughter] those ones haven’t come yet.

pres neg exist

acc 3pl clt

still adv

57 (b) [1:51] … for electricity and such, and so I said “Oh God, now

for

such pl m adj

for

current sg m

and

therefore adv

call 1sg pres I

God voc sg m

and

now adv

58 (b) [1:55] [when] we’re at the end of our money.

end sg m def

already adv

money pl.t def

simply adv

for

word pl f

62 (b) [1:59] Ah.

disc

63 (RA) We came for words. [laughter]

for

word pl f

come 1pl aor P

64 (b) [2:00] Well, I just – you were just saying – and we pensioners don’t have any,

disc

nom 1sg

and

only adv

just adv

call 2sg pres I

and

not.have 1pl pres I

nom 1pl

pensioner pl m def

65 (b) [2:04] and that’s why they’re afraid

and

therefore adv

acc refl clt

fear 3pl pres I

66 (GK) Eh –

è

disc

67 (b) [2:08] I see [people] over here recording [something], and how am I to know?

look 1sg pres I

here adv

record 3pl pres I

from

where interr

know 1sg pres I

68 (a) [2:08] They’re recording. They recorded my names, they’re recording speech – how we talk.

record 3sg pres I

name pl n def

dat 1sg clt

record 3pl aor P

dialect sg m def

record 3pl pres I

how interr

speak 1pl pres I

69 (b) [2:13] Well, nobody –

disc

and

па

nìko

nobody sg m

никой

70 (GK) How people talk in your village.

how interr

acc refl clt

speak 3sg pres I

your sg n adj

village sg n

71 (a) [2:15] How one talks [here].

how interr

acc refl clt

speak 3sg pres I

72 (b) [2:16] Oh, well, then –

disc

and

disc

hes

73 (GK) Come over [and join] us, then!

come sg imv P

acc 1pl

adrs

74 (b) [2:19] What?

disc

75 (GK) Come on over [and join] us!

come sg imv P

acc 1pl

76 (RA) Come here, come here!

come sg imv P

come sg imv P

77 (a) [2:21] [She], the comrade is not –

comrade sg f def

neg

3sg pres cop clt

78 (RA) I am from America.

nom 1sg

1sg pres cop clt

from

America sg f place

79 (a) [2:24] She’s from America …

from

America sg f place

3sg pres cop clt

80 (GK) She’s come all the way from America.

from

America sg f place

even adv

3sg pres aux clt

come sg f L.part P

81 (RA) I came from America to write down your dialect.

from

America sg f place

come 1sg aor P

comp

dat 2pl clt

write 1sg pres I

dialect sg m def

82 (a) [2:28] … and is recording –

and

zapìsva

record 3sg pres I

записвам

83 (b) [2:29] I’ll come. [But first I must] go to the store to check on something

fut

come 1sg pres P

nom 1sg

comp

go 1sg pres P

small.store sg n def

here adv

something sg n

comp

look 1sg pres I

84 (b) [2:31] and I’ll be right back.

and

immediately adv

fut

acc refl clt

return 1sg pres P

85 (GK) Go off then. (So –] in the old days, did you care for the livestock alone?

hort

hort

run sg imv I

one sg n adj

time sg n

one sg n adj

time sg n

livestock sg f def

alone pl adj

dat refl clt

acc f 3sg clt

tend 2pl impf I

86 (a) [2:39] [All] alone.

samì

alone pl adj

сам

87 (GK) What kind of livestock?

what.kind sg f adj

livestock sg f

88 (a) [2:41] Sheep, goats, pigs, cattle, horses – everything. We were all in one house –

sheep pl f

goat pl f

pig pl f

cattle pl n

horse pl m

everything sg n adj

one f sg adj

house sg f

1pl impf cop

89 (a) [2:50] three families. There were fifteen of us children.

three

family pl n

1pl impf cop

fifteen

child pl n

90 (GK) Um hm.

yes

91 (a) [2:54] “You [go] with the goats, you [go] with the pigs, you [go] with the oxen,

nom 2sg

with

goat pl f def

nom 2sg

with

pig pl f def

nom 2sg

with

ox pl m def

92 (a) [2:58] you [go] with the horses” – and that’s it.

nom 2sg

with

horse pl m def

and

this sg n adj

3sg pres cop clt

93 (GK) and –

and

94 (a) [3:01] And everyone knew: you get up in the morning, a piece of bread in your bag,

and

each sg m adj

dat refl clt

know 3sg pres I

morning sg f

when conj

arise 3sg pres P

small.piece sg n def

bread sg m

small.bag sg n def

95 (a) [3:09] and off you go! Today there’s no coming back home [until you’re done].

and

depart sg imv I

today adv

return vbl.n I

to.home adv

pres neg exist

96 (GK) All day long.

entire sg m adj

day sg m

97 (a) [3:14] All day long. Either there’s a bit of water somewhere to drink, or there isn’t.

entire sg m adj

day sg m

either

pres exist

water sg f

somewhere adv

comp

drink 2sg pres P

either

pres neg exist

98 (a) [3:20] [If the latter] you’d [just] endure. That’s how it was.

fut

endure 2sg pres I

thus adv

3sg impf cop

99 (GK) Didn’t you have something – [some] little pots – to put a bit of water in

not.have 2pl impf I

interr clt

something sg n

comp

dat refl clt

small.pot pl f

comp

dat refl clt

put 2pl pres P

water sg f

100 (GK) to carry it [with] you?

comp

dat refl clt

carry 2sg pres I

101 (a) [3:27] Well, we carried it, but in this heat it would get all hot but

disc

nom 1pl

carry 1pl pres P

but

this sg f adj

heat sg f

nom f 3sg

become 3sg pres P

heat sg f P.part I

but

102 (a) [3:33] we drank [anyway]. What else to do? We’d take a bottle or so each, but – [sigh]

drink 1pl pres I

what interr

comp

do 2sg pres I

take 1pl pres P

some sg n adj

small.bottle sg n

but

103 (GK) It was hard then, right?

difficult adv

3sg pres aux clt

sg n L.part cop

then adv

mean 3sg pres I

104 (a) [3:43] Back then when we were able, it seems to me

then adv

when conj

can 1pl impf I

seem 3sg pres I

dat 1sg clt

acc refl clt

105 (a) [3:46] that I didn’t have it so hard Now is [when] it’s hard for me! [laughter]

neg

dat 1sg clt

3sg impf cop

[...]

and

so.much adv

difficult adv

now adv

dat 1sg clt

3sg pres cop clt

difficult adv

106 (GK) [laughter]

[…]

107 (a) [3:50] Because I can’t – I can’t – Well look, here’s the garden: we’ve no water.

because

neg

can 1sg pres I

neg

can 1sg pres I

ost

acc n 3sg clt

here adv

garden sg f

water sg f

not.have 1pl pres I

108 (a) [3:58] All summer long, they’ve let water out of the reservoir [just] three times:

entire sg n def adj

summer sg n

3sg pres cop clt

release sg f P.part P

this sg f adj

water sg f

from

reservoir sg m

three

time pl m

109 (a) [4:03] on the twenty-fifth, on the twenty-fifth, and now it’ll happen

twenty

and

fifth sg m adj

twenty

and

fifth sg m adj

disc

and

now adv

fut

become 3sg pres P

110 (a) [4:06] on the twenty-fifth if they let it out. So [all] we [can do] is ask someone

twenty

and

fifth sg m adj

if conj

acc f 3sg clt

release 3pl pres P

and

comp

acc refl clt

pray 1pl pres I

this sg m adj

111 (a) [4:10] to give you a plastic canister of water for drinking.

comp

dat 2sg clt

give 3sg pres P

one f sg adj

canister sg f

water sg f

for

drink vbl.n I

112 (a) [4:13] I just went to another neighbor, and got a canister of drinking [water],

ost

now adv

go 1sg aor P

other sg m def adj

neighbor sg m

bring 1sg aor P

one f sg adj

canister sg f

for

drink vbl.n I

113 (a) [4:18] but there’s nothing for washing or for cooking, I can’t carry it.

but

for

wash vbl.n I

for

cook vbl.n I

pres neg exist

neg

can 1sg pres I

comp

carry 1sg pres I

114 (a) [4:21] If the children come, they bring [water] in buckets or whatever, [and]

come 3pl pres P

interr clt

child pl n def

bring 3pl pres P

bucket pl f

such sg n adj

115 (a) [4:27] set things up. But it runs out when you are constantly washing your hands,

prepare 3pl pres P

here adv

but

acc refl clt

finish 3sg pres P

when conj

constantly adv

hand pl f def

comp

dat refl clt

wash 2sg pres P

116 (a) [4:30] [or] washing the pot. From morning on, a person needs to make things.

pot sg f def

comp

wash 2sg pres P

disc

from

morning sg f def

something sg n

comp

make 3sg pres P

person sg m

117 (a) [4:34] Food, for instance – don’t you need water for [all this]?

food sg n

interr

all adv

with

water sg f

must pres I imprs

118 (GK) Umhm.

bkch

119 (a) [4:38] It won't [happen] without water. The wells are all dried up –

not.want 3sg pres I

without

water sg f

well pl m

dry.up 3pl aor P

120 (GK) Huh.

xà

bkch

ха

121 (a) [4:42] Oh and the neighbors here! Never [before] has the well dried up.

excl

ost

here adv

neighbor pl m def

never adv

neg

3sg impf cop

dry.up sg m

well sg m def

122 (a) [4:48] Now when the bucket [descends] it lies flat, there’s only what it scoops up.

now adv

when conj

[...]

lie.down 3sg pres P

bucket sg f def

how.much inter.rel

scoop.up 3sg pres P

so.much adv

123 (a) [4:51] And if you shake it [at all] it gets all cloudy, and that’s [all] there is.

if conj

acc f 3sg clt

shake 2sg pres P

cloudy sg f adj

become 3sg pres P

and

nom sg n

this sg n adj

3sg pres cop clt

124 (a) [4:55] And [others] gave up [their] gardens, they gave up everything.

relinquish 3pl aor P

and

garden sg f

relinquish 3pl aor P

and

everything sg n adj

125 (GK) But I look around here and I see that you’ve planted something anyway.

but

nom 2sg

look 1sg pres I

rather adv

here adv

2sg pres aux clt

[...]

plant sg f L.part.impf P

2sg pres aux clt

something sg n

126 (a) [5:00] Well yes, we planted – planting [is one thing]. And just now some rain came

disc

nom 1pl

plant 1pl aor P

for

plant vbl.n I

and

now adv

rain sg m def

when conj

rain 3sg aor P

127 (a) [5:04] so things just now bloomed.

è

ost

acc n 3sg clt

now adv

acc refl clt

bloom 3sg aor P

128 (GK) Mm hm.

bkch

129 (a) [5:05] [But] it bloomed [just in time] for the frost! Up till now we haven’t picked

now adv

bloom 3sg pres I

for

frost sg f def

and

now adv

neg

1pl pres aux clt

pluck pl m pres I

130 (a) [5:09] even a tiny little pepper to see what it was like. No. It’s all dried out.

ost

so.much sg f adj

small.pepper sg f

comp

see 1pl pres P

what.kind sg f adj

3sg pres cop clt

3sg impf cop

dry.out sg n

131 (a) [5:13] I go look at it and then come back and sit here and say “Why?

when conj

acc n 3sg clt

look 1sg pres P

and

acc refl clt

return 1sg pres P

here adv

and

sit.down 1sg pres P

call 1sg pres I

why interr

132 (a) [5:18] Didn’t I make a nice bed? [Put in] nice seedlings?” We planted it –

planting.bed sg f

make 1sg aor P

nice sg f adj

seedling sg m

nice sg m adj

plant 1pl aor P

acc m 3sg clt

133 (a) [5:22] there was water then, when we planted it. And I dug it once,

impf exist

then adv

water sg f

when conj

acc m 3sg clt

plant 1pl aor P

and

acc m 3sg clt

dig 1sg aor P

one sg m adj

time m

134 (a) [5:27] and then the water said, “The end! The end, and [again] the end.”

water f def sg

say 3sg aor P

end sg m

and

end sg m

and

end sg m

and

135 (GK) And there was no rain.

and

rain sg m

impf neg exist

136 (a) [5:31] And there was no rain, the fountains had no water. No rain, nothing.

and

rain sg m

aor neg exist

and

fountain pl f def

water sg f

not.have 3pl impf I

rain sg m

aor neg exist

at.all

137 (a) [5:36] Nothing – nothing, nothing, nothing. There was nothing at all.

at.all

at.all

at.all

at.all

at.all

at.all

impf neg exist

138 (GK) Everything’s O.K. Everything’s O.K. [sigh]

everything sg n adj

3sg pres cop clt

in.order adv

everything sg n adj

3sg pres cop clt

in.order adv

139 (RA) Well, it is really hard without rain.

disc

difficult adv

3sg pres cop clt

without

rain sg m

140 (a) [5:47] Ah, how could it not be? My daughter, who lives in northern Bulgaria –

excl

how interr

neg

and

daughter sg f def

rel

3sg pres cop clt

northern sg f adj

Bulgaria sg f place

141 (a) [5:52] maybe you’ve heard of Gulyantsi in the Pleven region?

if conj

2pl pres aux clt

hear pl L.part P

Gulyantsi pl place

Pleven sg n adj

142 (GK) Uh huh.

əxə

yes

143 (a) [5:58] She called once and said that she used to bring in the corn that tall.

one sg m adj

time m

acc refl clt

call 3sg aor I

say 3sg aor P

corn pl f

there adv

bring 3sg impf I

ost

such pl f adj

ost

144 (RA) Hm.

həm

bkch

145 (a) [6:02] But now, she said, the harvesters just started to reap

now adv

call 3sg pres I

harvester pl m def

take 3pl aor P

comp

reap 3pl pres I

146 (a) [6:04] [only] the stalks, without- without the corncobs.

corn.stalk pl f def

without

without

corncob pl f

147 (GK) Ah, right.

disc

takà

thus adv

така

148 (a) [6:09] Nothing! Not for a pig nor for any livestock. Nothing!

at.all

pres neg exist

neither

for

pig sg n

neither

for

for

no.sort sg f adj

livestock sg f

pres neg exist

149 (GK) Um hm.