Georgi Kolev
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Eremija 3
1 (GK) And I see that you don’t even have any livestock.
| nom 2sg | look 1sg pres I | livestock sg f | neither | not.have 2sg pres I |
2 (a) [0:04] I don’t have anything. I’m alone here just as you see me.
| nothing sg n | not.have 1sg pres I | this sg n adj | 1sg pres cop clt | alone sg f adj | rel | acc 1sg clt | look 2sg pres I |
3 (GK) And – and – and – And you don’t even have a cat.
| and | and | and | and | cat sg f | pres neg exist | even adv |
4 (a) [0:10] None, none. Cats –a lot of cats come ...
| pres neg exist | pres neg exist | cat pl f | cat pl f | come 3pl pres I | many adv |
5 (GK) [laughter]
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6 (a) [0:12] … here. Cats. [But I keep the door] shut so that dogs can’t get in.
| here adv | cat pl f |
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close sg n P.part P | and | dog sg n | neg | can 3sg pres I | comp | enter 3sg pres P |
7 (a) [0:17] I really hate dogs, I don’t want them.
| nom 1sg | and | dog pl n | much adv | hate 1sg pres I | not.want 1sg pres | acc 3pl clt |
8 (a) [0:20] But cats come around.
| and | cat pl f def | dat refl clt | come 3pl pres I |
9 (GK) And why do you hate these dogs?
| and | why interr | acc 3pl clt | hate 2sg pres I | this pl adj | hound pl n def |
10 (a) [0:28] No [reason to like them]! They’ve got a lot of fleas.
| pres neg exist | many adv | flea pl f | have 3pl pres I |
11 (GK) Huh.
| bkch |
12 (a) [0:31] A lot.
| many adv |
13 (GK) But they (fleas) don’t move onto people.
| but | nom 3pl | neg | go 3pl pres I | about | people pl def |
14 (a) [0:33] No, but here – hey, there! There’s one lying over there!
| no | ost | here adv | ost | ost | ost | ost | again adv | ost | ost | lie 3sg pres I |
15 (a) [0:37] His owner went off somewhere else to work and left him totally alone.
| and | landowner sg m | dat n 3sg clt | go 3sg pres P | somewhere adv | to | work sg f | and | acc n 3sg clt | leave 3sg aor P | purely adv | alone sg n adj |
16 (a) [0:41] Nobody gives him bread or anything [at all]. Wherever he goes, it’s the same.
| nobody sg m | dat n 3sg clt | neg | give 3sg pres I | neither | bread sg m | neither | where interr | go 3sg pres I | ost | thus adv |
17 (a) [0:44] He just [sits] here and scratches.
| only adv | acc refl clt | here adv | scratch 3sg pres I |
18 (GK) Huh.
| bkch |
19 (a) [0:46] And if you step where he’s scratched, a flea finds you right off.
| and | where interr | acc refl clt | scratch 3sg pres I | if conj | step 2sg pres P | flea sg f def | acc 2sg clt | find 3sg pres I | immediately adv |
20 (GK) Ah!
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21 (a) [0:51] And that’s [how it is]. Everyone chases him off, nobody gives him any bread.
| ost | this sg n adj | ost | each sg m adj | acc n 3sg clt | chase 3sg pres I | bread sg m | dat n 3sg clt | neg | give 3sg pres I | nobody sg m |
22 (GK) One wonders how he can still be alive.
| comp | acc refl clt | wonder 3sg pres I | person sg m | how interr | 3sg pres cop clt | alive sg n adj | still adv |
23 (a) [0:56] Well, I don’t know how he lives. Just [look] there!
| disc | neg | know 1sg pres I | how interr | live 3sg pres I | simply adv | ost |
24 (a) [0:59] Ah, you’ll catch the car, no question!
| excl | fut | arrive 2sg pres P | car sg f def | pres neg exist | what interr |
25 (GK) [laughter]
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26 (RA) [You’re talking to] the dog?
| dog sg n def | interr clt |
27 (a) [1:04] The dog.
| dog sg n def |
28 (RA) [laughter]
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29 (a) [1:05] It’s chasing the car.
| chase 3sg pres I | car sg f def |
30 (GK) [laughter]
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31 (a) [1:08] We raise sheep, and goats, and chickens, and pigs – everything, you know?
| raise 1pl pres I | and | sheep pl f | and | goat pl f | and | hen pl f | and | pig sg n | and | everything sg n adj | interr |
32 (a) [1:13] But [now] that I’m alone, I can’t [manage] any more.
| but | as conj | remain 1sg aor P | alone sg f adj | already adv | neg | can 1sg pres I |
33 (GK) Uh huh
| bkch |
34 (a) [1:16] I can’t [even] look after myself.
| neg | can 1sg pres I | dat 1sg | comp | acc refl clt | listen 1sg pres I |
35 (GK) So you were – you were a shepherdess?
| nom 2sg | 2sg pres aux clt | sg f L.part cop | thus sg f adj | mean 3sg pres I | 2sg pres aux clt | sg f L.part cop | there adv | shepherdess sg f |
36 (a) [1:22] Ohh! I tell you: a little piece of hard bread and – poured into a bit paper –
| excl | interr | dat 2sg clt | tell 1sg pres I | small.piece sg n def | hard sg m adj | bread sg m | and | in | one f adj | piece.of.paper sg f | pour sg n P.part P |
37 (a) [1:28] a bit of red pepper, and off you go! You dip [bread in pepper] for lunch;
| red sg m adj | pepper sg m | little adv | there adv | fut | go 2sg pres P | and | fut | dip 2sg pres I | fut | lunch 2sg pres I |
38 (a) [1:31] you’ll eat whether there’s water or not – [and] that’s how it was.
| fut | eat 2sg pres I | water sg f | either | pres exist | either | pres neg exist | thus adv | 3sg impf cop |
39 (GK) So then banitsa, and such things –
| disc | hes | mean 3sg pres I | [...] | such pl adj | banitsa pl f | such pl adj | thing pl f |
40 (a) [1:38] Oh, get on with you! That it should [ever] be my turn
| disc | hort | run sg imv I | run sg imv I | to | acc 1sg | fut | come 3sg pres P | turn sg m |
41 (a) [1:41] for someone to put banitsa [in] my [lunch sack]!! [laughter]
| banitsa sg f | comp | dat 1sg clt | put 3pl pres P |
42 (GK) [laughter]
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43 (a) [1:43] [laughter]. Bread! Bread! Hard bread! It got made on Monday,
| bread sg m | bread sg m | hard sg m adj | bread sg m | this sg m adj | acc refl clt | knead 3sg impf I | on | Monday sg m |
44 (a) [1:49] and then on the next Monday. Bread got baked [only] once a week.
| and | on | other sg m def adj | Monday sg m | by | one f sg adj | week sg f | bread sg m | acc refl clt | bake 3sg impf I |
45 (GK) How did they make – how did they bake bread?
| how interr | acc refl clt | [...] | knead 3sg impf I | how interr | acc refl clt | bake 3sg impf I | bread sg m def |
46 (a) [1:54] Ah, you knead it at home, there’s the outside oven, the oven of [our] house.
| disc | at.home adv | dat refl clt | acc refl clt | knead 3sg pres I | dat refl clt | pres exist | oven sg f | home sg f adj | oven sg f |
47 (GK) How do you make it? Tell us from the beginning,
| how interr | acc refl clt | knead 3sg pres I | thus adv | from.start adv | comp | dat 1pl clt | narrate 2sg pres P |
48 (GK) [starting] from the beginning when you take –
| from.start def adv | when conj | acc m 3sg clt | take 2sg pres P | there adv |
49 (a) [2:02] You sift out the flour.
| flour sg n def | acc refl clt | sift 3sg pres P |
50 (GK) Using what?
| with | what sg n interr |
51 (a) [2:04] Using a sieve. There was a particular –
| with | sieve sg n | pres exist | dat refl clt | special sg n adj |
52 (GK) Is that how you called it?
| thus adv | dat refl clt | dat n 3sg clt | call 2pl impf I | nom 2pl |
53 (a) [2:07] A sieve.
| sieve sg n |
54 (GK) Yes.
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55 (a) [2:09] A sieve. You sift it, you make a hole in the middle, and you put in salt.
| sieve sg n | sift 3sg pres P | acc refl clt | and | acc refl clt | make 3sg pres P | in | middle sg f def | hole sg f | put 3sg pres P | acc refl clt | salt sg f |
56 (GK) What did you sift it into?
| in | what sg n interr | acc m 3sg clt | sift 2pl impf I |
57 (a) [2:14] We had [this] kneading trough.
| kneading.trough pl.t | dat refl clt | have 1pl pres I |
58 (GK) Ah.
| bkch |
59 (a) [2:16] A particular kneading trough, that’s how you call it – kneading trough.
| special adv | and | kneading.trough pl.t | thus adv | acc refl clt | say 3sg pres I | kneading.trough pl.t |
60 (a) [2:20] And then – now you knead it with yeast, but back then it was with starter.
| and | then adv | now adv | acc refl clt | with | yeast sg f | knead 3sg pres I | then adv | 3sg impf cop | with | starter sg m |
61 (a) [2:26] I get the starter from somewhere, from some woman, and then begin to knead.
| starter sg m | from.somewhere adv | take 1sg pres P | from | some sg f adj | woman sg f | and | acc m 3sg clt | knead 1sg pres P |
62 (a) [2:29] It gets bigger, you put it in and then sift out as much flour as you need,
| nom f 3sg | become 3sg pres P | bigger adv | put sg imv P | and | sift sg imv P | there adv | how.much inter.rel | flour sg n | must pres I imprs | comp | 3sg pres cop clt |
63 (a) [2:34] and start to knead. It ferments, and you knead it into the shape of a bowl,
| knead sg imv P | nom n 3sg | ferment 3sg pres P | and | acc n 3sg clt | knead sg imv P | ost | how.much inter.rel | bowl sg f def |
64 (a) [2:39] on boards. And when the oven is hot you sweep it out, clean it out.
| on | board pl f | when conj | burn 3sg pres I | oven sg f def | sweep sg imv P | clean sg imv P |
65 (GK) What did you sweep it out and clean it out with?
| with | what sg n interr | acc f 3sg clt | sweep 2pl aor I | and | clean 2pl aor I |
66 (a) [2:45] With a – with a big piece of wood [and] a rag.
| on | one sg m adj | on | one sg n adj | wood sg n | big sg n adj | rag sg m |
67 (GK) Mmhm.
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68 (a) [2:47] A big [one]. You sweep it out, clean it out like that, and throw in the bread!
| big sg m adj | sweep 3sg pres P | acc refl clt | clean 3sg pres P | acc refl clt | and | thus adv | throw sg imv I | bread sg m def |
69 (a) [2:51] There’s a door – you close it, and seal it there [for] as long [as] it bakes
| door sg f | dat refl clt | pres exist | close sg imv P | seal sg imv P | there adv | how.much inter.rel | acc refl clt | bake 3sg pres I |
70 (a) [2:56] open, take [it] out, arrange [it] on boards, cover [it]. Then next Saturday –
| open sg imv P | remove sg imv P | arrange sg imv P | on | board pl f def | cover sg imv P | and | other sg f def adj | Saturday sg f |
71 (GK) And how many [loaves of] bread did you make each time?
| and | by | how.many interr | bread ct m | make 2pl aor I |
72 (a) [3:03] Ten or fifteen – depending on the people ...
| by | ten | by | twelve | by | fifteen | according.to | people pl def |
73 (a) Hm.
| bkch |
74 (a) [3:06] … who are [to be fed]. Hard or not, it’ll be eaten! [laughter]
| what sg n interr | 3pl pres cop clt | hard sg m adj | not.hard sg m adj | fut | acc refl clt | lunch 3sg pres I |
75 (GK) [laughter] Otherwise, hunger.
| otherwise adv | hunger sg m |
76 (a) [3:12] Ah, otherwise – no!
| and | otherwise adv | no |
77 (RA) [laughter]
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78 (a) [3:13] Otherwise, [it’s] not possible.
| otherwise adv | neg | can pres imprs |