Georgi Kolev
Eremija 5
1 (GK) So tell [us] what work you did in the old days, when you were young.
hort | tell sg imv P | one sg n adj | time sg n | what sg n interr | work 2sg impf I | when conj | 2sg impf cop | young sg f adj |
2 (c) [0:03] Everything.
everything sg n adj |
3 (GK) What’s this “everything”?
what sg n interr | 3sg pres cop clt | nom sg n | everything sg n adj |
4 (d) [0:05] In her younger years she lived around Breznik.
in | young pl adj | year f pl | nom f 3sg | 3sg pres aux clt | by | Breznik sg m place | live sg f L.part I |
5 (c) [0:07] In my younger years I was with my husband. He was in the military.
young pl adj | year f pl | 1sg impf cop | by | husband sg m def | dat 1sg clt | nom m 3sg | 3sg impf cop | military sg m adj |
6 (GK) Aha.
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7 (c) [0:12] And I lived there with him ten or fifteen years. He was in the cavalry.
and | there adv | by | acc m 3sg | live sg f L.part I | 1sg pres aux clt | about.ten | year f pl | fifteen | nom m 3sg | 3sg impf cop | cavalryman sg m |
8 (c) [0:20] He served in the fifth mounted regiment. He served three years.
in | fifth sg m adj | horse sg m adj | regiment sg m | serve 3sg aor I | three | year f pl | serve 3sg aor I |
9 (c) [0:24] And I lived there [with him]. I had four children. Four children –
and | ost | there adv | 1sg pres aux clt | live sg f L.part I | four | child pl n | 1sg pres aux clt | have sg f L.part P | four | child pl n |
10 (c) [0:30] three girls, and [then] my husband wanted me to bear him a male heir
three | girl pl n | and | husband sg m def | want sg m L.part I | heir sg m | male sg n adj | comp | comp | comp | dat m 3sg clt | bear 1sg pres I |
11 (GK) Aha.
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12 (c) [0:35] And I bore a male [child] for him. It’s this [one] here.
and | ost | bear 1sg aor P | dat m 3sg clt | male sg n adj | ost | acc m 3sg clt | here adv |
13 (GK) [laughter]
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14 (RA) [laughter]
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15 (c) [0:40] My God, what [a curse] I brought on myself. And now the children nag me,
God voc sg m | God voc sg m | head sg f def | comp | dat 1sg clt | break 2pl pres P | and | now adv | acc 1sg clt | child pl n def | scold 3pl pres I |
16 (c) [0:44] [saying] “What’s the use of such a child?” I didn’t want this,
why interr | acc refl clt | nom 2sg | such sg n adj | child sg n | call 1sg pres I | nom 1sg | neg | 1sg pres aux clt | want sg f L.part I |
17 (c) [0:47] [but] these [things] happen. A person gets into this situation,
this sg n adj | acc refl clt | happen 3sg pres P | person sg m | go 3sg pres P | in | situation sg n |
18 (c) [0:50] and if there’s no [other way], you’ll give birth. Where are you going to put it?
and | if conj | pres neg exist | fut | acc n 3sg clt | bear 3sg pres P | where interr | fut | acc n 3sg clt | place 3sg pres P |
19 (GK) Yes [that’s right]
yes |
20 (c) [0:53] Where?
to | where interr |
21 (RA) Hm.
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22 (c) [0:55] And I was backwards, I wasn’t taught to not –
and | 1sg pres aux clt | sg f L.part cop | simple sg f adj | neg | 1sg pres aux clt | sg f L.part cop | learn sg f P.part I | comp | dat 3pl clt | neg | [...] |
23 (c) [0:58] to get rid of them like “real folk” do. Now they twist them up
comp | acc 3pl clt | throw.off 1sg pres I | like | people pl | this pl adj | now adv | now adv | acc 3pl clt | twist 3pl pres I |
24 (c) [1:02] and who knows what, [but] I’m not into these things.
and | know 3sg pres I | interr clt | acc refl clt | nom 1sg | neg | 1sg pres cop clt | for | this pl adj | thing pl f |
25 (c) [1:06] No doctor has ever examined me, never. Once there came –
doctor sg m | acc 1sg | neg | acc 1sg clt | 3sg impf cop | look sg m L.part I | at.all | one sg m adj | time sg m | come 3sg aor P |
26 (c) [1:09] there was this – a doctor examined me, and my man – my husband
here adv | impf exist | disc | doctor sg m def | acc 1sg clt | examine 3sg impf I | and | call 3sg pres I | person sg m def | husband sg m def | dat 1sg clt |
27 (c) [1:16] (he was military) said that he was a friend of the doctor [and said to him]:
military sg m adj | 3sg impf cop | call 3sg pres I | that conj | friend sg m | of | doctor sg m def |
28 (c) [1:19] “You’ll tell [us about both] my wife’s illness and mine –
fut | say 2sg pres P | to | my sg f def adj | wife sg f | illness sg f def | hes | hes | and | to | acc 1sg |
29 (c) [1:24] who suffers from what." And he told him:
which sg m interr | from | what interr | suffer 3sg pres I | and | nom m 3sg | dat m 3sg clt | call 3sg pres I | thus adv |
30 (c) [1:28] “Your wife has the heart of a lamb.” So I supposedly had this
wife sg f def | dat 2sg clt | have 3sg pres I | lamb sg n adj | heart sg n | to | acc 1sg | sg f L.part cop | 1sg pres aux clt | have sg f L.part I |
31 (c) [1:33] “lamb-like” [weak] heart. And he’d been struck with malaria, he’d gotten it
lamb sg n adj | heart sg n | and | nom m 3sg | sg m L.part cop | get.in.trouble sg m L.part P | by | malaria sg m | get.in.trouble sg 3sg aor P |
32 (c) [1:39] during the war. Tropical malaria struck him. [That’s] the worst sickness …
during | war sg f def | tropics sg f | malaria sg f | acc m 3sg clt | catch 3sg aor P | most | bad sg f def adj | illness sg f |
33 (GK) Hm.
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34 (c) [1:45] … malaria. And he barely made it through alive, from that tropical – And me?
malaria sg f | and | barely adv | alive sg m adj | remain sg m L.part P | then adv | from | tropic sg f def | and | nom 1sg |
35 (c) [1:51] a shepherd! A hoer! I plant the garden, dig the vineyard, whatever comes up –
shepherd sg m | hoer sg m | garden sg f | plant 1sg pres I | dig sg imv I | vineyard sg n | what interr | dat 2sg clt | come 3sg pres P |
36 (c) [1:58] I did all sorts of agricultural work. I never took the hoe off my back!
by | everything sg n adj | agricultural sg f adj | work sg f | 1sg pres aux clt | work sg f L.part I | hoe sg f def | neg | 1sg pres aux clt | take.off sg f L.part P | from | back sg m def |
37 (GK) Hm.
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38 (c) [2:04] With a – a two-pronged hoe, and a flat shovel: that’s how I fed myself.
and | and | two.pronged.hoe sg f | and |
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flat.shovel sg m | and | with | this sg n adj | 1sg pres aux clt | acc refl clt | [...] | nourish sg f L.part I |
39 (RA) Hm.
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40 (c) [2:12] Agricultural work.
agricultural sg f adj | work sg f |
41 (RA) Mmhm.
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42 (c) [2:14] We also won these prizes [unintelligible]. We were there with the children.
but | otherwise adv | earn 1pl aor P | prize pl f |
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but | there adv | child pl n def | dat refl clt |
43 (c) [2:21] I brought two from here, bore two there. Four [in all].
from.there adv | two n | lead.away 1sg aor P | and | there adv | two n | bear 1sg aor P | disc | four |
44 (GK) Did you go to school?
to | school sg n | go sg f L.part I | interr clt | 2sg pres aux clt |
45 (c) [2:27] No, but I know –
no | but | know 1sg pres I |
46 (e) [2:28] Say!
say sg imv P |
47 (c) [2:29] But – I didn’t study, but I know how to read.
but | neg | study 1sg aor I | know 1sg pres I | comp | read 1sg pres I |
48 (e) [2:31] Say!
say sg imv P |
49 (c) [2:32] I know –
know 1sg pres I | disc |
50 (e) [2:33] Dad …
father sg m |
51 (c) [2:34] I wasn’t –
neg | 1sg pres aux clt | sg f L.part cop |
52 (e) [2:34] … was a sergeant-major.
sg m L.part cop | sergeant.major sg m |
53 (c) [2:36] Ah.
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54 (e) [2:36] My father was a sergeant-major.
sergeant.major sg m | 3sg pres aux clt | sg m L.part cop | father sg m | dat 1sg clt |
55 (c) [2:37] Aha.
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56 (GK) [Yes,] she said [that].
nom f 3sg | say 3sg aor P |
57 (c) [2:38] He was a warehouse keeper [there] in Plovdiv …
nom m 3sg | 3sg impf cop | steward sg m | of | Plovdiv |
58 (e) [2:40] Plovdiu.
Plovdiv |
59 (c) [2:41] … my husband [was].
my sg m def adj | husband sg m |
60 (GK) Uh.
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61 (c) [2:44] And so I was with him – we spent [our time], and now
and | thus adv | with | acc m 3sg | 1sg pres aux clt | dat refl clt |
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spend 1pl aor P | already adv | and | now adv |
62 (c) [2:48] it’s been many years, and Tseko says, “Oh, when are you going to die?
ost | become 3pl aor P | many adv | year f pl | and | Tseko sg m name | call 3sg pres I | excl | when interr | fut | die 2sg pres P |
63 (c) [2:52] When will you die?” And I say “Make [it happen], give me poison!”
when interr | fut |
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call 1sg pres I | make pl imv P | ost | give pl imv P | dat 1sg clt | poison sg f |
64 (c) [2:56] I’m ready to poison myself. Why should I torment myself?
nom 1sg | 1sg pres cop clt | ready indcl | comp | acc refl clt | poison 1sg pres P | why interr | comp | acc refl clt | torment 1sg pres I |
65 (c) [3:00] And when I look at people – they move around, go [places], work –
disc | thus adv | when conj | look 1sg pres I | people sg m def | move 3sg pres I | acc refl clt |
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go 3sg pres I | work 3sg pres I |
66 (c) [3:07] my conscience really bothers me. Why [am] I [the one] to live on?
much adv | acc 1sg clt | thus adv | beat 3sg pres I | conscience sg f def | for | what sg n interr | nom 1sg | comp | live 1sg pres I |
67 (c) [3:12] [Most] people can’t make it to fifty or sixty years,
people pl def | neg | can pres imprs | and | by | fifty | and | sixty | year f pl | comp | finish 3pl pres P |
68 (c) [3:15] and [here] I am [the one] to make it to ninety-seven!
and | nom 1sg | comp | finish 1sg pres P | almost adv | ninety | and | seven | and |
69 (GK) It’s God’s work. It’s God’s work! We can’t get mixed up in it.
god sg f adj | work sg f | god sg f adj | work sg f | neg | can 1pl pres I | acc refl clt | mix 1pl pres I | in | acc f 3sg |
70 (c) [3:24] There’s no God. God! God! God doesn’t want me. I pray to him.
pres neg exist | adrs | god sg m | god sg m | god sg m | acc 1sg clt | not.want 3sg pres | nom 1sg | dat m 3sg clt | acc refl clt | pray 1sg pres I |
71 (c) [3:27] "Hey, come down! Come take me home!" They say if God doesn’t want you,
adrs | descend sg imv P | adrs | come sg imv P | acc 1sg clt | gather.in sg imv P | nom 3pl | call 3pl pres I | god sg m | because | acc 2sg clt | not.want 3sg pres |
72 (c) [3:31] it won’t happen. [It’ll be] when he says. When he says.
pres neg exist | nom m 3sg | when inter.rel | say 3sg pres P | nom m 3sg | when interr | say 3sg pres P |
73 (RA) When he says.
nom m 3sg | when inter.rel | say 3sg pres P |
74 (c) [3:34] I say, “Husband, send me a letter! I know how to read. I’ll read it through.
nom 1sg | call 1sg pres I | person voc sg m | send sg imv P | dat 1sg clt | letter sg n | know 1sg pres I | comp | read 1sg pres I | fut | acc n 3sg clt | read 1sg pres P |
75 (c) [3:40] Send me a signal. I’ll get ready to come on my own.
and | send sg imv P | news sg m | nom 1sg | fut | acc refl clt | prepare 1sg | comp | dat refl clt | alone sg f adj | come 1sg pres P |
76 (c) [3:45] If I could, I’d dig myself a grave next to you. But I can’t –
if conj | can 1sg pres I | nom 1sg | fut | dat refl clt | dig 1sg pres P | by | acc 2sg | grave sg m def | but | neg | can 1sg pres I | comp |
77 (c) [3:49] Now I'm old already. But when I was young I could have dug [it] for myself.”
now adv | 1sg pres cop clt | old sg f adj | already adv | but | young sg f adj | when inter.rel | 1sg impf cop | fut | dat refl clt | dig 1sg impf P |
78 (GK) You could dig it, but then a person might …
fut | dat refl clt | dig 2sg pres P | but | then adv | person sg m | dat m 3sg clt | acc refl clt |
79 (c) [3:56] Now!
now adv |
80 (GK) …. not feel like dying.
neg | die 3sg pres I |
81 (c) [3:57] Now is when I want them to bury me by my husband.
now adv | want 1sg pres I | comp | acc 1sg clt | bury 3pl pres P | by | person sg m def |
82 (GK) Hm.
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83 (c) [4:00] By my husband. Not to spend money on gravestones, or put up such things for me.
by | person sg m def | comp | neg | spend 3pl pres I | monument pl m | comp | dat 1sg clt | put 3pl pres I | such pl adj | thing pl f |
84 (c) [4:05] But my son – [there’s] some money …
but | and | son sg m def | dat 1sg clt | money pl f |
85 (GK) Hm.
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86 (c) [4:07] … he’s got.
have 3sg pres I | dat refl clt |
87 (GK) – stashed away.
stash.away 2sg aor P | dat refl clt | little adv |
88 (c) [4:09] Not much, but I have five or six thousand. There’s enough to bury me,
neg | much adv | but | have 1sg pres I | five | six | thousand pl f | pres exist | comp | acc 1sg clt | bury 3pl pres P |
89 (c) [4:15] not to put up a fence. Besides, gravestones are said to be are expensive.
disc | pres neg exist | comp | dat 1sg clt | put 3pl pres P | and | fence sg f | but | otherwise adv | pl L.part cop | expensive pl m adj | monument pl m def |
90 (RA) Hm.
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91 (c) [4:21] So I say "No, you shouldn’t put up a gravestone for me,
disc | and | nom 1sg | call 1sg pres I | no | fut neg | comp | dat 1sg clt | put 2pl pres P | to | acc 1sg | monument sg m |
92 (c) [4:24] for an old woman. Just pile the earth on me, and write on –
to | old sg f adj | woman sg f | give pl imv P | here adv | pile pl imv P | only adv | acc 1sg clt | inscribe pl imv P | on |
93 (c) [4:29] on my husband’s gravestone – on his – that I’ve arrived at his place."
on | person sg m def | on | monument sg m def | on | his sg m def adj | that conj | arrive 1sg pres I | by | acc m 3sg |
94 (GK) Hmm!
disc
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95 (c) [4:36] [laughter]
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96 (RA) That’s right.
disc | thus adv |
97 (c) [4:37] We were very, very – my husband and I got on very well, child.
very adv | very adv | 1pl impf cop | son voc sg m | live pl L.part I | much adv | dat refl clt | live 1sg impf I | with | person sg m def |
98 (c) [4:42] I climbed up on a horse as tall as this house!
nom 1sg | 1sg pres aux clt | acc refl clt | ascend sg f L.part I | on | horse sg m | how.much inter.rel | house f def | high sg m adj |
99 (GK) Wow!
excl |
100 (c) [4:47] As [tall] as this house.
as | house f def |
101 (GK) Did there [even] used to be such horses?
such pl adj | horse pl m | impf exist | interr clt |
102 (c) [4:48] The regiment was there, during the war, and my husband –
there adv | there adv | in | [...] | in | war sg f def | regiment sg m def | here adv | and | husband sg m def | dat 1sg clt |
103 (c) [4:53] some were climbing: “Let’s go [to] the hills, the mountains, piles of snow.”
climb 3pl pres P | above adv | one pl m def | hort | hill sg m def | above adv | mountain sg f def | snow sg m def | rel | pile.up 3sg pres I |
104 (GK) Mm hm.
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105 (c) [5:01] Up there it’s all snow, cold! Bears are prowling, wolves howling –
there adv | pres exist | all adv | snow sg m | cold sg f | bear pl f def | dat refl clt | aim.at 3pl pres I | wolf pl m def | howl 3pl pres I |
106 (GK) Mm hm. And –
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107 (c) [5:08] It’s the mountains up there, and my husband ordered the soldiers to go
there adv | mountain sg f | and | husband sg m def | dat 1sg clt | order 3sg aor P | hes | soldier pl m def | comp | go 3pl pres P |
108 (c) [5:12] to cut “material” for the barracks.
comp | cut 3pl pres I | for | barracks sg f def | material sg m |
109 (GK) Wood.
wood pl n |
110 (c) [5:16] Yes, lumber. And I [to go] with them. The commander hoisted me up:
nom 1sg | yes | wooden sg m adj | material sg m | and | nom 1sg | with | acc 3pl | acc 1sg clt | lift 3sg pres I | commander sg m def |
111 (c) [5:22] “Hey, let’s put this woman up on a horse!” I said “Oh my,
give pl imv P | give pl imv P | this sg f adj | woman sg f | comp | acc f 3sg clt | lift 1pl pres P | on | horse sg m def | call 1sg pres I | excl |
112 (c) [5:26] I don’t dare!” He said, “Just let it [go] after our carriages.
neg | dare 1sg pres I | nom m 3sg | call 3sg pres I | fut | acc m 3sg clt | allow 2sg pres P | only adv | after | our pl def adj | carriage pl f |
113 (c) [5:31] This horse is trained.” And so – I went out after them!
this sg m adj | horse sg m |
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3sg pres cop clt | teach sg m P.part I | disc | thus adv | and | nom 1sg | and | after | with | acc 3pl |
114 (c) [5:36] Into the hills! And there is this dairy farm there.
and | in | hill sg m def | and | pres exist | disc | dairy.farm pl f | there adv |
115 (GK) Uh huh.
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116 (c) [5:40] They milked water buffaloes, they make both cheese and butter. It’s like –
water.buffalo pl f | milk pl m L.part I | make 3pl pres I | [...] | and | cheese sg n | and | butter sg n | hes | and | disc |
117 (c) [5:47] a resort there. There’s – very nice. When you put a watermelon in a trough
resort sg m | there adv | pres exist | very adv | nice sg m adj | when conj | release 2sg pres P | watermelon sg f def | in | trough sg n def |
118 (c) [5:52] it freezes right off. Such cold there! There was water as cold as hell there.
nom f 3sg | freeze 3sg pres P | immediately | such sg f adj | cold sg f | there adv | hell sg m | cold sg f adj | water sg f | impf exist |
119 (GK) The cold enveloped it right off.
immediately adv | acc f 3sg clt | catch 3sg pres I | cold sg f def |
120 (c) [5:59] The cold enveloped it right off. So I lived well.
immediately adv | acc f 3sg clt | catch 3sg pres I | cold sg f adj | disc | 1sg pres aux clt | live sg f L.part I |
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on | nice adv |
121 (c) [6:04] My husband looked after me like a man [ought], and I’m grateful.
look sg m L.part P | acc 1sg clt | 3sg pres aux clt | person sg m def | like | person sg m | grateful sg f adj | 1sg pres cop clt |
122 (c) [6:08] And now I don’t want to be separated. [I want] to go where he is.
and | now adv | neg | want 1sg pres I | comp | 1sg pres cop clt | separate sg f P.part P | comp | dat refl clt | go 1sg pres P | by | acc m 3sg |
123 (c) [6:11] Let’s just hope that we’ll see each other in the next world.
in.hope adv | acc refl clt | see 1pl pres P | in | that sg m adj | world sg m |
124 (GK) Certainly [you will].
and | surely adv |
125 (c) [6:14] If there is [one].
if conj | pres exist |
126 (GK) If there is [one].
if conj | pres exist |
127 (GK) [6:15] If there is something …
if conj | pres exist | something sg n |
128 (RA) If there is [one].
if conj | pres exist |
129 (c) [6:17] … or someone. If there is something beyond the grave.
someone sg m | if conj | pres exist | something sg n | behind.grave adv |