Vladimir Zhobov
Village Image:
Golica 2
1 (VZh) Are you from here?
| from | here adv | interr clt | 2sg pres cop clt |
2 (a) [0:02] What?
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3 (VZh) Are you from here?
| from | here adv | interr clt | 2sg pres cop clt |
4 (a) [0:03] I was born here, and [came] here [to be] married.
| here adv | 1sg pres cop clt | bear sg f P.part P | and | here adv | 1sg pres cop clt | marry sg f P.part P |
5 (VZh) From here [then]. And you, are you from here?
| here adv | and | nom 2sg | interr clt | 2sg pres cop clt | from | here adv |
6 (b) [0:08] We’re [both] from here.
| from | here adv | 1pl pres cop clt |
7 (a) [0:09] And that, that – this is his house here.
| and | disc | disc | and | [...] | this sg f adj | dat m 3sg clt | 3sg pres cop clt | house sg f def | here adv |
8 (VZh) Ah, that’s his house.
| disc | this sg n adj | 3sg pres cop clt | his sg f def adj | house sg f |
9 (a) [0:13] Well –
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10 (VZh) Ah.
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11 (a) [0:14] the other one. There were a lot of houses in the old days,
| other sg f def adj | and | this pl adj | many adv | house pl f | one sg n adj | time sg n |
12 (a) [0:15] [but] this is the only house left. The old-time houses
| nom f 3sg | this sg f adj | house sg f | only adv | remain 3sg pres I | one.time pl def adj | house pl f |
13 (a) [0:20] were [even] worse this one.
| from | this sg f adj | more | miserable pl adj | 3pl impf cop |
14 (VZh) Uh huh.
| bkch |
15 (a) [0:22] And each householder – seven or eight children, seven or eight, seven or eight,
| but | seven | eight | child pl n | each sg m adj | person sg m | seven | eight | seven | eight |
16 (a) [0:27] seven or eight – [each one] had up to nine or ten children.
| seven | eight | to | nine | to | ten | have 3sg impf I | child pl n |
17 (a) [0:31] Now [they] just [have] one, just one and nothing [else].
| now adv | only adv | one sg n adj | only adv | one sg n adj | and | at.all adv |
18 (b) [0:33] One of our neighbors from our village has gone off to Sofia.
| from | our sg n def adj | village sg n | ost | here adv | one f sg adj | neighbor sg f | go 3sg aor P | further adv | toward | Sofia sg f place |
19 (a) [0:36] And where are all you people from? Are you [all] from the same village?
| from | where interr | 2pl pres cop clt | people pl | all pl def adj | from | one sg n adj | village sg n | interr clt | 2pl pres cop clt |
20 (VZh) Oh no, we’re from Sofia, but today - this morning
| disc | no | nom 1pl | 1pl pres cop clt | from | Sofia sg f place | but | today adv | today adv | morning sg f def |
21 (VZh) we were in Kozichino – we were in Erkech – and we came here on foot.
| 1pl impf cop | in | Kozichino sg n place | in | Erkech sg m place | 1pl impf cop | and | come 1pl aor P | on.foot adv | here adv |
22 (a) [0:47] On foot? Ah, you poor things.
| on.foot adv | come 2pl pres P | bitter pl def adj |
23 (VZh) [Yes,] on foot. Well, we made a bit of an excursion [of it].
| on.foot adv | disc | make 1pl aor P | walk sg f | little adv |
24 (a) [0:51] But it’s so hot, so hot! Well, what did you come here for?
| disc | bake 3sg pres I | bake 3sg pres I | disc | nom 2pl | about | what sg n interr | walk 2pl pres I |
25 (a) [0:55] Didn’t you have some nice [reason] to set out [on a trip] in this heat?
| thus adv | after | nice sg n adj | neg | 2pl pres aux clt | go pl L.part P | in | this sg m adj | heat sg m |
26 (TD) We had a nice [reason] to come!
| after | nice sg n adj | 1pl pres aux clt | set.out pl L.part P |
27 (VZh) We had a nice [reason] to come.
| after | nice sg n adj | 1pl pres aux clt | set.out pl L.part P |
28 (b) A nice [reason], a nice [one].
| disc | nice sg n adj | nice sg n adj |
29 (VZh) We’re looking for old-style talk, old stuff …
| search 1pl pres I | old def pl adj | tale pl f | old pl adj | thing pl f |
30 (a) [1:04] Hah?
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31 (VZh) We’re looking for the old language, for you to speak to us in Golitsa speech.
| old sg m def adj | language sg m | search 1pl pres I | comp | dat 1pl clt | talk 2pl pres I | by | by | of.Golitsa adv |
32 (VZh) [Or] do you call it the Erkech speech? How do you say it in the Erkech manner?
| by | of.Erkech adv | interr clt | acc m 3sg clt | call 2pl pres I | how interr | acc m 3sg clt | call 2pl pres I | by | of.Erkech adv |
33 (a) [1:13] They’ve [all] changed. Other than me,
| nom 3pl | already adv | acc refl clt | refashion 3pl aor P | from | acc 1sg | apart adv |
34 (b) [laughter]
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35 (a) [1:15] people don’t speak the old language.
| old sg m def | language sg m | neg | talk 3pl pres I | people pl def |
36 (VZh) Uh huh.
| bkch |
37 (a) [1:18] Now wherever you go they’ve forgotten God.
| nom 3pl | already adv | where rel | go 2sg pres P | God sg m def | forget 3pl pres I |
38 (a) [1:21] If they need something, God …
| comp | dat 3pl clt | need pres imprs | something sg n | to | God sg m def |
39 (b) [1:23] Is it raining over there…
| there adv | further adv | precipitate 3sg pres I | interr clt |
40 (a) [1:24] … [is] where they will [need to] turn, but …
| there adv | fut | go 3pl pres P | but |
41 (b) [1:24] … [along the path] where you were walking?
| where rel | 2pl pres aux clt | go pl L.part I |
42 (a) [1:25] … they [think] they don’t need [God any more].
| neg | dat 3pl clt | need pres imprs |
43 (b) [1:25] Here there’s a terrible drought.
| here adv | 3sg pres cop clt | big sg f adj | drought sg f |
44 (a) [1:26] They’ve all turned [the wrong way] now.
| everything sg n adj | acc refl clt | twist 3sg aor P | already adv | now adv |
45 (b) [1:28] Is it raining over there?
| precipitate 3sg pres I | interr clt | further adv |