Gorno Vŭršilo 2

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1 (VZh) [Tell me about work bees.]

[ ... ]

2 (b) [0:00] What should I tell you about work bees? How we set them up

for

work.bee pl f def

what sg n interr

comp

dat 2sg clt

tell 1sg pres I

how interr

acc 3pl clt

lay 1pl impf I

one sg n adj

time sg n

3 (b) [0:04] in the old days? We made them outdoors. We gather wood, light the fire, sit, spin, get warm

lay 1pl impf I

acc 3pl clt

road sg m def

wood pl n

gather 1pl pres P

lay 1pl pres P

acc 3pl clt

sit 1pl pres I

spin 1pl pres I

warm 1pl pres I

acc refl clt

4 (c) [0:12] and [have] a bit of wine [laughter]

and

vincè

wine sg n

винце

5 (b) [0:12] until – up to two o’clock.

two m

hour ct m

6 (b) [0:13] We get together, laughter, songs, stories – Everything. There was [everything].

gather 1pl pres I

acc refl clt

laughter sg m

song pl f

tale pl f

everything sg n adj

impf exist

7 (VZh) [What work do you do in the yard?]

[ … ]

8 (b) [0:21] What [work] do I have? I dig [in it], plant the peppers, water them,

what sg n interr

have 1sg pres I

[...]

dig 1sg pres P

acc f 3sg clt

plant 1sg pres P

pepper sg m def

hes

water 1sg pres I

acc m 3sg clt

9 (b) [0:27] then fertilize them and then dig again, and that’s it.

after adv

fertilizer sg m

dat m 3sg clt

put 1sg pres I

disc

again adv

acc m 3sg clt

dig 1sg pres I

and

thus adv

10 (b) [0:30] We hoe, we spray, we tie them up. Then the grapes ripen, we gather them,

hoe 1pl pres I

spray 1pl pres I

[...]

tie 1pl pres I

acc 3pl clt

after adv

ripen 3sg pres P

grape sg n def

gather 1pl pres I

acc n 3sg clt

11 (b) [0:39] and that’s it. All summer long, that’s our work. We go out with the sheep,

and

this sg n adj

entire sg n adj

summer sg n

dat 1pl clt

3sg pres cop clt

this sg n adj

work sg f

with

sheep pl f def

go 1pl pres P

12 (b) [0:41] we reap – we harvest reaping by hand, with a sickle.

reap 1pl pres I

harvest sg f

reap 1pl pres I

hand sg f

with

sickle sg m

13 (VZh) [How was the threshing done?]

[...]

14 (b) [0:45] Ah, how we threshed! In the middle of the threshing floor. We sweep out the threshing floor,

disc

how interr

1pl pres aux clt

thresh pl L.part I

amid

threshing.floor sg m def

sweep 1pl pres P

threshing.floor sg m def

харман

15 (b) [0:50] put a pole there, lay out the sheaves, and drive the donkeys

put 1pl pres P

one sg m adj

pole sg m

and

[...]

put 1pl pres P

sheaf pl m def

and

drive 1pl pres I

with

donkey pl n

16 (b) [0:55] “Hey, hey, hey, hey!” All day we shout and shout until the straw is pulverized.

hort

hort

hort

hort

entire sg m adj

day sg m

shout 1pl pres I

shout 1pl pres I

until conj

acc refl clt

crush 3sg pres P

straw sg f def

17 (b) [0:59] We take out the straw, sweep up the grain, we have these winnowers – we had [them]

extract 1pl pres P

straw sg f def

sweep 1pl pres P

grain sg n def

have 1pl pres I

such pl adj

winnower pl f

have 1pl impf I

18 (b) [1:02] – we gather it up in a pile and – and winnow it with the winnowers, and that’s it.

[...]

gather 1pl pres P

acc n 3sg clt

pile sg m

[...]

winnow 1pl pres P

acc n 3sg clt

with

winnowing.machine pl f def

веячка

and

takà

thus adv

така

19 (VZh) [Do you have children?]

[...]

20 (b) [1:07] I have children. I have a girl and a boy.

have 1sg pres I

child pl n

two f

girl sg n

and

boy sg n

have 1sg pres I

21 (VZh) In Sofia, [right?]

sofija

Sofia sg f place

София

22 (b) [1:11] The boy lives in Ixtiman, and the girl lives here in Vŭrshilo

Ihtiman sg m place

live 3sg pres I

boy sg n def

girl sg n def

dat refl clt

live 3sg pres I

here adv

dat refl clt

Vŭrshilo sg n def place

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23 (b) [1:16] She has a married – [she has] two children, one – one married daughter

marry sg f L.part I

have 3sg pres I

[...]

two f

child pl n

one f sg adj

[...]

one f sg adj

daughter sg f

have 3sg pres I

marry sg f L.part I

24 (b) [1:19] and she has one boy, he’s about to go into the military.

and

one sg n adj

boy sg n

have 3sg pres I

now adv

fut

go 3sg pres P

soldier sg m

25 (b) [1:22] She works in the mental home up there, she’s a cook.

nom f 3sg

work 3sg pres I

mental.home sg f def

above adv

cook sg f

3sg pres cop clt

26 (VZh) [How do you look after the grandchildren?]

[...]

27 (b) [1:24] How do I look after them? I fuss with them all day.

how interr

acc 3pl clt

look 1sg pres I

entire sg m adj

day sg m

with

acc 3pl

acc refl clt

argue 1sg pres I

28 (b) [1:27] I look after them, we argue, we fight.

look 1sg pres I

acc 3pl clt

scold 1pl pres I

acc refl clt

beat 1pl pres I

acc refl clt

29 (VZh) [Doesn’t their mother look after them?]

[...]

30 (b) [1:31] [No!] It’s me, me, me! The mother works, I’m mostly the one who fought

nom 1sg

nom 1sg

nom 1sg

mother sg f def

nom f 3sg

dat refl clt

work 3sg pres I

nom 1sg

acc refl clt

mostly adv

scold 1sg impf I

31 (b) [1:36] with them. I struck them now and then. This summer they were here,

with

acc 3pl

beat 1sg impf I

acc 3pl clt

now.and.then

and

this.summer adv

3pl impf cop

here adv

and

32 (b) [1:38] and we argued a bit this summer too. Now they’ve gone off.

and

this.summer adv

acc refl clt

argue.a.bit 1pl impf I

now adv

dat refl clt

go 3pl aor P

33 (b) [1:41] And her daughter – my granddaughter – is married now.

and

daughter sg f def

her sg f def adj

granddaughter f def

3sg pres cop clt

marry sg f P.part I

34 (b) [1:44] She’s got a tiny child. Her boy is going

nom f 3sg

dat refl clt

have 3sg pres I

and

tiny sg n adj

child sg n

boy sg n def

dat f 3sg clt

fut

go 3sg pres P

35 (b) [1:49] into the military about now, the other day we had a sending-off celebration for him.

soldier sg m

now adv

that sg m adj

day sg m

dat m 3sg clt

make 1pl aor I

say.farewell vbl.n I

36 (VZh) [When did you get married?]

[...]

37 (b) [1:51] When did we get married? In ‘46,

disc

when interr

acc refl clt

marry 1pl aor P

interr clt

thus adv

forty

and

sixth sg f adj

year f sg

38 (b) [1:56] In January of ‘46. We got married in the month of January.

forty

and

sixth sg f adj

year f sg

during

month sg m

January sg m

acc refl clt

marry 1pl aor I

39 (b) [2:00] We got married on the twenty-seventh of January, and we lived well.

twenty

seventh sg m adj

January sg m

acc refl clt

marry 1pl aor I

and

well adv

dat refl clt

live 1pl impf I

40 (b) [2:04] Now Grandpa (= husband) died. Now I’m without Grandpa, he died.

now adv

die 3sg aor P

grandfather sg m def

now adv

1sg pres cop clt

without

grandfather sg m

die 3sg aor P

41 (b) [2:07] And then came the collective farm. We raised sheep for twenty years, we raised sheep

after adv

become 3sg aor P

T.K.Z.S sg n

look 1pl aor I

sheep pl f

twenty

year f pl

look 1pl aor I

sheep pl f

42 (b) [2:12] all– for 20 years we pastured them, we milked them, we looked after the lambs, fed them,

[...]

twenty

year f pl

acc 3pl clt

pasture 1pl aor I

milk 1pl aor I

lamb pl n

look 1pl aor I

feed 1pl aor I

acc 3pl clt

43 (b) [2:18] until we earned our pensions, and when we got our pensions then we started to live –

until conj

earn 1pl aor P

pension sg f def

when conj

earn 1pl aor P

pension sg f def

live 1pl aor P

44 (b) [2:22] Grandpa drew [his pension] three years and then died, and I was left alone.

take 3sg aor I

acc f 3sg clt

grandfather sg m def

three

year f pl

die 3sg aor P

nom 1sg

remain 1sg aor P

alone sg f adj

45 (b) [2:25] and now you can’t live alone like that.

and

now adv

alone pl adj

acc refl clt

neg

live 3sg pres I

disc

thus adv

46 (VZh) Right, and when do [the grandchildren] come?

disc

thus adv

when interr

come 3pl pres I

47 (b) [2:29] In the summer, during school vacation. Now they’re not coming.

summer sg n def adj

time sg n

during

vacation pl f def

school sg n def

now adv

neg

come 3pl pres I

48 (b) [2:33] Who’s going to look for me – for you? Nobody any more.

now adv

which sg m interr

fut

acc 2sg clt

track 3sg pres I

already adv

pres neg exist

49 (VZh) [What are these beans like?]

[...]

50 (b) [2:36] Ah! These beans are called “city beans”.

excl

this sg m adj

beans sg m

acc refl clt

say 3sg pres I

urban sg m adj

beans sg m

51 (VZh) [And how do you cultivate them?]

[...]

52 (b) [2:40] Well, we transplant them, and put them on [what] we call beanpoles in ou-

disc

ами

rasàdim

transplant 1pl pres P

acc m 3sg clt

put 1pl pres P

dat m 3sg clt

nom 1pl

dat m 3sg clt

call 1pl pres I

beanpole pl f

[...]

53 (b) [2:44] in our area. We put the beanpoles – we make irrigation channels for them, and water them.

our sg f def adj

side sg f

put 1pl pres P

dat m 3sg clt

beanpole pl f def

make 1pl pres P

dat m 3sg clt

ditch pl f def

and

[...]

acc m 3sg clt

той

pulìvame

water 1pl pres I

поливам

54 (VZh) [And how are they eaten?]

[...]

55 (b) [2:49] [When they are] green. Green, in the pods.

green sg m adj

green sg m adj

pod pl f

56 (VZh) [Don’t you eat ripe ones also?]

[...]

57 (b) [2:53] There’s ripe [ones] too! They – those are some ripe ones.

pres exist

and

ripen sg m L.part P

ost

acc m 3sg clt

this sg m adj

3sg pres cop clt

ripen sg m def L.part I

зрея

58 (b) [2:55] Here, these are ripe ones.

ost

acc 3pl clt

this sg m adj

3sg pres cop clt

ripen sg m def L.part I

зрея

59 (VZh) [Where do you sow pumpkins?]

[...]

60 (b) [2:57] [With] the potatoes. We plant the pumpkins in [with] the potatoes.

potato pl m def

pumpkin pl f def

sow 1pl pres I

potato pl m def

61 (VZh) [But not with the corn?]

[...]

62 (b) [3:01] Well, those who plant corn [do]. We don’t plant corn in our (= Gorno) Vŭrshilo,

disc

who sg m interr

plant 3sg pres I

corn pl f

nom 1pl

neg

plant 1pl pres I

corn pl f

our sg n def adj

Vŭrshilo sg n def place

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63 (b) [3:05] [not] here. In past – in past years we planted [it], up until the collective farm came in

here adv

past pl def adj

past pl def adj

year f pl

plant 1pl impf I

until conj

neg

3sg impf cop

become sg n L.part P

T.K.Z.S sg n

64 (b) [3:08] but not now. We don’t plan corn any more because it doesn’t want to grow [here].

now adv

pres neg exist

neg

plant 1pl pres I

corn pl f

already adv

because

not.want 3pl pres I

comp

stand 3pl pres I

65 (VZh) [What animals did you raise in the time of private ownership?]

[...]

66 (b) [3:12] Well, in the private [era] we looked after oxen, sheep, goats, pigs –

disc

private sg n def adj

1pl pres aux clt

look pl L.part I

ox pl m

sheep pl f

goat pl f

pig pl f

67 (b) [3:17] that’s what we had in the private [era]. Now in the [time of] the collective farm

and

this sg n adj

1pl pres aux clt

look pl L.part I

private sg n def adj

and

now adv

T.K.Z.S. sg n def

68 (b) [3:21] we gave the oxen to the collective farm [and] we gave the sheep there [too].

ox m def pl

acc 3pl clt

give 1pl aor P

T.K.Z.S. sg n def

sheep pl f def

give 1pl aor P

there adv

69 (b) [3:24] We still looked after them in the collective farm, and we looked after oxen.

look 1pl impf I

again adv

T.K.Z.S. sg n def

and

ox pl m

1pl pres aux clt

look pl L.part I

70 (b) [3:26] [And] sheep – we looked after sheep twenty years, Grandpa and I, until –

sheep pl f

twenty

year f pl

sheep pl f

look 1pl impf I

with

grandfather sg m def

and

71 (b) [3:31] We looked after them there, and we had some at home. We kept a lot of sheep.

and

there adv

look 1pl impf I

and

at.home adv

dat refl clt

have 1pl impf I

dat refl clt

care.for 1pl impf I

sheep pl f

many adv

72 (b) [3:34] We had around forty sheep.

about

forty

sheep pl f

have 1pl impf I

73 (VZh) [What do you do with the milk?]

[...]

74 (b) [3:36] I make the milk into soft cheese. It’s been five or six years now that I’ve been doing this,

milk sg n def

acc n 3sg clt

make.cheese 1sg pres I

with

already adv

stand 3sg pres I

five

six

year f pl

acc n 3sg clt

make.cheese 1sg pres I

сиря

75 (b) [3:39] and there’s a place [called] Tsereto, there’s Sofia there – it’s a place for villas,

and

there adv

pres exist

locality sg f def

Tsere sg n def place

pres exist

Sofia.resident pl m

villa sg n adj

place sg n

76 (b) [3:44] and they come and I sell them the soft cheese. They like it a lot.

and

dovàždat

come 3pl pres I

дохождам

and

dat 3pl clt

sell 1sg pres I

cheese sg n def

like 3pl pres I

acc n 3sg clt

much adv

77 (b) [3:46] The other evening at supper time they called me up [to come] and I sold [some] to them.

that sg f adj

evening sg f

about

supper sg f

acc 1sg clt

raise 3pl aor I

and

dat 3pl clt

give 1sg aor I

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Gorno Vŭršilo 2

1 (VZh) [Tell me about work bees.]

2 (b) [0:00] What should I tell you about work bees? How we set them up

3 (b) [0:04] in the old days? We made them outdoors. We gather wood, light the fire, sit, spin, get warm

4 (c) [0:12] and [have] a bit of wine [laughter]

5 (b) [0:12] until – up to two o’clock.

6 (b) [0:13] We get together, laughter, songs, stories – Everything. There was [everything].

7 (VZh) [What work do you do in the yard?]

8 (b) [0:21] What [work] do I have? I dig [in it], plant the peppers, water them,

9 (b) [0:27] then fertilize them and then dig again, and that’s it.

10 (b) [0:30] We hoe, we spray, we tie them up. Then the grapes ripen, we gather them,

11 (b) [0:39] and that’s it. All summer long, that’s our work. We go out with the sheep,

12 (b) [0:41] we reap – we harvest reaping by hand, with a sickle.

13 (VZh) [How was the threshing done?]

14 (b) [0:45] Ah, how we threshed! In the middle of the threshing floor. We sweep out the threshing floor,

15 (b) [0:50] put a pole there, lay out the sheaves, and drive the donkeys

16 (b) [0:55] “Hey, hey, hey, hey!” All day we shout and shout until the straw is pulverized.

17 (b) [0:59] We take out the straw, sweep up the grain, we have these winnowers – we had [them]

18 (b) [1:02] – we gather it up in a pile and – and winnow it with the winnowers, and that’s it.

19 (VZh) [Do you have children?]

20 (b) [1:07] I have children. I have a girl and a boy.

21 (VZh) In Sofia, [right?]

22 (b) [1:11] The boy lives in Ixtiman, and the girl lives here in Vŭrshilo

23 (b) [1:16] She has a married – [she has] two children, one – one married daughter

24 (b) [1:19] and she has one boy, he’s about to go into the military.

25 (b) [1:22] She works in the mental home up there, she’s a cook.

26 (VZh) [How do you look after the grandchildren?]

27 (b) [1:24] How do I look after them? I fuss with them all day.

28 (b) [1:27] I look after them, we argue, we fight.

29 (VZh) [Doesn’t their mother look after them?]

30 (b) [1:31] [No!] It’s me, me, me! The mother works, I’m mostly the one who fought

31 (b) [1:36] with them. I struck them now and then. This summer they were here,

32 (b) [1:38] and we argued a bit this summer too. Now they’ve gone off.

33 (b) [1:41] And her daughter – my granddaughter – is married now.

34 (b) [1:44] She’s got a tiny child. Her boy is going

35 (b) [1:49] into the military about now, the other day we had a sending-off celebration for him.

36 (VZh) [When did you get married?]

37 (b) [1:51] When did we get married? In ‘46,

38 (b) [1:56] In January of ‘46. We got married in the month of January.

39 (b) [2:00] We got married on the twenty-seventh of January, and we lived well.

40 (b) [2:04] Now Grandpa (= husband) died. Now I’m without Grandpa, he died.

41 (b) [2:07] And then came the collective farm. We raised sheep for twenty years, we raised sheep

42 (b) [2:12] all– for 20 years we pastured them, we milked them, we looked after the lambs, fed them,

43 (b) [2:18] until we earned our pensions, and when we got our pensions then we started to live –

44 (b) [2:22] Grandpa drew [his pension] three years and then died, and I was left alone.

45 (b) [2:25] and now you can’t live alone like that.

46 (VZh) Right, and when do [the grandchildren] come?

47 (b) [2:29] In the summer, during school vacation. Now they’re not coming.

48 (b) [2:33] Who’s going to look for me – for you? Nobody any more.

49 (VZh) [What are these beans like?]

50 (b) [2:36] Ah! These beans are called “city beans”.

51 (VZh) [And how do you cultivate them?]

52 (b) [2:40] Well, we transplant them, and put them on [what] we call beanpoles in ou-

53 (b) [2:44] in our area. We put the beanpoles – we make irrigation channels for them, and water them.

54 (VZh) [And how are they eaten?]

55 (b) [2:49] [When they are] green. Green, in the pods.

56 (VZh) [Don’t you eat ripe ones also?]

57 (b) [2:53] There’s ripe [ones] too! They – those are some ripe ones.

58 (b) [2:55] Here, these are ripe ones.

59 (VZh) [Where do you sow pumpkins?]

60 (b) [2:57] [With] the potatoes. We plant the pumpkins in [with] the potatoes.

61 (VZh) [But not with the corn?]

62 (b) [3:01] Well, those who plant corn [do]. We don’t plant corn in our (= Gorno) Vŭrshilo,

63 (b) [3:05] [not] here. In past – in past years we planted [it], up until the collective farm came in

64 (b) [3:08] but not now. We don’t plan corn any more because it doesn’t want to grow [here].

65 (VZh) [What animals did you raise in the time of private ownership?]

66 (b) [3:12] Well, in the private [era] we looked after oxen, sheep, goats, pigs –

67 (b) [3:17] that’s what we had in the private [era]. Now in the [time of] the collective farm

68 (b) [3:21] we gave the oxen to the collective farm [and] we gave the sheep there [too].

69 (b) [3:24] We still looked after them in the collective farm, and we looked after oxen.

70 (b) [3:26] [And] sheep – we looked after sheep twenty years, Grandpa and I, until –

71 (b) [3:31] We looked after them there, and we had some at home. We kept a lot of sheep.

72 (b) [3:34] We had around forty sheep.