Iskrica 2

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1 (b) [0:00] In the old days the rich people didn’t have very big houses.

jenò

one sg n adj

time sg n

landowner pl m def

3pl pres aux clt

not.have pl L.part I

very adv

big pl adj

house pl f

2 (b) [0:04] and their children were different from our children, you know.

but

interr

landowner sg m

[...]

stand.out 3pl pres I

dat m 3sg clt

child pl n def

from

our pl def adj

child pl n

3 (b) [0:09] Their children were [better] dressed. But us – our shoes; well –

their pl def adj

child pl n

3pl pres cop clt

dress pl P.part P

and

and

nom 1pl

sandal pl f def

and

nom sg n

4 (b) [0:13] they weren’t like their shoes, but rather made of pigskin. That’s how we were.

disc

not

such pl adj

sandal pl f

but

from

pork pl adj

make pl P.part P

and

thus adv

dat refl clt

hes

1pl impf cop

5 (b) [0:19] And we even went out that way on Lazar’s Sunday, with those shoes.

and

Lazar.Sunday sg f

thus adv

1pl pres aux clt

go pl L.part I

with

sandal pl f def

1pl pres cop clt

put.on pl P.part P

6 (b) [0:23] So in fact we didn’t have anything. But the rich people, they bought up everything.

and

thus adv

dat refl clt

not.have 1pl impf I

nothing sg n

and

landowner pl m def

nom 3pl

and

everything sg n adj

buy.out 3pl impf I

7 (b) [0:29] All we had was what they gave to our fathers. And tobacco especially –

and

what sg n interr

dat 1pl clt

give 3pl pres P

hes

father pl m def

dat 1pl clt

this sg n adj

and

tobacco sg m def

especially adv

8 (b) [0:34] They bought that up. Our tobacco sold for very little, but

but

acc m 3sg clt

buy.out 3pl pres I

and

our pl def adj

tobacco pl m

very adv

cheap adv

pass 3pl impf I

and

and

9 (b) [0:38] their tobacco was always more costly; the rich peoples’ tobacco sold for more.

their pl def adj

tobacco pl m

nom 3pl

mean 3sg pres I

always adv

expensive adv

landowner’s sg m def adj

tobacco sg m

pass 3sg pres I

expensive adv

10 (b) [0:43] Not like in the collective farm, where there was a committee [regulating things].

not

T.K.Z.S. sg n def

hes

pass 3sg pres I

there adv

committee sg f def

11 (b) [0:47] There was a difference there too, but it was less.

and

there adv

impf exist

again adv

difference sg f

but

all adv

again adv

little adv

12 (KK) [How did you grow tobacco?]

[...]

13 (b) [0:52] For tobacco, in the old days, we’d begin already in March

disc

one sg n adj

time sg n

nom 1pl

tobacco sg m def

from

March sg m def

still adv

begin 1pl pres I

14 (b) [0:56] to prepare the beds, but there wasn’t any insecticide then to spray on them.

comp

dat refl clt

make 1pl pres I

bed pl f def

but

impf neg exist

then adv

poison pl f

comp

acc m 3sg clt

spray 1pl pres I

15 (b) [1:01] Once our beds were prepared, we spread bird droppings on them.

make pl P.part P

3pl pres cop clt

bed pl f def

dat 1pl clt

and

with

bird.dropping pl m

acc m 3sg clt

spray 1pl impf I

hes

16 (b) [1:05] We did the planting by hand, with stakes. There weren’t machines, there wasn’t anything.

and

hand sg f

acc m 3sg clt

plant 1pl impf I

with

stake pl n

hes

impf neg exist

machine pl f

impf neg exist

nothing sg n

17 (b) [1:11] We’d get together somewhere [to work] in brigades, or each one would do it for himself.

and

somewhere adv

acc refl clt

gather 1pl impf I

brigade sg f

and

each sg m

dat refl clt

acc m 3sg clt

take 3sg pres I

18 (b) [1:16] In the old days, because I didn’t have brothers or sisters, I was –

nom 1sg

one sg n adj

time sg n

because

not.have 1sg pres I

brother pl m

not.have 1sg pres I

sister pl f

hes

1sg impf cop

19 (b) [1:21] I had to go with a yoke on my back, and to carry water in copper pails.

and

back sg m

with

yoke sg f def

with

kettle pl m def

back sg m

carry 1sg pres I

water sg f

20 (b) [1:25] I plant a row, then I water it; and then

when conj

dat refl clt

plant 1sg pres P

one f adj

row sg f

pour 1sg pres P

dat refl clt

acc m 3sg clt

again adv

21 (b) [1:28] I plant another row, and water it too.

again adv

dat refl clt

plant 1sg pres P

one sg f adj

row sg f

again adv

dat refl clt

acc m 3sg clt

pour 1sg pres P

22 (b) [1:30] My father and mother are off doing other work.

mother sg f

dat 1sg clt

and

father sg m

dat 1sg clt

3pl pres cop clt

other sg f adj

work f sg

23 (b) [1:32] What can I do? This is [the work] I’ve been given.

nom 1sg

what sg n interr

comp

do 1sg pres I

acc 1sg

this sg n adj

dat 1sg clt

give 3pl pres I

24 (b) [1:35] And the next day, when they came, again [the pails go] onto my back

later adv

other m def adj

day sg m

nom 3pl

when conj

come 3pl pres P

but

again adv

back sg m

25 (b) [1:38] so as to carry water, this time further off. But there wasn’t any. So

water sg f def

acc f 3sg clt

carry 1pl pres I

little adv

far adv

but

impf neg exist

after adv

already adv

26 (b) [1:43] we took barrels to gather the water, and that’s how we brought it

take 1pl aor P

barrel pl f

comp

put 1sg pres I

water sg f def

and

thus adv

dat refl clt

acc m 3sg clt

take 1pl impf I

27 (b) [1:46] and planted [the tobacco]. And when it came time for harvest, it was hoed

dat refl clt

acc m 3sg clt

plant 1pl impf I

and

when conj

become 3sg pres P

for

pick vbl.n I

dig sg m L.part I

2sg pres aux clt

acc m 3sg clt

28 (b) [1:49] by hand, without plowing or anything. When it’s time

hand sg f

without

comp

acc refl clt

plow 3sg pres I

without

nothing sg n

and

when conj

become 3sg pres P

29 (b) [1:53] for the first picking, we gather a few leaves from below,

for

pick vbl.n I

first sg f def adj

dat m 3sg clt

hand sg f

acc f 3sg clt

gather 1pl pres I

from.below adv

several adv

leaf pl n

30 (b) [1:58] and we go one time through the entire field, however much [it is] –

and

when conj

acc m 3sg clt

pass 1pl pres P

one sg m def adj

time sg m

nom n 3sg

3sg pres cop clt

then adv

how.much interr

31 (b) [2:01] we had planted two or three decares of tobacco, but those

two m

three

decare ct m

tobacco sg m

acc refl clt

3sg pres aux clt

plant sg n L.part I

and

and

which pl m rel adj

32 (b) [2:03] who have more people to work plant much more tobacco. But we

3pl pres cop clt

many adv

people pl

nom 3pl

plant 3pl pres I

much adv

tobacco sg m

and

nom 1pl

33 (b) [2:07] were less people, so planted less tobacco.

little adv

tobacco sg m

little adv

people pl

1pl pres cop clt

little adv

tobacco sg m

34 (b) [2:10] And when the first picking is finished, we go through on the second one.

and

then adv

already adv

first sg f def adj

hand sg f

when conj

acc m 3sg clt

pass 1sg pres P

second sg f def adj

hand sg f

already adv

35 (b) [2:14] We begin to pick the leaves when they've started to turn yellow,

when conj

grasp 3sg pres P

comp

turn.yellow 3sg pres I

again adv

begin 1pl pres I

comp

acc m 3sg clt

gather 1pl pres I

36 (b) [2:18] again two or three leaves at a time, so they stay good-looking.

again adv

two n

three

leaf pl n

as.if adv

comp

become 3sg pres I

nice sg m adj

37 (b) [2:21] Then we thread them on needles, and on cords, and after that

but

acc m 3sg clt

string 1sg pres I

needle pl f

and

cord sg m

and

later adv

38 (b) [2:25] we make frames, and [put these threads] on the frames. No, first [we put them] on poles

dat refl clt

make 1pl pres I

frame pl f

frame pl f def

most

before adv

pole pl m

39 (b) [2:29] and tie the poles [to the frames] with corn husks. Then a scaffolding is made

sərɤ̀citi

pole pl m def

сарък

and

səs

with

hes

foliage sg f

corn sg f adj

acc m 3sg clt

tie 1pl pres I

and

make sg f P.part P

scaffolding sg f

40 (b) [2:34] and we line up the poles on the scaffolding. When it rains, then,

and

this sg f adj

scaffolding sg f

arrange 1pl pres I

pole pl m def

and

when rel

precipitate 3sg pres I

валя

dɤ̀š

rain sg m

дъжд

41 (b) [3:39] we have the scaffolding to keep things dry. Then we take these poles

have 1pl pres I

and

scaffolding sg f

under

sheltered.space sg f

hes

there adv

and

make sg f P.part P

pole pl m def

acc 3pl clt

take 1pl pres I

42 (b) [2:43] and line them up by pairs, one next to another,

two m

two m

pole ct m

and

acc 3pl clt

carry 1pl pres I

there adv

one sg m adj

other sg m adj

43 (b) [2:46] one next to another, and that’s how we lined them up in the old days.

one sg m adj

other sg m adj

thus adv

acc 3pl clt

arrange 1pl impf I

then adv

one sg n adj

time sg n

44 (b) [2:49] Now it’s all simple: you just cover them with a plastic sheet, and that’s it.

and

today's sg n def adj

easy sg f adj

work sg f

cover 3pl pres P

acc m 3sg clt

with

plastic.sheet sg m def

найлон

and

àjd’e

hort

хайде

45 (b) [2:53] But that’s how it was back then. During the winter,

and

then adv

thus adv

3sg impf cop

and

later adv

and

during

winter sg f def

46 (b) [2:56] when the fog starts to come in, we get ready and start

when conj

take 3sg pres P

already adv

comp

fall 3pl pres I

fog pl f def

acc refl clt

take 1pl pres P

and

begin 1pl pres I

47 (b) [3:00] to process [the tobacco]. When we see they’re soft, we start to make it [into bundles]

comp

acc m 3sg clt

make 1pl pres I

when conj

see 1sg pres P

that conj

become 3sg pres I

soft sg m adj

begin 1pl pres I

comp

acc m 3sg clt

make 1pl pres I

48 (b) [3:04] [using] our knees [for support] we make it into bundles, and tie them up

knee sg n def

dat refl clt

acc m 3sg clt

make 1pl pres I

bundle pl n

and

then adv

acc m 3sg clt

tie 1pl impf I

49 (b) [3:09] with corn husks, and make them into large bales.

with

corn sg f adj

foliage sg f

and

acc m 3sg clt

make 1pl pres P

thus adv

bale pl m

big pl adj

50 (b) [3:14] Or more like a pile. We make them not into bales but into storage piles.

pile sg m

correct sg n def adj

not

bale sg m

but

pile sg m

make 1pl pres P

51 (b) [3:18] And then, after they give us pieces of burlap to cover them, we take and make them

and

later adv

already adv

when conj

give 3pl pres P

burlap pl m

then adv

acc m 3sg clt

take 1pl pres I

acc m 3sg clt

make 1pl pres I

52 (b) [3:21] into bales. We untie [the leaves] from the corn husking, and give them

bale pl m

untie 1pl pres I

acc m 3sg clt

from

hes

foliage sg f def

and

dat 3pl clt

acc m 3sg clt

give 1pl pres I

53 (b) [3:26] to the men [who] make them into bales.

and

man pl m def

acc m 3sg clt

make 3pl pres I

bale pl m

54 (KK) [Did you all go to school?]

[ ... ]

55 (b) [3:29] In the old days, when we went to the school here, we went [only]

disc

one sg n adj

time sg n

nom 1pl

when conj

go 1pl impf I

school sg n def

here adv

go 1pl impf I

56 (b) [3:32] through fourth grade, and then we started to go to [school] in Mŭdrets.

fourth sg n adj

grade sg n

and

after adv

grasp 1pl aor P

comp

go 1pl pres I

Mŭdrets sg m place

57 (b) [3:36] But when we went to Mŭdrets, we didn’t have shoes; there wasn’t anything.

but

when conj

go 1pl impf I

Mŭdrets sg m place

nom 1pl

not.have 1pl impf I

shoe pl f

then adv

impf neg exist

nothing sg n

58 (b) [3:41] So they got us these sandals, with socks [only] to the knees.

but

take 3pl pres P

dat 1pl clt

one pl adj

sandal pl f

dat 1pl clt

make 3pl pres P

and

with

sock pl m def

knee pl n def

59 (b) [3:47] That’s where our socks came to in the old days. Our knees were all red [from the cold],

there adv

dat 1pl clt

3pl impf cop

sock pl m def

one sg n adj

time sg n

knee pl n def

dat 1pl clt

red pl adj

nom 3pl

60 (b) [3:51] and that’s why they hurt [so much] now, but what can we do for them?

for

for.that adv

acc 1pl clt

hurt 3pl pres I

now adv

but

what sg n interr

comp

acc 3pl clt

make 1pl pres P

61 (b) [3:53] Back then we studied Bulgarian [language], math, catechism, shop, physical education –

and

then adv

study 1pl impf I

Bulgarian sg m adj

mathematics sg f

catechism sg n

labor sg n adj

physical sg n adj

62 (b) [4:01] I can’t remember what other subjects we studied.

neg

can 1sg pres

comp

dat refl clt

recall 1sg pres P

other pl adj

what.kind pl interr adj

subject pl m

1pl pres aux clt

learn pl L.part I

63 (b) [4:04] For me, I was really good at math, but since I didn’t have any money,

but

acc 1sg

mathematics sg f def

dat 1sg clt

walk 3sg impf I

much adv

but

interr

not.have 1sg impf I

money pl.t

64 (b) [4:08] and there was nobody to support me – I even [had to] take

and

impf neg exist

and

which sg m interr

comp

acc 1sg clt

support 3sg pres I

and

1sg pres aux clt

take sg f L.part I

65 (b) [4:11] [my own] food – I didn’t learn a lot. But [even though]

and

food sg f

nom 1sg

much adv

neg

study 1sg impf I

but

[...]

again adv

66 (b) [4:15] I wasn’t allowed to study much, I still got a fairly good grade.

neg

dat 1sg clt

give 3pl impf I

comp

read 1sg pres I

much adv

but

again adv

take 1sg aor P

with

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1 (b) [0:00] In the old days the rich people didn’t have very big houses.

2 (b) [0:04] and their children were different from our children, you know.

3 (b) [0:09] Their children were [better] dressed. But us – our shoes; well –

4 (b) [0:13] they weren’t like their shoes, but rather made of pigskin. That’s how we were.

5 (b) [0:19] And we even went out that way on Lazar’s Sunday, with those shoes.

6 (b) [0:23] So in fact we didn’t have anything. But the rich people, they bought up everything.

7 (b) [0:29] All we had was what they gave to our fathers. And tobacco especially –

8 (b) [0:34] They bought that up. Our tobacco sold for very little, but

9 (b) [0:38] their tobacco was always more costly; the rich peoples’ tobacco sold for more.

10 (b) [0:43] Not like in the collective farm, where there was a committee [regulating things].

11 (b) [0:47] There was a difference there too, but it was less.

12 (KK) [How did you grow tobacco?]

13 (b) [0:52] For tobacco, in the old days, we’d begin already in March

14 (b) [0:56] to prepare the beds, but there wasn’t any insecticide then to spray on them.

15 (b) [1:01] Once our beds were prepared, we spread bird droppings on them.

16 (b) [1:05] We did the planting by hand, with stakes. There weren’t machines, there wasn’t anything.

17 (b) [1:11] We’d get together somewhere [to work] in brigades, or each one would do it for himself.

18 (b) [1:16] In the old days, because I didn’t have brothers or sisters, I was –

19 (b) [1:21] I had to go with a yoke on my back, and to carry water in copper pails.

20 (b) [1:25] I plant a row, then I water it; and then

21 (b) [1:28] I plant another row, and water it too.

22 (b) [1:30] My father and mother are off doing other work.

23 (b) [1:32] What can I do? This is [the work] I’ve been given.

24 (b) [1:35] And the next day, when they came, again [the pails go] onto my back

25 (b) [1:38] so as to carry water, this time further off. But there wasn’t any. So

26 (b) [1:43] we took barrels to gather the water, and that’s how we brought it

27 (b) [1:46] and planted [the tobacco]. And when it came time for harvest, it was hoed

28 (b) [1:49] by hand, without plowing or anything. When it’s time

29 (b) [1:53] for the first picking, we gather a few leaves from below,

30 (b) [1:58] and we go one time through the entire field, however much [it is] –

31 (b) [2:01] we had planted two or three decares of tobacco, but those

32 (b) [2:03] who have more people to work plant much more tobacco. But we

33 (b) [2:07] were less people, so planted less tobacco.

34 (b) [2:10] And when the first picking is finished, we go through on the second one.

35 (b) [2:14] We begin to pick the leaves when they've started to turn yellow,

36 (b) [2:18] again two or three leaves at a time, so they stay good-looking.

37 (b) [2:21] Then we thread them on needles, and on cords, and after that

38 (b) [2:25] we make frames, and [put these threads] on the frames. No, first [we put them] on poles

39 (b) [2:29] and tie the poles [to the frames] with corn husks. Then a scaffolding is made

40 (b) [2:34] and we line up the poles on the scaffolding. When it rains, then,

41 (b) [3:39] we have the scaffolding to keep things dry. Then we take these poles

42 (b) [2:43] and line them up by pairs, one next to another,

43 (b) [2:46] one next to another, and that’s how we lined them up in the old days.

44 (b) [2:49] Now it’s all simple: you just cover them with a plastic sheet, and that’s it.

45 (b) [2:53] But that’s how it was back then. During the winter,

46 (b) [2:56] when the fog starts to come in, we get ready and start

47 (b) [3:00] to process [the tobacco]. When we see they’re soft, we start to make it [into bundles]

48 (b) [3:04] [using] our knees [for support] we make it into bundles, and tie them up

49 (b) [3:09] with corn husks, and make them into large bales.

50 (b) [3:14] Or more like a pile. We make them not into bales but into storage piles.

51 (b) [3:18] And then, after they give us pieces of burlap to cover them, we take and make them

52 (b) [3:21] into bales. We untie [the leaves] from the corn husking, and give them

53 (b) [3:26] to the men [who] make them into bales.

54 (KK) [Did you all go to school?]

55 (b) [3:29] In the old days, when we went to the school here, we went [only]

56 (b) [3:32] through fourth grade, and then we started to go to [school] in Mŭdrets.

57 (b) [3:36] But when we went to Mŭdrets, we didn’t have shoes; there wasn’t anything.

58 (b) [3:41] So they got us these sandals, with socks [only] to the knees.

59 (b) [3:47] That’s where our socks came to in the old days. Our knees were all red [from the cold],

60 (b) [3:51] and that’s why they hurt [so much] now, but what can we do for them?

61 (b) [3:53] Back then we studied Bulgarian [language], math, catechism, shop, physical education –

62 (b) [4:01] I can’t remember what other subjects we studied.

63 (b) [4:04] For me, I was really good at math, but since I didn’t have any money,

64 (b) [4:08] and there was nobody to support me – I even [had to] take

65 (b) [4:11] [my own] food – I didn’t learn a lot. But [even though]

66 (b) [4:15] I wasn’t allowed to study much, I still got a fairly good grade.

1 (b) [0:00] jenò vrème̝ čorbədžìiti sə n’àməli mnòu gol’ɛ̀mi kɤ̀šti̥

In the old days the rich people didn’t have very big houses.

2 (b) [0:04] ama nəlì čurbədžìja ə ličɤ̀t mu dicàtə ut nàšti dicà

and their children were different from our children, you know.

3 (b) [0:09] t’àn’te dicà sə ubl’àkəni ə pək nìi cərùlkiti i tò

Their children were [better] dressed. But us – our shoes; well –

4 (b) [0:13] e n’è təkìvi cərùlki̥ əmi ut svìncki nəpràeni i təkà si ə b’à:mi