Vladimir Zhobov
Izgrev/Var 2
1 (VZh) [When did you do threshing?]
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2 (b) [0:01] When we threshed at the threshing floor, we waited for the sea wind to finish [the job].
when conj | thresh 1pl impf I | mean 3sg pres I | at | threshing.field sg m | mean 3sg pres I | hes | wait 1pl pres I | sea.wind sg m | finish 1pl pres P |
3 (b) [0:06] We start to winnow it, but we wait for the sea wind to start blowing
mean 3sg pres I | begin 1pl pres I | winnow 1pl pres P | acc n 3sg clt | but | sea.wind sg m | wait 1pl pres I | comp | blow 3sg pres P |
4 (b) [0:08] so we could finish winnowing. The sea wind blows hard, you know,
comp | can 1pl pres I | comp | winnow 1pl pres P | hes | sea.wind sg m | strong adv | blow 3sg pres I | mean 3sg pres I |
5 (b) [0:12] and carries the chaff to this [side] and the grain on the other side.
and | carry.off 3sg pres I | chaff sg f def | to | thus adv | grain sg n def | to | other sg f def adj | side sg f |
6 (b) [0:15] And that’s how we do it.
and | thus adv | acc n 3sg clt | do 1pl pres I |
7 (VZh) [How do you begin the work day?]
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8 (b) [0:17] When we get up in the morning, we rush about, we do this, we do that,
morning sg f | when conj | arise 1pl pres P | hurry 1pl pres I | this sg m adj | do 1pl pres I | that sg m adj | do 1pl pres I |
9 (b) [0:20] we hurry to go out to the field. All day long we dig,
hurry 1pl pres I | comp | go 1pl pres P | to | field sg f def | entire sg m adj | day sg m | dig 1sg pres I | mean 3sg pres I |
10 (b) [0:23] or else we reap, and when noontime comes we sit down,
or | again adv | comp | reap 1pl pres I | mean 3sg pres I | and | with | noon m 3sg | come 3sg pres P | nom 1pl | sit 1pl pres P |
11 (b) [0:28] eat, lie down, rest a bit, then we get up again, come back again
feed 1pl pres P | acc refl clt | lie.down 1pl pres P | rest 1pl pres P | little adv | mean 3sg pres I | arise 1pl pres I | again adv | again adv | come 1pl pres P |
12 (b) [0:31] come back again to the house, work more – [It’s] unremitting, there’s no –
again adv | come 1pl pres P | to.house adv | again adv | work 1pl pres I |
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tireless adv | mean 3sg pres I | [...] | mean 3sg pres I | pres neg exist |
13 (b) [0:36] we can’t get our strength back any more from [all that] work.
neg | neg | can 1pl pres I | comp | dat refl clt | gather 1pl pres P | force pl f def | already adv | from | work sg f def |
14 (b) [0:41] We joined the collective farm to make it easier, but it ended up more difficult. Much harder! [laughter]
enter 1pl aor P | in | T.K.Z.S sg n | for | more | easy adv | disc | more | difficult adv | emerge 3sg aor P | more | hard adv |