Ronelle Alexander
Kruševo 2
1 (b) [0:00] Pork fat ( = lard).
| pig sg f adj | fat sg f |
2 (RA) Really?
| thus adv | interr clt |
3 (b) [0:02] You smear it [on], bind [it up], and it pretty much went away.
| smear 2sg pres I | tie 2sg pres I | and | much adv | 3sg pres aux clt | pass sg n L.part I |
4 (RA) Hah!
| excl |
5 (b) [0:05] You bind [it] up like this
| thus adv | acc refl clt | bind 3sg pres I |
6 (a) [0:05] [And this happened] to mine, to this –
| to | my sg f def adj | disc | to | this sg f adj |
7 (RA) Yes?
| disc |
8 (b) [0:07] To her daughter, the older one
| daughter sg f def | ost | to | big sg f def adj |
9 (RA) Yes?
| disc |
10 (a) [0:10] My little daughter was really limping. She was limping for a whole month,
| little.daughter sg f def | dat 1sg clt | directly adv | limp 3sg impf I | and | limp 3sg impf I | entire sg m adj | month sg m |
11 (a) [0:12] and we couldn’t find out what it was. I went to the doctor
| neg | can 1pl impf I | comp | understand 1pl pres P | what sg n interr | 3sg pres cop clt | go 1sg impf I | by | doctor sg m def |
12 (a) [0:16] and he said the child will stay like that, lame
| child sg n def | say 3sg pres I | thus adv | fut | dat refl clt | dat 2sg clt | remain 3sg pres P | crooked sg n adj |
13 (RA) Huh.
| disc |
14 (a) [0:20] The one I was telling you about, Granny Kapcha
| same sg f def adj | grandmother sg f | where rel | dat 2sg clt | tell 1sg pres I | grandmother sg f |
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15 (RA) Uh huh.
| bkch |
16 (a) [0:22] … Blagovitsa. I went to her and she touched [her] here, on the crooked spot
| Blagovitsa sg f name | go 1sg aor P | by | acc f 3sg | and | nom f 3sg | acc n 3sg clt | touch 3sg aor P | ost | here adv | on | crooked.spot sg f def |
17 (RA) Uh huh.
| bkch |
18 (a) [0:27] She touched her and said to me, “Asibe,” (they call me Asibeyka –
| touch 3sg aor P | acc n 3sg clt | and | say 3sg pres I | to | acc 1sg | Asibe sg f name | acc 1sg | acc 1sg clt | call 3pl pres I | Asibeyka sg f name |
19 (a) [0:31] I told you that but maybe you forgot it)
| nom 1sg | dat 2sg clt | 1sg pres aux clt | tell sg f L.part P | but | can pres imprs | comp | forget 2sg pres P |
20 (RA) Mmhm.
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bkch
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21 (a) [0:34] “Asibe,” she says, “here’s some lard. In the evening,” she says,
| Asibe sg f name | say 3sg pres I | hort | dat 2sg clt | little adv | fat sg f | and | evening adv | say 3sg pres I |
22 (a) [0:39] “you’ll rub it in and you’ll bind it up."
| fut | acc n 3sg clt | rub 2sg pres I | and | fut | acc n 3sg clt | tie 2sg pres I |
23 (RA) Huh.
| bkch |
24 (a) [0:41] And cow piles.
| and | shit pl n | from | cow sg f def |
25 (RA) Uh huh. Hmm.
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bkch
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disc
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26 (a) [0:45] Cow piles. [On] paper from [tobacco] bales.
| shit pl n | from | cow sg f def | to | one sg f adj | bale sg f adj | paper sg f |
27 (a) [0:48] When the cow goes to shit, I put it ...
| when conj | go 3sg pres P | comp | acc refl clt | shit 3sg pres I | cow sg f def | and | nom 1sg | acc 3pl clt | put.on 1sg pres P |
28 (b) [0:51] with it
| with | acc n 3sg |
29 (a) [0:51] … on the paper, heat it up a bit, and put it on her
| to | paper sg f def | heat 1sg pres P | acc 3pl clt | little adv | put 1sg pres I | dat n 3sg clt | acc n 3sg clt | there adv |
30 (a) [0:54] [on her leg] and she goes to sleep and forgets there ever was something [wrong].
| and | nom n 3sg | lie.down 3sg pres P | comp | sleep 3sg pres I | already adv | forget 3sg pres I | acc refl clt | that conj | pres exist | something sg n |
31 (RA) Huhh! Really?!
| excl | thus adv | interr clt |
32 (a) [0:59] Absolutely, woman!
| thus adv | woman voc sg f |
33 (RA) Hah!
| excl |
34 (a) [1:01] Really! I did that for five nights in a row,
| disc | disc | disc | during | five | evening ct m | this sg n adj | acc n 3sg clt | do 1sg impf I | regularly adv |
35 (a) [1:04] and my child got well, [now she’s] this young woman.
| and | small.child sg n def | dat refl clt | dat 1sg clt | recover 3sg aor P | this f adj | girl sg f |
36 (a) [1:06] She became a young woman, as [lovely] as the sun she was, a well-turned out ..
| girl sg f | become 3sg aor P | as | sun sg n | 3sg impf cop | comely sg f adj |
37 (RA) Tsk.
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excl
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38 (a) [1:09] … beautiful girl. But if she’d stayed lame,
| beautiful f adj | girl sg f | disc | if conj | dat 1sg clt | remain 3sg impf P | crooked sg n adj |
39 (RA) Uh huh –
| bkch |
40 (a) [1:13] what a burden she would have been to me.
| what.kind sg f adj | burden sg f | 3sg fut.pst | comp | dat 1sg clt | 3sg impf cop |
41 (RA) Ah, [that would have been] very, very difficult.
| disc | very adv | very adv | difficult sg n adj |
42 (a) [1:16] But I healed her, I did it. This little old woman told me how
| disc | dat refl clt | acc n 3sg clt | heal 1sg aor P | nom 1sg | dat refl clt | nom f 3sg | dat 1sg clt | tell 3sg aor P | little.woman sg f def | old sg f def adj |
43 (a) [1:20] and I touched her and I healed her.
| and | nom 1sg | dat refl clt | acc n 3sg clt | touch 1sg aor P | nom 1sg | dat refl clt | acc n 3sg clt | heal 1sg aor I |
44 (a) [1:23] I healed her and – and now all praise [to Allah].
| and | dat refl clt | acc n 3sg clt | heal 1sg aor P | and | and | now adv | thanks sg m |
45 (RA) Mashalla ( = what wonders of Allah)!
| excl |
46 (a) [1:25] When you raise up beautiful [children] it is a very precious thing to you.
| when conj | dat refl clt | acc 3pl clt | look 2sg pres I | beautiful pl adj | and | and | to | acc 2sg | dat refl clt | 3sg pres cop clt | dear sg n adj |
47 (RA) Beautiful indeed.
| disc | beautiful pl adj |