Vladimir Zhobov
Oreše
1 (VZh) Are you from here, from Oreshe?
| nom 2sg | from.here adv | interr clt | 2sg pres cop clt | from | Oreshe sg n place |
2 (a) [0:01] I’m from Oreshe. Where [else would] I be from?
| from | Oreshe sg n place | 1sg pres cop clt | from.where interr | 1sg pres cop clt |
3 (b) [0:02] This here is an old man, he can tell you lots of things.
| disc | here adv | old sg m adj | person sg m | 3sg pres cop clt | nom m 3sg | can 3sg pres | comp | dat 2sg clt | say 3sg pres P | many adv | thing pl f |
4 (VZh) Hello.
| good sg m adj | day sg m |
5 (c) [0:07] Hello.
| good sg m adj | day sg m |
6 (a) [0:07] We’ve lived out our lives, we’ve lived them. So many years I’ve already –
| and | spend 1pl aor P | dat refl clt | life sg m def | acc m 3sg clt | 1pl pres aux clt | spend pl L.part P |
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how.many interr | year pl f | 1sg pres cop clt | already adv |
7 (b) [0:11] This is an old man, he’s experienced everything …
| ost | this sg m med adj | old sg m adj | person sg m | everything sg n adj | experience sg m L.part P |
8 (a) [0:12] This life we have here – there’s …
| like | now adv | this sg m med adj | life sg m |
9 (b) [0:13] … he’s lived [through] misery [laughter] –
| live sg m L.part I | miserably adv |
10 (a) [0:15] .. nothing to compare with [how bad] it [is]. Some will become …
| similar sg m adj | life sg m | neg exist | one pl adj | fut | become 3pl pres P |
11 (c) [0:16] You shouldn’t talk about anything [to these people].
| fut neg | comp | talk 2sg pres I | about | nowhere adv |
12 (a) [0:17] … millionaires and others will die of hunger.
| millionaire pl m | and | one pl adj | fut | die 3pl pres I | from hunger adv |
13 (b) [0:19] He won’t talk [badly]; he’ll talk about good [things] now.
| fut neg | comp | speak 2sg pres I | disc | now adv | fut | say 3sg pres P | about | nice sg n adj |
14 (a) [0:20] You get the picture? Some are millionaires and others will die of hunger.
| sense 2sg pres I | interr clt | thing sg f def | one pl adj | 3pl pres cop clt | millionaire pl m | and | one pl adj | fut | die 3pl pres I | from hunger adv |
15 (VZh) How old are you?
| nom 2sg | to | how.many interr | year pl f | 2sg pres cop clt |
16 (a) [0:27] What?
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17 (VZh) How old are you?
| to | how.many interr | year pl f | 2sg pres cop clt |
18 (a) [0:28] I’m [of the] group of [nineteen] fifteen.
| fifteenth sg m adj | age.group sg m | 1sg pres cop clt |
19 (VZh) The group [of] ‘fifteen. Seventy-eight years old.
| fifteenth sg m adj | age.group sg m | seventy | and | eight | year pl f |
20 (a) [0:33] Seventy-eight [laughter], that’s right!
| seventy | and | eight | year pl f | disc | thus med adv |
21 (VZh) Uh huh.
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22 (a) [0:35] I tell you –
| and | dat 2pl clt | say 1sg pres I | adrs |
23 (VZh) What [sort] of work did you do [in your] youth?
| nom 2sg | when conj | when conj | young sg m adj | what sg n interr | work 2sg impf I |
24 (a) [0:40] I was left – what?
| disc | 1sg pres aux clt | remain sg m L.part P | disc |
25 (VZh) Yes?
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26 (a) [0:43] I don’t remember what sort of man my father was. He went off
| father sg m | dat 1sg clt | acc m 3sg clt | neg | remember 1sg pres I | what.kind sg m adj | person sg m | 3sg pres aux clt | sg m L.part cop | nom m 3sg | go sg m L.part P |
27 (a) [0:47] as a soldier. At that time Bulgaria and Turkey were still the same [country].
| to | soldier sg m def | then adv | Bulgaria sg f place | and | Turkey sg f place | 3pl pres aux clt | pl L.part cop | one sg n adj |
28 (a) [0:53] And forty people went off from our village. They left –
| and | from | our sg n def adj | village sg n | forty | people pl | go 3pl aor P | go pl L.part P | 3pl pres aux clt |
29 (a) [0:56] I don’t remember. When they left, I was a small child, you know?
| nom 1sg | acc 3pl clt | neg | remember 1sg pres I | when inter.rel | 3pl pres aux clt | go pl L.part P | nom 1sg | 1sg impf cop | child sg n | adrs |
30 (a) [0:59] A little child, an orphan. They left, and it was rare that they returned.
| little sg n adj | child sg n | orphan sg n | nom 3pl | 3pl pres aux clt | go pl L.part P | and | very adv | rarely adv | acc refl clt | [...] |
31 (a) [1:04] They killed them all, including our dad. Where they killed them [I don’t know].
| that pl dist adj | acc 3pl clt | kill 3pl aor P | all pl def adj | and | our sg m adj | dad sg m | where interr | acc m 3sg clt | 3pl pres aux clt | kill pl L.part P |
32 (a) [1:08] They didn’t come back. I don’t remember what kind of man he was down there.
| nom 3pl | dat refl clt | neg | return 3pl aor P | nom 1sg | acc m 3sg clt | neg | remember 1sg pres I | what.kind sg m adj | person sg m | 3sg pres aux clt | sg m L.part cop | below adv |
33 (a) [1:12] And I – so we were left as orphans.
| and | nom 1sg | [...] | [...] | remain 1pl aor P | already adv | thus med adv | orphan pl n | hes | disc |
34 (a) [1:17] There were five or six of us kids. Fine, that’s how I was left.
| 1pl impf cop | five | six | child pl n | fine adv | but | nom 1sg | remain 1sg aor P | already adv | thus med adv | [...] |
35 (a) [1:24] I was always moving after work, in sawmills here and there, and then
| and | go 1sg impf I | all adv | by | work sg f | by | sawmill pl m | above adv | below adv | later adv |
36 (a) [1:29] we went to the [military] reserves. I remember what life was like before.
| by | reserve sg m | go 1pl aor I | above adv | below adv | but | remember 1sg pres I | what.kind sg m adj | life sg m | impf exist | before adv |
37 (a) [1:08] And I remember now too what life is like. And also back then –
| and | and | now adv | remember 1sg I | what.kind sg m adj | life sg m def | and | and | one sg n adj | time sg n |
38 (a) [1:40] Now there’s this thing that Jesus Christ said in the Bible [about] the three suns –
| and | this sg n med adj | what sg n rel | acc 3sg clt | say 3sg pres I | Jesus sg m name | Christ sg m name | in | Bible sg f def | three def | sun ct m |
39 (a) [1:45] [unintelligible] he was the closest [of all] to the truth.
| nom m 3sg | dat refl clt | 3sg pres aux clt | sg m L.part cop | most | right sg m adj | person sg m def |
40 (a) [1:49] What he wrote in the Bible about the three suns: this one to the earth,
| in | Bible sg f def | three def | sun ct m | what sg n interr | 3sg pres aux clt | write sg m L.part I | nom m 3sg | on | earth sg f def |
41 (a) [1:52] this [other] one fell down to the earth, and this one fell down to the earth.
| nom m 3sg | fall 3sg aor P | on | earth sg f def | disc | nom m 3sg | fall 3sg aor P | on | earth sg f def |
42 (a) [1:56] A – a red star will fall into the heavens and it will poison the sea.
| fut | fall 3sg pres P | [...] | red sg f def adj | star sg f | in | sky sg n def | and | fut | poison 3sg pres P | sea sg n def |
43 (a) [2:01] What is the sea? It is we, the people. We will be poisoned.
| which sg n interr | 3sg pres cop clt | sea sg n def | nom 1pl | 1pl pres cop clt | people sg m def | acc 1pl | fut | poison 3sg pres P |
44 (a) [2:05] You’ll be asked, he says, for your upper garment. Give [over] your upper garment,
| fut | acc 2pl clt | seek 3pl pres I | say 3sg pres I | upper sg f def adj | shirt sg f | upper sg f def adj | shirt sg f | acc f 3sg clt | give pl imv P |
45 (a) [2:10] because the upper garment is the earth. Didn’t communism take the earth [from us]?
| because | upper sg f def adj | shirt sg f | earth sg f def | interr | take 3sg aor P | earth sg f def | communism sg m def | disc |
46 (VZh) Hm.
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47 (a) [2:14] You’ll be asked for your lower garment. And if you give over your lower garment,
| fut | acc 2pl clt | seek 3pl pres I | lower sg f def adj | shirt sg f | lower sg f def adj | shirt sg f | if conj | acc f 3sg clt | give 2pl pres P |
48 (a) [2:18] it says, all be forgiven. Jesus Christ was resurrected from Jehennem, that’s how it was.
| say 3sg pres I | forgiven adv | Jesus sg m name | Christ sg m name | nom m 3sg | sg m L.part cop | resurrect sg m P.part P | from | Jehennem sg m def | 3sg pres aux clt | sg n L.part cop |
49 (a) [2:22] You’ll be asked, he says, for your upper garment. The upper –
| fut | acc 2pl clt | seek 3pl pres I | say 3sg pres I | upper sg f def adj | shirt sg f | say 3sg pres I | upper sg f def adj |
50 (a) [2:26] If you give the upper garment over, he says, the eternal fire will burn you up.
| if conj | acc f 3sg clt | give 2pl pres P | say 3sg pres I | upper sg f def adj | shirt sg f | eternal sg m def adj | fire sg m | fut | acc 2pl clt | [...] | burn 3sg pres P |
51 (a) [2:31] We call it Jehennem, you call it –
| nom 1pl | acc m 3sg clt | say 1pl pres I | Jehennem sg m def | nom 2pl | acc m 3sg clt | say 2pl pres I |
52 (c) [2:36] Hell.
| hell sg n def |
53 (a) [2:38] You’ll burn in the eternal fire. The eternal fire, Jehennem.
| in | eternal sg m def adj | fire sg m | fut | acc 2pl clt | burn 3sg pres I | eternal sg m def adj | fire sg m | Jehennem sg m def |
54 (VZh) Uh huh.
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55 (a) [2:42] And that means if you say, “There is no Lord” – No, if we say, “There is no Allah,”
| and | this sg n med adj | that.is adv | if conj | say 2sg pres P | neg exist | lord sg m | nom 1pl | if conj | say 1pl pres P | neg exist | Allah sg m |
56 (a) [2:48] we are in Jehennem. They did one very wrong-sighted thing
| in | Jehennem sg m def | 1pl pres cop clt | hes | nom 3pl | only adv | confuse 3pl aor P | one sg n adj |
57 (a) [2:52] [in that] they closed the churches, they closed down the mosques...
| that conj | close 3pl aor P | church pl f def | close 3pl aor P | and | mosque pl f def |
58 (a) [2:55] They did badly there, they did badly there, I tell you openly!
| there adv | confuse 3pl aor P | there adv | confuse 3pl aor P | comp | dat 2sg clt | say 1sg pres P | openly adv | nom 1sg |
59 (VZh) əмhəм
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60 (a) [3:00] Tell me now, are you at fault, am I at fault – in the way we talk [to each other]?
| say sg imv P | now adv | nom 2sg | 2sg pres cop clt | guilty sg m adj | nom 1sg | 1sg pres cop clt | guilty sg m adj | interr | by | confess def vbl.n I |