Stikŭl 1

Stikyl1newer.mp3

1 (PSh) Hi, we are from –

zdravèj

greet sg imv I

nom 1pl

1pl pres cop clt

from

2 (KP) Hello.

zdravèjte

greet pl imv I

здравей

3 (PSh) from Sofia.

from

от

sòfija

Sofia sg f place

София

4 (a) [0:04] So, and what do you want?

excl

and

what sg n interr

want 2pl pres I

5 (PSh) Well, to talk a bit. We’re looking for –

disc

comp

talk 1pl pres P

for

seek 1pl pres I

6 (KP) – [information] about the village.

about

за

sèloto

village sg n def

село

7 (PSh) [information] about the village, about old customs, about –

about

village sg n def

about

old pl adj

custom pl m

about

8 (a) [0:12] Well, we – I’m an old person. In my part of the village –

disc

nom 1pl

nom 1sg

1sg pres cop clt

aged sg m adj

person sg m

my sg f def med adj

neighborhood sg f

dat refl clt

9 (KP) We spoke with Sedenkov, who’s said to have writen histories of the area

hes

nom 1pl

speak 1pl aor I

with

Sedenkov sg m name

rel

write sg m L.part I

history sg f

here adv

10 (KP) and he told us that you would best be able to tell us [things] ...

and

dat 1pl clt

say 3sg aor P

that conj

nom 2pl

thus adv

most

well adv

fut

dat 1pl clt

tell 2pl pres P

11 (a) [0:25] Eh –

à

excl

12 (KP) ... about the old times.

about

за

stàroto

old sg n def adj

стар

13 (a) [0:28] I’ve gotten all simple, child. I’m eighty-three years old.

excl

nom 1sg

1sg pres aux clt

foolish sg f adj

become sg f L.part P

son sg m

nom 1sg

1sg pres cop clt

eighty

and

three

year pl f

14 (PSh) Well, that’s exactly the kind of people we’re looking for to [tell] us –

disc

and

nom 1pl

such pl adj

people pl

search 1pl pres I

comp

dat 1pl clt

[...]

15 (a) [0:30] So what should I tell you?

and

what sg n interr

comp

dat 2pl clt

say 1sg pres P

16 (PSh) Well, whatever you know here about the vill–

disc

what sg n rel

know 2sg pres I

here adv

about

[...]

17 (a) [0:33] Well look, I don’t know anything, child. I don’t know about the old times

disc

adrs

nom 1sg

neg

know 1sg pres I

nothing sg n

son sg m

nom 1sg

neg

know 1sg pres I

18 (a) [0:37] I’ve forgotten about the old times. And [anyway] youth now –

old sg n def med adj

acc n 3sg

1sg pres aux clt

forget sg f L.part P

and

now adv

youth sg m def prox

19 (a) [0:40] young people don’t believe [anything] about the old times. [laughter]

è

excl

mlàdi̥se

young pl def prox adj

neg

believe 3pl pres I

old sg n def med adj

20 (KP) [laughter]

[ … ]

21 (a) [0:46] Isn’t that so?

interr

dat refl clt

3sg pres cop clt

thus dist adv

22 (KP) That’s right, but –

thus adv

3sg pres cop clt

but

23 (a) [0:49] Well, he told you well. But I’ve forgotten stuff.

nom n 3sg

nice sg n adj

dat 2pl clt

call 3sg pres I

adrs

but

nom 1sg

1sg pres aux clt

one sg n adj

forget sg f L.part P

24 (a) [0:53] What else can I tell you? Back then –

other sg n adj

what sg n adj

comp

dat 2pl clt

say 1sg pres P

earlier.time adv

25 (KP) Whatever comes to mind.

what sg n rel

acc refl clt

recall 2sg pres I

26 (a) [0:56] Well, the father of my father – there was this neighbor of ours there,

è

disc

tò̝jə

this sg m med adj

този

hes

from

my sg m def adj

father sg m

his sg m def adj

father sg m

exist impf

there adv

our sg m adj

neighbor sg m

27 (a) [1:02] let me tell you. And he had a gramophone! I’ll show you. At that time

comp

dat 2pl clt

say 1sg pres P

have 3sg impf I

gramophone sg m

fut

dat 2pl clt

show 1sg pres P

then med adv

28 (a) [1:07] and so our old guy was upwards of eighty– he was ninety-two. And

such sg n med adj

one sg n adj

old.man sg m

our sg m def dist adj

3sg impf cop

around

eighty

ninety

and

two f

year.old sg m adj

29 (a) [1:14] he spoke thus: “That gramophone plays like this, and it was playing from Sofia!”

then med adv

call 3sg pres I

such sg n med adj

and

gramophone sg m def dist

play 3sg pres I

thus prox adv

and

nom n 3sg

from

Sofia sg f place

play 3sg impf I

that sg n dist adj

30 (KP) [laughter]

[...]

31 (a) [1:22] [laughter] Playing from Sofia! And then the old man said to my father’s father

from

Sofia sg f place

play 3sg pres I

and

say 3sg pres I

old dat pl def med adj

father sg m

dat m 3sg clt

his sg m def dist adj

негов

bəštà

father sg m

баща

32 (a) [1:28] He said: “There will come a time,” he said, “when that which they now play

say 3sg pres I

fut

come 3sg pres P

say 3sg pres I

time sg n

hes

there adv

hes

now adv

rel dist

play 3pl pres I

33 (a) [1:32] and sing will be seen here. Except that,” he said, “[they] will be naked.

and

sing 3pl pres I

here adv

fut

acc refl clt

see 3pl pres I

only adv

that conj

fut

acc refl clt

call 3sg pres I

naked pl adj

34 (a) [1:37] They’ll wear short [skirts].” And this has come. It’s come.

short sg n adj

say 3sg pres I

fut

wear 3pl pres I

and

come 3sg aor P

this sg n med adj

thing sg n

come 3sg aor P

35 (KP) Mm.

bkch

36 (a) [1:43] And he said, “They sing and play and make merry and such over there,” he said.

say 3sg pres I

there adv

say 3sg pres I

play 3pl pres I

and

sing 3pl pres I

and

acc refl clt

се

vesel’ɔ̀t

make.merry 3pl pres I

веселя

37 (a) [1:47] “And that will come here from Sofia,” he said. “Here, you’ll see. We’ll watch it

here adv

say 3sg pres I

fut

come 3sg pres P

[...]

here adv

call 3sg pres I

ost

fut

acc n 3sg clt

watch 1pl pres I

38 (a) [1:51] on this – on the television.” And don’t [we have] it now?

this sg n prox adj

television sg f def med

interr

now adv

acc n 3sg clt

39 (KP) Yes

bkch

40 (a) [1:55] And [that sort of thing now] in the newspapers and everywhere! [laughter]

and

newspaper pl m

and

everything sg n adj

41 (KP) [laughter]

[...]

42 (a) [1:58] So what else shall I tell you, son? I remembered that one from the older people.

other sg n adj

what sg n interr

comp

dat 2pl clt

say 1sg pres P

son sg m

that sg n dist adj

1sg pres aux clt

remember sg f L.part P

from

old pl def med adj

43 (a) [2:01] But now everything’s in the style of the young. Why should one go about

disc

again adv

now adv

3sg pres cop clt

everything sg n adj

youth sg m

disc

what sg n interr

comp

go 2sg pres P

comp

comp

disc

44 (a) [2:05] and talk and work things out [to find out] what and why?

comp

say 2sg pres I

and

comp

[...]

reason.out 2sg pres I

and

comp

what sg n interr

how interr

45 (a) [2:09] Huh? Tell me so I can get it, O.K.? Tell me.

excl

tell sg imv P

dat 1sg clt

comp

see 1sg pres P

adrs

tell sg imv P

dat 1sg clt

46 (PSh) Tell [us] what you know.

tell 2sg imv P

what sg n rel adj

know 2sg pres I

47 (KP) Tell us how you used to live, how many children –

tell 2sg imv P

how interr

2pl pres aux clt

live pl L.part I

how.many interr

child pl n

48 (a) [2:15] How we used to live? We lived – we plowed, we dug –

how interr

1pl pres aux clt

live pl L.part I

live pl L.part I

1pl pres aux clt

plow 1pl impf I

dat refl clt

dig 1pl impf I

dat refl clt

49 (a) [2:26] There was lots of property. We had property, others had, everyone had

property sg m def

3sg impf cop

much adv

property sg m

nom 1pl

have 1pl impf I

and

other pl adj

have 3pl impf I

all pl def dist adj

have 3pl impf I

50 (a) [2:31] a lot of property. Back then we plowed it, dug it. And now

much adv

property sg m

then med adv

dat refl clt

acc m 3sg clt

plow 1pl pres I

dig 1pl pres I

and

now adv

51 (a) [2:36] we start on the second of August to mow – to mow. According to the old way,

begin 1pl pres I

from

from

second sg m adj

August sg m

comp

mow 1pl pres I

comp

mow 1pl pres I

old n def med adj

52 (a) [2:42] on St. Elias’ day, when – it’s called. Don’t they write it [on the calendar’ St. Elias’ day?

old n def med adj

St.Elias.day sg m

when inter.rel

acc m 3sg clt

call 3pl pres I

interr

acc m 3sg clt

write 3sg pres I

St.Elias's.day sg m

53 (PSh) Yes.

əmhəm

bkch

54 (KP) When is St. Elias’ day?

when interr

3sg pres cop clt

St.Elias's.day sg m

55 (a) [2:48] On – on the [church] calendars. That’s on the second of August now.

calendar pl m def med

now adv

nom m 3sg

second sg m adj

August sg m

56 (a) [2:52] That’s when we started to – to reap, all the way over to there!

then med adv

begin 1pl aor I

comp

comp

reap 1pl pres I

comp

ost

all.the.way adv

57 (a) [2:56] And in the winter, up till New Year’s, we’d put up the sheaves – into piles.

and

through

winter sg f def med

new sg f adj

arrange 1pl impf P

sheaf pl m def dist

stack pl m

58 (a) [3:01] I put – put it into a pile. And sometimes snow would start up.

pile sg m

acc m 3sg clt

arrange 1sg pres P

arrange 1sg pres P

arrange 1sg pres P

and

sometimes adv

begin 3sg impf P

snow sg m

59 (a) [3:07] Snow would start up and we [would] go to clean that [place] with a net, and we’d thresh.

begin 3sg impf P

snow sg m

and

go 1pl pres I

comp

clean 1pl pres I

that sg n dist adj

from

net sg m def

and

acc m 3sg clt

thresh 1pl impf I

60 (a) [3:13] And we had grain, we had everything. We had two horses

and

have 1pl impf I

dat refl clt

and

grain sg n

have 1pl impf I

dat refl clt

everything sg n adj

have 1pl impf I

two m

horse ct m

61 (a) [3:19] And we had – a pair of oxen, so we [could] plow,

and

ox pl m

dat refl clt

have 1pl impf I

[…]

pair sg m

comp

dat refl clt

plow 1pl pres I

62 (a) [3:23] and two or three cows, and sheep. My father had eighty head of sheep.

and

cow pl f

two f

three

and

sheep pl f

my sg m def adj

father sg m

have 3sg aor I

eighty

head ct m

sheep pl f

63 (a) [3:30] And that’s what we were occupied with, son!

with

such sg n dist adj

acc refl clt

1pl pres aux clt

son sg m

occupy pl L.part I

64 (KP) A lot. You had a lot.

much adv

much adv

2pl pres aux clt

have I

65 (a) [3:32] Ah, everybody did, son, and they worked it. But now, since it’s become like this

disc

all pl def med adj

have 3pl impf I

son sg m

and

acc m 3sg clt

work 3pl impf I

and

now adv

since conj

become 3sg aor P

thus prox adv

66 (a) [3:39] Now they’ve returned the land [to its original owners], but when I look at these youth,

now adv

dat refl clt

give 3pl aor P

land sg f def prox

and

when inter.rel

look 1sg pres I

here adv

youth sg m

67 (a) [3:43] like you, nobody is going to work, son! All has turned to forest!

what sg n rel med

acc 2pl

no.one sg m

neg

go 3sg pres P

comp

work 3sg pres I

son sg m

and

forest sg f

become 3sg aor P

68 (a) [3:48] It’s been five years since the land was returned, you know? They gave it back!

five

year pl f

become 3sg aor P

interr

know 2pl pres I

return 3sg aor P

acc refl clt

land sg f def prox

give 3pl aor P

acc f 3sg clt

69 (KP) Yes.

yes

да

70 (a) [3:53] And nobody goes out to work [it]. You don’t have a horse, there’s nothing [to work with]

then adv

nobody sg m

neg

go 3sg pres I

comp

work 3sg pres I

not.have 2sg pres I

horse sg m

pres neg exist

with

what sg n interr

71 (a) [3:57] Well, we have one or two cows each, [But] I don’t have any cows.

hort

have 1pl pres I

one sg f adj

two f

cow pl f

nom 1sg

not.have 1sg pres I

no.kind sg f adj

cow sg f

72 (a) [4:03] Back then people had little cows to harness up and start plowing –

then med adv

have 3pl pres I

people pl def prox

cow pl f

fut

dat refl clt

harness 3sg pres P

comp

dat refl clt

plow 3sg pres P

73 (a) [4:07] to start plowing. But how can we understand [what’s happening]?

comp

dat refl clt

plow 3sg pres P

and

where interr

comp

acc sg n 3sg

know 1pl pres I

74 (a) [4:11] Young folk here – three, four, five six of them – just sit. They just sit.

youth sg m

pres exist

here adv

three

four

five

six

people pl

sit pl 3pl pres I

sit pl 3pl pres I

75 (a) Mm.

əm

bkch

76 (a) [4:16] Tell me this now, son, was it like that in the old days?

tell sg imv P

dat 1sg clt

now adv

such sg n dist adj

3sg impf cop

son sg m

and

earlier.time adv

3sg impf cop

such sg n dist adj

77 (a) [4:20] I tell you, it was different in the old days!

nom 1sg

dat 2pl clt

say 1sg pres I

different sg n def med adj

3sg impf cop

such sg n dist adj

78 (KP) Were you [one of] a lot of children in the house?

many adv

interr clt

child pl n

2pl impf cop

at.home adv

79 (a) [4:25] There were four of us children. I was the oldest, and I had three brothers

four

child pl n

1pl impf cop

nom 1sg

1sg impf cop

most

big sg f def med

and

[...]

and

truìcata

three m def med an.num

3pl impf cop

brother pl m

80 (a) [4:30] [All my] brothers died, they’ve got heirs now. [Since] we had [several] houses

nom 3pl

die 3pl aor P

brother pl m def med

nom 3pl

have 3pl pres I

heir pl m

now adv

house pl f

have 1pl impf I

81 (a) [4:35] [they’ve got] one or two each. We used to plant potatoes, a lot of potatoes.

one sg n adj

two f

potato sg m

plant 1pl impf I

potato sg m

plant 1pl impf I

much adv

82 (a) [4:41] They took them then – my father and his father, they’d [take] the horse

then med adv

acc 3sg clt

transport 3pl impf I

disc

father sg m

dat 1sg clt

and

his sg m def adj

father sg m

with

horse sg m

83 (a) [4:47] and load [it up] and go [down] to the plains to trade it for corn.

fut

load 3pl pres I

and

comp

go 3pl pres P

field sg n def dist

comp

acc n 3sg clt

exchange 3pl pres P

with

corn sg f

84 (KP) Hm.

əm

bkch

85 (a) [4:52] And in the winter we’ll feed the sheep, we’ll feed the livestock. We have

and

during

winter sg f def dist

fut

feed 1pl pres I

sheep pl f def dist

fut

feed 1pl pres I

livestock sg m

disc

dat refl clt

have 1pl pres I

86 (a) [4:56] rye as well, but we didn’t have corn. So they traded potatoes [for the rye],

and

from

rye sg m def dist

but

corn sg f

dat refl clt

not.have 1pl impf I

then med adv

acc m 3sg clt

exchange 3pl impf I

potato sg m def dist

87 (a) [5:02] a kilo for a kilo, and that’s how things were. We had money and everything,

kilo sg n

for

kilo sg n

and

such sg n dist adj

3sg impf cop

situation sg n def med

son sg m

and

money pl.t

have 1pl impf I

and

everything sg n adj

88 (a) [5:07] everything was good. And there were that many of us, I was the oldest.

sᶤìčkutu

everything sg m def med

3sg impf cop

nice sg n adj

and

so.much dist adv

1pl impf cop

nom 1pl

1pl impf cop

nom 1sg

1sg pres cop clt

most

big sg f def med adj

89 (a) [5:12] Now I’ll be eighty-two at New Year’s –

now adv

eighty

and

three

fut

take 1sg pres P

new sg f adj

90 (a) [5:16] But at this age, at eighty-two, it’s gotten to be a little hard, son.

eighty

and

two f

1sg impf cop

disc

year pl f

but

difficult sg n adj

come 3sg aor P

son voc sg m

91 (KP) A little hard.

trùdno

difficult sg n adj

труден

92 (a) [5:23] It’s gotten to be a little hard, dear one. Now people talk about bread – to hell with

difficult sg n adj

come 3sg aor P

chick sg n

exactly adv

here adv

talk 3pl pres I

about

bread sg m def

damned sg m adj

93 (a) [5:29] bread, to hell [with it]. The tiny little loaves [they have] now, tiny bread

bread sg m

hort

damned sg m adj

such pl prox adj

loaf pl m

now adv

hes

such sg m prox adj

bread sg m

94 (a) [5:35] now. And up through last night we paid forty-six (levs) [for it]

and

now adv

and

last.night adv

acc m 3sg clt

1pl pres aux clt

take pl L.part I

forty

and

six

95 (a) [5:38] and now this evening for Friday – they bring [it] to us twice a week –

ezgà

now adv

есега

večerɔ̀s

evening sg m def prox

for

Friday sg m

dat 1pl

acc m 3sg clt

bring 3pl pres I

two m

time pl m

week sg f def med

96 (a) [5:42] [twice] in a seven-day period. On Tuesday and Friday –

week sg f def med

Tuesday sg m

and

Friday sg m

97 (KP) Hm.

xəm

bkch

98 (a) [5:46] And now they say that for – on Friday it’s said that they’ll raise [the price] even more.

then med adv

call 3pl pres I

for

Friday sg m

will pl L.part

comp

become 3sg pres P

still adv

99 (a) [5:49] But tell me now, you are young people. How to – how is –

hes

tell pl imv P

dat 1sg clt

now adv

nom 2pl

2pl pres cop clt

youth sg m

what sg n interr

comp

what sg n interr

how interr

100 (a) [5:53] I’m a little [old] woman, alone. We were just talking [about this]. Here [I am], this little granny.

nom 1sg

1sg pres cop clt

alone sg f adj

woman sg f

and

exactly adv

talk 1pl impf I

this sg f adj

old.woman sg f

101 (a) [5:58] They give me two loaves of bread and that’s enough for me,

dat 1sg

give 3pl pres P

two m

bread ct m

suffice 3pl pres I

dat refl clt

dat 1sg clt

102 (a) [6:01] I can manage from one [loaf] to the next. But now

from

от

edìnen

one sg m def dist adj

един

до

drùgen

other sg m def dist adj

dat refl clt

dat 1sg clt

remain 3sg pres P

and

now adv

and

103 (a) [6:05] there’s – there’s people that [that amount] doesn’t last for. It doesn’t last for them.

and

pres exist

again adv

people pl

and

dat 3pl clt

neg

remain 3sg pres I

neg

remain 3sg pres I

dat 3pl clt

104 (a) [6:11] They want bread, they want it, they just – And I was talking with a woman [who]

want 3pl pres I

bread sg m

want 3pl pres I

and

exactly adv

acc 3pl clt

here adv

talk 1pl impf I

with

sg f adj

woman sg f

105 (a) [6:15] said “I wasn’t –“ she said. “Now my son is in Devin.

call 3sg pres I

that conj

neg

1sg impf cop

call 3sg pres I

and

now adv

my sg m def adj

son sg m

3sg pres cop clt

Devin sg m place

106 (a) [6:19] His daughter – his daughter keeps a warehouse for the distribution of flour.

and

his sg f def med adj

daughter sg f

his sg f def med adj

daughter sg f

keep 3sg pres I

warehouse sg m

warehouse sg m

keep 3sg pres I

where rel med

give 3pl pres I

flour sg n def med

107 (a) [6:27] and said that supposedly this white flour was to be distributed out. Today they'll give it

and

call 3sg pres I

now adv

and

flour sg n def dist

be sg n L.part

distribute vbl.n I

today adv

fut

acc n 3sg clt

give 3pl pres P

108 (a) [6:31] to one village for its bakery, tomorrow to another village

one sg n adj

village sg n

for

oven sg f

tomorrow adv

fut

acc n 3sg clt

give 3pl pres P

for

other sg n adj

village sg n

109 (a) [6:37] for its bakery. And she said, ‘Mom (= Granny), now’ she said, ‘[now] there’s grain.

for

oven sg f

but

call 3sg pres I

now adv

call 3sg pres I

Mom voc sg f

now adv

3sg pres cop clt

call 3sg pres I

grain sg n

110 (a) [6:41] They’ve brought grain,’ she said. ‘Barley, so nice and pure, and wheat,

grain sg n

3pl pres aux clt

bring pl L.part P

call 3sg pres I

barley sg m

call 3sg pres I

such sg m med adj

nice sg m adj

call 3sg pres I

clean sg m adj

and

wheat sg f

111 (a) [6:49] very pure,’ she said. ‘They’ve brought pure grain.’ And so now

call 3sg pres I

very adv

clean sg n adj

grain sg n

3pl pres aux clt

call 3sg pres I

bring pl L.part P

and

call 3sg pres I

such sg n dist adj

now adv

112 (a) [6:54] his daughter runs the storehouse; [a truck] goes to Asenovgrad. ‘It’s already three days,’ she says

his sg f def med adj

daughter sg f

keep 3sg pres I

storehouse sg m def dist

go 3sg pres P

call 3sg pres I

Asenovgrad sg m place

call 3sg pres I

three

day ct m

already adv

113 (a) [6:59] ‘since we’ve sent the cars [there] and still nothing. But last night they came –

how conj

1pl pres aux clt

send pl L.part P

car pl f def med

and

still adv

pres neg exist

but

last.night adv

3pl impf aux

come pl L.part P

114 (a) [7:04] they came here to me,’ she said, ‘and tonight we have to go

here adv

dat 1sg

3pl impf aux

come pl L.part P

and

call 3sg pres I

tonight adv

must pres I imprs

comp

go 1pl pres P

115 (a) [7:08] to shift [the grain] from one truck to the other [for them] to distribute it.’

comp

transfer 1pl pres P

from

one sg n def dist adj

един

from

от

ednònə

one sg n def dist adj

truck sg m

other sg m adj

and

acc sg n 3sg

то

rəspredɛ̀l’ət

distribute 3pl pres I

разпределям

116 (a) [7:13] And there it is.” Now son, tell me now. What do you say [about that]? Tell me now!

and

thus dist adv

now adv

son sg m

tell sg imv P

dat 1sg clt

now adv

what sg n interr

call 2pl pres I

tell sg imv P

dat 1sg clt

now adv

117 (KP) Bad, bad.

bad sg n adj

bad sg n adj

118 (a) [7:19] Pretty bad. Ah son, I say, I hope [those bigwigs] reach agreement. I hope it gets better,

bad sg n adj

3sg pres cop clt

son sg m

call 1sg pres I

hort

acc refl clt

agree 3pl pres P

hort

become 3sg pres P

son sg m

fine sg n adj

119 (a) [7:24] both for us and for the young people. So see, I’m waiting now for them to give me

and

for

acc 1pl

for

youth sg m def prox

hort

nom 1sg

now adv

wait 1sg pres I

comp

dat 1sg clt

give 3pl pres P

120 (a) [7:29] my pension, to give me my pension, to give me two thousand and from that

pension sg f

comp

dat 1sg clt

give 3pl pres P

pension sg f

comp

dat 1sg clt

give 3pl pres P

two f

thousand pl f

from

acc 3pl

121 (a) [7:33] I’ll buy firewood. And it’s now gotten to be – seven hundred levs for a cubic meter of wood.

fut

buy 1sg pres P

wood pl n

[…]

seven.hundred

lev ct m

3pl pres aux clt

become pl L.part P

wood pl n def med

cubic.meter sg m def

122 (a) [7:39] One cubic meter of wood, seven hundred levs! I have to get seven or eight cubic meters of wood,

one sg m adj

cubic.meter sg m

wood pl n

seven.hundred

lev ct m

must pres I imprs

comp

take 1sg pres P

seven

eight

cubic.meter sg m def

wood pl n

123 (a) [7:47] how many thousands will I pay? I’ll pay a thousand just for food

how.much interr

thousand pl f

fut

give 1sg pres P

fut

give 1sg pres P

thousand sg f

but

then med adv

but

for

food sg n

124 (a) [7:51] but I’ll let it go this time, because of that. Nocho! They came

but

fut

acc 3pl clt

allow 1sg pres P

once adv

from

such sg n med adj

Nocho sg m name

come pl L.part P

3pl pres aux clt

125 (a) [7:54] to ask me what it was like in the old days, and what it’s come to now.

comp

acc 1sg clt

ask 3pl pres I

what sg n interr

3sg pres aux clt

be sg n L.part

earlier.time adv

what sg n interr adj

3sg pres aux

become sg n L.part P

now adv

126 (b) [7:57] So you’ll tell them then!

fut

dat 3pl clt

say 2sg pres I

adrs

127 (a) [7:58] I’m telling them, I’m telling them, I say

and

nom 1sg

dat 3pl clt

say 1sg pres I

nom 1sg

dat 3pl clt

say 1sg pres I

call 1sg pres I

128 (a) [8:01] how it was in the old days and how it is now.

what sg n interr

3sg impf cop

son sg m

earlier.time adv

what sg n interr

3sg pres cop clt

now adv

Main menu

You are here

Map

Participants

PSh

KP

a

b

Stikŭl 1

1 (PSh) Hi, we are from –

2 (KP) Hello.

3 (PSh) from Sofia.

4 (a) [0:04] So, and what do you want?

5 (PSh) Well, to talk a bit. We’re looking for –

6 (KP) – [information] about the village.

7 (PSh) [information] about the village, about old customs, about –

8 (a) [0:12] Well, we – I’m an old person. In my part of the village –

9 (KP) We spoke with Sedenkov, who’s said to have writen histories of the area

10 (KP) and he told us that you would best be able to tell us [things] ...

11 (a) [0:25] Eh –

12 (KP) ... about the old times.

13 (a) [0:28] I’ve gotten all simple, child. I’m eighty-three years old.

14 (PSh) Well, that’s exactly the kind of people we’re looking for to [tell] us –

15 (a) [0:30] So what should I tell you?

16 (PSh) Well, whatever you know here about the vill–

17 (a) [0:33] Well look, I don’t know anything, child. I don’t know about the old times

18 (a) [0:37] I’ve forgotten about the old times. And [anyway] youth now –

19 (a) [0:40] young people don’t believe [anything] about the old times. [laughter]

20 (KP) [laughter]

21 (a) [0:46] Isn’t that so?

22 (KP) That’s right, but –

23 (a) [0:49] Well, he told you well. But I’ve forgotten stuff.

24 (a) [0:53] What else can I tell you? Back then –

25 (KP) Whatever comes to mind.

26 (a) [0:56] Well, the father of my father – there was this neighbor of ours there,

27 (a) [1:02] let me tell you. And he had a gramophone! I’ll show you. At that time

28 (a) [1:07] and so our old guy was upwards of eighty– he was ninety-two. And

29 (a) [1:14] he spoke thus: “That gramophone plays like this, and it was playing from Sofia!”

30 (KP) [laughter]

31 (a) [1:22] [laughter] Playing from Sofia! And then the old man said to my father’s father

32 (a) [1:28] He said: “There will come a time,” he said, “when that which they now play

33 (a) [1:32] and sing will be seen here. Except that,” he said, “[they] will be naked.

34 (a) [1:37] They’ll wear short [skirts].” And this has come. It’s come.

35 (KP) Mm.

36 (a) [1:43] And he said, “They sing and play and make merry and such over there,” he said.

37 (a) [1:47] “And that will come here from Sofia,” he said. “Here, you’ll see. We’ll watch it

38 (a) [1:51] on this – on the television.” And don’t [we have] it now?

39 (KP) Yes

40 (a) [1:55] And [that sort of thing now] in the newspapers and everywhere! [laughter]

41 (KP) [laughter]

42 (a) [1:58] So what else shall I tell you, son? I remembered that one from the older people.

43 (a) [2:01] But now everything’s in the style of the young. Why should one go about

44 (a) [2:05] and talk and work things out [to find out] what and why?

45 (a) [2:09] Huh? Tell me so I can get it, O.K.? Tell me.

46 (PSh) Tell [us] what you know.

47 (KP) Tell us how you used to live, how many children –

48 (a) [2:15] How we used to live? We lived – we plowed, we dug –

49 (a) [2:26] There was lots of property. We had property, others had, everyone had

50 (a) [2:31] a lot of property. Back then we plowed it, dug it. And now

51 (a) [2:36] we start on the second of August to mow – to mow. According to the old way,

52 (a) [2:42] on St. Elias’ day, when – it’s called. Don’t they write it [on the calendar’ St. Elias’ day?

53 (PSh) Yes.

54 (KP) When is St. Elias’ day?

55 (a) [2:48] On – on the [church] calendars. That’s on the second of August now.

56 (a) [2:52] That’s when we started to – to reap, all the way over to there!

57 (a) [2:56] And in the winter, up till New Year’s, we’d put up the sheaves – into piles.

58 (a) [3:01] I put – put it into a pile. And sometimes snow would start up.

59 (a) [3:07] Snow would start up and we [would] go to clean that [place] with a net, and we’d thresh.

60 (a) [3:13] And we had grain, we had everything. We had two horses

61 (a) [3:19] And we had – a pair of oxen, so we [could] plow,

62 (a) [3:23] and two or three cows, and sheep. My father had eighty head of sheep.

63 (a) [3:30] And that’s what we were occupied with, son!

64 (KP) A lot. You had a lot.

65 (a) [3:32] Ah, everybody did, son, and they worked it. But now, since it’s become like this

66 (a) [3:39] Now they’ve returned the land [to its original owners], but when I look at these youth,

67 (a) [3:43] like you, nobody is going to work, son! All has turned to forest!

68 (a) [3:48] It’s been five years since the land was returned, you know? They gave it back!

69 (KP) Yes.

70 (a) [3:53] And nobody goes out to work [it]. You don’t have a horse, there’s nothing [to work with]

71 (a) [3:57] Well, we have one or two cows each, [But] I don’t have any cows.