Vŭrbovo 1

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1 (a) [0:01] Children – there was this tale, and I’m going to tell it to you.

dèca

child pl n

impf exist

tale sg f

and

acc f 3sg

fut

dat 2pl clt

acc f 3sg clt

tell 1sg pres P

2 (a) [0:12] A mother had nine sons and one daughter. A mother had nine sons.

have sg f L.part

mother sg f

nine

son ct m

and

one acc sg f adj

daughter acc sg f

mother sg f

have sg f L.part

nine

son ct m

3 (EU) Uh huh.

əmxəm

bkch

4 (a) [0:22] and one daughter. Ah, you young ones – come out [of the sun and over]

and

one sg f adj

daughter sg f

old.woman voc sg f

[…]

[...]

izlèznete

come.out pl imv P

изляза

5 (a) [0:24] into the shade, my dears, so you don’t get ill [from the heat]

shade acc sg f

mother voc sg f

comp

dat 2pl clt

neg

become 3sg pres P

bad adv

6 (EU) I’m fine here

here adv

1sg pres cop clt

good adv

7 (VZh) I’m OK, I’ll just pour a bit of water over my head, and I’ll be fine.

nom 1sg

1sg pres cop clt

good adv

now adv

fut

dat refl clt

pour 1sg pres P

head sg f def

and

1sg pres cop clt

good adv

8 (a) [0:30] And her youngest son saw the daughter married,

disc

and

most

young sg m def adj

son sg m

acc f 3sg clt

marry sg m L.part P

daughter acc sg f def

дъщеря

9 (a) [0:39] past nine villages to the tenth.

through

nine

village pl n

tenth sg n adj

10 (EU) Uh huh.

əmxəm

bkch

11 (a) [0:44] And the black plague learned [of them] and killed off [all] nine sons.

and

acc refl clt

learn 3sg aor P

black sg f adj

plague sg f

exterminate sg f L.part P

nine def

son ct m

12 (a) [0:50] And the youngest was Lazar.

and

most

young sg m def adj

sg m L.part cop

Lazar sg m name

13 (EU) Uh huh.

əmxəm

bkch

14 (a) [0:54] He [had] helped [his sister, and] she married [and moved] far away, and –

nom m 3sg

help sg m L.part P

and

acc refl clt

marry sg f L.part P

far adv

and

15 (a) [0:58] and her mother cursed– cursed him constantly.

and

mother sg f def

dat f 3sg clt

all adv

[…]

acc m 3sg clt

3sg pres aux clt

curse sg f L.part I

16 (EU) Uh huh.

ɤmxɤm

bkch

17 (a) [1:01] And the black plague came and killed the nine sons.

and

come sg f L.part P

black sg f adj

plague sg f

exterminate sg f L.part P

nine def

son ct m

18 (a) [1:06] And they called the sister Petkana, the one [now] beyond the nine villages

and

sister acc sg f def

acc f 3sg clt

call pl L.part I

Petkana voc sg f name

nom f 3sg

across

nine def

village pl n

19 (a) [1:13] in the tenth. And the mother, the plague [having] killed all [of them]

tenth sg n def adj

and

mother sg f def

plague sg f def

exterminate sg f L.part P

изморя

svìte

all pl def adj

всите

20 (a) [1:18] dug [all] nine graves. But [because] the daughter had married [far off]

dig sg f L.part P

nine def

grave ct m

but

disc

daughter sg f def

dat refl clt

marry sg f L.part P

21 (a) [1:25] and she didn’t come. Thus the mother sat [alone] in her room,

but

neg

come 3sg pres I

and

mother sg f def

dat refl clt

thus adv

sit sg f L.part I

room acc sg f def

22 (a) [1:31] a room [now] overgrown with wormwood and weeds, and kept cursing that Lazar,

uràsla

overgrow sg f L.part P

room sg f def

with

wormwood pl m

with

hes

weed pl m

and

all adv

curse sg f L.part I

this acc sg m med adj

този

làzara

Lazar acc sg m name

лазар

23 (a) [1:41] who had seen her daughter married past nine villages to the tenth.

rel

acc f 3sg clt

marry sg f L.part P

daughter acc sg f def

across

nine

village pl n

tenth sg n adj

24 (a) [1:46] [As for him] one day he started to pray to God: “Dear God, oh Lord,

nom m 3sg

one sg m adj

time sg m

sit 3sg pres P

and

acc refl clt

pray sg m L.part I

God acc sg m

God voc sg m

dear sg m adj

Lord voc sg m

25 (a) [1:51] transform me! Make my coffin into a horse, and the cross

make sg imv P

acc 1sg clt

God voc sg m

transform sg imv P

hes

chest sg m def

horse acc sg m

and

cross sg m def

26 (a) [1:57] into a wine jug, so I can go and bring my sister Petkana home to my mother.”

hes

jug acc sg f

comp

go 1sg pres P

comp

bring 1sg pres P

sister acc sg f

Petkana acc sg f name

my acc sg f adj

mother acc sg f

27 (a) [2:05] And he set off through the nine villages and into the tenth. He went there

and

go sg m L.part P

through

nine def

village pl n

tenth sg n def adj

and

there adv

go sg m L.part P

28 (a) [2:16] and started to – and she made him welcome and said

take sg m L.part P

hes

nom f 3sg

make sg f L.part I

welcome adv

with

acc m 3sg

and

say sg f L.part P

29 (a) [2:20] "Oh Lazar brother of mine, oh Lazar, why does your hand reek of mold?"

brother voc sg m

Lazar voc sg m name

Lazar voc sg m name

why interr

dat 2sg clt

hand sg f

mold sg m

smell 3sg pres I

30 (a) [2:25] He’d come out of the grave [of course], God had transformed him, his hand was stinking

disc

nom m 3sg

emerge sg m L.part

from

grave sg m def

God sg m

acc m 3sg clt

transform sg m L.part P

stink sg f L.part I

dat m 3sg clt

hand sg f

31 (a) [2:30] of mold (he was dead, after all). So he said to her,

mold sg m

interr clt

3sg pres cop clt

dead.person sg m

and

nom m 3sg

nom m 3sg

then adv

acc f 3sg clt

say sg m L.part P

32 (a) [2:35] "Petkana Petkana, sister of mine, we were nine brothers,

sèstro

sister voc sg f

сестра

petkàno

Petkana voc sg f name

Петкана

petkàno

Petkana voc sg f name

nom 1pl

1pl pres cop clt

nine def

people pl f

brother pl m

33 (a) [2:29] and the nine of us built nine houses. And [the job that] fell to me

nine

1pl pres cop clt

house pl f

make pl L.part P

and

dat 1sg

acc refl clt

fall 3sg aor P

34 (a) [2:44] was to dig out the earth. This is why my hand smells of mold."

earth acc sg f def

comp

remove 1sg pres P

for.this adv

dat 1sg clt

hand sg f

mold sg m

smell 3sg pres I

35 (a) [2:49] He’s dead, [after all]. They got to the graveyard. On their way there, –

nom m 3sg

dead.person sg m

reach pl L.part P

graveyard pl n def

and

from.there adv

when conj

walk pl L.part I

36 (a) [2:57] he’d hoisted her up onto his horse – the little birds had been singing:

nom m 3sg

acc f 3sg clt

horse acc sg m def

hoist sg m L.part P

and

bird pl f def

sing pl f L.part I

37 (a) [3:01] "Where has it ever been seen or heard that a dead man goes about alive?"

where interr

acc refl clt

3sg pres aux clt

hear sg n L.part P

see sg n L.part P

dead sg m adj

alive sg m adj

comp

go 3sg pres I

38 (a) [3:05] So they went and went, and she said, "Oh Lazar, Lazar, brother of mine,

nom f 3sg

go 3sg pres I

go 3sg pres I

and

say 3sg aor P

brother voc sg m

Lazar voc sg m name

adrs

[…]

Lazar voc sg m name

39 (a) [3:10] why do the little birds sing thus: “a dead man goes about alive’?"

why interr

bird pl f def

thus adv

sing 3pl pres I

alive sg m adj

dead sg m adj

comp

go 3sg pres I

40 (a) [3:15] And he, well, he’d said to her, "Petkana, Petkana, sister of mine, all kinds of birds

and

nom f 3sg

[...]

nom m 3sg

acc f 3sg clt

say sg m L.part P

sister voc sg f

Petkana voc sg f name

Петкана

petkàno

Petkana voc sg f name

all.kinds pl adj

bird pl f

41 (a) [3:21] have different voices.” And she was reassured. After all, the child

different pl adj

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know 3pl pres I

and

nom f 3sg

acc refl clt

again adv

convince sg f L.part P

убедя

detèto

child sg n def

дете

42 (a) [3:26] was going [home] to her mother. They got to the graveyard he said,

go 3sg pres P

mother sg f

reach pl L.part P

graveyard pl n def

nom m 3sg

acc f 3sg clt

say sg m L.part P

43 (a) [3:31] "Lo sister Petkana, take this my ring, and put it on –

sèstro

sister voc sg f

сестра

petkàno

Petkana voc sg f name

adrs

acc 2sg

my sg m def adj

ring sg m

put sg imv P

acc m 3sg clt

44 (a) [3:37] on your finger, and when you see our mother, show this ring of mine to her.

hand acc sg f

dat refl clt

when conj

go 2sg pres P

mother acc sg f

show sg imv P

acc f 3sg clt

my sg m def adj

ring sg m

45 (a) [3:43] I will come along, but [first] I must hobble the horse and put him to pasture,

nom 1sg

fut

comp

come 1sg pres P

but

comp

tie 1sg pres P

horse acc sg m def

comp

pasture 3sg pres I

46 (a) [3:49] then I’ll come after you, home to be – home with my sister".

and

fut

comp

come 1sg pres P

after

acc 2sg

home adv

dat refl clt

comp

sister acc sg f def

47 (a) [3:54] He left, and went into his grave, and the wine jug became what it was before.

go sg m L.part P

and

enter sg m L.part P

dat refl clt

grave sg m def

and

jug acc sg f

there adv

what sg n interr

transfer sg m L.part P

престоря

48 (a) [4:01] He entered his grave, and she went on and on, and arrived

enter 3sg pres P

dat refl clt

grave sg m def

and

nom f 3sg

go sg f L.part

go sg f L.part

and

reach sg f L.part P

49 (a) [4:05] to her mother’s house. She looked: the yard all overgrown with wormwood!

house sg f def

mother acc sg f def

look 3sg pres P

yard pl m

wormwood sg m

overgrow pl L.part P

50 (a) [4:12] So she knocked on the door [cough] and asked – he, that is she,

nom f 3sg

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door sg f def

and

ask 3sg pres P

nom m 3sg

hes

hes

nom f 3sg

51 (a) [4:20] her mother spoke: “Go back, black plague, go back [whence you came]!

say sg f L.part P

mother sg f def

return sg imv P

acc refl clt

return sg imv P

black sg f adj

plague voc sg f

52 (a) [4:25] You’ve killed my nine sons, and you’ve left my daughter behind somewhere.

nine

2sg pres aux clt

dat 1sg clt

son ct m

exterminate sg f L.part P

daughter acc sg f

2sg pres aux clt

somewhere adv

leave sg f L.part P

53 (a) [4:30] and now you come to kill me as well?" She knocked [again]

and

now adv

come 3sg pres I

and

acc 1sg

comp

acc 1sg clt

exterminate 2sg pres P

nom f 3sg

knock sg f L.part P

54 (a) [4:35] and said, "Mother, mother, it is I! Your daughter, Petkana!"

and

say sg f L.part P

mother voc sg f

mother voc sg f

nom 1sg

1sg pres cop clt

your sg f def adj

daughter sg f

Petkana sg f

55 (a) [4:40] And so she opened the door and when she asked her,

nom f 3sg

open sg f L.part P

door sg f def

and

acc f 3sg clt

when inter.rel

acc f 3sg clt

ask sg f L.part P

56 (a) [4:44] "Who brought you here, daughter of mine?" "Ah mother, dear mother,

who sg m interr

acc 2sg clt

hes

daughter voc sg f

bring 3sg aor P

hes

mother voc sg f

dear sg f adj

mother voc sg f

57 (a) [4:49] [it was] my brother Lazar who – he brought me on a horse and then went off

brother sg m

dat 1sg clt

Lazar sg m name

acc 1sg clt

horse acc sg m

bring 3sg aor P

and

go 3sg aor P

58 (a) [4:54] to hobble [the horse]. Here, mother, take the ring of my brother.

comp

dat refl clt

tie 3sg pres P

ost

dat 2sg clt

mother voc sg f

ring sg m def

brother acc sg m def

59 (a) [4:58] He has just gone to the cemetery to hobble the horse, and then he’ll come.”

go 3sg aor P

comp

dat refl clt

tie 3sg pres P

horse acc sg m def

graveyard pl n def

and

fut

comp

come 3sg pres P

60 (a) [5:04] But he never did come, never. And the mother wept, and the daughter

nom m 3sg

not.at.all adv

and

neg

3sg pres aux clt

come sg m L.part P

nom f 3sg

weep sg f L.part I

mother sg f def

and

daughter sg f def

61 (a) [5:12] stayed with her henceforth. As for that other one – well, he hid.

then adv

remain sg f L.part P

acc f 3sg

and

that sg m def adj

nom m 3sg

acc refl clt

hide sg m L.part P

62 (a) [5:16] He went off into the cemetery, a dead man. I told you, didn’t I,

go sg m L.part P

dat refl clt

graveyard pl n def

[...]

dead sg m adj

interr clt

dat 2sg clt

say 1sg pres I

63 (a) [5:19] what those little birds were singing?

[…]

bird pl f def

inter.rel

3pl pres aux clt

sing pl f L.part I

64 (EU) Uh huh.

bkch

thus adv

65 (a) [5:21] That’s what they performed at the dinner feast. I went [there] that evening.

this sg n med adj

acc m 3sg clt

give 3pl aor I

dinner acc sg f

nom 1sg

1sg pres aux clt

go sg f L.part

this sg f adj

evening sg f

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Vŭrbovo 1

1 (a) [0:01] Children – there was this tale, and I’m going to tell it to you.

2 (a) [0:12] A mother had nine sons and one daughter. A mother had nine sons.

3 (EU) Uh huh.

4 (a) [0:22] and one daughter. Ah, you young ones – come out [of the sun and over]

5 (a) [0:24] into the shade, my dears, so you don’t get ill [from the heat]

6 (EU) I’m fine here

7 (VZh) I’m OK, I’ll just pour a bit of water over my head, and I’ll be fine.

8 (a) [0:30] And her youngest son saw the daughter married,

9 (a) [0:39] past nine villages to the tenth.

10 (EU) Uh huh.

11 (a) [0:44] And the black plague learned [of them] and killed off [all] nine sons.

12 (a) [0:50] And the youngest was Lazar.

13 (EU) Uh huh.

14 (a) [0:54] He [had] helped [his sister, and] she married [and moved] far away, and –

15 (a) [0:58] and her mother cursed– cursed him constantly.

16 (EU) Uh huh.

17 (a) [1:01] And the black plague came and killed the nine sons.

18 (a) [1:06] And they called the sister Petkana, the one [now] beyond the nine villages

19 (a) [1:13] in the tenth. And the mother, the plague [having] killed all [of them]

20 (a) [1:18] dug [all] nine graves. But [because] the daughter had married [far off]

21 (a) [1:25] and she didn’t come. Thus the mother sat [alone] in her room,

22 (a) [1:31] a room [now] overgrown with wormwood and weeds, and kept cursing that Lazar,

23 (a) [1:41] who had seen her daughter married past nine villages to the tenth.

24 (a) [1:46] [As for him] one day he started to pray to God: “Dear God, oh Lord,

25 (a) [1:51] transform me! Make my coffin into a horse, and the cross

26 (a) [1:57] into a wine jug, so I can go and bring my sister Petkana home to my mother.”

27 (a) [2:05] And he set off through the nine villages and into the tenth. He went there

28 (a) [2:16] and started to – and she made him welcome and said

29 (a) [2:20] "Oh Lazar brother of mine, oh Lazar, why does your hand reek of mold?"

30 (a) [2:25] He’d come out of the grave [of course], God had transformed him, his hand was stinking

31 (a) [2:30] of mold (he was dead, after all). So he said to her,

32 (a) [2:35] "Petkana Petkana, sister of mine, we were nine brothers,

33 (a) [2:29] and the nine of us built nine houses. And [the job that] fell to me

34 (a) [2:44] was to dig out the earth. This is why my hand smells of mold."

35 (a) [2:49] He’s dead, [after all]. They got to the graveyard. On their way there, –

36 (a) [2:57] he’d hoisted her up onto his horse – the little birds had been singing:

37 (a) [3:01] "Where has it ever been seen or heard that a dead man goes about alive?"

38 (a) [3:05] So they went and went, and she said, "Oh Lazar, Lazar, brother of mine,

39 (a) [3:10] why do the little birds sing thus: “a dead man goes about alive’?"

40 (a) [3:15] And he, well, he’d said to her, "Petkana, Petkana, sister of mine, all kinds of birds

41 (a) [3:21] have different voices.” And she was reassured. After all, the child

42 (a) [3:26] was going [home] to her mother. They got to the graveyard he said,

43 (a) [3:31] "Lo sister Petkana, take this my ring, and put it on –

44 (a) [3:37] on your finger, and when you see our mother, show this ring of mine to her.

45 (a) [3:43] I will come along, but [first] I must hobble the horse and put him to pasture,

46 (a) [3:49] then I’ll come after you, home to be – home with my sister".

47 (a) [3:54] He left, and went into his grave, and the wine jug became what it was before.

48 (a) [4:01] He entered his grave, and she went on and on, and arrived

49 (a) [4:05] to her mother’s house. She looked: the yard all overgrown with wormwood!

50 (a) [4:12] So she knocked on the door [cough] and asked – he, that is she,

51 (a) [4:20] her mother spoke: “Go back, black plague, go back [whence you came]!

52 (a) [4:25] You’ve killed my nine sons, and you’ve left my daughter behind somewhere.

53 (a) [4:30] and now you come to kill me as well?" She knocked [again]

54 (a) [4:35] and said, "Mother, mother, it is I! Your daughter, Petkana!"

55 (a) [4:40] And so she opened the door and when she asked her,

56 (a) [4:44] "Who brought you here, daughter of mine?" "Ah mother, dear mother,

57 (a) [4:49] [it was] my brother Lazar who – he brought me on a horse and then went off

58 (a) [4:54] to hobble [the horse]. Here, mother, take the ring of my brother.

59 (a) [4:58] He has just gone to the cemetery to hobble the horse, and then he’ll come.”

60 (a) [5:04] But he never did come, never. And the mother wept, and the daughter

61 (a) [5:12] stayed with her henceforth. As for that other one – well, he hid.

62 (a) [5:16] He went off into the cemetery, a dead man. I told you, didn’t I,

63 (a) [5:19] what those little birds were singing?

64 (EU) Uh huh.

65 (a) [5:21] That’s what they performed at the dinner feast. I went [there] that evening.

1 (a) [0:01] dèca ìmaše prìkaska i n’ù če vi g’u kàžem

Children – there was this tale, and I’m going to tell it to you.

2 (a) [0:12] imàla màti dèvet sìna i ednù dɤ̀šteru màjka imàla dèvet sìna

A mother had nine sons and one daughter. A mother had nine sons.

3 (EU) əmxəm

Uh huh.

4 (a) [0:22] i ednà dɤšterà bàbo sne i i izlèznete