Vladimir Zhobov
Vasiljovo 2
1 (VZh) [How was the village settled?]
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2 (b) [0:01] How was it settled? Well, let me tell you. [It was] like this.
disc | how interr | acc refl clt | 3sg pres aux clt | settle sg n L.part P | interr | dat 2sg clt | say 1sg pres I | thus adv |
3 (b) [0:04] People from Teteven settled here because of their livestock – to have enough space
here adv | Teteven.inhabitant pl m def | 3pl pres aux clt | acc refl clt | settle pl L.part P | because.of | livestock sg m def | comp | dat 3pl clt | 3sg pres cop clt | wide sg n adj |
4 (b) [0:10] for them to graze. And they also kept houses in town.
comp | graze 3pl pres I | and | dat refl clt | 3pl pres aux clt | keep pl L.part P | and | in | city sg m def | house pl f def |
5 (b) [0:15] So - they work here [in the field], and keep houses in the town,
disc | here adv | dat refl clt | work 3pl pres I | and | around | city sg m def | dat refl clt | keep 3pl pres I | house pl f def |
6 (b) [0:18] up to the school. [The area] beyond the school was settled by people from Brusen.
to | school sg n def | from | school sg n def | there adv | 3pl pres aux clt | acc refl clt | settle pl L.part P | and | Brusen.inhabitant pl m |
7 (b) [0:22] From the center of Vasilyovo onwards, it’s Brusen people – where they came from
from | middle sg f def | of | Vasilyovo sg n place | there adv | and | Brusen.inhabitant pl m | from.where interr | 3pl pres aux clt | come pl L.part P |
8 (b) [0:28] [is] Brusen. Then further up are the “Shope” people. The Shope people are there.
again adv | from | Brusen sg m place | more | above adv | and | Shope pl m def | Shope pl m def | and | there adv |
9 (b) [0:32] The Shope people escaped from the Shope region and came there.
again adv | Shope pl m | 3pl pres aux clt | escape pl L.part P | from | Shope.region sg m def | and | 3pl pres aux clt | come pl L.part P | there adv |
10 (b) [0:35] Then they settled there. And further on up are Greeks,
and | acc refl clt | settle 3pl aor P | disc | this pl adj | from | there adv | more | above adv | and | Greek pl m def |
11 (b) [0:39] a Greek tribe. And then there’s also a tribe from the Klisura region.
and | Greek sg n adj | tribe sg n | pres exist | and | and | disc | of.Klisura sg n adj | tribe sg n |
12 (b) [0:42] All [of them] fled [from somewhere], and since it was empty here,
all adv | thus adv | 3pl pres aux clt | escape pl L.part P | when conj | 3sg pres aux clt | sg n L.part cop | wasteland sg m | here adv |
13 (b) [0:45] they came, and stayed here, and that’s how it happened.
and | acc refl clt | settle pl L.part P | and | dat refl clt | take.hold pl L.part P | here adv | and | thus adv | dat refl clt | remain 3sg aor P |
14 (b) [0:49] The village got settled. And [the population] got to be dense. How many houses –
and | acc refl clt | settle 3sg aor P | village sg n def | dat refl clt | become 3sg aor P | thick sg n adj | already adv | how.many interr | house pl f |
15 (b) [0:52] I don’t know how many there are now. I’m neither interested in [that fact]
neg | acc 3pl clt | know 1sg pres I | how.many interr | 3pl pres cop clt | now adv | and | neither | acc refl clt | interest 1sg pres I |
16 (b) [0:55] nor do I know [it], but I remember it being thirty “kushti” (houses).
neither | acc 3pl clt | know 1sg pres I | how.many interr | 3pl pres cop clt | but | 1sg pres aux clt | acc 3pl clt | remember sg f L.part P | thirty | house pl f |
17 (VZh) [Didn’t you used to say “keshti”?]
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18 (b) [0:59] Thirty “keshti” then.
thirty | house pl f | thus adv |
19 (VZh) [How did you observe the holidays in olden times?]
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20 (b) [1:01] In the old days this is how we observed the holidays. When Easter came,
disc | one.time adv | thus adv | spend 1pl impf I | holiday pl m def | come 3sg impf P | Easter sg m |
21 (b) [1:05] we celebrated it for three days. And we we’d go and gather together
three | day ct m | dat refl clt | acc m 3sg clt | celebrate 1pl impf I | and | dat refl clt | go 1pl impf I | and | dat refl clt | acc refl clt | gather 1pl impf I |
22 (b) [1:10] with people from Ribarche for there to be more us, since we were few.
with | Ribarche.inhabitant pl m def | comp | 1pl pres cop clt | more adv | because | 1pl impf cop | little adv |
23 (b) [1:13] And we’d engage bagpipe players and violinists, wherever musicians came from,
and | dat refl clt | call 1pl impf I | bagpipe.player pl m | violinist pl m | disc | music sg f | from | somewhere adv | come 3sg pres P |
24 (b) [1:19] and they played for us, and we celebrated three days.
and | dat 1pl clt | play 3sg pres I | and | dat refl clt | celebrate 1pl impf I | around | three | day ct m |
25 (b) [1:23] For three days we’d go out, musicians played, and we celebrated.
interr | three | day ct m | dat refl clt | go 1pl impf I | and | dat refl clt | play.music 3pl impf I | and | dat refl clt | acc m 3sg clt | celebrate 1pl impf I |
26 (b) [1:28] Then would come the day of the Holy Ghost, and on that day too we go –
come 3sg impf P | after adv | disc | Holy.Ghost.day sg m | and | on | Holy.Ghost.day sg m | fut | go 1pl pres P |
27 (b) [1:31] [as] on holidays, we gather somewhere – and then the day of Ascension, and so on.
again adv | holiday pl m | somewhere adv | acc refl clt | gather 1pl pres P | again adv | Ascension sg m | and | thus adv | all adv |
28 (b) [1:35] We’d gather together at certain ritual spots outside the village, and dance.
at | some pl adj | ritual.place pl m | acc refl clt | gather 1pl impf I | and | dat refl clt | dance 1pl impf I |
29 (b) [1:40] And the bagpipe players would play for us, either with whistles or bagpipe chanters,
and | all adv | thus adv | dat 1pl clt | play.music 3pl impf I | bagpipe.player pl m | disc | whistle pl f | disc | chanter pl f |
30 (b) [1:44] such types of reed whistles – and we even danced to trumpets!
ost | such pl adj | whistle pl f | again adv | [...] | by | trumpet pl m | 1pl pres aux clt | dance pl L.part I |
31 (b) [1:47] Little trumpets - we also danced to trumpets.
and | by | small.trumpet sg n | and | by | trumpet pl m | 1pl pres aux clt | dance pl L.part I |