Georgi Kolev
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Huhla 3
1 (a) [0:01] Well, it was fine, we – Well, when it first came about –
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disc | first adv | when inter.rel | become 3sg aor P |
2 (a) [0:06] now already it’s Communism or how should I know, whatever one wants
| this sg n med adj | already adv | now adv | Communism sg m def | interr clt | where interr | comp | know 1sg pres I | what sg n rel | want 3sg pres I |
3 (a) [0:08] to call it. Well, it was a little hard, because they took away –
| comp | 3sg impf cop | already adv | disc | 3sg impf cop | little adv | torment sg f | adrs | because | interr | hes | take 3pl aor P | dat 1pl clt |
4 (a) [0:12] we had oxen, we had mules, a winnower; what can I say, [they took]
| have 1pl impf I | ox pl m | have 1pl impf I | mule sg n | mule pl n | winnower sg f | disc | what sg n interr | comp | say 1sg pres P |
5 (a) [0:17] everything. [We’re] agricultural folk, right? We deposited five oxen into [the cooperative]
| everything sg n adj | land.tiller pl m | people pl | interr | five | ox ct m | deposit 1pl aor P | inside adv |
6 (a) [0:20] We had a cow, we had a heifer, we had two, two mules. In the morning –
| cow sg f | have 1pl impf I | bullock sg n | have 1pl impf I | two m | two n | mule pl n | have 1pl impf I | morning sg f def |
7 (GK) Did you have a calf?
| little.calf sg n | have 2pl impf I | interr clt |
8 (a) [0:27] We did. It was this, we called it – it was a male,
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such sg n med adj | acc n 3sg clt | call 1pl impf I | male sg n adj |
9 (a) [0:32] it was two years old. A bullock [yes, that’s what we called it], a bullock.
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to | two f | small.year pl f | bullock sg n | bullock sg n |
10 (GK) A bullock.
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11 (a) [0:34] A bullock, yes. That morning Grandpa said, “So wife, what are we going to do?”
| bullock sg n | disc | grandfather sg m def | morning sg f def | call 3sg pres I | disc | now adv | woman voc sg f | what sg n interr | comp | do 1pl pres I |
12 (a) [0:40] What do I know? They came with a cart and loaded everything onto it,
| where interr | comp | know 1sg pres I | come 3pl aor P | with | cart sg f def | everything sg n adj | load 3pl aor P |
13 (a) [0:42] they drove off the oxen, and when we –
| take.away 3pl aor P | ox pl m def | and | nom 1pl | when conj |
14 (GK) But you didn’t want [this to happen]?
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15 (a) [0:46] Well, why would I not want it? We [should go] where [other] people do.
| disc | disc | why interr | fut neg | comp | want 1sg pres I | where rel | people pl def | and | nom 1pl | there adv |
16 (a) [0:49] They came in the evening and said “Uncle Vulcho, such and such.” And one came,
| come 3pl aor P | evening sg f def | say 3pl aor P | adrs | Vŭlcho sg m name | thus prox adv | and | thus prox adv |
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come 3sg aor P | one sg m adj |
17 (a) [0:54] and then another, that one ours, his son a big Communist.
| one sg m adj | other sg m adj | ost | this sg m med adj | our sg m adj | have 3sg pres I | son sg m | big sg m def adj | Communist sg m |
18 (a) [0:56] and I say to him, “If they had taken you to torture you,
| but | nom 1sg | dat m 3sg clt | say 1sg pres I | acc 2sg | if conj | acc 2sg clt | 3pl impf aux | catch pl L.part I | comp | torture 3pl pres I |
19 (a) [0:59] they would have skinned you – morning, evening, in the middle of the night.”
| and | dat 2sg clt | flay 3pl impf P | little.skin sg f def | morning sg f def | evening sg f def | in.the.middle | night sg f |
20 (a) [1:02] [So] he came [and said] “Listen, Vulcho, to what I say. Communism is coming.
| come 3sg aor P | Vŭlcho sg m name | listen sg imv I | what sg n interr | fut | say 1sg pres P | fut | come 3sg aor P | Communism sg m def |
21 (a) [1:07] They’ll drive off your oxen. You’ve got a lot of oxen. A fellow is coming
| fut | take.away 3pl pres P | ox pl m def | nom 2sg | have 2sg pres I | many adv | ox pl m | and | go 3sg pres P | come 3sg pres I | one sg n adj | boy sg n |
22 (a) [1:12] [he’s] coming from Vulcho Pole, and we’ll sell them.” And he said, “Hah! Kosta –
| go 3sg pres P | from | Vŭlcho.Pole sg n place | comp | acc 3pl clt | sell 1pl pres P | nom m 3sg | call 3sg pres I | disc | Kosta sg m name |
23 (a) [1:17] wherever you go, I [go] too. Why should I go off to sell [them]?
| where interr | fut | walk 2pl pres I | and | nom 1sg | there adv | what sg n interr | fut | go 1sg pres P | comp | sell 1pl pres I |
24 (a) [1:21] They won’t take only mine.” In the morning they came – ah, ah!
| nom 3pl | only adv | my pl def adj | fut neg | comp | take 3sg pres P | morning sg f def | come 3pl aor P |
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excl | excl |
25 (a) [1:24] like these matchmakers in the old days when we got engaged
| disc | and | nom 1pl | come 1pl aor P | like | one pl adj | matchmaker m pl | one sg n adj | time sg n | when inter.rel | acc refl clt | engage 1pl impf I |
26 (a) [1:28] and this and that, and we gave [it over]. And when it happens like that,
| ost | thus prox adv | ost | thus prox adv | disc | give 1pl aor P | when inter.rel | when inter.rel | become 3sg pres P | thus med adv |
27 (a) [1:33] when [other] people join, then I’ll join [too], right?
| disc | when inter.rel | enter 3pl pres P | people pl def | and | nom 1sg | fut | enter 1sg pres P | interr | 3sg pres cop clt | thus med adv |
28 (a) [1:36] So we joined, and the next morning they took everything. Now this [my] man,
| enter 1pl aor P | next sg f def adj | morning sg f | take 3pl aor P | everything sg n adj | now | this sg m med adj | person sg m |
29 (a) [1:40] he was a hard-working person, because there were “aunties”
| nom m 3sg | 3sg impf cop | dat refl clt | industrious sg m adj | person sg m | [...] | because | pres exist | one pl adj | aunt pl f |
30 (a) [1:43] that needed looking after, Grandpa and Grandma were old, one’s got to work.
| for | look.after vbl.n I | grandfather sg m | and | grandmother sg f | 3pl impf cop | old pl adj | need pres I imprs | acc refl clt | work 3sg pres I |
31 (a) [1:46] He said, “Well what’ll I do?” I said, “I don’t know.
| nom m 3sg | call 3sg pres I | now adv | say 3sg pres P | what sg n interr | comp | do 1sg pres I | call 1sg pres I | neg | know 1sg pres I |
32 (a) [1:49] Go off and see what people are doing.” He went down the hill,
| disc | walk sg imv I | look sg imv I | comp | see 1pl pres P | what sg n interr | do 3pl pres I | people pl def | go 3sg aor P | down adv |
33 (a) [1:52] He went, then came [and said] “Wife, gather me up [some] bread. Why sigh so?
| when inter.rel | go 3sg aor P | come 3sg aor P | woman voc sg f | gather sg imv P | dat 1sg clt | bread sg m | what sg n interr | sigh 2sg pres I | adrs |
34 (a) [1:56] They’re making me quarry some stone. First they’ll be building stables,
| disc | compel 3pl pres I | acc 1sg clt | where rel | comp | extract 1pl pres I | stone pl m def | most | before adv | comp | make 3pl pres P | stable pl m def |
35 (a) [2:00] and they need stone.” So I got him the bread, he took a hoe, he took a lever, and he left.
| be.necessary 3pl pres I | stone pl m | gather 1sg aor P | dat m 3sg clt | bread sg m | take 3sg aor P | pickaxe sg m def | take 3sg aor P | lever sg f def | go 3sg aor P |
36 (a) [2:04] Right off people started to bug me that day, “Where did Vulcho go?
| suddenly adv | people pl def | nag 3pl aor P | on | this sg m med adj | day sg m | disc | where interr | go 3sg aor P | Vŭlcho sg m name |
37 (a) [2:09] Tana, why did you let Vulcho go off? People are watching to see it all fall apart.”
| Tana voc sg f name | disc | nom 2sg | why interr | allow 2sg pres I | Vŭlcho sg m name | people pl def | look 3pl pres I | comp | acc refl clt | disband 3sg pres P | this sg n prox adj |
38 (a) [2:13] But then I say [unintelligible] “What are we going do with you?”
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already adv | call 1sg pres I | what sg n interr | comp | acc 2pl clt | do 1pl pres I | nom 1pl |
39 (a) [2:16] He went to work, and the people kept waiting, and later it even turned out that
| nom m 3sg | go 3sg pres I | work 3sg aor I | people pl def | wait 3pl aor P | wait 3pl aor P | and | to | later adv | even adv |
40 (a) [2:20] they were starving. So he – when they took the money, they gave him the grain.
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give 3pl aor P | dat m 3sg clt | and | wheat sg n |
41 (a) [2:23] They gave him grain and money because our brother was
| disc | nom 3pl | dat m 3sg | give 3pl aor P | wheat sg n | money pl.t | because | our sg m def adj | brother sg m | disc | 3sg impf cop |
42 (a) [2:27] [someone] in control. Brigadier Vasil, you see – [our] Vaska.
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controller sg m | disc | disc | supervisor sg m | Vasil sg m name | adrs | Vasil sg m def name |
43 (a) [2:32] But not because he was a brigadier, rather he’d [done] a work day.
| disc | neg | that conj | nom m 3sg | 3sg impf cop | supervisor sg m | but | have 3sg pres I | workday sg m |
44 (GK) [The one who] has worked, gets [the rewards].
| work sg m L.part I | have 3sg pres I |
45 (a) [2:37] That’s right. They gave it to him, and now as well. Back then,
| disc | and | give 3pl aor P | dat m 3sg clt | and | now adv | 3sg pres cop clt | thus med adv | and | then adv |
46 (a) [2:41] what we called “good, fine” was if you worked, you’d receive.
| rel | call 1pl pres I | fine adv | fine adv | if conj | work 3sg impf I | fut | have 3sg impf I |
47 (a) [2:45] But they pushed us a lot, [and] they [just] cross their legs.
| but | and | much adv | acc 1pl clt | compel 3pl impf I | comp | dat refl clt | cross 3pl pres I | ost | thus med adv | foot pl f def |
48 (a) [2:49] All that they didn’t work for: “Wait a bit, we’ll take it”, as if we didn’t see
| and | what sg n rel | neg | work 3pl impf I | wait imv I | now adv | comp | take 1pl pres P | as.if adv | nom 1pl | neg | look 1pl pres I |
49 (a) [2:52] what they’ve built, what they’ve taken from the state. They robbed the state,
| what sg n interr | build 3pl impf I | what sg n interr | carry 3pl impf I | disc | state sg f def | rob 3pl aor P | state sg f def |
50 (a) [2:57] let me tell you, they robbed it. It wasn’t like that [before]. We –
| comp | dat 2sg clt | say 1sg pres P | rob 3pl aor P | acc f 3sg clt | disc | neg | 3sg pres cop clt | thus med adv | nom 1pl |
51 (a) [3:01] In the old days if one’s grain was big, it was nicer [than] another’s small [grain].
| one sg n adj | time sg n | your sg n def adj | wheat sg n | if conj | 3sg impf cop | large sg n adj | more | nice sg n adj | your sg n def adj | tiny sg n adj |
52 (a) [3:05] But you won’t go and take [grain] from that other. If yours is feeble
| but | fut neg | comp | go 2sg pres P | comp | take 2sg pres P | from | that sg n dist adj | tiny sg n adj | if conj | dat 2sg clt | 3sg pres cop clt |
53 (a) [3:08] then we’ll thresh it. What there is, that’s it. So long as it lasts, so long as we –
| fut | dat refl clt | thresh 1pl pres I | how.much sg n rel | so.much med adv | to.where inter.rel | suffice 3sg pres P | to.where inter.rel | 1pl pres cop clt |
54 (a) [3:11] And if there’s none, then we’ll buy [it]. But not now. Now you grab what you can.
| pres neg exist | fut | buy 1pl pres I | disc | now adv | pres neg exist | now adv | rob pl imv I | how.much sg n rel | can 2pl pres I |
55 (a) [3:15] They’ve robbed the – Bulgaria. You can get angry but there it is.
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hes | hes | Bulgaria sg f place | interr | can pres imprs | comp | acc refl clt | be.angry 2pl pres I | but | disc |
56 (a) [3:18] I talk this way to everyone, I talk like this. Why is there nothing?
| thus med adv | dat refl clt | talk 1sg pres I | to | all pl adj | thus med adv | talk 1sg pres I | that conj | why interr | pres neg exist |
57 (a) [3:21] From this, from that from this, because it’s state-owned.
| why interr | thus med adv | thus dist adv | why interr | thus med adv | why interr | state sg n def adj | 3sg pres cop clt | thus med adv |
58 (a) [3:24] There’s a state, but everyone looks to get [what he can].
| state sg f def | acc refl clt | 3sg pres cop clt | disc | each sg m adj | look 3sg pres I | comp | take 3sg pres P |
59 (a) [3:27] Like here, they built these houses. It was as if they didn’t bring anything in.
| ost | here adv | make 3pl aor P | house pl f | as.if adv | neg | 3pl impf aux | and | transport pl L.part I |
60 (a) [3:30] They were hoisting this iron and cement all night long, without paying for it.
| entire sg f adj | night sg f | pull 3pl aor P | this pl med adj | iron pl n | and | this pl med adj | disc | cement pl m | without | money pl.t |
61 (a) [3:32] [It was all] from this – it was from our dam.
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from | our sg m def adj | dam sg m |