Vladimir Zhobov
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Brŭšljan 4
1 (e) [0:00 ] When a child is born we start to wrap it up,
| child sg n def | when conj | acc refl clt | bear 3sg pres P | begin 1pl pres I | comp | acc n 3sg clt | wrap 1pl pres I |
2 (e) [0:04 ] to swaddle it. To swaddle it so it will grow, wrappted in swaddling cloths.
| comp | acc n 3sg clt | swaddle 1pl pres I | comp | acc n 3sg clt | swaddle 1pl pres I | comp | grow 3sg pres I | swaddle sg n P.part P | with | diaper pl f |
3 (e) [0:10 ] In swaddling cloths. [At] his little feet, his little toes, there’s cotton
| with | diaper pl f | little.foot pl m def | dat n 3sg clt | to | little.toe pl m def | pres exist | cotton sg m |
4 (e) [0:15 ] so it won’t pinch him. He’s bound, bound, bound, bound –
| comp | neg | acc n 3sg clt | kill 3sg pres I | and | 3sg pres cop clt | bind sg n P.part P | bind sg n P.part P | bind sg n P.part P | bind sg n P.part P |
5 (e) [0:18 ] all the way to here. His little feet are tied …
| to | and | here adv | little.foot pl m def | dat n 3sg clt | 3pl pres cop clt | tie pl P.part P |
6 (VZh) Uh huh
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7 (e) [0:22 ] … so that he’ll grow [straight]. Otherwise, won’t it – I tell you –
| comp | grow 3sg pres I | because conj | otherwise adv | nom 1sg | interr | dat 2pl clt | say 1sg pres I | for | this sg n med adj |
8 (VZh) How many [times do you –] ?
| how.many interr |
9 (e) [0:26 ] Well you have to unwind it three times a day, because it gets wet.
| disc | today adv | three | time pl m | must pres imprs | comp | acc n 3sg clt | unwind 3sg pres P | because conj | acc refl clt | piss 3sg pres I |
10 (VZh) How old is it [when you do this]?
| on | how.many interr | 3sg pres cop clt |
11 (e) [0:31 ] Tiny! We call it a “lehudle” (newborn). “Ledudle”.
| little sg n adj | adrs | newborn sg n | acc n 3sg clt | call 1pl pres I | nom 1pl | newborn sg n |
12 (e) [0:35 ] A little “le-hud-le”, like this baby right here.
| newborn sg n | small sg n adj | ost | like | ost | this sg n med adj | now adv | baby sg n | ost | here adv | rel | 3sg pres cop clt |
13 (e) [0:39 ] [That’s] what we call a “lehudle”.
| dat n 3sg clt | call 1pl pres I | newborn sg n |
14 (VZh) [How long do you keep it like that?]
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15 (e) [0:41 ] [You swaddle it for] five or six months, in the hope that it gets strong.
| five | six | month ct m | lets.hope adv | comp | acc refl clt | strengthen 3sg pres P |
16 (VZh) [What does mistletoe grow on?]
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17 (e) [0:44 ] [On] a tree of some sort! Mistletoe is [like] a ball, a ball.
| some.kind sg n adj | tree sg n | mistletoe sg f def | 3sg pres cop clt | this sg n med adj | thus med adv | ball sg m | ball sg m | 3sg pres cop clt |
18 (e) [0:49 ] Mistletoe is big. People don’t use it for anything.
| big sg n adj | 3sg pres cop clt | mistletoe sg f def | nom 3pl | neg | acc f 3sg clt | use 3pl pres I | for | nothing sg n |
19 (e) [0:54 ] It’s got seeds that they gather for the hens – to throw out to them
| have 3sg pres I | seed pl n | and | acc 3pl clt | gather 3pl pres I | for | hen pl f def | comp | dat 3pl clt | throw 3pl pres I |
20 (e) [0:57 ] [so] they [will] peck at [it], so [that] they [will] lay eggs.
| comp | peck 3pl pres I | comp | bear 3pl pres I | egg pl n |
21 (VZh) [What does it grow on most often?]
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22 (e) [0:59 ] It grows most of all on wild fruit trees.
| most | much adv | grow 3sg pres I | on | wild.fruit.tree pl f def |
23 (e) [1:03 ] We go out and pick wild fruit. You know –
| rel | gather 1pl pres I | wild.fruit.tree pl f | interr | know 2sg pres I |
24 (VZh) Yes
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25 (e) [1:05 ] these sour [fruits] on wild fruit trees. There’s a lot of it on those.
| one pl adj | sour pl adj | to | wild.fruit.tree pl f def | acc refl clt | grasp 3pl pres I | much adv |
26 (VZh) On what else? On which – ?
| other sg n adj | on | which sg n interr adj | on | which pl interr adj |
27 (e) [1:10 ] They don’t grow on [any] other tree, only on wild fruit trees.
| to | other sg n adj | tree sg n | neg | go 3sg pres I | only adv | to | wild.fruit.tree pl f def |
28 (VZh) Do they grow [on a maple tree]?
| go 3sg pres I | interr clt |
29 (e) [1:14 ] What? Oh yes, they also grow on a maple [tree]. They grow [there too].
| how interr | disc | and | on | maple sg m def | go 3sg pres I | go 3sg pres I |
30 (VZh) On which? On which other [tree]?
| on | which sg n interr adj | on | which sg n interr adj | other sg n adj |
31 (e) [1:18 ] On a maple tree, and on a wild fruit tree.
| to | maple sg m def | and | to | wild.fruit.tree sg f def |
32 (VZh) Is that right?
| thus adv | interr clt |
33 (e) [1:21 ] Yes. It doesn’t grow on any other tree. Only on a lime tree.
| yes | to | other sg n adj | tree sg n | neg | go 3sg pres I | nom f 3sg | only adv | to | lime.tree sg f def |
34 (VZh) [But mostly on maple trees?]
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35 (e) [1:27 ] Yes, it grows on maple trees, it grows on lime trees –
| yes | on | maple pl m def | go 3sg pres I | on | lime.tree pl f def | go 3sg pres I |
36 (VZh) [And what musical instruments do shepherds play?]
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37 (e) [1:30 ] The end-blown flute.
| flute sg m |
38 (VZh) What? End-blown flutes?
| disc | with | flute pl m |
39 (e) [1:33 ] The end-blown flute. We play the end-blown flute
| with | flute sg m | flute sg m | play 1pl pres I |
40 (VZh) Aha.
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41 (e) [1:34 ] We play the end-blown flute. As kids, we learned the small pipes [whistle]
| flute sg m | play 1pl pres I | as | small pl adj | acc refl clt | learn 1pl impf I | whistle pl f |
42 (e) [1:39 ] Ohh! At that time there were four thousand sheep here,
| excl | disc | this sg n med adj | time sg n | impf exist | here adv | four | thousand pl f | sheep pl f |
43 (e) [1:43 ] and these four thousand sheep – at that time we didn’t go to school.
| this pl med adj | four | thousand pl f | sheep pl f | nom 1pl | this sg n med adj | time sg n | neg | go 1pl pres I |
44 (e) [1:47 ] [Only] up to the fourth grade [and then] off with the sheep! Your dad –
| to | school sg n | to | fourth sg n adj | grade sg n | hort | with | sheep pl f def | father sg m | dat 2sg clt |
45 (e) [1:51 ] my father would take his staff if you didn’t go, and strike out at you
| father sg m | dat 1sg clt | fut | take 3sg pres P | staff sg f def | if conj | neg | go 2sg pres I | acc 2sg clt | fire 3sg pres P |
46 (e) [1:54 ] twice or thrice: “Off with the sheep, you!” But now there's no longer such –
| two m | three | time pl m | hort | for | sheep pl f def | and | now adv | pres neg exist | already adv | such pl med adj |
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47 (GK) And every shepherd –
| and | each sg m adj | shepherd sg m |
48 (e) [1:59 ] Everyone played small pipes! [whistle]
| all pl def med adj | whistle pl f |
49 (GK) [laughter]
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50 (d) [2:01 ] [They have] end-blown flutes in town. We’d go to Burgas,
| flute pl m | here adv | in | city sg m def | will impf | comp | go 1pl pres P | in | Burgas sg m place |
51 (d) [2:05 ] there’s a flute-maker there, and we’d buy [them] there.
| pres exist | there adv | flute.maker sg m | from | there adv | will 1pl impf | comp | buy 1pl pres P |
52 (d) [2:09 ] When we had our [village] fair, on August 9th, then peddlers would come.
| hes | when rel | become 3sg impf I | our sg m def adj | fair sg m | to | ninth sg m adj | August sg m | this sg n med adj | come 3sg impf I | peddler pl m def |
53 (d) [2:15 ] [And] these peddlers brought small pipes and end-blown flutes.
| this sg n med adj | peddler pl m | carry 3pl pres I | whistle pl f | carry 3pl pres I | flute pl m |
54 (d) [2:18 ] and we would try them out.
| and | nom 1pl | acc 3pl clt | test 1pl pres I |
55 (VZh) [What did you do in Burgas?]
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56 (d) [2:22 ] [They’d sit] cross-wise on four chairs. The boy sits on one side
| crosswise adv | with | four | chair ct m | from | one sg f def adj | side sg f | dat refl clt | sit 3sg pres I | boy sg n def |
57 (d) [2:28 ] and the girl on the other, and they look at each other like this –
| from | one sg f def adj | side sg f | girl sg f def | comp | acc refl clt | look 3pl pres I | thus med adv |
58 (d) [2:30 ] crosswise. It was set up that way, we call it a “vŭrtikolnitsa” (swing carousel).
| across | across | thus med adv | 3sg impf cop | make sg n P.part P | nom 1pl | dat n 3sg clt | call 1pl pres I | carousel sg f |
59 (d) [2:33 ] A carousel to swing on. We’d give an egg –
| carousel sg f | comp | acc refl clt | swing 1pl pres I | will impf | give 1pl pres P | one sg n adj | egg sg n |
60 (d) [2:38 ] an egg to the carousel operator who swings us.
| one sg n adj | egg sg n | to | carousel.operator sg m def | rel | acc 1pl clt | swing 3sg pres I |
61 (d) [2:40 ] He’d spin us around two or three times.
| nom m 3sg | two m | time pl m | will impf | acc 1pl clt | turn 3sg pres P | three |
62 (d) [2:42 ] If there was a throng, many people, [he’d say] “O.K. Someone else now!”
| crowd sg f | crowd sg f | when conj | pres exist | many adv | hort | other sg m adj | again adv |
63 (d) [2:46 ] We call it “vŭrtikolnitsa”. Bagpipe and drum [players] would climb up [on it],
| nom 1pl | dat n 3sg clt | call 1pl pres I | carousel sg f | bagpipe sg f def | drum sg m def | acc refl clt | climb 3pl impf I |
64 (d) [2:52 ] [and] girls and boys, four at a time. It was very modern!
| girl pl f | boy pl n | by | four | people pl | nom sg n | 3sg impf cop | very adv | modern sg n adj |
65 (d) [2:55 ] And [they] dance the horo all around, the bagpipe plays, and the drum.
| and | round.dance sg n def | dance 3sg pres I | around adv | bagpipe sg f def | play 3sg pres I | drum sg m def |
66 (d) [2:59 ] And we swing. This was in ’33,
| and | nom 1pl | acc refl clt | swing 1pl pres I | thirty | and | third sg f def adj | year sg f | 3sg impf cop | this sg n med adj |
67 (d) [3:04 ] [also in] ’34, ’35, ’36 – and then they shut it down.
| thirty | fourth sg f def adj | thirty | fifth sg f def adj | thirty | sixth sg f def adj | and | liquidate 3sg aor I/P |