Kamen Petrov
Stikŭl 2
1 (a) [0:00] So that’s how it was in the old days.
and | such sg n dist adj | 3sg impf cop | earlier.times sg n def med adj |
2 (KP) [laughter]
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3 (a) [0:05] [laughter] But now it’s gotten bad, dear one. It’s gotten bad, it’s not good.
but | now adv | come 3sg aor P | bad sg n adj | chick sg n | bad sg n adj | come 3sg aor P | neg | 3sg pres cop clt | nice sg n adj |
4 (a) [0:12] From day to day things get worse and worse.
walk 3sg pres I | from | day sg m | to | day sg m | low.quality sg f adj | work sg f |
5 (a) [0:17] What’s going to come of it I don’t know [especially] for the youth.
what sg n interr | fut | emerge 3sg pres P | neg | know 1sg pres I | for | youth sg m def prox |
6 (KP) We don’t know either.
and | nom 1pl | neg | know 1pl pres I |
7 (a) [0:21] Huh?
disc |
8 (KP) We don’t know either.
and | nom 1pl | neg | know 1pl pres I |
9 (a) [0:23] And you don’t know, son. How should you know?
and | nom 2pl | neg | know 2pl pres I | son sg m | from.where interr | comp | know 2pl pres I |
10 (a) [0:25] What can you do? Ahh.
and | what sg n interr | comp | do 2pl pres I |
disc
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11 (KP) [cough]
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12 (b) [0:34] No.
no |
13 (a) [0:34] Nothing!
nothing sg n |
14 (b) [0:35] No.
no |
15 (a) [0:35] And I told you [all] there weren’t any [mushrooms up there]!
and | nom 1sg | dat 2pl clt | tell 1sg aor P | that conj | pres neg exist |
16 (b) [0:37] Well, they went all around that summit and there isn’t anything anywhere.
ost | that sg m adj | summit sg m | go.around 3pl aor P | thus med adv | nowhere adv | nothing sg n | pres neg exist |
17 (a) [0:41] No. Didn’t I tell you there aren’t any?
no | and | interr | dat 2sg clt | tell 1sg impf I | that conj | pres neg exist |
18 (b) [0:44] Well, I said we shouldn’t set out, but –
disc | nom 1sg | call 1sg pres I | comp | neg | set.out 1pl pres I | but |
19 (a) [0:46] Earlier – last year – This past year and the year before it
before | [...] | last.year adv | hes | past sg f def prox adj | year sg f | and | more | before sg f def med adj | year sg f |
20 (a) [0:51] there were mushrooms.
become 3sg aor P | thus med adv | mushroom pl f |
21 (b) [0:53] Yes.
yes |
22 (a) [0:53] There were mushrooms, [of a kind] that [they] export somewhere.
mushroom pl f | become 3sg aor P | rel med | walk 3pl pres I | export sg m | somewhere adv |
23 (a) [0:55] Where did they go, Nocho? Where did they take them? Huh?
where interr | go 3pl impf I | Nochо voc sg m name | where interr | acc 3pl clt | take 3pl impf I | disc |
24 (b) [0:59] To Italy.
to | Italy sg f place |
25 (a) [1:01] They would go out then and gather them, the mushrooms, and dry them,
then med adv | go 3pl impf I | and | acc 3pl clt | gather 3pl impf I | mushroom pl f def med | and | acc 3pl clt | dry 3pl impf I |
26 (a) [1:04] and they’d line them all up, all up. They were very expensive last year
and | here adv | thus prox adv | line.up 3pl impf I | line.up 3pl impf I | nom 3pl | 3pl impf cop | very adv | expensive pl adj | last.year adv |
27 (a) [1:09] They ( = the prices) reached seven or eight hundred levs a kilogram.
hes | raise 3pl aor P | reach 3pl aor P | to | to | seven-eight.hundred | lev ct m | kilogram m def |
28 (KP) What kind of mushrooms?
and | what.kind pl adj | mushroom pl f |
29 (b) [1:15] “Manatarki” (porcini mushrooms).
porcini.mushroom pl f |
30 (a) [1:15] There were – there were big ones and there were smaller ones.
impf exist | impf exist | and | big pl adj | impf exist | and | more | small pl adj |
31 (b) [1:18] They’re called “manatarki”.
porcini.mushroom pl f | acc refl clt | say 3pl pres I |
32 (a) [1:19] Yes, he told you, [it’s] import (= export).
yes | dat 2pl clt | tell 3sg aor I | hes | import sg m |
33 (KP) Uh huh.
bkch |
34 (b) [1:21] There aren’t any this year because the drought came and [the wind] took them off.
this sg f med adj | year f sg | pres neg exist | because | grasp 3pl pres P | drought sg f def med | and | acc n 3sg clt | blow.away sg n L.part P |
35 (a) [1:23] And now I’m going up there to look some more
and | now adv | go 1sg pres I | more adv | comp | search 1sg pres P | above adv |
36 (KP) [cough]
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37 (a) [1:25] to see [if there are some] but there aren’t any because of the drought!
comp | see 1sg pres P | but | pres neg exist | because.of | 3sg impf cop | drought sg f |
38 (a) [1:28] If it had rained [there’d have been so many] one couldn’t have carried them, but it couldn’t even rain.
if conj | 3sg impf aux | precipitate sg n L.part I | impf neg exist | lift vbl.n I | but | nom n 3sg | neg | can pres imprs | and | comp | precipitate 3sg pres I |
39 (a) [1:33] When there’s rain, then they come out [fine].
when rel | pres exist | rain sg m | precipitate 3sg aor I | and | disc | become 3pl pres I |
40 (a) [1:36] But now in the drought they didn’t make it, son.
but | now adv | in | drought sg f def med | neg | become 3pl aor P | son sg m |
41 (b) [1:38] Eh!
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42 (a) [1:39] No, nothing! Back then people dried them and even cooked with them,
no | nothing sg n | and | then med adv | acc 3pl clt | dry 3pl impf I | and | even adv | and | cook 3pl impf I | from | acc 3pl |
43 (a) [1:43] mixed [them] with meat, and put them into jars.
mix 3pl pres I | dat refl clt | meat sg n | and | enclose 3pl impf I | in | jar pl m | acc 3pl clt | enclose 3pl impf I |
44 (a) [1:47] When they were dry, they put them into jars. Most for export.
when inter.rel | dry 3pl impf P | acc 3pl clt | enclose 3pl impf I | in | jar pl m | and | mostly adv | export sg m |
45 (a) [1:52] Mostly they sent them as export, most for export.
mostly adv | export sg m | acc 3pl clt | transport 3pl impf I | mostly adv | export sg m |
46 (a) [2:03] Did you pick cherries over there? You didn’t do much!
2sg pres aux clt | gather sg m L.part P | there adv | cherry pl f def med | neg | 2sg pres aux clt | much adv |
47 (b) [2:08] It’s not safe. There’s not many. You can’t climb up –
neg | 3sg pres cop clt | surely adv | neg | 3sg pres cop clt | many adv | disc | neg | can pres imprs | acc refl clt | climb 2sg pres P |
48 (b) [2:10] [you can’t] get up there to reach them.
comp | go 2sg pres P | above adv | comp | acc 3pl clt | grasp 2sg pres P |
49 (a) [2:11] What?
disc |
50 (b) [2:12] You can’t climb up there.
neg | can pres imprs | acc refl clt | climb 2sg pres P | above adv | adrs |
51 (a) [2:14] Why?
why interr |
52 (b) [2:15] Because that branch breaks each time you reach up there.
because conj | each sg n adj | reach vbl.n I | disc | acc refl clt | break 3sg pres I | that sg n dist adj | branch sg m def |
53 (a) [2:18] They do break.
hes | break 3pl pres I | acc refl clt |
54 (b) [2:19] They do break.
break 3pl pres I | acc refl clt |
55 (a) [2:20] They’re very delicate, these sour cherry trees. [Here,] these cherries.
very adv | 3pl pres cop clt | delicate pl adj | this pl med adj | sour.cherry.tree pl f | this sg n med adj | sour.cherry pl f |
56 (a) [2:24] Take some, you fellows.
take pl imv P | dat refl clt | adrs | boy pl n |
57 (KP) So.
and | thus adv |
58 (a) [2:26] Cherry trees. There are ungrafted ones as well, and those have also borne fruit.
sour.cherry.tree pl f | this sg n med adj | disc | pres exist | and | wild pl adj | but | wild pl def med adj | 3pl pres aux clt | and | nom 3pl | bear pl L.part P |
59 (KP) The ungrafted ones are a little bitter.
wild pl def adj | be.bitter 3pl pres I | little adv |
60 (a) [2:32] Yes, those are a little bitter, but these are sour.
excl | nom 3pl | 3pl pres cop clt | bitter pl adj | but | this pl med adj | 3pl pres cop clt | sour pl adj |
61 (b) [2:34] But they’re sour – wild [ones].
adrs | sour pl adj | wild pl adj |
62 (KP) Sweet.
sweet pl adj |
63 (a) [2:36] Ah, but the birds attacked them, son! They nibbled them. They’re tiny little birds,
disc | but | bird pl f | acc 3pl clt | attack 3pl aor P | son sg m | nibble 3pl pres I | acc f 3sg clt | tiny pl def med adj | bird pl f | 3pl pres cop clt |
64 (a) [2:41] and these little birds eat them. The pear trees bore fruit last year, and –
and | acc 3pl clt | eat 3pl pres I | this pl med adj | bird pl f def med | pear pl f | last.year adv | 3pl impf aux | bear pl L.part P | and | and |
65 (a) [2:46] and those pears – they also ate the pears. Where the stem is,
and | acc 3pl | pear pl f | and | pear pl f | eat 3pl impf I | and | where rel dist | stem sg f def dist |
66 (a) [2:50] [a bird] pecks and pecks and pecks at it, and then the pear falls –
and | dat m 3sg clt | acc f 3sg clt | peck 3sg pres I | peck 3sg pres I | peck 3sg pres I | and | then med adv | fall 3sg pres P | pear sg f def dist |
67 (a) [2:53] [and when it’s] down, then it eats it [laughter]. Then they ate them.
and | down adv | acc f 3sg clt | eat 3sg pres I | then med adv | then med adv | acc 3pl clt | eat 3pl impf I |
68 (a) [2:58] There were two pear trees here, and last year they ate up all [the fruit]!
here adv | impf exist | two f | pear.tree pl f | and | acc 3pl clt | eat.up 3pl aor P | last.year adv |
69 (KP) Do you put them up in jars? [Or] not?
make 2pl pres I | interr clt | acc 3pl clt | in | jar pl m | no |
70 (a) [3:01] Well, I’ll put them up in jars. I’ll take off the stems
well | fut | acc 3pl clt | put 1sg pres P | in | jar sg m | fut | dat 3pl clt | clean 1sg pres P | disc | stem pl f def med |
71 (a) [3:06] I’ll cover them up with a bit of sugar and water
with | sugar sg f | and | water sg f | and | fut | acc 3pl clt | close 3pl pres P |
72 (a) [3:08] and they’ll bubble for a while, and [then] I’ll –
and | fut | bubble 3pl pres P | little adv | and | fut |
73 (KP) You don’t clean (= peel and seed) them?
neg | acc 3pl clt | clean 2sg pres I |
74 (a) [3:11] No, no, no. They’re not “cleaned”, child. No, no. They’re not.
no | no | no | neg | 3pl pres cop clt | clean pl P.part I | son sg m | no | no | neg | 3pl pres cop clt |
75 (b) [3:15] They’re not sprayed, or anything [like that]. [unintelligible] Look at that!
but | nom 3pl | 3pl pres cop clt | nom 3pl | 3pl pres cop clt | neg | spray pl P.part I | neg | nothing sg n | ost | acc n 3sg clt |
76 (KP) Do you make sweet preserves?
preserves sg n | make 2sg pres I | interr clt |
77 (a) [3:21] No, no. I put more [of them] in jars. Sometimes one – You have to
no | no | hes | mostly adv | hes | jar pl m | acc 3pl clt | put 1pl pres I | then med adv | sometimes adv | acc refl clt | must pres imprs |
78 (a) [3:27] clean it, if it’s [for] preserves, to clean the dirt and mud off of them.
comp | dat 3pl clt | clean 2sg pres P | if conj | 3sg pres cop clt | preserves sg n | comp | dat 3pl clt | clean 2sg pres P | earth sg m | and | mud sg f |
79 (a) [3:31] And then you make a little syrup, and put them in.
and | then med adv | comp | [...] | [...] | make 2sg pres P | syrup sg m def dist | and | comp | acc 3pl clt | put 2sg pres P | then med adv |
80 (KP) Uh huh.
bkch |
81 (a) [3:35] They come out nice. But I don’t have – I don’t feel like dealing with jars.
nom 3pl | become 3pl pres I | nice sg n adj | but | not.have 1sg pres I | neg | dat 1sg clt | acc refl clt | occupy 3sg pres I | in | jar pl m |
82 (a) [3:39] It goes faster [without the jars].
more | fast adv | become 3pl pres I |
83 (KP) Uh huh. And you have pears.
bkch | and | pear pl f | have 2pl pres I |
84 (a) [3:43] Yes, there are two or three pear trees here –
pres exist | here adv | two f | three | pear.tree pl f |
85 (b) [3:45] Two. They [both] had borne fruit, but –
two f | nom 3pl | 3pl impf aux | bear pl L.part P | but |
86 (a) [3:46] But this spring there was – there was hail.
but | fall 3sg aor P | this.spring adv | fall 3sg aor P | hail sg f |
87 (b) [3:50] Uh huh.
bkch |
88 (a) [3:50] There were orchards. They all bloomed so much, but then three days of hail!
disc | 3sg impf cop | orchard pl m | and | [...] | so.much med adv | bloom sg n L.part I | everything sg n def med adj | three | day ct m | sit 3sg impf I | hail sg f |
89 (a) [3:56] Raindrops [all around] here. There’d been so many blooms, and they’d borne so much fruit.
here prox adv | by | drop pl f def prox | here prox adv | and | 3pl impf aux | much adv | bloom pl L.part P | and | bear pl L.part P | 3pl pres aux clt |
90 (a) [4:01] But the hail started up and spoiled pretty much [everything, that] hail.
but | hail sg f | begin 3sg aor P | and | acc 3pl clt | much adv | spoil 3sg aor P | hail sg f |
91 (a) [4:06] They also have ungrafted plum trees, ungrafted and they also [bear] a lot [of fruit].
have 3pl pres I | and | wild pl def prox adj | plum.tree pl f | wild pl adj | plum.tree pl f | have 3pl pres I | and | nom 3pl | much adv |
92 (KP) Do you dry them?
dry 2pl pres I | interr clt | acc 3pl clt |
93 (a) [4:12] What?
disc |
94 (KP) In the sun!
in | sun sg n |
95 (a) [4:14] Aha!
disc |
96 (KP) Do they dry out?
dry 3pl pres I | interr clt |
97 (a) [4:15] We don’t dry them. Those too, those too, in ja–
neg | acc 3pl clt | dry 1pl pres I | and | acc 3pl | and | and | acc 3pl | and |
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98 (a) [4:18] I put those up in jars.
put 1sg pres I | and | acc 3pl | in | jar pl m |
99 (KP) Uh huh.
bkch |
100 (a) [4:19] You need to take the pits out. It’s said that they also make
need pres I imprs | comp | acc 3pl clt | comp | acc 3pl clt | remove 1sg pres P | pit pl f def dist | then med adv | and | from | acc 3pl | become sg n L.part I | and |
101 (a) [4:23] [good] fruit preserves, but who wants to get involved in that, son?!
preserves sg n | but | which sg m interr | comp | acc refl clt | occupy 3sg pres I | son sg m |
102 (KP) And do you take out the pits?
and | remove 2pl pres I | interr clt | dat 3pl clt | pit pl f def med |
103 (a) [4:28] We take them out of the plums when they are well ripe, [when] they get soft.
disc | remove 1pl pres I | acc 3pl clt | of | plum pl f def med | when inter.rel | ripen 3pl pres P | nicely adv | soften 3pl pres P |
104 (a) [4:33] And the day before yesterday they’d brought in apricots.
disc | day.before.yesterday adv | 3pl impf aux | transport pl L.part P | here adv | apricot pl f |
105 (a) [4:35] and I’d bought some little apricots. They’d brought in apricots …
and | dat refl clt | 1sg impf aux | take sg f L.part P | apricot pl f | apricot pl f | 3pl impf aux | bring pl L.part P |
106 (KP) Uh huh.
bkch |
107 (a) [4:39] … and I’d put up five or six jars.
and | 1sg impf aux | make sg f L.part P | five | six | jar ct m |
108 (a) [4:48] They haven’t brought in vegetables recently. It’s been a long time, [a] long [time],
neg | dat 1pl clt | 3pl pres aux clt | recently adv | bring pl L.part I | vegetables sg m | much adv | time sg n | become 3sg aor P | much adv |
109 (a) [4:52] five or six days. Earlier [there was] a man [who] would bring them here to us,
five | six | day ct m | more | earlier adv | dat 1pl clt | bring 3sg impf I | here adv | one sg m adj | person sg m |
110 (a) [4:58] but now he hasn’t brought tomatoes for me to buy. He’d bring
but | now adv | neg | 3sg pres aux clt | bring sg m L.part I | tomato pl f | comp | dat refl clt | take 1sg pres P | bring 3sg impf I |
111 (a) [5:02] tomatoes, cucumbers – And he had brought watermelons one day.
tomato pl f | cucumber pl f | and | [...] | and | watermelon pl m | 3sg impf aux | bring sg m L.part P | one sg m adj | day sg m |
112 (a) [5:10] But now Mite hasn’t been coming, [right] Nocho?
but | now adv | neg | 3sg pres aux clt | come sg n L.part I | Nochо voc sg m name | Mite sg m def name |
113 (a) [5:13] It’s been a really long time, a really long time that he hasn’t come.
much adv | become 3sg aor P | time sg n | much adv | become 3sg aor P | time sg n | and | neg | 3sg pres aux clt | come sg n L.part P |
114 (a) [5:21] So – which city are you [two] from now?
and | nom 2pl | from | which sg m interr | 2pl pres cop clt | city sg m | now adv |
115 (a) [5:23] Let me ask you this again!
and | comp | acc 2pl clt | comp | acc 2pl clt | ask 1sg pres I | and | nom 1sg |
116 (KP) From Sofia.
of | Sofia sg f place |
117 (a) [5:26] Ahhh! Whatever I know, son, that’s what I tell you.
excl | disc | such sg n dist adj | know 1sg pres I | son sg m | such sg n dist adj | dat 2pl clt | say 1sg pres I |
118 (a) [5:31] What else should I tell you?
what sg n interr | other sg n adj | comp | dat 2pl clt | say 1sg pres P |
119 (KP) What – What happens on St. Dimitri’s day?
on | St.Dimitri's.day sg m | what sg n interr | what sg n interr | happen 3sg pres I |
120 (a) [5:36] What?
disc |
121 (KP) What did you do on St. Dimitri’s day?
on | St.Dimitri's.day sg m | what sg n interr | do 2pl impf I |
122 (b) [5:37] What did you do on St. Dimitri’s day?
on | St.Dimitri's.day sg m | what sg n interr | do 2pl impf I |
123 (a) [5:39] In Dimitrovgrad?
in | Dimitrovgrad sg m place |
124 (KP) On St. Dimitri’s day!
on | St.Dimitri's.day sg m |
125 (a) [5:42] Ah! On St. Dimitri’s day they disband [the herds]. They leave the cows [home],
excl | to | St.Dimitri’s.day sg m | disc | separate 3pl pres P | acc refl clt | leave 3pl pres I | cow pl f def dist |
126 (a) [5:46] they separate [their] sheep [from the common herd], and each pastures his own.
sheep pl f def dist | separate 3pl pres P | each sg m adj | dat refl clt | acc 3pl clt | pasture 3sg pres I |
127 (a) [5:49] Sometimes they put them together and [each owner] takes turns pasturing them.
sometimes adv | acc 3pl clt | gather 3pl pres P | comp | acc 3pl clt | pasture 3pl pres I | in | order sg f |
128 (a) [5:52] One today, another tomorrow, another the day after. And now we have a cowherd,
one sg n adj | today adv | other sg n adj | tomorrow adv | other sg n adj | day.after.tomorrow adv | and | now adv | have 1pl pres I | nom 1pl | cowherd sg m |
129 (a) [5:56] he takes them to pasture, all [day] the man drives them, with the women
and | acc 3pl clt | pasture 3sg pres I | entire sg m adj | acc refl clt | person sg m | with | woman pl f def med | acc 3pl clt | drive 3sg pres I |
130 (a) [6:01] and he pastures them. They gather them up from this village section, more than thirty cows
and | acc 3pl clt | pasture 3sg pres I | nom 3pl | acc refl clt | gather 3pl pres I | from | neighborhood sg f def med | [...] | over | thirty | cow pl f |
131 (KP) Hm.
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132 (a) [6:06] – and they gave him a room here by the reading room –
and | here adv | to | reading.room sg n def med | dat refl clt | dat m 3sg clt | give 3pl aor P | dat m 3sg clt | room sg f |
133 (a) [6:11] and he pastures [the cows] for them. But in the old days we would pasture them in turns.
and | dat 3pl clt | acc 3pl clt | pasture 3sg pres I | and | earlier.times adv | dat refl clt | acc 3pl clt | pasture 1pl impf I | in | order sg f |
134 (a) [6:13] Today I’ll pasture them – I have one cow [so I’ll do it] for one day.
today adv | nom 1sg | hes | fut | dat refl clt | pasture 1sg pres I | here adv | have 1sg pres I | one sg f adj | cow sg f | one sg m adj | day sg m |
135 (a) [6:18] Another has two cows [so he’ll do it] for two days. Some others have three cows,
one sg m adj | have 3sg pres I | two f | cow pl f | two m | day ct m | one pl adj | have 3pl pres I | three | cow pl f |
136 (a) [6:22] some have four cows each,
have 3pl pres I | one pl def med adj | by | four | cow pl f | have 3pl pres I |
137 (KP) Hm.
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138 (a) [6:25] and [some] three cows each. [People] around this part of the village have [them].
and | by | three | cow pl f | have 3pl pres I | have 3pl pres I | by | neighborhood sg f def prox | have 3pl pres I |
139 (a) [6:28] I don’t have a single cow. But back then, son, they pasture them up to St. Dimitri’s day.
nom 1sg | not.have 1sg pres I | no.such sg f adj | cow sg f | and | to | then dist adv | son sg m | to | St.Dimitri's.day sg m | acc 3pl clt | pasture 3pl pres I |
140 (a) [6:35] And after that, they don’t [any more].
from | thereafter adv | later adv | pres neg exist |