Emil Dichev
Tŭrnjane 1
1 (ED) So why – why is [the village] called Tŭrnyane [“Thorn-place”]?
and | and | what interr | acc refl clt | say 3sg pres I | Tŭrnyane sg n place |
2 (a) [0:03] Because there used to be a lot of thorns
because | 3sg pres aux clt | L.part exist | many adv | thorns sg n |
3 (ED) But which – what kind of thorns?
but | which sg n interr adj | […] | what.kind sg n adj | thorns sg n |
4 (a) [0:07] Here in the village it wasn’t like that – now there’s asphalt here.
disc | here adv | around | village sg n def | neg | 3sg pres aux clt | sg n L.part cop | thus adv | now adv | here adv | pres exist | asphalt sg m |
5 (a) [0:12] [Back then] it was like when oxcarts pass by
here adv | 3sg pres aux clt | sg n L.part cop | as | pass 3pl pres P | cart sg f def | with | ox m def pl |
6 (a) [0:16] there wasn’t any mechanized transport then.
neg | 3sg pres aux clt | L.part exist | transport pl adj | means pl n | then adv |
7 (ED) Uh huh.
bkch
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8 (a) [0:19] Oxen and an oxcart.
ox pl m | and | cart sg f | ox sg f adj |
9 (ED) Uh huh.
yes
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10 (a) [0:23] And when they go by in the summer there’s dust up to here …
and | when conj | pass 3pl pres I | summer sg n adj | time sg n | ash sg f def | to | here adv |
11 (ED) Yes.
yes |
12 (a) [0:32] … up to your ankles. And in the winter, mud.
to | ankle sg m def | winter sg n adj | time sg n | mud sg f |
13 (ED) Yes.
yes |
14 (a) [0:32] And there were thorns there along the sidewalks, everywhere these –
and | thorns sg n | 3sg pres aux clt | L.part exist | here adv | by | sidewalk pl m def | everywhere adv | this pl adj |
15 (a) [0:39] Even I remember when there were thorns [here].
and | nom 1sg | remember 1sg pres I | when inter.rel | 3sg pres aux clt | sg n L.part cop | thorn sg n def |
16 (ED) But this – isn’t that thorns like …
but | nom n 3sg | hes | interr | thorns sg n | like | […] |
hes
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17 (a) [0:48] And –
and |
18 (ED) … the one that’s called Jerusalem thorn?
such sg f adj | Jerusalem.thorn sg f |
19 (a) [0:50] No, no. There’s this – caltrop, you know? this –
no | no | ost | interr | pres exist | one sg n adj | grandmother's sg m adj | tooth sg m | pres exist | one sg n adj |
20 (ED) Aha, yes. Yes, yes.
yes
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yes | yes | yes |
21 (a) [0:56] This – these low-lying thorns.
such sg m adj | such pl adj | low pl adj | thorn pl m def |
22 (ED) Yes.
yes |
23 (a) [0:59] This isn’t Jerusalem thorn.
disc | neg | 3sg pres cop clt | jerusalem.thorn sg f def | and | this pl adj |
24 (ED) Uh huh.
bkch
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25 (a) [1:03] And so they called [the village] Thorn-place
and | 3pl pres aux clt | acc n 3sg clt | christen pl L.part P | Tŭrnyane place sg n |
26 (ED) You all used to reap by hand, didn’t you?
nom 2pl | 2pl pres aux clt | reap pl L.part I | on | hand sg f | interr |
27 (a) [1:09] We reaped by hand. Whoever had how much land, we reaped
on | hand sg f | 1pl pres aux clt | reap pl L.part I | who sg m inter.rel | how.much interr adv | land sg f | 3sg pres aux clt | have sg m L.part I | 1pl pres aux clt | […] | reap pl L.part P |
28 (a) [1:14] everything by hand. And they threshed – they would thresh with horses.
everything sg n adj | on | hand sg f | and | 3pl pres aux clt | thresh pl L.part I | 3pl pres aux clt | thresh pl L.part I | 3pl pres aux clt | with | horse pl m |
29 (a) [1:24] But I don’t know that [from personal experience].
but | this sg n adj | acc n 3sg clt | neg | know 1sg pres |
30 (ED) Uh huh.
bkch |
31 (a) [1:26] We threshed with these machines.
nom 1pl | 1pl pres aux clt | thresh pl L.part I | with | machine pl f | this pl adj |
32 (ED) The threshers.
thresher pl f def |
33 (a) [1:30] Threshers.
thresher pl f def |
34 (ED) That’s how they call them, threshers?
thus adv | interr clt | dat 3pl clt | call 3pl pres I | thresher pl f def |
35 (a) [1:32] Threshers.
thresher pl f |
36 (ED) Uh huh, uh huh.
yes
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yes
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37 (a) [1:35] When you begin to thresh –
when conj | begin 3sg pres P | comp | acc refl clt | thresh 3sg pres I |
38 (ED) Yes?
yes |
39 (a) [1:38] When you finish reaping, they bring in these machines.
when conj | acc refl clt | reap 3sg pres P | bring 3pl pres P | this pl adj | machine pl f |
40 (a) [1:41] There were these kinds of threshing machine they call a grain elevator.
exist impf | one pl adj | [...] | machine pl f | acc 3pl clt | say 3pl pres I | grain.elevator sg m |
41 (ED) Aha.
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42 (a) [1:47] When you thresh, [the grain] falls down, and then they drive it with steampipes.
and | when conj | thresh 3sg pres I | thus adv | fall 3sg pres I | down adv | and | later adv | bring.in 3pl aor P | with | steampipe pl m |
43 (ED) Yes, for the straw.
yes | for | straw sg f def |
44 (a) [1:54] And when you thresh – [then] the straw –
and | when conj | thresh 3sg pres I | straw sg f def |
45 (ED) Uh huh.
yes
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46 (a) [1:58] the belt [connecting the machines] goes far, farther, and then we get together …
walk 3sg pres I | comp | [...] | far adv | more adv | to | far adv | and | there adv | acc refl clt | […] | gather 1pl pres P |
47 (ED) Yes –
yes |
48 (a) [2:06] … and make stacks of straw.
make 1pl pres I | again adv | stack sg f | from | from | straw sg f |
49 (ED) Yes, yes, yes, yes. Yes.
yes | yes | yes | yes | yes |
50 (a) [2:13] And then in winter we take it – we [live] here above the village –
and | during | winter sg f def | acc f 3sg clt | [...] | nom 1pl | ost | here adv | above | village sg n |
51 (ED) Yes.
yes |
52 (a) [2:17] we did it [there]; during the winter each one brings it – we have –
1pl pres aux clt | do pl L.part I | during | winter sg f def | each sg m | dat refl clt | acc f 3sg clt | manage 3sg pres I | have 1pl pres I |
53 (ED) Uh huh.
yes
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54 (a) [2:22] Each one has oxen, oxcarts, sheep –
each sg m | dat refl clt | have 3sg pres I | ox pl m | cart sg f | sheep pl f |
55 (ED) Uh huh.
yes
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56 (a) [2:27] And in the winter [we put out] a ground cover …
and | for | winter sg f def | for | cover sg |
57 (ED) Yes.
yes |
58 (a) [2:31] …for the animals [to protect them from winter frost].
for | animal pl n def |
59 (ED) Uh huh.
yes
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