Vladimir Zhobov
Čokmanovo 2
Commentary on the text:
When the investigator’s words are transcribed in brackets, it means they do not appear on the audio but are rather reconstructed to recreate the sense of the original conversation. These words appear in English translation only in Glossed View, in both English and Bulgarian in Line View, and in Bulgarian only in Cyrillic Line View
1 (b) [0:02] When it would rain a bit, we’d go out up there and look for mushrooms.
| when rel | rain 3sg impf P | rain sg m | little adv | nom 1pl | go.out 1pl impf I | up adv | and | find 1pl impf I | mushroom pl f |
2 (b) [0:07] We’d eat them, we’d fry them. We called them “surneli” (parasol mushrooms).
| eat 1pl impf I | acc 3pl clt | fry 1pl impf I | acc 3pl clt | hes | call 1pl impf I | acc 3pl clt | parasol.mushroom pl f |
3 (VZh) [Were there other mushrooms?]
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4 (b) [0:13] There are other mushrooms which people ate. We called them “blood redcaps”.
| pres exist | and | other pl adj | mushroom pl f | which pl rel med | acc refl clt | eat 3pl impf I | nom 1pl | acc 3pl clt | say 1pl impf I | blood.redcap pl f |
5 (b) [0:19] They come up in November or December, when the ground is well watered
| nom 3pl | come.out 3pl pres I | in | November sg m | December sg m | when rel | acc refl clt | water 3sg pres P | nicely adv | earth sg f def dist |
6 (b) [0:24] so it gets moist. They come up then, in the month of December.
| comp | become 3sg pres P | moist sg f adj | then adv | come.out 3pl pres I | during | December sg m | month sg m |
7 (VZh) [What do you cut meat with?]
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8 (b) [0:30] Yesterday I took [some] meat and sliced the meat. We cook with meat but [now]
| yesterday adv | take 1sg aor P | meat sg n | slice 1sg aor I | meat sg n | cook 1pl pres I | meat sg n | but |
9 (b) [0:36] there aren’t these old-time knives to cut it up at one stroke. We slice
| pres neg exist | old.time pl def med adj | knife pl m | comp | acc m 3sg clt | cut.off 2sg pres P | at.once adv | cut 1pl pres I |
10 (b) [0:40] and slice and cut it all up [only] with difficulty. We cook the meat, we put it
| cut 1pl pres I | with.difficulty adv | acc m 3sg clt | cut.off 1pl pres I | cook 1pl pres I | meat sg n def dist | put 1pl pres P | acc m 3sg clt |
11 (b) [0:44] in a cauldron and it boils. When we sat down [to eat], don’t ask how we ate!
| in | cauldron sg f def dist | boil.up 3sg pres P | when inter.rel | sit 1pl impf P | sg neg hort | ask inf I | how interr | eat 1pl impf I |
12 (VZh) [What did you plant?]
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13 (b) [0:50] We would plant rye and wheat and barley and corn.
| nom 1pl | sow 1pl impf I | and | rye sg m | and | wheat sg f | and | barley sg m | and | corn sg f |
14 (b) [0:55] We reaped all of it with sickles, it was really hard [work].
| reap 1pl impf I | acc n 3sg clt | everything sg n adj | with | sickle pl m | but | 3sg impf cop | very adv | hard adv |
15 (b) [1:00] We planted beans. And lentils, but they didn’t make it. The birds ate it all,
| sow 1pl impf I | beans sg m | lentils sg f | but | neg | become 3sg impf I | more | eat.up 3pl impf I | acc n 3sg clt | bird pl n |
16 (b) [1:06] the deer ate it all. There weren’t any lentils left for us.
| eat.up 3pl impf I | acc n 3sg clt | doe pl f | neg | leave 3sg impf I | for | acc 1pl | lentils sg f |
17 (VZh) [Did you use a rope to carry things back home?]
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18 (b) [1:10] [I'll say] “I want you to bring me a rope” because we’d tie up wood, beans, whatever.
| want 1sg pres I | comp | dat 1sg clt | bring 2sg pres P | rope sg n | because | acc refl clt | tie.up 1pl pres I | wood pl n | beans sg m | interr clt | 3sg pres aux clt | sg n L.part cop |
19 (b) [1:18] We go gather oak-apples so we’ll have fire-starter and kindling for the winter.
| oak.apple pl f | go 1pl pres I | and | gather 1pl pres I | for | comp | have 1pl pres I | winter adv | fire.starter sg f | and | kindling sg f |
20 (b) [1:23] But we carry it on our backs. Whoever doesn’t have a donkey – on his back.
| but | acc n 3sg clt | carry 1pl pres I | on | back pl m def prox | who sg m rel med adj | not.have 3sg pres I | donkey sg n | on | back sg m def dist |
21 (b) [1:27] Whoever has a donkey harnesses up the carriage and goes off to load it up.
| who sg m rel med adj | have 3sg pres I | donkey sg n | harness 3sg pres P | carriage sg f def dist | go 3sg pres P | dat refl clt | and | dat refl clt | load 3sg pres P |
22 (b) [1:32] Whoever doesn’t have a donkey carries it tied to his back. And we bring
| who sg m rel med adj | not.have 3sg pres I | donkey sg n | carry 3sg pres I | on | back sg m def dist | on | rope sg n | and | dat refl clt | bring 1pl pres I |
23 (b) [1:37] everything tied up – oak-apples, kindling – we carry it all.
| everything sg n adj | on | rope sg n | and | oak.apple pl f | and | kindling sg f | everything sg n adj | dat refl clt | carry 1pl pres I |