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

bkch

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?]

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?]

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?]

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

yes

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?]

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?]

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.

disc

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
[...]

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]

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?]

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

         When a child is born we start to wrap it up,


         to swaddle it. To swaddle it so it will grow, wrappted in swaddling cloths.


         In swaddling cloths. [At] his little feet, his little toes, there’s cotton


         so it won’t pinch him. He’s bound, bound, bound, bound –


         all the way to here. His little feet are tied …


         Uh huh


         … so that he’ll grow [straight]. Otherwise, won’t it – I tell you –


         How many [times do you –] ?


         Well you have to unwind it three times a day, because it gets wet.


         How old is it [when you do this]?


         Tiny! We call it a “lehudle” (newborn). “Ledudle”.


         A little “le-hud-le”, like this baby right here.


         [That’s] what we call a “lehudle”.


         [How long do you keep it like that?]


         [You swaddle it for] five or six months, in the hope that it gets strong.


         [What does mistletoe grow on?]


         [On] a tree of some sort! Mistletoe is [like] a ball, a ball.


         Mistletoe is big. People don’t use it for anything.


         It’s got seeds that they gather for the hens – to throw out to them


         [so] they [will] peck at [it], so [that] they [will] lay eggs.


         [What does it grow on most often?]


         It grows most of all on wild fruit trees.


         We go out and pick wild fruit. You know –


         Yes


         these sour [fruits] on wild fruit trees. There’s a lot of it on those.


         On what else? On which – ?


         They don’t grow on [any] other tree, only on wild fruit trees.


         Do they grow [on a maple tree]?


         What? Oh yes, they also grow on a maple [tree]. They grow [there too].


         On which? On which other [tree]?


         On a maple tree, and on a wild fruit tree.


         Is that right?


         Yes. It doesn’t grow on any other tree. Only on a lime tree.


         [But mostly on maple trees?]


         Yes, it grows on maple trees, it grows on lime trees –


         [And what musical instruments do shepherds play?]


         The end-blown flute.


         What? End-blown flutes?


         The end-blown flute. We play the end-blown flute


         Aha.


         We play the end-blown flute. As kids, we learned the small pipes [whistle]


         Ohh! At that time there were four thousand sheep here,


         and these four thousand sheep – at that time we didn’t go to school.


         [Only] up to the fourth grade [and then] off with the sheep! Your dad –


         my father would take his staff if you didn’t go, and strike out at you


         twice or thrice: “Off with the sheep, you!” But now there's no longer such –


         And every shepherd –


         Everyone played small pipes! [whistle]


         [laughter]


         [They have] end-blown flutes in town. We’d go to Burgas,


         there’s a flute-maker there, and we’d buy [them] there.


         When we had our [village] fair, on August 9th, then peddlers would come.


         [And] these peddlers brought small pipes and end-blown flutes.


         and we would try them out.


         [What did you do in Burgas?]


         [They’d sit] cross-wise on four chairs. The boy sits on one side


         and the girl on the other, and they look at each other like this –


         crosswise. It was set up that way, we call it a “vŭrtikolnitsa” (swing carousel).


         A carousel to swing on. We’d give an egg –


         an egg to the carousel operator who swings us.


         He’d spin us around two or three times.


         If there was a throng, many people, [he’d say] “O.K. Someone else now!”


         We call it “vŭrtikolnitsa”. Bagpipe and drum [players] would climb up [on it],


         [and] girls and boys, four at a time. It was very modern!


         And [they] dance the horo all around, the bagpipe plays, and the drum.


          [also in] ’34, ’35, ’36 – and then they shut it down.


1 (e) [0:00 ]       дет’ѐту кәт сә рудѝ по̀чвәме дә гу пуўɨ̀вәме

2 (e) [0:04 ]       дә гу зәўɨ̀вәме дә гу зәўɨ̀вәме дә рәст’ѐ зәвѝту с пленѝ

3 (e) [0:10 ]       с пленѝ крәчка̀тә му нә пръ̀сленките ѝмә пәму̀к

4 (e) [0:15 ]       дә не гу̀ уб’ɨ̀вә и е увѝту увѝту увѝту увѝту

5 (e) [0:18 ]       до̀ и ту̀кә крәчо̀нките му сә въ̀рзәни

6 (VZh)       əхə

7 (e) [0:22 ]       дә рәстѐ што̀ту ѝнач’е йа̀ нәлѝ ви ка̀звәм зә тва̀

8 (VZh)       ко̀лко

9 (e) [0:26 ]       әми днѐскә трѝ пъ̀ти тр’а̀бвә дә гу рәзвѝйе што̀ту сә пупика̀вә

10 (VZh)       на колко е

11 (e) [0:31 ]       мъ̀нинку бе л’еhу̀дл’е гу вѝкәми нѝе л’еhу̀дл’е

12 (e) [0:35 ]       л’еhу̀дл’е ма̀лку на̀ кәту е тва̀ сеа̀ бѐбе е ту̀кә дѐту е

13 (e) [0:39 ]       му вѝкәме л’еhу̀дл’е

14 (VZh)       [И колко време така?]

15 (e) [0:41 ]       пѐт ш’ѐс м’е̂̀сцә дәно̀ дә сә фйа̀кне

16 (VZh)       [По какво расте ималата?]

17 (e) [0:44 ]       н’а̀кое дәрво̀ ѝмәләтә е тува̀ тәка̀ то̀п то̀п е

18 (e) [0:49 ]       гул’а̀му е ѝмәләтә тѐ не йа̀ путеб’а̀вәт зә нѝшту

19 (e) [0:54 ]       ѝмә зәрна̀ тә ги беръ̀д зә куко̀шките дә им фъ̀рл’әд

20 (e) [0:57 ]       дә кәлвъ̀т дә но̀с’әт йәца̀

21 (VZh)       [По какво расте най-много?]

22 (e) [0:59 ]       нъ̀й мно̀гу рәстѐ пу к’ѝсел’иц’ите

23 (e) [1:03 ]       д’ѐту берѐм к’ѝселиц’и нәл зна̀еш

24 (VZh)       да̀

25 (e) [1:05 ]       еднѝ кѝсели нә кѝселците се фа̀штәт мно̀гу

26 (VZh)       дру̀го на коѐ на коѝ

27 (e) [1:10 ]       нә дру̀гу дъ̀рву не hо̀ди са̀му нә кѝселц’и’те

28 (VZh)       хо̀ди ли

29 (e) [1:14 ]       ка̀к а̀ и на кленъ̀ hо̀ди hо̀ди

30 (VZh)       на коѐ на коѐ дру̀го

31 (e) [1:18 ]       нә кленъ̀т и нә кѝсел’ѝцәтә

32 (VZh)       така̀ ли

33 (e) [1:21 ]       да̀ нә дру̀гу дъ̀рву не хо̀ди т’а̀ са̀му нә лѝпәтә

34 (VZh)       [Ама най-много по кленето]

35 (e) [1:27 ]       да̀ пу клен’:ѐту hо̀ди пу лѝпите hо̀ди

36 (VZh)       [А овчарите с какво свирят?]

37 (e) [1:30 ]       кәва̀л

38 (VZh)       а̀ с кава̀ли

39 (e) [1:33 ]       с кәва̀л кәва̀л свѝриме

40 (VZh)       аhа

41 (e) [1:34 ]       кәва̀л свѝриме кәту ма̀л’ки се уч’а̀hне свѝрки [свиркане]

42 (e) [1:39 ]       о̀ ми тува̀ вр’е̂̀ме ѝмәш’е ту̀кә ч’ѐтири hѝл’әди уфц’ѐ

43 (e) [1:43 ]       тѐә ч’ѐтири ѝл’әди уфц’ѐ нѝе тува̀ вр’е̂̀ме нə hо̀диме

44 (e) [1:47 ]       нә уч’ѝлиште ду ч’етвъ̀рту удел’ѐние а̀йде с уфц’ѐте та̀тку ти

45 (e) [1:51 ]       бәшта̀ ми ш’е з’ѐме туйа̀гәтә әку не о̀диш тә упа̀ли

46 (e) [1:54 ]       два̀ трѝ пъ̀ти а̀йде: зә уфц’ѐте пә сега̀ н’ѐмә в’ѐче тәкѝвә ра

47 (GK)       и сѐки чоба̀нин

48 (e) [1:59 ]       сѝчките свѝрки [свиркане]

49 (GK)       [смях]

50 (d) [2:01 ]       кәва̀л’:е ту̀кә в грәдъ̀ шт’а̀ дә ѝдеме в бурга̀с

51 (d) [2:05 ]       ѝмә та̀м кәвәл’ж’ѝйницә ут та̀м шт’а̀ме дә ку̀пиме

52 (d) [2:09 ]       ә кугъ̀ту ста̀вәш’е на̀ш’ийәт сәбо̀р нә девѐти а̀вгус то̀ә ѝдвәш’е прәмәта̀рету

53 (d) [2:15 ]       тва̀ прәмәта̀ре но̀сәт свѝрки но̀сәт кәва̀л’:е

54 (d) [2:18 ]       и нѝе ги упѝтвәме

55 (VZh)       [Какво правехте в Бургас?]

56 (d) [2:22 ]       крәсто̀сәну с ч’ѐтири сто̀ла уд еднъ̀тә стәрнъ̀ си сəдѝ мумч’ѐтә

57 (d) [2:28 ]       уд еднъ̀тә стәрнъ̀ мума̀тә дә сә гл’ѐдәт тәка̀

58 (d) [2:30 ]       къ̀рчи къ̀рчи тәка̀ бе нәпра̀венә нѝе му вѝкәме вәртѝко̀лницә

59 (d) [2:33 ]       вәртѝко̀лницә дә сә л’ул’е̂̀еме шт’а̀: дәдѐме едно̀ йәцѐ

60 (d) [2:38 ]       едно̀ йәцѐ нә л’у̀лкәж’ийәтә дѐт нə л’у̀л’ә

61 (d) [2:40 ]       то̀й два̀ пәти шт’а̀: ни убъ̀рне трѝ

62 (d) [2:42 ]       нәва̀лицә нәва̀лицә кәту ѝмә мло̀гу а̀йде дру̀ги па̀к

63 (d) [2:46 ]       нѝе му вѝкәме вәртѝко̀лницә га̀йдәтә тъ̀пән’әт сә ка̀чвәə

64 (d) [2:52 ]       мо̀ми мумч’ѐтә пу ч’ѐтири ду̀ш’и то̀ бе мло̀гу мудѐрну

65 (d) [2:55 ]       и хуро̀ту игра̀е нәо̀кулу га̀йдәтә свѝри тъ̀пән’әт

66 (d) [2:59 ]       и нѝе се л’ул’е̂̀еме трѝесе и трѐтә гудѝнә беше тува̀

67 (d) [3:04 ]       трѝес ч’етвъ̀ртә трѝес п’ѐтә трѝес ш’ѐстә и ликвидѝрә

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Recommended Model for Citations

Bulgarian Dialectology as Living Tradition [2016] (http://www.bulgariandialectology.org, visited on 1 March 2016)
Babjak 1: 13-15. In: Bulgarian Dialectology as Living Tradition [2016] (http://www.bulgariandialectology.org, visited on 1 March 2016)

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