Vladimir Zhobov
Dolna Sekirna 3
1 (VZh) I’ve heard that if the shepherd isn’t present the sheep won’t give milk
hear sg m L.part P | 1sg pres aux clt | if conj | neg | 3sg pres cop clt |
shepherd
sg
m
def
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sheep sg f def | neg | neg |
[...]
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release 3sg pres I | milk sg n | disc |
2 (a) [0:04] If he’s not, it –
if conj | pres neg exist |
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3 (b) [0:05] Have some.
pour sg imv P | dat refl clt |
4 (a) [0:06] And goats get afraid too.
but | and | goat sg f def | acc refl clt | frighten 3sg pres I |
5 (b) [0:06] If you don’t –
if conj | neg | 2sg pres aux clt |
6 (VZh) Goats too, but sheep – sheep –
and | goat sg f def | but | sheep sg f def | sheep sg f def |
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7 (a) [0:08] If you haven’t milked it [before], it gets afraid. A cow will kick.
if conj | neg | 2sg pres aux clt | acc 3pl clt | milk sg m L.part I | and | acc refl clt | frighten 3sg pres I | and | cow sg f def | kick 3sg pres I |
8 (VZh) Kick, huh?
kick 3sg pres I | disc |
9 (a) [0:12] Well, if it doesn’t know you, it won’t give you milk.
and | if conj | acc 2sg clt | neg | know 3sg pres I | how interr | fut neg | dat 2sg clt | give 3sg pres P | milk sg n def |
10 (VZh) [laughter]
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11 (a) [0:17] It won’t, it won’t. Sheep, cows, goats – they have to know you.
fut neg | fut neg | must pres I imprs | comp | acc 2sg clt | know 3sg pres I | and | sheep sg f | and | cow sg f | and | goat sg f |
12 (a) [0:22] All of them: if they don’t know you, they won’t give you milk.
and | everything sg n adj | neg | acc 2sg clt | interr clt | know 3sg pres I | fut neg | comp | dat 2sg clt | give 3sg pres P | milk sg n def |
13 (VZh) Uh huh.
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14 (a) [0:26] We milked sheep in the pen, in the “zagon” (closed space). Do you know
and | sheep pl f | 1pl pres aux clt | milk pl L.part I | hes | pen sg f | and | closed.space sg m | know 2pl pres I | interr clt |
15 (a) [0:31] what a “zagon” is? You don’t know [do you]?
what interr | 3sg pres cop clt | closed.space sg m | neg | know 2pl pres I | interr clt |
16 (VZh) It’s where it’s fenced off so they won’t escape, so they won’t –
where inter.rel | 3sg pres cop clt |
enclose
sg
n
P.part
P
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and | comp | neg |
run
3pl
pres
I
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comp | neg |
17 (a) [0:35] Yes! The pen is fenced off. But there are gates to the pen.
yes | build sg n P.part P | 3sg pres cop clt | pen sg f def | and | in | pen acc sg f def | pres exist | gate pl f |
18 (VZh) Uh huh.
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19 (a) [0:39] It’s fenced off in the center, but there’s enough space left for
in.middle adv | enclose pl f P.part P | and | remain sg n P.part P | ost | so.much adv | place sg n | and | comp |
20 (a) [0:43] the sheep to pass through. And here –
sheep sg f def | comp | pass 3sg pres I | from.here adv | [...] |
21 (VZh) Next to this – next to –
beside | this sg m adj | beside |
22 (a) [0:46] And one man is sitting here, and another is sitting there.
disc | from.here adv | sit 3sg pres I | one sg m adj | person sg m | from.here adv | sit 3sg pres I | one sg m adj |
23 (a) [0:49] If there’s not two, then one sits [there].
if conj | pres neg exist | two m an.num | one sg m adj | sit 3sg pres I |
24 (VZh) Uh huh.
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25 (a) [0:51] And the sheep pass through, as I’m driving them from behind.
and | sheep pl f def | dat refl clt | pass 3pl pres I | from.here adv | and | from.behind adv | drive 1sg pres I |
26 (a) [0:54] I’d been a driver for a long time. Since childhood already.
nom 1sg | driver sg f | 1sg pres aux clt | sg f L.part cop | much adv | from | child sg n | still adv |
27 (VZh) And the driver – excuse me – it’s the youngest one,
disc | driver sg m | comp | acc 1sg clt | [...] | this sg m adj | where inter.rel | most |
[...]
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most |
young
sg
m
def
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28 (VZh) that’s the driver.
this sg m adj | 3sg pres cop clt |
driver
sg
m
def
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29 (a) [1:00] Well, I was the smallest. I still can’t – I still can’t do the milking.
disc | nom 1sg | most | small pl f adj | neg | can 1sg pres I | still adv | neg | can pres imprs | comp | milk 1sg pres I |
30 (a) [1:04] So we [would] drive them, but in the dark,
drive 1pl impf I | but | in | dark sg n adj |
31 (VZh) Uh huh.
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32 (a) [1:06] [not in] the sun. You need to let the sheep out early.
sun sg n def | but | early adv | comp | acc 3pl clt | release 3pl pres P | sheep pl f def |
33 (VZh) Uh huh.
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34 (a) [1:00] I drive them, they milk the sheep, and my father gathers the sheep there.
and | drive 1sg pres I | and | milk 3pl pres I | sheep pl f | and | father sg m | dat 1sg clt | gather 3sg pres P | sheep pl f | there adv |
35 (a) [1:15] There was a neighborhood below, people came up for milking.
exist impf | one f sg adj | neighborhood sg f | below adv | come 3pl pres P | people pl def | to | milk vbl.n I |
36 (a) [1:21] They sit, milk out the sheep, then [figure] how much milk there is,
sit 3pl pres P | milk 3pl pres P | dat refl clt | sheep pl f def | [...] | who sg m interr adj | how.much interr | have 3sg pres I | milk sg n | who sg m interr adj | how.much interr |
37 (a) [1:29] who gets how much milk.
[...] | who dat interr | how.much interr | 3sg pres cop clt | milk sg n def |
38 (VZh) Uh huh.
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39 (a) [1:31] For you – if it’s two kilos, then you can milk them for two days.
acc 2sg | if conj | 3sg pres cop clt | two n | kilo pl n | two m | day ct m | fut | acc 3pl clt | milk 2sg pres I |
40 (a) [1:33] For you – if it’s three kilos, three days; if it’s one kilo
acc 2sg | if conj | 3sg pres cop clt | three | kilo pl n | three | day ct m | if conj | 3sg pres cop clt | one sg n adj | kilo sg n |
41 (a) [1:36] then one day. That’s the model.
one sg m adj | day sg m | for.example adv |
42 (VZh) Uh huh.
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43 (a) [1:40] We milk the sheep in order.
in.order adv | dat refl clt | milk 1pl pres I | sheep pl f def |
44 (a) [1:40] It’s not each milking [as he wishes], but in order.
fut neg | each sg m adj | comp | go 3sg pres P | comp | milk 3sg pres I | but | in.order adv |
45 (a) [1:45] They’re neighbors, as concerns sheep. Today one milks, tomorrow another,
neighbor pl m def | this pl adj | rel | 3pl pres cop clt | sheep pl f | today adv | one sg m adj | milk 3sg pres I | tomorrow | other sg m adj |
46 (a) [1:49] so that [people] can ferment [the milk] and make up [cheese].
disc | comp | can pres imprs | comp | acc refl clt | curdle 3sg pres P | comp | acc refl clt | work 3sg pres P | more | and | comp | [...] | not |
47 (a) [1:53] and that we don’t lose any day of going out to work.
comp | neg | lose 1pl pres I | each sg m adj | day sg m | go 3sg pres P | acc refl clt | to | work acc f |
48 (a) [1:56] We have to reap, to thresh, to hoe.
must pres I imprs | comp | acc refl clt | reap 3sg pres I | comp | acc refl clt | thresh 3sg pres I | comp | acc refl clt | hoe 3sg pres I |
49 (a) [1:59] Gardens must be hoed, corn must be hoed twice,
garden pl f | acc refl clt | hoe 3pl pres I | corn pl f | acc refl clt | two m | time pl m | hoe 3pl pres I |
50 (a) [2:03] potatoes must be hoed twice. It’s nothing but work
disc | potato pl m | acc refl clt | two m | hoe 3pl pres I | disc | one sg n adj | interr clt | 3sg pres cop clt | work sg f |
51 (a) [2:08] from March up through to winter. Once you begin
from | March sg m | from | disc | dat refl clt | pres exist | entire sg n adj | winter sg n | when conj | begin 3sg pres P |
52 (a) [2:12] you have to keep at work in the fields. But [it gives] you a lot:
must pres I imprs | comp | dat refl clt | acc refl clt | all adv | work 3sg pres I | field sg f adj | work sg f | but | dat 2sg clt | full adv |
53 (a) [2:17] you’ve got cabbage, sheep, milk, cheese, butter – butter to make polenta
cabbage sg n | have 2sg pres I | disc | sheep pl f | milk sg n | cheese sg n | butter sg n | butter sg n | when conj | make 1pl pres P | polenta sg m |
54 (a) [2:24] the butter we’d put down – that butter smelled really nice.
and | with | butter sg n | acc refl clt | [...] | [...] | that sg n adj | butter sg n | smell 3sg pres I | nice adv |
55 (a) [2P28] Butter now doesn’t have any smell. No smell to butter [now].
now adv | neg | smell 3sg pres I | butter sg n def | on | butter sg n | neg | smell 3sg pres I |
56 (VZh) Uh huh.
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57 (a) [2:33] So with butter we’d make polenta, we’d set the cheese to ferment,
hes | with | butter sg n | put 3sg pres P | acc refl clt | polenta sg m def | cheese sg n | acc refl clt | curdle 1pl pres P |
58 (a) [2:38] We would keep a cow here, then sheep and a goat – [for] cheese.
and | nom 1pl | here adv | dat refl clt | cow acc sg f | keep 1pl impf I | after adv | sheep pl f | goat sg f | cheese sg n |
59 (a) [2:44] I set out three tin cans of cheese, then I wash it,
three | can pl f | 1sg pres aux clt | curdle sg f L.part P | cheese sg n | and | acc n 3sg clt | wash 1sg pres P |
60 (a) [2:48] then test the [saltiness of the] brine with an egg, that’s how they say it.
and | dat n 3sg clt | make 1sg pres P | brine sg m | with | egg sg n | acc refl clt | say 3sg pres P | one sg n adj |
61 (a) [2:53] to see if the egg [floats] to the level of a ten-stotinka coin.
thus adv | comp | acc refl clt | see 3sg pres P | egg sg n def | how.much inter.rel | ten | stotinka pl f |
62 (VZh) That’s something I know too!
ost | this sg n med adj | this sg n med adj | and | nom 1sg | know 1sg pres I |
63 (a) [2:56] I pour off the brine, and there’s nothing [more] to do with it.
and | pour 1sg pres I | brine sg m def | after adv | and | pres neg exist | what interr | comp | [...] | dat n 3sg clt | do 2sg pres I |
64 (a) [3:01] I’ve made so much cheese, milk, kashkaval! My husband is a hunter,
so.much adv | cheese sg n | milk sg n | kashkaval sg m | 1sg pres aux clt | make sg f L.part I | disc | old.man sg m def | dat 1sg clt | hunter sg m |
65 (a) [3:09] and hunters come [and ask] “Is there [newly] made kashkaval?” “There is.”
come 3pl pres P | hunter pl m | pres exist | interr clt | kashkaval sg m | make sg n P.part I | disc | disc | pres exist |
66 (a) [3:13] “Let’s have it! Let’s give it to this one, and to this one,
disc | give sg imv P | comp | give 1sg pres P | to | this acc sg m adj | to | this acc sg m adj | comp | give 3sg pres P |
67 (a) [3:16] and to that one!”
to | that acc sg m adj | comp | give 3sg pres P |
68 (VZh) What do you make it with? Lemon salt?
nom m 3sg | with | what sg n interr | acc refl clt | make 3sg pres I |
lemon.salt
sg
m
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69 (a) [3:20] What?
disc |
70 (VZh) Is it lemon salt that you put in to make kashkaval?
lemon.salt
sg
m
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interr clt | acc refl clt | put 3sg pres I | in | this sg n adj | in |
kashkaval
sg
m
def
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71 (a) [3:22] Lemon salt, yes.
lemon.salt sg m | yes |
72 (VZh) Uh huh.
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73 (a) [3:24] Everyone in all the villages knew my husband, who’s a hunter.
and | disc | acc m 3sg clt | from | all pl n def adj | village pl n | know 3pl aor I | people pl def | my sg m def adj | old.man sg m | rel | hunter sg m |
74 (VZh) And then –
and | then adv |
75 (a) [3:31] And they came by a lot.
and | and | much adv | come 3pl impf I |
76 (VZh) What would they go after in the forest?
disc | nom 3pl | what sg n interr | 3pl pres aux clt |
beat
pl
L.part
I
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by | this sg m adj | in | in |
forest
acc
sg
f
def
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77 (VZh) What was there to –
what sg n interr | 3sg pres aux clt | L.part exist | and | comp |
78 (a) [3:36] Ah, wild boar, deer, rabbits, and such. But mostly
disc | wild pl f adj | pig pl f | deer pl f | rabbit pl m | disc | such pl adj | but | more adv |
79 (a) [3:42] they would kill wild boar and rabbits.
wild pl f adj | pig pl f | and | rabbit pl m | beat 3pl pres I |
80 (VZh) Uh huh.
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81 (a) [3:45] He only ate rabbit. My husband never ate a bit of wild boar meat,
nom m 3sg | only adv | rabbit sg m | eat 3sg impf I | hes | my sg m def adj | old.man sg m | though adv | from | pig acc sg f | neg | eat 3sg pres I |
82 (a) [3:49] but he would kill [one] if it emerged.
but | beat 3sg pres I | rel | emerge 3sg pres P |
83 (VZh) So they wouldn’t do damage, so they wouldn’t burrow
disc | comp | neg | do 3sg pres I |
mischief
sg
f
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comp | neg | comp | neg |
dig
3sg
pres
I
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84 (VZh) among the potatoes.
in | this sg n adj | in |
potato
sg
m
def
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85 (a) [3:55] Yes, yes! We had a dog [named] “Whirlwind”. When he went out
yes | yes | hes | have 1pl impf I | one sg n adj | dog sg n | whirlwind sg m | rel | emerge 3sg pres P |
86 (a) [4:02] with the dog, he’d kill a boar [each time].
with | dog sg n def | pig acc sg f | fut | beat 3sg pres P |
87 (VZh) [laughter]
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88 (a) [4:04] Hunters go out, sharing [the hunt]. There was hardly a place from which hunters
go 3pl pres P | share 3pl pres I | hunter pl m def | from | where interr | already adv | exist impf neg | hunter pl m |
89 (a) [4:09] didn’t come here. [They came from] Vrabcha, from Elov Dol,
rel | neg | go 3sg impf P | here adv | to | there adv | disc | Vrapcha sg f place | and | disc | Elov.Dol sg m place |
90 (a) [4:13] or Odranitsa, or Gorna Sekirna. All of them knew [him], all the men.
disc | Odranitsa sg f place | disc | Gorna.Sekirna sg f place | disc | all pl adj | know 3sg impf I | all pl adj | person pl m |
91 (VZh) Uh huh.
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92 (a) [4:19] They all knew [him]. There were plenty of folk.
know 3pl aor I | all pl adj | but | folk sg m | dat refl clt | 3sg impf cop |
93 (VZh) Well, that’s the hunters’ way. They know one another.
disc | nom 3pl | 3pl pres cop clt | thus adv |
husband
pl
m
def
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nom 3pl | acc refl clt |
know
3pl
pres
I
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94 (a) [4:27] And now the dogs come creeping in. When a hunting dog came
now adv | dog pl n | acc refl clt | thus adv | thrust 3pl pres I | and | then adv | come 3sg pres P | dog sg n | hunting sg n adj |
95 (a) [4:33] and it – and my husband didn’t recognize it,
and | nom m 3sg | and | comp | acc m 3sg clt | neg | know 3sg pres I | old.man sg m def |
96 (a) [4:36] we caught the dog, tied it up; I fed it, and [my husband] put out a notice.
gather 1pl pres P | dog sg n def | tie 1pl pres P | feed 1sg pres I | acc m 3sg clt | nom m 3sg | acc refl clt | inform 3sg pres P |
97 (a) [4:40] and this rich guy came and took his dog.
disc | come 3sg pres P | dat refl clt | this sg m adj | landowner sg m def | and | dat refl clt | gather 3sg pres P | dog sg n def |
98 (VZh) Uh huh.
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99 (a) [4:44] There wasn’t stealing, there wasn’t lying. That’s how it was.
fut neg | comp | acc refl clt | steal 3pl pres I | fut neg | comp | acc refl clt | lie 3pl pres I | ost | thus adv | dat refl clt | 3sg impf cop |
100 (a) [4:54] But now people steal and lie. [As for us,] we’re poor.
but | now adv | acc refl clt | steal 3pl pres I | lie 3pl pres I | and | and | nom 1pl | 1pl pres cop clt | poverty sg f |
101 (a) [4:57] I once knitted a sweater for a woman
nom 1sg | 1sg pres aux clt | hes | one sg m adj | sweater sg m | to | one acc sg f adj | woman acc sg f | knit 1sg aor P |
102 (a) [5:01] so that she would loan me her folk tunic to wear for the celebration.
comp | dat 1sg clt | give 3sg pres P | tunic sg m | comp | acc refl clt | dress.up 1sg pres P | for | celebration sg m |
103 (VZh) Uh huh.
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104 (a) [5:05] I dressed up in somebody else’s clothes!
in | foreign sg f adj | clothing sg f | 1sg pres aux clt | acc refl clt | dress.up sg f L.part I |
105 (VZh) [laughter]
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106 (a) [5:07] No other way! I manage somehow, I’ll do the work,
disc | and | pres neg exist | but | nom 1sg | dat refl clt | find 1sg pres P | will 1sg pres | acc n 3sg clt | work 1sg pres P |
107 (a) [5:12] so that I can wear nice clothes.
but | beautiful acc sg f | will 1sg pres | dress 1sg pres P |
108 (b) [5:14] [unclear]
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109 (VZh) Uh huh.
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110 (b) [5:15] [laughter]
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111 (a) [5:15] I’ll dress up nice for the village celebration.
will 1sg pres | acc refl clt | dress.up 1sg pres P | for | celebration sg m def |
112 (VZh) Yes, one should for the celebration.
disc | for |
celebration
sg
m
def
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must pres I imprs |
113 (b) [5:20] [laughter]
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114 (a) [5:20] That’s right. Elov Dol, Dushintsi, Odranitsa, Gigintsi, Kosharevo, Stanyovtsi –
disc | thus adv | 3sg pres cop clt | Elov.Dol sg m place | Dushintsi pl f place | Odranitsa sg f place | hes | Gigintsi pl f place | Kosharevo sg n place | Stanyovtsi pl f place |
115 (a) [5:28] all of them, Dushintsi, Erul, all of them had their village celebrations.
all adv | all adv | dat refl clt | pres exist | Dushintsi pl f place | Erul sg m place | all pl adj | fair pl m | exist impf |
116 (VZh) Uh huh.
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117 (a) [5:34] All the time. Each village had its own holiday.
by | each sg n adj | time sg n | each sg m adj | holiday sg m | separately adv | for | village pl n def |
118 (a) [5:40] You won’t find a holiday that gets celebrated in two villages,
fut neg | for | one sg m adj | holiday sg m | comp | 3sg pres cop clt | in | two n | village pl n |
119 (a) [5:43] each one is separate. Each has it own.
but | dat refl clt | 3sg pres cop clt | separate sg n adj | in | each sg m adj | village sg n | this sg m adj | holiday sg m |
120 (a) [5:46] This one here, that one there, that one there, and so on.
in | this sg n adj | this sg m adj | in | this sg n adj | this sg m adj | in | this sg n adj | this sg m adj | and | in.order adv |
121 (a) [5:50] And we all go to the celebration.
and | nom 1pl | dat refl clt | dat refl clt | go 1pl pres P | to | celebration sg m |