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1 (MN) Where are you from?

otkɤdè

from.where adv

откъде

2sg pres cop clt

съм

2 (a) [0:01] From Dryanovets – the village of Dryanovets.

from

от

dr’ànuvic

Dryanovets sg m place

village sg n

Dryanovets sg m place

Дряновец

3 (MN) How old are you?

how.many interr

2sg pres cop clt

year f pl

4 (a) [0:06] I’m ninety-two now.

now adv

1sg pres cop clt

ninety

and

two f

5 (MN) Oh, bravo!

excl

bravo

for

acc 2sg

6 (b) [0:10] Long life –

comp

2sg pres cop clt

alive sg f adj

7 (MN) Long life and health. How did you spend your childhood?

comp

2sg pres cop clt

alive sg f adj

and

healthy sg f adj

how interr

2sg pres aux clt

experience sg f L.part P

прекарам

dètstvutu

childhood sg n def

детство

8 (a) [0:15] My childhood was not very happy. But at least I had my health,

my sg n adj

childhood sg n

neg

3sg impf cop

very adv

joyful sg n adj

but

interr

when conj

1sg pres cop clt

healthy sg f adj

9 (a) [0:21] I had a father. If I had no mother [at least] I had a father.

when conj

have 1sg pres I

father sg m

if conj

not.have 1sg pres I

mother sg f

fut

have 1sg pres I

father sg m

10 (a) [0:25] And when I didn’t have a father I had brothers. They were always protecting me.

if conj

not.have 1sg pres I

father sg m

fut

have 1sg pres I

brother pl m

all adv

3pl pres aux clt

acc 1sg clt

defend pl L.part I

11 (a) [0:29] Basically I was a [single] sister to four brothers.

in.principle adv

nom 1sg

1sg impf cop

four

brother pl m

one sg f adj

sister sg f

12 (a) [0:33] My mother really fought [to have] a girl. And I was the fifth child.

much adv

acc refl clt

fight sg f L.part I

mother sg f

for

girl sg n

even adv

fifth sg f def adj

1sg pres cop clt

nom 1sg

already adv

13 (a) [0:39] And she had high regard for me. But it so happened that my mother died

and

respect 3sg pres I

acc 1sg clt

however adv

thus adv

acc refl clt

happen 3sg aor P

that conj

my sg f def adj

mother sg f

die 3sg aor P

14 (a) [0:44] on the very day of St. George’s Day. She’d been pregnant, but I didn’t know that.

exactly adv

St.George's.day sg m

3sg impf aux

sg f L.part cop

pregnant sg f adj

nom 1sg

neg

acc n 3sg clt

know 1sg impf I

this sg n adj

thing sg n

15 (a) [0:51] And she said to me, “Donka, take your small brother and go to the swing.”

and

nom f 3sg

dat 1sg clt

say 3sg pres I

Donka voc sg f name

take sg imv P

brother sg n def

dat refl clt

go sg imv P

swing sg f def

16 (a) [0:57] But I saw that she was bent over, leaning now on the bedquilts,

and

see 1sg pres I

acc f 3sg clt

nom f 3sg

acc refl clt

bend 3sg aor P

and

quilt pl m def

acc refl clt

support 3sg pres I

17 (a) [1:01] now on the cupboard, now on the bed, and such. But I had not understood

cupboard sg m def

thus adv

bedstead sg m def

and

thus adv

but

neg

1sg pres aux clt

understand sg f L.part I

разбирам

18 (a) [1:07] that she was pregnant, and that’s why they sent me off to play

that conj

3sg pres cop clt

pregnant sg f adj

and

because.of

this sg n adj

acc 1sg clt

3sg pres aux clt

send sg f L.part I

comp

play 1sg pres I

19 (a) [1:10] like that. So I took the child and went to the swing.

thus adv

disc

and

nom 1sg

take 1sg aor P

child sg n def

go 1sg aor P

swing sg f def

20 (a) [1:14] the people whose swing it was – Auntie Boyka was her name –

and

hear 1sg pres I

swing sg f def

rel

acc 3pl

people pl

aunt sg f

Boyka sg f name

acc refl clt

say 3sg aor I

21 (a) [1:20] called out, “Auntie Ivanka! Auntie Stoyka has a girl!” And when she said

call 3sg aor P

aunt sg f

Ivanka voc sg f name

aunt sg f

Stoyka sg f name

have 3sg pres I

girl sg f

when conj

say 3sg aor P

22 (a) [1:25] “Auntie Stoyka has a girl”, I took the child, I grabbed it by the hand –

aunt sg f

Stoyka sg f name

have 3sg pres I

girl sg f

nom 1sg

take 1sg aor P

child sg n def

catch 1sg aor P

acc n 3sg clt

hand sg f def

23 (a) [1:30] it was four years younger than me (I was eight years old) -

nom sg n

3sg impf cop

four

year pl f

little adv

from

acc 1sg

nom 1sg

1sg impf cop

eight

year pl f

24 (a) [1:34] аnd I went home. I saw Dad crying. I’d heard there was a girl,

and

go 1sg aor P

dat refl clt

house sg m def

see 1sg pres I

father acc sg m

cry 3sg pres I

hear 1sg pres I

girl pl n

25 (a) [1:39] but I didn’t see a baby. And I grabbed Dad by the knee.

but

neg

see 1sg pres I

baby sg n

and

catch 1sg aor P

father acc sg m

thus adv

knee sg n def

26 (a) [1:44] He was crying and I was with him. I said, “Dad, but

and

nom m 3sg

cry 3sg pres I

and

nom 1sg

hes

acc m 3sg

say 1sg pres I

father voc sg m

but

27 (a) [1:47] where is the ba- ba- the baby? Where is the baby?”

where interr

pres exist

[...]

[...]

baby sg n def

adrs

where interr

3sg pres cop clt

baby sg n def

28 (a) [1:49] And he said “It’s over there.” And at that moment my mother –

and

nom m 3sg

call 3sg pres I

ost

there adv

and

this sg m adj

moment sg m

my sg f def adj

mother sg f

29 (a) [1:54] she’d been taking medicines it seemed, and she started to kick,

nom f 3sg

acc refl clt

3sg pres aux clt

treat sg f L.part I

appear pres imprs

begin 3sg aor P

thus adv

comp

kick 3sg pres I

30 (a) [1:58] to thrash about, foam at the mouth, and I burst into tears and went out.

comp

do.thus 3sg pres I

foam sg f

mouth sg f def

and

nom 1sg

cry 1sg aor P

and

go.out 1sg aor P

31 (a) [2:03] They called for a doctor and a doctor came from town –

call 3sg aor P

acc refl clt

doctor sg m

from

city sg m def

come 3sg pres I

doctor sg m

32 (a) [2:07] I don’t know with what conveyance – and the doctor said,

but

with

what sg n interr

3sg pres aux clt

come sg m L.part P

neg

know 1sg pres I

and

doctor sg m def

say 3sg aor P

33 (a) [2:11] “Get her to town immediately!” So [we took] two carriages, one from оne uncle

immediately adv

drive pl imv I

city sg m def

and

with

two f

carriage pl f

one sg f def adj

uncle pl m

34 (a) [2:15] and one from another. We harnessed the oxen and started off with her.

one sg f def adj

uncle acc pl m

and

nom 1pl

harness 1pl pres I

ox pl m

then adv

and

drive 3sg aor P

acc f 3sg clt

35 (a) [2:22] And along the way she said to Dad, “Georgi, I want water.”

and

nom f 3sg

road pl m

say sg f L.part P

father acc sg m

Georgi voc sg m name

want 1sg pres I

water sg f

36 (a) [2:28] He said that we hadn’t brought any, and mother gave up the ghost right there.

nom m 3sg

say sg m L.part P

that conj

nom 1pl

neg

take 1pl aor P

and

mother sg f

there adv

expire 3sg pres I

37 (a) [2:32] He brought her back the same day. And that was on St. George’s Day.

and

return 3sg aor P

acc f 3sg clt

back adv

and

very sg m def

day sg m

St.George's.Day sg m

3sg impf cop

this sg n adj

38 (a) [2:37] People were celebrating, [roasting] lambs, this and and that, but for us bad [times]

people pl def

acc refl clt

rejoice 3pl pres I

lamb pl n

this sg n adj

that sg n adj

but

acc 1pl

badly adv

39 (a) [2:45] had come. And all the brothers came together when we buried mother.

come 3sg aor P

and

gather 1pl aor P

acc refl clt

brother pl m def

all pl def adj

when conj

bury 1pl aor P

mother sg f

gather 1pl aor P

acc refl clt

40 (a) [2:53] The oldest was apprenticed to work as a mason, to build houses.

most

old sg m def adj

go 3sg pres I

with

master pl m def

comp

work 3sg pres I

comp

make 3sg pres I

house pl f

mason sg m

3sg impf cop

41 (a) [3:00] We came back, what else could we do; and we wondered – how will we manage?

and

return 1pl pres P

acc refl clt

pres neg exist

how interr

comp

do 1pl pres P

wonder 1pl pres I

acc refl clt

from.where interr

comp

acc f 3sg clt

connect 1pl pres P

42 (a) [3:06] There’s nobody to make bread, nobody to do the washing, nobody to do housework.

pres neg exist

which sg m interr

comp

knead 3sg pres I

pres neg exist

which sg m interr

comp

wash 3sg pres I

pres neg exist

which sg m interr

comp

do.housework 3sg pres I

шетам

43 (a) [3:14] Dad puzzled about it, and then said to my brother, to the oldest one –

wonder 3sg aor P

acc refl clt

father sg m

wonder 3sg aor P

acc refl clt

say 3sg aor P

big.brother acc sg m

most

old sg m def adj

44 (a) [3:19] he was seventeen or eighteen – Dad said to him

nom m 3sg

3sg impf cop

seventeen

eighteen

year.old sg m adj

father sg m

dat m 3sg clt

say 3sg aor P

45 (a) [3:24] “Let’s marry you off! Let’s get [ourselves] a girl.

give sg imv P

comp

acc 2sg clt

marry 1pl pres P

acc 2sg

comp

take 1pl pres P

one sg n adj

girl sg n

46 (a) [3:29] She only [needs] to do the washing for these kids and to cook for them in the house.

only adv

comp

wash 3sg pres I

this pl adj

child pl n

and

comp

dat 3pl clt

cook 3sg pres I

only adv

at.home adv

47 (a) [3:34] Weaving, spinning, all the other [stuff] – we’ll hire [other] people to do that.”

but

weaving sg m

spinning sg f

other sg n def adj

fut

give 1pl pres I

people pl def

against

money pl.t

48 (a) [3:42] My brother turned to him and said, “Dad – I’m going to give you

big.brother sg m

acc refl clt

turn 3sg aor P

and

dat m 3sg clt

say 3sg aor P

father voc sg m

nom 1sg

fut

dat 2sg clt

give 1sg pres P

49 (a) [3:46] different advice. You’re thirty-six years old.”

other sg m def adj

mind sg m

again adv

nom 2sg

2sg pres cop clt

thirty

and

six

year.old sg m adj

50 (MN) Hmm.

xɤ̀m

bkch

51 (a) [3:51] “You can’t make it through [the rest] of your life without a woman.

nom 2sg

without

woman sg f

neg

can 2sg pres I

comp

get.through 2sg pres P

this sg m adj

life sg m

52 (a) [3:55] You’re the one that needs to marry, because if I get married [first]

and

must pres imprs

nom 2sg

comp

acc refl clt

marry 2sg pres P

because

nom 1sg

if conj

acc refl clt

marry 1sg pres P

53 (a) [3:59] you won’t be able to handle it. Your wife will encounter mine [already here]:

nom 2sg

neg

can 2sg pres I

comp

acc n 3sg clt

get.through 3sg pres P

your sg f def adj

woman sg f

fut

encounter 3sg pres P

my sg f def adj

54 (a) [4:04] Mine will consider herself the mother-in-law and yours will be the daughter-in-law,

my sg f def adj

acc refl clt

reckon 3sg pres I

mother.in.law sg f

already adv

and

your sg f def adj

woman sg f

fut

be 3sg pres P

daughter.in.law sg f

55 (a) [4:08] and this will give rise to quarrels between us. Much better you get married

and

fut

become 3sg pres I

quarrel sg f

among

acc 1pl

good adv

nom 2sg

acc pres refl

marry sg imv P

56 (a) [4:13] first, and I after that. Somehow we’ll find one [for you].”

before adv

nom 1sg

later adv

all adv

fut

find 1pl pres P

one sg f adj

some.sort sg f adj

57 (a) [4:17] So Dad went off, looked about, found a woman from the Dobroshkata neighborhood,

and

go 3sg aor I

father sg m

make 3sg aor P

do 3sg aor P

find 3sg aor P

one sg f adj

woman sg f

from

Dobroshka sg f def adj

дуброшки

mɤɤlɤ̀

district sg f

махала

58 (a) [4:23] and brought [her here]. There’s five of us kids, and the tiny one that mother had left –

bring 3sg aor P

but

nom 1pl

1pl pres cop clt

five

and

one sg n adj

rel

hes

mother sg f

acc n 3sg clt

leave 3sg aor P

59 (a) [4:29] it had never suckled from its mother. One of our relatives had taken it

nom n 3sg

not.at.all adv

neg

suckle 3sg aor P

from

mother sg f

take 3sg aor P

acc n 3sg clt

one sg f adj

our sg f def adj

relative sg f

60 (a) [4:34] the same day when they took her to drive her to the hospital,

acc m 3sg

day sg m

when conj

take 3pl pres I

comp

acc f 3sg clt

when conj

acc f 3sg clt

drive 3pl impf I

hospital sg f def

61 (a) [4:38] they gave the little one sheep’s milk, and the child – she was there to look –

give 3pl aor P

small sg n adj

sheep sg n adj

milk sg n

and

child sg n def

nom f 3sg

there adv

acc n 3sg clt

comp

acc n 3sg clt

62 (a) [4:42] to look after it at their place until Dad came back.

[...]

comp

acc n 3sg clt

look 3sg pres I

acc 3pl

until conj

acc refl clt

return 3sg pres P

father sg m

63 (a) [4:46] So then there was this tiny child and the five of us other bigger ones,

and

later adv

and

this sg n adj

child sg n

tiny sg n adj

and

nom 1pl

five

other pl adj

big pl adj

64 (a) [4:52] nowhere to go. So Dad found a woman, she came with two [kids],

pres neg exist

to.where interr

find 3sg aor P

father sg m

one sg f adj

woman sg f

come 3sg aor P

nom f 3sg

come 3sg aor P

with

two n

65 (a) [4:57] plus the five of us –

and

nom 1pl

five

66 (MN) There got to be seven of you.

become 2pl aor P

seven

67 (a) [5:00] – seven.

sèd’ɤm

seven

седем

68 (MN) [laughter]

[...]

69 (a) [5:01] And one more small one, eight. But we older ones got on better,

and

one sg n adj

tiny sg n adj

eight

however adv

nom 1pl

big pl def adj

again adv

acc refl clt

understand 1pl impf I

разбирам

70 (a) [5:07] but not so the younger ones. It turned out that her girl was very ill-tempered.

but

young pl def adj

not

happen 3sg aor P

acc refl clt

her sg n def adj

girl sg n

very adv

sour sg n adj

71 (a) [5:12] And one of ours, the fourth [oldest] brother – [I mean] the third [oldest] –

our sg m def adj

one sg m def adj

fourth sg m def adj

dat 1pl clt

brother sg m

and

third sg m def adj

nom m 3sg

72 (a) [5:17] he was similarly ill-tempered. And the two of them fought a lot.

and

nom m 3sg

such sg m adj

sour sg m adj

nom 3pl

acc refl clt

beat 3pl impf I

much adv

73 (MN) [laughter]

[...]

74 (a) [5:20] We had a hard life – a hard life. But she, however, ended up a hero:

and

difficult adv

life sg m

make 1pl aor P

difficult adv

life sg m

however adv

nom f 3sg

again adv

emerge 3sg aor P

hero sg m

75 (a) [5:27] she was a very good mother. And even now, when I cry, when I say “Mom!”

very adv

good sg f adj

mother sg f

3sg impf cop

and

now adv

when conj

cry 1sg pres I

when conj

say 1sg pres P

Mom voc sg f

76 (a) [5:33] she’s the one I call out to. Now when I’m in bed, when I lie down to sleep

as.if adv

all adv

acc f 3sg

call 1sg pres I

now adv

when conj

1sg pres aux clt

lie.down sg f L.part P

nom 1sg

dat refl clt

lie.down 1sg pres I

77 (a) [5:37] she’s the one I dream of. I don’t see my own mother anywhere [any more].

dream 1sg pres I

all adv

acc f 3sg

my sg f def adj

mother sg f

neg

acc f 3sg clt

see 1sg pres I

nowhere adv

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Drjanovec 1

1 (MN) Where are you from?

2 (a) [0:01] From Dryanovets – the village of Dryanovets.

3 (MN) How old are you?

4 (a) [0:06] I’m ninety-two now.

5 (MN) Oh, bravo!

6 (b) [0:10] Long life –

7 (MN) Long life and health. How did you spend your childhood?

8 (a) [0:15] My childhood was not very happy. But at least I had my health,

9 (a) [0:21] I had a father. If I had no mother [at least] I had a father.

10 (a) [0:25] And when I didn’t have a father I had brothers. They were always protecting me.

11 (a) [0:29] Basically I was a [single] sister to four brothers.

12 (a) [0:33] My mother really fought [to have] a girl. And I was the fifth child.

13 (a) [0:39] And she had high regard for me. But it so happened that my mother died

14 (a) [0:44] on the very day of St. George’s Day. She’d been pregnant, but I didn’t know that.

15 (a) [0:51] And she said to me, “Donka, take your small brother and go to the swing.”

16 (a) [0:57] But I saw that she was bent over, leaning now on the bedquilts,

17 (a) [1:01] now on the cupboard, now on the bed, and such. But I had not understood

18 (a) [1:07] that she was pregnant, and that’s why they sent me off to play

19 (a) [1:10] like that. So I took the child and went to the swing.

20 (a) [1:14] the people whose swing it was – Auntie Boyka was her name –

21 (a) [1:20] called out, “Auntie Ivanka! Auntie Stoyka has a girl!” And when she said

22 (a) [1:25] “Auntie Stoyka has a girl”, I took the child, I grabbed it by the hand –

23 (a) [1:30] it was four years younger than me (I was eight years old) -

24 (a) [1:34] аnd I went home. I saw Dad crying. I’d heard there was a girl,

25 (a) [1:39] but I didn’t see a baby. And I grabbed Dad by the knee.

26 (a) [1:44] He was crying and I was with him. I said, “Dad, but

27 (a) [1:47] where is the ba- ba- the baby? Where is the baby?”

28 (a) [1:49] And he said “It’s over there.” And at that moment my mother –

29 (a) [1:54] she’d been taking medicines it seemed, and she started to kick,

30 (a) [1:58] to thrash about, foam at the mouth, and I burst into tears and went out.

31 (a) [2:03] They called for a doctor and a doctor came from town –

32 (a) [2:07] I don’t know with what conveyance – and the doctor said,

33 (a) [2:11] “Get her to town immediately!” So [we took] two carriages, one from оne uncle

34 (a) [2:15] and one from another. We harnessed the oxen and started off with her.

35 (a) [2:22] And along the way she said to Dad, “Georgi, I want water.”

36 (a) [2:28] He said that we hadn’t brought any, and mother gave up the ghost right there.

37 (a) [2:32] He brought her back the same day. And that was on St. George’s Day.

38 (a) [2:37] People were celebrating, [roasting] lambs, this and and that, but for us bad [times]

39 (a) [2:45] had come. And all the brothers came together when we buried mother.

40 (a) [2:53] The oldest was apprenticed to work as a mason, to build houses.

41 (a) [3:00] We came back, what else could we do; and we wondered – how will we manage?

42 (a) [3:06] There’s nobody to make bread, nobody to do the washing, nobody to do housework.

43 (a) [3:14] Dad puzzled about it, and then said to my brother, to the oldest one –

44 (a) [3:19] he was seventeen or eighteen – Dad said to him

45 (a) [3:24] “Let’s marry you off! Let’s get [ourselves] a girl.

46 (a) [3:29] She only [needs] to do the washing for these kids and to cook for them in the house.

47 (a) [3:34] Weaving, spinning, all the other [stuff] – we’ll hire [other] people to do that.”

48 (a) [3:42] My brother turned to him and said, “Dad – I’m going to give you

49 (a) [3:46] different advice. You’re thirty-six years old.”

50 (MN) Hmm.

51 (a) [3:51] “You can’t make it through [the rest] of your life without a woman.

52 (a) [3:55] You’re the one that needs to marry, because if I get married [first]

53 (a) [3:59] you won’t be able to handle it. Your wife will encounter mine [already here]:

54 (a) [4:04] Mine will consider herself the mother-in-law and yours will be the daughter-in-law,

55 (a) [4:08] and this will give rise to quarrels between us. Much better you get married

56 (a) [4:13] first, and I after that. Somehow we’ll find one [for you].”

57 (a) [4:17] So Dad went off, looked about, found a woman from the Dobroshkata neighborhood,

58 (a) [4:23] and brought [her here]. There’s five of us kids, and the tiny one that mother had left –

59 (a) [4:29] it had never suckled from its mother. One of our relatives had taken it

60 (a) [4:34] the same day when they took her to drive her to the hospital,

61 (a) [4:38] they gave the little one sheep’s milk, and the child – she was there to look –

62 (a) [4:42] to look after it at their place until Dad came back.

63 (a) [4:46] So then there was this tiny child and the five of us other bigger ones,

64 (a) [4:52] nowhere to go. So Dad found a woman, she came with two [kids],

65 (a) [4:57] plus the five of us –

66 (MN) There got to be seven of you.

67 (a) [5:00] – seven.

68 (MN) [laughter]

69 (a) [5:01] And one more small one, eight. But we older ones got on better,

70 (a) [5:07] but not so the younger ones. It turned out that her girl was very ill-tempered.

71 (a) [5:12] And one of ours, the fourth [oldest] brother – [I mean] the third [oldest] –

72 (a) [5:17] he was similarly ill-tempered. And the two of them fought a lot.