Georgi Kolev
Eremija 1
1 (GK) Did you go to school?
to | school sg n | go sg f L.part I | interr clt | 2sg pres aux clt |
2 (a) [0:06] Just barely.
weak adv |
3 (GK) Through which grade? Third? Fourth?
to | which sg n interr adj | grade sg n | third sg n adj | fourth sg n adj |
4 (a) [0:09] [I] didn’t [even get to] fourth, I didn’t [get to] fourth.
impf neg exist | and | fourth sg n adj | impf neg exist | and | fourth sg n adj |
5 (GK) [Through] third grade, then.
mean 3sg pres I | third sg n adj | grade sg n |
6 (a) [0:15] Yes.
yes |
7 (GK) Aha.
disc |
8 (a) [0:16] [Just] enough to keep my eyes open.
how.much | comp | neg | keep.eyes.shut 1sg pres I |
9 (GK) [laughter]
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10 (a) [0:22] Back then there was livestock, dear one – livestock. They didn’t send you
then adv | 3sg impf cop | livestock sg f | dear sg n adj | livestock sg f | impf exist | neither | acc 2sg clt | send 3pl pres I |
11 (a) [0:26] to school. And from the school came a red notice (warning of a fine):
to | school sg n | from | school sg n def | come 3sg pres P | red sg n adj | notice sg n |
12 (a) [0:30] “Tomorrow you must appear!” [But] they didn’t let me go,
tomorrow adv | comp | acc refl clt | appear 2sg pres P | acc 1sg | acc 1sg clt | neg | allow 3pl pres I |
13 (a) [0:33] because the livestock had to be let out. The next day again a notice,
must pres I imprs | comp | acc refl clt | allow 3pl pres I | livestock sg f def | other sg m adj | day sg m | again adv | send 3pl pres P | notice sg n |
14 (a) [0:38] and I go there [long enough] for them to note down that I had appeared,
and | nom 1sg | go 1sg pres P | there adv | comp | record 3pl pres P | that conj | 1sg pres aux clt | acc refl clt | appear sg f L.part P |
15 (a) [0:41] and – and only that.
and | and | so.much adv |
16 (GK) And you were absent the whole week.
entire sg f adj | week sg f | again adv | acc 2sg clt | pres neg exist |
17 (a) [0:44] That’s all [there was]. Either once or twice in a week.
so.much adv | so.much adv | in | week sg f def | either | two m | time pl m | either | one sg m adj | time m |
18 (RA) [laughter]
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19 (a) [0:50] That’s it!
thus adv | 3sg pres cop clt |
20 (GK) Just enough for there not to be a “red notice”.
how.long conj | comp | pres neg exist | red sg n adj | notice sg n |
21 (a) [0:52] [Just] so much – to be no red notice. Yes. What can we do? And we’ve gotten old.
so.much adv | red sg n adj | notice sg n | comp | pres neg exist | disc | what interr | comp | do 1pl pres I | and | get.old 1pl aor P |
22 (a) [0:59] We’ve lost the ability to cope. I can’t carry water [any more], I can’t
lose.ability 1pl aor P | neg | can 1sg pres I | water sg f | comp | dat refl clt | carry 1sg pres P | neg | can 1sg pres I |
23 (a) [1:04] chop wood [any more], I can’t bring it (the wood) in, [I have to do it]
wood pl n | comp | dat refl clt | chop 1sg pres I | neg | can 1sg pres I | comp | acc 3pl clt | bring 1sg pres P |
24 (a) [1:08] by [taking] breaks, with breaks.
on | rest pl f | on | rest pl f |
25 (b) [1:11] What's he doing?
what interr | do 3sg pres I |
26 (a) [1:12] Come on over! Come here, come here, come here, come here.
come sg imv P | adrs | come sg imv P | come sg imv P | come sg imv P | come sg imv P |
27 (b) [1:13] I can’t –
neg | can 1sg pres I | comp |
28 (a) [1:14] Come here! Come ...
come sg imv P | come sg imv P |
29 (b) [1:16] [unintelligible]
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30 (a) [1:17] … and meet these people here.
acquaint sg imv P | acc refl clt | here adv | with | this pl adj | people pl |
31 (b) [1:19] What have they come here [to do]?
nom m 3pl | after | what interr | go 3pl pres I |
32 (a) [1:21] Well, they’ll tell you.
disc | disc | nom 3pl | fut | dat 2sg clt | say 3pl pres P |
33 (b) [1:23] Well, they shouldn’t come here among us …
disc | comp | neg | come 3pl pres I | by | acc 1pl |
34 (a) [1:24] Why?
why interr |
35 (GK) What [do you mean,] why?
what interr | why interr |
36 (b) [1:26] … to ask for money!
money pl.t | comp | seek 3pl pres I |
37 (a) [1:27] No!
no |
38 (GK) Hah!
excl |
39 (a) [1:28] [laughter] They’re only recording something, they’re not asking for money.
only adv | here adv | record 3pl pres I | something sg n | pres neg exist | neg | seek 3pl pres I | money pl.t |
40 (GK) [We’ve come] to chat. Who, what –
for | story sg f def | which sg m interr | which sg n interr adj |
41 (RA) To chat.
for | story sg f def |
42 (GK) We’re looking for stories.
seek 1pl pres I | story pl f def |
43 (a) [1:36] For tales.
for | tale pl f |
44 (b) [1:37] Ah, for tales.
excl | tale pl f |
45 (a) Tales.
tale pl f |
46 (b) [1:38] But we don’t know [any] tales.
but | nom 1pl | no | neg | know 1pl pres I | tale pl f |
47 (a) [1:40] Ah, you know, first name, last name –
disc | name sg n | surname sg n |
48 (b) [1:42] We don’t know –
neg | know 1pl pres I |
49 (RA) We’re just [here] to chat.
only adv | comp | chat 1pl pres I |
50 (GK) We’re just [here] to talk, you know? We’re not looking for anything else.
only adv | comp | dat refl clt | speak 1pl pres I | adrs | nothing sg n | other sg n adj | neg | seek 1pl pres I |
51 (b) [1:45] I – I took fright because …
nom 1sg | acc refl clt | nom 1sg | acc refl clt | take.fright 1sg aor P | because |
52 (a) [1:47] Ah, no.
disc | no |
53 (b) [1:47] … just now …
now adv |
54 (a) [1:48] [laughter]
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55 (b) [1:48] … they are coming around for water, for taxes …
come 3pl pres I | for | water sg f | for | tax pl m |
56 (a) [1:49] [Ah,] [laughter] those ones haven’t come yet.
pres neg exist | acc 3pl clt | still adv |
57 (b) [1:51] … for electricity and such, and so I said “Oh God, now
for | such pl m adj | for | current sg m | and | therefore adv | call 1sg pres I | God voc sg m | and | now adv |
58 (b) [1:55] [when] we’re at the end of our money.
at | end sg m def | already adv | to | money pl.t def |
59 (a) [laughter]
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60 (GK) [laughter]
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61 (RA) [No,] simply for words.
simply adv | for | word pl f |
62 (b) [1:59] Ah.
disc |
63 (RA) We came for words. [laughter]
for | word pl f | come 1pl aor P |
64 (b) [2:00] Well, I just – you were just saying – and we pensioners don’t have any,
disc | nom 1sg | and | only adv | just adv | call 2sg pres I | and | not.have 1pl pres I | nom 1pl | pensioner pl m def |
65 (b) [2:04] and that’s why they’re afraid
and | therefore adv | acc refl clt | fear 3pl pres I |
66 (GK) Eh –
disc |
67 (b) [2:08] I see [people] over here recording [something], and how am I to know?
look 1sg pres I | here adv | record 3pl pres I | from | where interr | know 1sg pres I |
68 (a) [2:08] They’re recording. They recorded my names, they’re recording speech – how we talk.
record 3sg pres I | name pl n def | dat 1sg clt | record 3pl aor P | dialect sg m def | record 3pl pres I | how interr | speak 1pl pres I |
69 (b) [2:13] Well, nobody –
disc | and | nobody sg m |
70 (GK) How people talk in your village.
how interr | acc refl clt | speak 3sg pres I | in | your sg n adj | village sg n |
71 (a) [2:15] How one talks [here].
how interr | acc refl clt | speak 3sg pres I |
72 (b) [2:16] Oh, well, then –
disc | and | disc | hes |
73 (GK) Come over [and join] us, then!
come sg imv P | by | acc 1pl | adrs |
74 (b) [2:19] What?
disc |
75 (GK) Come on over [and join] us!
come sg imv P | by | acc 1pl |
76 (RA) Come here, come here!
come sg imv P | come sg imv P |
77 (a) [2:21] [She], the comrade is not –
comrade sg f def | neg | 3sg pres cop clt |
78 (RA) I am from America.
nom 1sg | 1sg pres cop clt | from | America sg f place |
79 (a) [2:24] She’s from America …
from | America sg f place | 3sg pres cop clt |
80 (GK) She’s come all the way from America.
from | America sg f place | even adv | 3sg pres aux clt | come sg f L.part P |
81 (RA) I came from America to write down your dialect.
from | America sg f place | come 1sg aor P | comp | dat 2pl clt | write 1sg pres I | dialect sg m def |
82 (a) [2:28] … and is recording –
and | record 3sg pres I |
83 (b) [2:29] I’ll come. [But first I must] go to the store to check on something
fut | come 1sg pres P | nom 1sg | comp | go 1sg pres P | to | small.store sg n def | here adv | something sg n | comp | look 1sg pres I |
84 (b) [2:31] and I’ll be right back.
and | immediately adv | fut | acc refl clt | return 1sg pres P |
85 (GK) Go off then. (So –] in the old days, did you care for the livestock alone?
hort | hort | run sg imv I | one sg n adj | time sg n | one sg n adj | time sg n | livestock sg f def | alone pl adj | dat refl clt | acc f 3sg clt | tend 2pl impf I |
86 (a) [2:39] [All] alone.
alone pl adj |
87 (GK) What kind of livestock?
what.kind sg f adj | livestock sg f |
88 (a) [2:41] Sheep, goats, pigs, cattle, horses – everything. We were all in one house –
sheep pl f | goat pl f | pig pl f | cattle pl n | horse pl m | everything sg n adj | in | one f sg adj | house sg f | 1pl impf cop |
89 (a) [2:50] three families. There were fifteen of us children.
three | family pl n | 1pl impf cop | fifteen | child pl n |
90 (GK) Um hm.
yes
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91 (a) [2:54] “You [go] with the goats, you [go] with the pigs, you [go] with the oxen,
nom 2sg | with | goat pl f def | nom 2sg | with | pig pl f def | nom 2sg | with | ox pl m def |
92 (a) [2:58] you [go] with the horses” – and that’s it.
nom 2sg | with | horse pl m def | and | this sg n adj | 3sg pres cop clt |
93 (GK) and –
and |
94 (a) [3:01] And everyone knew: you get up in the morning, a piece of bread in your bag,
and | each sg m adj | dat refl clt | know 3sg pres I | morning sg f | when conj | arise 3sg pres P | small.piece sg n def | bread sg m | in | small.bag sg n def |
95 (a) [3:09] and off you go! Today there’s no coming back home [until you’re done].
and | depart sg imv I | today adv | return vbl.n I |
to.home
adv
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pres neg exist |
96 (GK) All day long.
entire sg m adj | day sg m |
97 (a) [3:14] All day long. Either there’s a bit of water somewhere to drink, or there isn’t.
entire sg m adj | day sg m | either | pres exist | water sg f | somewhere adv | comp | drink 2sg pres P | either | pres neg exist |
98 (a) [3:20] [If the latter] you’d [just] endure. That’s how it was.
fut | endure 2sg pres I | thus adv | 3sg impf cop |
99 (GK) Didn’t you have something – [some] little pots – to put a bit of water in
not.have 2pl impf I | interr clt | something sg n | comp | dat refl clt | small.pot pl f | comp | dat refl clt | put 2pl pres P | water sg f |
100 (GK) to carry it [with] you?
comp | dat refl clt | carry 2sg pres I |
101 (a) [3:27] Well, we carried it, but in this heat it would get all hot but
disc | nom 1pl | carry 1pl pres P | but | in | this sg f adj | heat sg f | nom f 3sg | become 3sg pres P | heat sg f P.part I | but |
102 (a) [3:33] we drank [anyway]. What else to do? We’d take a bottle or so each, but – [sigh]
drink 1pl pres I | what interr | comp | do 2sg pres I | take 1pl pres P | by | some sg n adj | small.bottle sg n | but |
103 (GK) It was hard then, right?
difficult adv | 3sg pres aux clt | sg n L.part cop | then adv | mean 3sg pres I |
104 (a) [3:43] Back then when we were able, it seems to me
then adv | when conj | can 1pl impf I | seem 3sg pres I | dat 1sg clt | acc refl clt |
105 (a) [3:46] that I didn’t have it so hard Now is [when] it’s hard for me! [laughter]
neg | dat 1sg clt | 3sg impf cop |
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and | so.much adv | difficult adv | now adv | dat 1sg clt | 3sg pres cop clt | difficult adv |
106 (GK) [laughter]
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107 (a) [3:50] Because I can’t – I can’t – Well look, here’s the garden: we’ve no water.
because | neg | can 1sg pres I | neg | can 1sg pres I | ost | acc n 3sg clt | here adv | garden sg f | water sg f | not.have 1pl pres I |
108 (a) [3:58] All summer long, they’ve let water out of the reservoir [just] three times:
entire sg n def adj | summer sg n | 3sg pres cop clt | release sg f P.part P | this sg f adj | water sg f | from | reservoir sg m | three | time pl m |
109 (a) [4:03] on the twenty-fifth, on the twenty-fifth, and now it’ll happen
twenty | and | fifth sg m adj | twenty | and | fifth sg m adj | disc | and | now adv | fut | become 3sg pres P |
110 (a) [4:06] on the twenty-fifth if they let it out. So [all] we [can do] is ask someone
twenty | and | fifth sg m adj | if conj | acc f 3sg clt | release 3pl pres P | and | comp | acc refl clt | pray 1pl pres I | to | this sg m adj |
111 (a) [4:10] to give you a plastic canister of water for drinking.
comp | dat 2sg clt | give 3sg pres P | one f sg adj | canister sg f | water sg f | for | drink vbl.n I |
112 (a) [4:13] I just went to another neighbor, and got a canister of drinking [water],
ost | now adv | go 1sg aor P | to | other sg m def adj | neighbor sg m | bring 1sg aor P | in | one f sg adj | canister sg f | for | drink vbl.n I |
113 (a) [4:18] but there’s nothing for washing or for cooking, I can’t carry it.
but | for | wash vbl.n I | for | cook vbl.n I | pres neg exist | neg | can 1sg pres I | comp | carry 1sg pres I |
114 (a) [4:21] If the children come, they bring [water] in buckets or whatever, [and]
come 3pl pres P | interr clt | child pl n def | bring 3pl pres P | in | bucket pl f | in | such sg n adj |
115 (a) [4:27] set things up. But it runs out when you are constantly washing your hands,
prepare 3pl pres P | here adv | but | acc refl clt | finish 3sg pres P | when conj | constantly adv | hand pl f def | comp | dat refl clt | wash 2sg pres P |
116 (a) [4:30] [or] washing the pot. From morning on, a person needs to make things.
pot sg f def | comp | wash 2sg pres P | disc | from | morning sg f def | something sg n | comp | make 3sg pres P | person sg m |
117 (a) [4:34] Food, for instance – don’t you need water for [all this]?
food sg n | interr | all adv | with | water sg f | must pres I imprs |
118 (GK) Umhm.
bkch |
119 (a) [4:38] It won't [happen] without water. The wells are all dried up –
not.want 3sg pres I | without | water sg f | well pl m | dry.up 3pl aor P |
120 (GK) Huh.
bkch |
121 (a) [4:42] Oh and the neighbors here! Never [before] has the well dried up.
excl | ost | here adv | neighbor pl m def | never adv | neg | 3sg impf cop | dry.up sg m | well sg m def |
122 (a) [4:48] Now when the bucket [descends] it lies flat, there’s only what it scoops up.
now adv | when conj | [...] | [...] | lie.down 3sg pres P | bucket sg f def | how.much inter.rel | scoop.up 3sg pres P | so.much adv |
123 (a) [4:51] And if you shake it [at all] it gets all cloudy, and that’s [all] there is.
if conj | acc f 3sg clt | shake 2sg pres P | cloudy sg f adj | become 3sg pres P | and | nom sg n | this sg n adj | 3sg pres cop clt |
124 (a) [4:55] And [others] gave up [their] gardens, they gave up everything.
relinquish 3pl aor P | and | garden sg f | relinquish 3pl aor P | and | everything sg n adj |
125 (GK) But I look around here and I see that you’ve planted something anyway.
but | nom 2sg | look 1sg pres I | rather adv | here adv | 2sg pres aux clt |
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plant sg f L.part.impf P | 2sg pres aux clt | something sg n |
126 (a) [5:00] Well yes, we planted – planting [is one thing]. And just now some rain came
disc | nom 1pl | plant 1pl aor P | for | plant vbl.n I | and | now adv | rain sg m def | when conj | rain 3sg aor P |
127 (a) [5:04] so things just now bloomed.
ost | acc n 3sg clt | now adv | acc refl clt | bloom 3sg aor P |
128 (GK) Mm hm.
bkch |
129 (a) [5:05] [But] it bloomed [just in time] for the frost! Up till now we haven’t picked
now adv | bloom 3sg pres I | for | frost sg f def | and | to | now adv | neg | 1pl pres aux clt | pluck pl m pres I |
130 (a) [5:09] even a tiny little pepper to see what it was like. No. It’s all dried out.
ost | so.much sg f adj | small.pepper sg f | comp | see 1pl pres P | what.kind sg f adj | 3sg pres cop clt | no | 3sg impf cop | dry.out sg n |
131 (a) [5:13] I go look at it and then come back and sit here and say “Why?
when conj | acc n 3sg clt | look 1sg pres P | and | acc refl clt | return 1sg pres P | here adv | and | sit.down 1sg pres P | call 1sg pres I | why interr |
132 (a) [5:18] Didn’t I make a nice bed? [Put in] nice seedlings?” We planted it –
planting.bed sg f | make 1sg aor P | nice sg f adj | seedling sg m | nice sg m adj | plant 1pl aor P | acc m 3sg clt |
133 (a) [5:22] there was water then, when we planted it. And I dug it once,
impf exist | then adv | water sg f | when conj | acc m 3sg clt | plant 1pl aor P | and | acc m 3sg clt | dig 1sg aor P | one sg m adj | time m |
134 (a) [5:27] and then the water said, “The end! The end, and [again] the end.”
water f def sg | say 3sg aor P | end sg m | and | end sg m | and | end sg m | and |
135 (GK) And there was no rain.
and | rain sg m | impf neg exist |
136 (a) [5:31] And there was no rain, the fountains had no water. No rain, nothing.
and | rain sg m | aor neg exist | and | fountain pl f def | water sg f | not.have 3pl impf I | rain sg m | aor neg exist | at.all |
137 (a) [5:36] Nothing – nothing, nothing, nothing. There was nothing at all.
at.all | at.all | at.all | at.all | at.all | at.all | impf neg exist |
138 (GK) Everything’s O.K. Everything’s O.K. [sigh]
everything sg n adj | 3sg pres cop clt | in.order adv | everything sg n adj | 3sg pres cop clt | in.order adv |
139 (RA) Well, it is really hard without rain.
disc | difficult adv | 3sg pres cop clt | without | rain sg m |
140 (a) [5:47] Ah, how could it not be? My daughter, who lives in northern Bulgaria –
excl | how interr | neg | and | daughter sg f def | rel | 3sg pres cop clt | in | northern sg f adj | Bulgaria sg f place |
141 (a) [5:52] maybe you’ve heard of Gulyantsi in the Pleven region?
if conj | 2pl pres aux clt | hear pl L.part P | Gulyantsi pl place | Pleven sg n adj |
142 (GK) Uh huh.
yes
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143 (a) [5:58] She called once and said that she used to bring in the corn that tall.
one sg m adj | time m | acc refl clt | call 3sg aor I | say 3sg aor P | corn pl f | there adv | bring 3sg impf I | ost | such pl f adj | ost |
144 (RA) Hm.
bkch |
145 (a) [6:02] But now, she said, the harvesters just started to reap
now adv | call 3sg pres I |
harvester
pl
m
def
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take 3pl aor P | comp | reap 3pl pres I |
146 (a) [6:04] [only] the stalks, without- without the corncobs.
corn.stalk pl f def | without | without | corncob pl f |
147 (GK) Ah, right.
disc | thus adv |
148 (a) [6:09] Nothing! Not for a pig nor for any livestock. Nothing!
at.all | pres neg exist | neither | for | pig sg n | neither | for | for | no.sort sg f adj | livestock sg f | pres neg exist |
149 (GK) Um hm.
yes
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150 (a) [6:18] Hey Rachka! Where did you go?
Rachka sg f name | where interr | go 2sg aor I | nom 2sg | adrs |