Georgi Kolev
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Eremija 4
1 (GK) And do pigs [really] eat meat?
| and | pig pl n def | meat sg n | eat 3pl pres I | interr clt |
2 (a) [0:03] Ohh! They eat [it]! They just [have] to have it!
| excl | eat 3pl pres I | disc | only adv | comp | pres exist |
3 (GK) Ahh.
| disc |
4 (a) [0:08] They eat [it].
| eat 3pl pres I |
5 (GK) I didn’t know [that].
| neg | 1sg pres aux clt | know sg m L.part I |
6 (a) [0:10] They eat it. The other day a neighbor let out a big pig,
| eat 3pl pres I | ost | here adv | neighbor sg f def | that sg m adj | day sg m | release sg f L.part P | big sg n def adj | pig sg n |
7 (a) [0:18] and it took off after the hens – (sound gesture = "look out!") – she's shouting, shouting!
| and | when conj | chase 3sg aor P | chicken pl f def | nom f 3sg | shout 3sg pres I | nom f 3sg | shout 3sg pres I |
8 (a) [0:23] It grabbed the leg of a hen that couldn’t escape, and was about to eat it up!
| and | [...] | grab 3sg aor P | [...] | for | leg sg f def | neg | can pres imprs | fut | acc f 3sg clt | […] | eat.up 3sg impf P |
9 (GK) But didn’t it break its leg?
| but | neg | dat f 3sg clt | interr clt | break 3sg aor P | leg sg f def |
10 (a) [0:30] It wasn’t able to break it. It (the hen) ran quickly away from it (the pig)
| neg | can 3sg aor I | comp | acc f 3sg clt | break 3sg pres P | nom f 3sg |
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run 3sg aor P | fast adv |
11 (a) [0:32] then it (the hen) struck it (the pig), and then it let it go.
| and | acc f 3sg clt | strike 3sg aor P | and | acc f 3sg clt | release 3sg aor I |
12 (GK) Huh!
| excl |
13 (a) [0:34] It wasn’t able to break it. But it would have eaten it up [if it had].
| neg | can 3sg aor I | comp | acc f 3sg clt | break 3sg pres P | and | fut | acc f 3sg clt | eat.up 3sg impf P |
14 (a) [0:38] We have [these] other animals. People call them polecats.
| disc | have 1pl pres I | other pl adj | animal pl n | nom 1pl | say 3pl pres I | acc 3pl clt | polecat pl m |
15 (GK) Ahh.
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16 (a) [0:43] [They come at] night – , in the evening when I come home.
| night sg n adj |
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evening sg f | when conj | evening sg n | dat refl clt | acc refl clt | come.home 1sg pres P |
17 (a) [0:47] I close the gate, and when I turn out the light, it hurls itself
| close 1sg pres P | dat refl clt | door sg f def | and | when conj | extinguish 1sg pres P | lamp sg f def | and | nom m 3sg | acc refl clt | throw 3sg pres P |
18 (a) [0:51] here over the gate, and it’ll do a good shit either here
| here adv | through | door sg f def | and | fut | dat refl clt | acc refl clt | shit 3sg pres P | or | here adv |
19 (a) [0:55] or here –so that I can see that it’s been by.
| or | here adv | comp | can 1sg pres I | comp | acc m 3sg clt | see 1sg pres P | that conj | 3sg pres aux clt | pass sg m L.part P |
20 (a) [0:59] Yes. Hens, chicks, eggs – If I didn’t secure them away
| yes | chicken sg f | chick sg n | egg sg n | either | acc 3pl clt | neg | put.away 1sg aor P |
21 (a) [1:04] and it found them – [it’s] curtains [for them]!
| either | acc 3pl clt | neg | found 3sg aor P | end sg m |
22 (GK) Did there used to be such polecats in the old days?
| and | one sg n adj | time sg n | again adv | impf exist | interr clt | such pl adj | polecat pl m |
23 (a) [1:10] There were! There were! But who ever cared about them?
| and | L.part exist | 3sg pres aux clt | L.part exist | but | which sg m interr | acc 3pl clt | 3sg pres aux clt | notice sg m L.part I |
24 (GK) But didn’t – ? if [someone] caught one – ?
| excl | neg | 3pl pres cop clt | acc 3pl clt | when conj | take 3sg pres P | one sg m adj |
25 (a) [1:13] Back then we kept more livestock, more [than now].
| then adv | 1pl pres aux clt | keep pl m L.part I | more | many adv | livestock sg f | more | many adv |
26 (a) [1:16] But now [just] five or six chickens each. Look around now, and it’s not here.
| now adv | by | five | six | hen pl f | look sg imv P | now adv | this sg f adj | acc f 3sg clt | pres neg exist |
27 (a) [1:20] Find sometimes a wing here, a leg there – either it’s killed [and eaten] it
| find sg imv P | sometimes adv | wing sg n | somewhere adv | leg sg f | somewhere adv | this sg n adj | either | slaughter 3sg pres P | acc f 3sg clt |
28 (a) [1:25] it and drunk its blood, or it’s left it whole, and [just] drunk the blood.
| drink 3sg pres P | dat f 3sg clt | blood sg f def | and | acc f 3sg clt | leave 3sg pres P | entire sg f def adj | and | blood sg f def | drink 3sg pres P |
29 (GK) You don’t say!
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30 (a) [1:30] Yes. A very bad animal.
| yes | very adv | bad sg n adj | animal sg n |
31 (GK) It’s like a vampire, then.
| nom sg n | like | vampire sg m | this sg n adj |
32 (a) [1:32] Very [bad]. And it’s black – and it’s black – and it’s black!
| very adv | but | 3sg pres cop clt | black sg n adj | but | 3sg pres cop clt | black sg n adj | but | 3sg pres cop clt | black sg n adj |
33 (a) [1:36] So black that when you look at it, it shimmers.
| ost | thus adv | 3sg pres cop clt | black sg n adj | when conj | acc n 3sg clt | look 2sg pres P | shimmer 3sg pres I |
34 (a) [1:41] Its hide is supposedly very valuable – anyone who kills one
| very adv | dat n 3sg clt | sg f L.part cop | expensive sg f adj | skin sg f def | who sg m interr | how interr | acc m 3sg clt | kill 3sg pres P | some sg n adj |
35 (a) [1:46] skins it immediately and sells its hide.
| immediately adv | acc n 3sg clt | flay 3sg pres P | and | dat n 3sg clt | sell 3sg pres I | skin sg f def |
36 (GK) Didn’t they hunt them in the old days, these – ?
| neg | acc 3pl clt | interr clt | hunt 3pl impf I | one sg n adj | time sg n | this pl adj |
37 (a) [1:50] Well, how are you going to catch one?! It’s nocturnal!
| where interr | fut | acc n 3sg clt | catch 2sg pres P | nom n 3sg | night sg n adj | time sg n |
38 (GK) Ah.
| disc |
39 (a) [1:53] [It comes out] at night, not [during] the day.
| night sg n adj | time sg n | daytime adv | not |
40 (GK) [Couldn’t you use] some sort of trap?
| trap sg m | something sg n |
41 (a) [1:57] Who’ll [get] him [like that]? Even if you lay a trap, you don’t know
| which sg m interr | fut | dat m 3sg clt | and | comp | put 2sg pres P | trap sg m | neg | acc m 3sg clt | know 2sg pres I |
42 (a) [2:02] where it’ll pass by. It goes everywhere!
| where interr | comp | [...] | fut | pass 3sg pres P | everywhere adv | pass 3sg pres P |
43 (GK) So it just comes, and shits, and poof!
| ost | here adv | when conj | come 3sg pres P | comp | shit 3sg pres I | and | poof |
44 (a) [2:07] Ah, who will – By the time I get up, it –
| and | which sg m interr | fut | acc m 3sg clt | nom 1sg | while conj | comp | arise 1sg pres P | nom m 3sg |
45 (a) [2:11] See, it climbs up a tree. It climbs up
| ost | acc m 3sg clt | ascend 3sg pres I | dat refl clt | acc refl clt | in | tree sg n def | ascend 3sg pres I | dat refl clt | acc refl clt |
46 (a) [2:13] roof tiles, too. It climbs up everywhere!
| and | over | tile pl f def | ascend 3sg pres I | dat refl clt | acc refl clt | everywhere adv |
47 (GK) This [thing] climbs up roof tiles?
| over | tile pl f def | acc refl clt | climb 3sg pres I | this sg n adj |
48 (a) [2:17] Yes! It climbs! It climbs! [You see] that tall house there?
| yes | climb 3sg pres I | acc refl clt | climb 3sg pres I | acc refl clt | ost | this sg f adj | high sg f def adj | house sg f |
49 (a) [2:21] We saw them over there. There, over –
| ost | there adv | 1pl pres aux clt | acc 3pl clt | look pl L.part I | ost | ost | there adv | on |
50 (a) [2:24] up the mulberry, up the mulberry, and onto the roof tiles. Yes. A beast.
| in | mulberry sg f def | on | mulberry sg f def | on | tile pl f def | yes | animal sg n |
51 (GK) Goodness!
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52 (a) [2:31] A beast. [There’s] some others they call martens. The one that’s a polecat –
| animal sg n | one pl adj | acc 3pl clt | call 3pl pres I | and | marten pl f | polecat sg m def | rel | 3sg pres cop clt |
53 (a) [2:34] it is pure black. The marten is white, here –
| nom m 3sg | 3sg pres cop clt | purely adv | black sg m adj | marten sg def | 3sg pres cop clt | here adv | 3sg pres cop clt | white sg f adj |
54 (GK) On the-
| on |
55 (a) [2:41] Here on the sto - on the throat here, and in back it’s white.
| here adv |
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hes | neck sg f def | here adv | and | behind adv | white sg n adj |
56 (GK) Mmhm.
| bkch |
57 (a) [2:46] And they call it a marten. It’s supposed to be worse.
| and | call 3pl pres I | marten sg f | nom f 3sg | sg f L.part cop | more | bad sg f adj |
58 (GK) And on its back?
| and | on | back sg m def |
59 (a) [2:49] On its back it’s black. Brown.
| back sg m def | black sg f adj | brown sg f adj |
60 (GK) Uh huh.
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bkch
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61 (a) [2:51] Both black and brown.
| and | black pl adj | and | brown pl f adj |