Vladimir Zhobov
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Gigen 1
Commentary on the text:
When the investigator’s words are transcribed in brackets, it means they do not appear on the audio but are rather reconstructed to recreate the sense of the original conversation. These words appear in English translation only in Glossed View, in both English and Bulgarian in Line View, and in Bulgarian only in Cyrillic Line View
1 (d) [0:00] How can I tell you, brother? When I was twenty-one there was a war.
| how interr | comp | dat 2sg clt | say 1sg pres P | brother voc sg m | at | twenty | and | one sg f adj | year sg f | have 3sg impf I | war sg f |
2 (d) [0:06] From 1912 to 1918 we had a very rough time.
| from | twelfth sg f adj | year sg f | to | eighteenth sg f adj | big sg n adj | weight sg n | pull.out 1pl aor P |
3 (a) [0:12] There were four of us girls and one boy – he was small. So we got through that –
| 1pl impf cop | four | girl pl n | one sg n adj | boy sg n | nom n 3sg | little sg n adj | and | get.through 1pl aor P | this sg n adj |
4 (a) [0:19] Marriages – I have two sisters older [than me], they both got married
| marry 3sg aor P | acc refl clt | two f | sister pl f | have 1sg pres I | more | big pl adj | and | acc refl clt | marry 3pl aor P |
5 (a) [0:22] And I got married too. And we took care of things. Our father came back
| hort | acc refl clt | marry 1sg aor P | and | nom 1sg | and | arrange 1pl aor P | work sg f def | come.home 3sg aor P | acc refl clt | father sg m | dat 1pl clt |
6 (a) [0:29] from the war finally. He had been taken prisoner.
| from | war sg f def | most | after adv | nom m 3sg | dat refl clt | 3pl impf aux | acc m 3sg clt | catch pl L.part P | slave sg m |
7 (a) [0:36] Finally he came. We didn’t [have to] disperse anything [of our property],
| after adv | come 3sg aor P | and | nom m 3sg | and | nothing sg n | neg | scatter 1pl aor P |
8 (a) [0:41] but we saw very hard times between 1912 and 1918.
| but | big sg m adj | effort sg m | see 1pl aor P | from | twelfth sg f adj | year sg f | to | eighteenth sg f adj |
9 (a) [0:46] I did plowing, [we worked as] diggers, harvesters, weavers – you spin, you sew - like that.
| plow 1sg impf I | digger pl m | harvester pl m | weaver pl m | comp | spin 2sg pres I | comp | sew 2sg pres I | this sg n adj | 3sg pres cop clt |
10 (a) [0:55] We went out digging, harvesting, mowing, we gathered hay – for the animals.
| dig 1pl impf I | reap 1pl impf I | mow 1pl impf I | gather 1pl impf I | hay sg n | for | livestock sg f def |
11 (VZh) [What kind of work did you have in the morning?]
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12 (b) [1:05] In the morning – in the morning we go out to work. We go at a time
| morning sg f | morning sg f | go 1pl pres I | to | work pl f | while conj | 3sg pres cop clt | time sg n | go 1pl pres I |
13 (b) [1:09] [so as] to do reaping when it’s cool – to reap up till the grain gets [too] hot.
| in | coolness sg f | comp | reap 1pl pres I | comp | reap 1pl pres I | until conj | acc refl clt | bake 3sg pres P | grain sg n def |
14 (VZh) Yes.
| yes |
15 (b) [1:16] we [go to] tie it off, and gather it into groups of five sheaves, and then into cruciforms
| comp | acc n 3sg clt | tie.off 1pl pres P | comp | acc n 3sg clt | gather 1pl pres P | in | five.sheaf.cruciform pl f | after adv | in | cross pl m |
16 (b) [1:23] and then it remains to transport it afterwards to [where] the bundles are.
| and | remain 3sg pres I | comp | acc refl clt | transport 3sg pres I | after adv | to | pile pl m |