Gigen 1

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1 (d) [0:00] How can I tell you, brother? When I was twenty-one there was a war.

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twenty

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2 (d) [0:06] From 1912 to 1918 we had a very rough time.

from

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3 (a) [0:12] There were four of us girls and one boy – he was small. So we got through that –

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and

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изкарам

tovà

this sg n adj

този

4 (a) [0:19] Marriages – I have two sisters older [than me], they both got married

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and

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5 (a) [0:22] And I got married too. And we took care of things. Our father came back

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and

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6 (a) [0:29] from the war finally. He had been taken prisoner.

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7 (a) [0:36] Finally he came. We didn’t [have to] disperse anything [of our property],

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8 (a) [0:41] but we saw very hard times between 1912 and 1918.

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from

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9 (a) [0:46] I did plowing, [we worked as] diggers, harvesters, weavers – you spin, you sew - like that.

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10 (a) [0:55] We went out digging, harvesting, mowing, we gathered hay – for the animals.

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for

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11 (VZh) [What kind of work did you have in the morning?]

[…]

12 (b) [1:05] In the morning – in the morning we go out to work. We go at a time

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13 (b) [1:09] [so as] to do reaping when it’s cool – to reap up till the grain gets [too] hot.

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14 (VZh) Yes.

dà

yes

да

15 (b) [1:16] we [go to] tie it off, and gather it into groups of five sheaves, and then into cruciforms

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16 (b) [1:23] and then it remains to transport it afterwards to [where] the bundles are.

and

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Gigen 1

1 (d) [0:00] How can I tell you, brother? When I was twenty-one there was a war.

2 (d) [0:06] From 1912 to 1918 we had a very rough time.

3 (a) [0:12] There were four of us girls and one boy – he was small. So we got through that –

4 (a) [0:19] Marriages – I have two sisters older [than me], they both got married

5 (a) [0:22] And I got married too. And we took care of things. Our father came back

6 (a) [0:29] from the war finally. He had been taken prisoner.

7 (a) [0:36] Finally he came. We didn’t [have to] disperse anything [of our property],

8 (a) [0:41] but we saw very hard times between 1912 and 1918.

9 (a) [0:46] I did plowing, [we worked as] diggers, harvesters, weavers – you spin, you sew - like that.

10 (a) [0:55] We went out digging, harvesting, mowing, we gathered hay – for the animals.

11 (VZh) [What kind of work did you have in the morning?]

12 (b) [1:05] In the morning – in the morning we go out to work. We go at a time

13 (b) [1:09] [so as] to do reaping when it’s cool – to reap up till the grain gets [too] hot.

14 (VZh) Yes.

15 (b) [1:16] we [go to] tie it off, and gather it into groups of five sheaves, and then into cruciforms

16 (b) [1:23] and then it remains to transport it afterwards to [where] the bundles are.

1 (d) [0:00] kəkò də ti kàžə bràtku na dvàis i idnà gudìna ìməše vujnɤ̀

How can I tell you, brother? When I was twenty-one there was a war.

2 (d) [0:06] òt dvənàjstə gudìnə do usemnàestə gul’èmu teglò istèglime̝

From 1912 to 1918 we had a very rough time.

3 (a) [0:12] bɛ̀:me̝ čètiri mumìčetə ednò mumčè tò mɤ̀ninku i iskàreme̝ tovà

There were four of us girls and one boy – he was small. So we got through that –

4 (a) [0:19] ožèni sɤ dvɛ̀ sestrì ìməm pò gulèmi i sə užènii

Marriages – I have two sisters older [than me], they both got married

5 (a) [0:22] àjde sə užèni i àze i uprài:me ràbuttə pribrà se bɤštɤ̀ ni

And I got married too. And we took care of things. Our father came back

6 (a) [0:29] od vojnɤ̀ta nàj pudìre tòj s bɛ̀ə gu fanàle̝ ròp

from the war finally. He had been taken prisoner.

7 (a) [0:36] podìre dudè i tòj i nìštu ne rasprɤ̀sname̝

Finally he came. We didn’t [have to] disperse anything [of our property],

8 (a) [0:41] əmə gulɛ̀m zòr vidò:me òd dvanàesta gudìnə do usemnàestə

but we saw very hard times between 1912 and 1918.

9 (a) [0:46] orà kopàče̝ žetvàre̝ tɤkàče̝ da predèš da šìe̝š tuvà a

I did plowing, [we worked as] diggers, harvesters, weavers – you spin, you sew - like that.

10 (a) [0:55] kupà:me žɤ̀ne:me kòse:me sɤbìra:me sɛ̀no zə stòkә̥tә̥

We went out digging, harvesting, mowing, we gathered hay – for the animals.

11 (VZh) [Каква работа имахте сутрин?]

[What kind of work did you have in the morning?]

12 (b) [1:05] sùtrin sutrìn utìəme nə ràbutə du̥dè e vrɛ̀me utìvəme

In the morning – in the morning we go out to work. We go at a time

13 (b) [1:09] pu lɤdɤvìna da žɤ̀nem də žɤ̀nem durdè sə nəpečè žìtoto

[so as] to do reaping when it’s cool – to reap up till the grain gets [too] hot.

14 (VZh) dà

Yes.

15 (b) [1:16] da go izvɤ̀ržem da go sɤbère̝m na petìne̝ pòsle na krəscì

we [go to] tie it off, and gather it into groups of five sheaves, and then into cruciforms

16 (b) [1:23] i ostàvə də sə prekàrva pòsle za kupnìte̝

and then it remains to transport it afterwards to [where] the bundles are.

1 (d) [0:00] кəко̀ дə ти ка̀жə бра̀тку на два̀ис и идна̀ гудѝна ѝмəше вуйнъ̀

2 (d) [0:06] о̀т двəна̀йстə гудѝнə до усемна̀естə гул’ѐму тегло̀ истѐглиме̇

3 (a) [0:12] бе̂̀:ме̇ чѐтири мумѝчетə едно̀ мумчѐ то̀ мъ̀нинку и иска̀реме̇ това̀

4 (a) [0:19] ожѐни съ две̂̀ сестрѝ ѝмəм по̀ гулѐми и сə ужѐнии

5 (a) [0:22] а̀йде сə ужѐни и а̀зе и упра̀и:ме ра̀буттə прибра̀ се бъштъ̀ ни

6 (a) [0:29] од войнъ̀та на̀й пудѝре то̀й с бе̂̀ə гу фана̀ле̇ ро̀п

7 (a) [0:36] подѝре дудѐ и то̀й и нѝшту не распръ̀снаме̇

8 (a) [0:41] əмə гуле̂̀м зо̀р видо̀:ме о̀д двана̀еста гудѝнə до усемна̀естə

9 (a) [0:46] ора̀ копа̀че̇ жетва̀ре̇ тъка̀че̇ да предѐш да шѝе̇ш тува̀ а

10 (a) [0:55] купа̀:ме жъ̀не:ме ко̀се:ме събѝра:ме се̂̀но зə сто̀кә̥тә̥

11 (VZh) [Каква работа имахте сутрин?]

12 (b) [1:05] су̀трин сутрѝн утѝəме нə ра̀бутə ду̭дѐ е вре̂̀ме утѝвəме

13 (b) [1:09] пу лъдъвѝна да жъ̀нем дə жъ̀нем дурдѐ сə нəпечѐ жѝтото

14 (VZh) да̀

15 (b) [1:16] да го извъ̀ржем да го събѐре̇м на петѝне̇ по̀сле на крəсцѝ

16 (b) [1:23] и оста̀вə дə сə дə прека̀рва по̀сле за купнѝте̇