Vladimir Zhobov
Golica 3
1 (VZh) Over there by the road, do you see ...
there adv | by | road m def | see 2sg pres I | interr clt |
2 (a) [0:02] I see the woman [over there], I see [her], I see, but [only] dimly.
see 1sg pres I | woman f def sg | see 1sg pres I | see 1sg pres I | but | foggily adv |
3 (VZh) ... the one who is spinning over there with distaff and spindle?
where | spin 3sg pres I | with | distaff f sg | there adv | and | spindle sg n |
4 (a) [0:07] Ah, spinning with a distaff.
excl | spin 3sg pres I | with | distaff f sg |
5 (VZh) Did you spin when you were young?
nom 2sg | like | young f sg adj | spin 2sg impf I | interr clt |
6 (a) [0:11] Who, me?
which sg m interr | nom 1sg | interr clt |
7 (VZh) Yes.
yes |
8 (a) [0:14] I used to spin, and weave,
spin 1sg impf I | disc | spin 1sg impf I | and | weave 1sg impf I | and | and |
9 (c) [0:18] Ah! I dropped my distaff!
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fall 3sg aor P | dat 1sg clt | distaff sg f def |
10 (a) [0:19] I’d spin, and [work] on the loom thus.
spin 1sg impf I | and | on | loom sg m def | weave 1sg pres I |
11 (a) [0:22] We used to card and spin. Ah, how we used to work! How could I not spin?
card 1pl impf I | and | spin 1pl impf I | how interr | work 1pl impf I | how interr | fut neg | comp | spin 1sg pres I |
12 (a) [0:28] I have a distaff; I used to spin, and I spin and weave [now too].
distaff f | have 1sg pres I | and | spin 1sg impf I | and | spin 1sg impf I | and | weave 1sg impf I |
13 (a) [0:32] and I used to reap – like this – and she used to reap, and everything.
and | reap 1sg impf I | and | thus adv | reap 3sg impf I | and | everything sg n adj |
14 (VZh) Hello.
good sg m adj | day sg m |
15 (c) [0:36] Hello.
good sg m adj | day sg m |
16 (VZh) What are you [all] doing?
what sg n interr | do 2pl pres I |
17 (c) [0:39] Well, we're spinning.
disc | spin 1pl pres I |
18 (VZh) What do you call this?
this sg n adj | how interr | acc refl clt | call 3sg pres I |
19 (c) [0:40] [A] distaff.
distaff f sg |
20 (VZh) [And] this?
this sg n adj |
21 (c) [0:42] The wool on the distaff.
wool.on.distaff f |
22 (VZh) [OK, that's the] wool on the distaff, and this?
wool.on.distaff f | and | this sg n adj |
23 (c) [0:44] [A] spindle.
spindle n |
24 (VZh) Don't you sometimes put some sort of thing underneath to weigh it down?
neg | dat n 3sg | interr clt | put 2pl pres I | some sg m adj | time m | one sg n adj | such sg n adj | comp | weigh 3sg pres I | from.below adv |
25 (c) [0:48] Some people do, but I don't put [anything there].
disc | some pl adj | put 3sg pres I | but | nom 1sg | neg | put 1sg pres I |
26 (VZh) What do you call that thing you put underneath to weigh it down?
how interr | acc refl clt | say 3sg pres I | this sg n adj | which sg n rel adj | acc refl clt | put 3sg pres I | from.below adv | comp | weigh 3sg pres I |
27 (c) [0:53] Well, some [add] a small bolt [to make it] heavier ...
disc | such sg n adj | some pl adj | bolt n | turn pl L.part P | for | for | more | heavy adv |
28 (VZh) Uh huh
disc |
29 (c) [1:00] ... some put [in] a tiny bolt.
some pl adj | small.bolt sg n | put 3pl pres I |
30 (VZh) They put a small bolt?
small.nut n | interr clt | put 3pl pres I |
31 (a) [1:01] These people seem to have fallen out of the sky!
this pl adj | people pl | from | sky sg n def | descend pl L.part P |
32 (a) [1:03] They don’t know about threshing, nor about reaping, nor about distaffs.
neg | know 3pl pres I | neither | thresh vbl.n I | neither | harvest sg f | neither | distaff f sg |
33 (c) [1:06] They know, they know.
know 3pl pres I | know 3pl pres I |
34 (a) [1:07] Look at this guy, asking [all] these [questions]!
ost | acc m 3sg clt | ask 3sg pres I | this sg n adj |
35 (c) [1:09] They know, they know. They know everything.
know 3pl pres I | nom 3pl | everything sg n adj | know 3pl pres I |
36 (VZh) [laughter]
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37 (a) [1:11] So why do they ask [then]?
disc | disc | why interr | ask 3pl pres I |
38 (c) [1:12] Well, so as to know more.
disc | comp | still adv | comp | know 3pl pres I |
39 (a) [1:13] They don’t know ...
neg | know 3pl pres I |
40 (VZh) [laughter]
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41 (c) [1:14] They know all sorts [of stuff that] we don’t know.
know 3pl pres I | all.manner adv | nom 1pl | neg | know 1pl pres I |
42 (a) [1:15] ... where the threshing fields are, they didn’t [seem to] know where we did the reaping,
where | threshing.floor pl m def | neg | know pl L.part.impf I | [...] | rel | 1pl pres aux clt | reap pl L.part I |
43 (a) [1:19] where we did the threshing. Nothing! [They came] from the sky.
rel | 1pl pres aux clt | thresh pl L.part I | nothing sg n | neg | know 3pl pres I | from | sky sg n def |
44 (c) [1:23] They’re not from the sky
neg | 3pl pres cop clt | from | sky sg n def |
45 (a) [1:24] Tell them to make it start raining!
tell pl imv P | dat 3pl clt | comp | precipitate 3pl pres P |
46 (c) [1:26] They’re not from the sky, these [people].
neg | 3pl pres cop clt | from | sky sg n def | nom 3pl |
47 (VZh) To make it start raining?
comp | precipitate 3pl pres P | interr clt |
48 (c) Hm.
disc |
49 (a) [1:29] You [should] make it start raining.
comp | precipitate 2pl pres P |
50 (VZh) Uh huh [laughter]
disc |
51 (a) [1:30] In the old days we used to do special prayers, people cross themselves …
one sg n adj | time sg n | make 1pl impf I | ritual. prayer sg n | cross 3pl pres I | acc refl clt |
52 (VZh) Ah ha.
disc |
53 (a) [1:33] ... [and say] “Dear God, make it rain; dear God, make it rain.”
God voc sg m | dear voc sg m | precipitate sg imv P | God voc sg m | dear voc sg m | precipitate sg imv P |
54 (a) [1:36] But now it won’t be that way. They’ll go –
disc | now adv | fut neg | comp | 3sg pres cop clt | fut | go 3pl pres P |
55 (c) [1:38] Where are the others of your group?
where interr | 3pl pres cop clt | other def pl adj | dat 2pl clt |
56 (VZh) We’re all here
this sg n adj | 1pl pres cop clt | all pl def adj | disc |
57 (c) [1:41] Well, the other day there was another… there were some others.
disc | that sg m adj | day sg m | impf exist | one f sg adj | one pl adj | other pl adj |
58 (VZh) Yes, but now we’ve come [with] another [group].
disc | now adv |
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other pl adj | come 1pl aor P |
59 (c) [1:44] Ah, others.
disc | other pl adj |
60 (VZh) We came by foot today from Kozìčino.
nom 1pl | come 1pl aor P | on.foot adv | from | Kozichino sg n place | today adv |
61 (c) [1:48] Ahhh.
disc |
62 (a) [1:50] Now –
now adv |
63 (VZh) Mhm.
bkch |
64 (a) [1:51] now we have to “pray” at the [local village] municipal hall.
now adv | must pres imprs | comp | acc refl clt | pray 3pl pres I | to | council sg m def |
65 (VZh) Ah. [laughter] Before the municipal hall …
excl | before | council sg m def | comp |
66 (a) [1:55] At the municipal hall, in the place where they have scribes.
to | council sg m def | where rel | pres exist | there adv | scribe pl m |
67 (VZh) Heh.
bkch |
68 (a) [1:58] They do the ceremony when someone marries,
nom 3pl | wed 3pl pres I | comp | acc refl clt | marry 3sg pres I | person sg m |
69 (c) [2:01] This – what she’s saying now, is it getting recorded?
this sg n adj | now adv | rel | acc n 3sg clt | talk 3sg pres I | record 3sg pres I | interr clt | acc refl clt |
70 (a) [2:02] they do marriages, they do christenings,
nom 3pl | wed 3pl pres I | nom 3pl | christen 3pl pres I |
71 (c) [2:03] [Ah] yes, it’s recording.
record 3sg pres I | acc refl clt | yes |
72 (a) [2:05] they – when you die
nom 3pl | comp | die 3sg pres P |
73 (c) [2:07] [laughter]
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74 (a) [2:08] they do the funeral. There’s no priest.
nom 3pl | chant 3pl pres I | priest sg m | pres neg exist |
75 (VZh) [So] you say that [people] also go to [it] to pray, right?
call 2sg pres I | to | acc m 3sg | dat 3pl clt | comp | acc refl clt | pray 3pl pres I | disc |
76 (a) [2:11] It’s to it (the municipal hall) – them – to them that they have to pray
to | acc m 3sg | must pres imprs | acc 3pl | to | acc 3pl | must pres imprs | comp | acc refl clt | pray 3pl pres I |
77 (a) [2:!4] to make the rain start to fall so it will moisten the earth.
comp | precipitate 3pl pres P | rain sg m | comp | moisten 3sg pres P | earth sg f def |
78 (VZh) In the old days when there was no rain, what did you do
nom 2pl | on | time sg n def | when conj | impf neg exist | rain sg m | what sg n interr | do 2pl impf I |
79 (VZh) to make it rain?
and | comp | precipitate 3sg pres P |
80 (a) [2:20] When the rain starts to fall?
when conj | precipitate 3sg pres P | rain sg m | interr clt |
81 (VZh) No, when there wasn’t any rain and when, when they want it to rain.
no | when conj | impf neg exist | rain sg m | and | when conj | when conj | want 2pl pres I | comp | precipitate 3sg pres I |
82 (a) [2:26] Well, it used to rain all the time, but now it doesn’t. Another time when …
disc | […] | disc | all adv | precipitate 3sg impf I | now adv | no | precipitate 3sg pres I | other sg m def adj | time sg m | when conj |
83 (c) [2:29] You say “it used to rain”?! I can remember when it didn’t rain. When that year –
disc | precipitate 3sg impf I | nom 1sg | remember 1sg aor P | comp | neg | precipitate 3sg pres I | disc | one sg f adj | year sg f |
84 (c) [2:32] I know I went with my mother to Studeni Kladenec
know 1sg pres I | on | on | cold sg m adj | well sg m | go 1pl impf I | comp | with | mother sg f |
85 (c) [2:35] to do the wash there. Nowhere to do the washing!
comp | wash 1pl pres I | there adv | impf neg exist | where interr | comp | acc refl clt | wash 1pl pres P |
86 (c) [2:38] Sand up to your head! We [had to] escape from the heat –
ost | this sg m adj | height sg m | sand sg m | run 1pl pres I | burn 3sg pres I |
87 (a) [2:41] Well, there is rain sometimes …
disc | happen 3sg pres I | precipitate 3sg pres I |
88 (c) [2:41] The oxen going with the carts, the carts carrying sheaves through the fields,
with | cart f coll | walk 3pl impf I | ox pl m | cart f coll | comp | transport 3pl impf I | sheaf pl m | through | field pl f def |
89 (c) [2:45] came upon so much dust.
become sg n L.part P | ost | this sg m adj | ost | so.much | dust sg m |
90 (a) [2:48] … but –
disc | and |
91 (VZh) Uh huh.
bkch
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92 (c) [2:48] so much heat [that] they couldn’t go on.
burn 3sg pres I | neg | acc refl clt | walk 3sg pres I |
93 (a) [2:49] But listen here –
disc | listen sg imv I | adrs |
94 (c) [2:50] There wasn’t any water …
impf neg exist | water sg f |
95 (a) [2:50] Fine, but –
OK adv | but |
96 (c) [2:50] .. that year.
acc f 3sg | year f sg |
97 (a) [2:51] … it would have rained back when –
more | before adv | fut | 3sg pres aux clt | precipitate sg n L.part I | when conj | acc refl clt |
98 (c) [2:51] I remember one, almost – also that year.
nom 1sg | one sg f adj | remember 1sg aor P | almost adv | and | this sg f adj | year f sg |
99 (c) [2:53] This year [it’s] the same.
this sg f adj | year f sg | same sg n def adj |
100 (a) [2:54] But [back] then –
disc | then adv |
101 (c) [2:54] It’ll [all] be dust here in the collective farm.
in | T.K.Z.S. sg n def | here adv | fut | 3sg pres cop clt | dust sg m |
102 (a) [2:57] … when the corn di –
corn pl m def | when conj | acc refl clt |
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103 (c) [2:58] [laughter]
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104 (a) [2:58] Listen, Mariona, about the corn: If it’s grown,
listen sg imv I | Mariona voc sg f name | adrs | adrs | corn pl m def | when conj | 3pl pres aux clt | grow pl L.part.impf I |
105 (a) [3:01] then it will have rained. But when we took in the harvest it hadn’t rained.
fut | 3sg pres aux clt | precipitate sg n L.part I | but | transport sg f | in | harvest sg f | neg | 3sg pres aux clt | precipitate sg n L.part I |
106 (c) [3:04] [Yes,] the harvest was like that.
in | harvest sg f | 3sg impf cop | this sg n adj |
107 (a) [3:05] So then, it had to have rained already for [things] to have grown –
disc | this sg n adj | mean 3sg pres I | already adv | must pres imprs | comp | 3sg pres aux clt | precipitate sg n L.part I | comp | grow 3sg pres I |
108 (a) [3:11] for what had been sowed to have grown.
sow sg n P.part I | comp | grow 3sg pres I |
109 (c) [3:12] [unintelligible] [it should] have rained but it’s not raining.
comp | 3sg pres aux clt | precipitate sg n L.part I | but | neg | precipitate 3sg pres I |
110 (a) [3:12] But this year, this year?
disc | this sg f adj | year f sg | this sg f adj | year f sg |
111 (c) [3:14] [We have] to pray, we ought to have done the prayers.
comp | do 1pl pres I | ritual.prayer sg n | must impf imprs | comp | do 1pl pres P | ritual.prayer pl n |
112 (a) [3:16] But [for] prayers,
disc | ritual.prayer sg n |
113 (c) [3:16] The [other] villages did [prayers].
village pl n def | do pl L.part P |
114 (a) [3:17] there has to be a priest here, to recite [them], …
disc | must pres imprs | priest sg m def | comp | 3sg pres cop clt | here adv | comp | read 3sg pres I |
115 (c) [3:!9] Well, he is here, …
nom m 3sg | dat refl clt | 3sg pres cop clt | here adv |
116 (a) [3:20] … [for everyone] to pray.
comp | acc refl clt | pray 3pl pres I |
117 (c) [3:21] … [but] who’s going to pay him?
which sg m interr | fut | dat m 3sg clt | pay 3sg pres P |
118 (a) [3:21] But these [folk] here now don’t recognize the priest.
disc | now adv | nom 3pl | priest sg m def | neg | acc m 3sg clt | recognize 3pl pres I |
119 (c) [3:23] But that was then. It used to be free. But now you have to
disc | disc | then adv | before adv | sg n L.part cop | without | money pl.t | now adv | must pres imprs |
120 (c) [3:26] pay the priest to come here..
dat m 3sg clt | pay 2sg pres P | to | priest sg m def | for | comp | come 3sg pres P | here adv |
121 (a) [3:27] But …
disc |
122 (c) [3:27] Without money, he won’t come.
without | money pl.t | fut neg | comp | come 3sg pres P |
123 (a) [3:28] … why? They have a priest. There’s a priest now. But they don’t want him.
why interr | priest sg m | have 3pl pres I | now adv | priest sg m | pres exist | but | neg | want 3pl pres I | acc m 3sg clt |
124 (c) [3:31] They don’t want him? Listen, how [can it be that] they don’t want him?
excl | neg | want 3pl pres I | acc m 3sg clt | how interr | acc m 3sg clt | neg | want 3pl pres I | adrs |
125 (c) [3:33] There is a priest, you know, [and] the priest comes here.
pres exist | priest sg m | adrs | come 3sg pres I | priest sg m def | here adv |
126 (c) [3:35] But because you haven’t been going
disc | nom 2sg | because | neg | 2sg pres aux clt | go sg f L.part I |
127 (a) [3:36] Well –
disc |
128 (c) [3:36] to church –
in | church sg f def |
129 (a) [3:37] The priest comes, but –
priest sg m def | come 3sg pres I | but |
130 (c) [3:37] I went [to church] this year. I went at Easter [time].
nom 1sg | go 1sg aor I | this sg f adj | year f sg | against | Easter sg m | go 1sg aor I |
131 (a) [3:39] I – prayers –
nom 1sg | ritual.prayer pl n |
132 (c) [3:40] I go here [unintelligible]
nom 1sg | here adv | go 1sg pres I |
133 (a) [3:40] I know the prayers too! You maybe don’t know, [but] I know.
and | nom 1sg | know 1sg pres I | ritual.prayer pl n def | nom 2sg | can pres imprs | comp | neg | know 2sg pres I |
134 (a) [3:43] I know them.
nom 1sg | acc 3pl clt | know 1sg pres I |
135 (c) [3:43] Of course I know! We’ve been going to prayers since I was very young …
excl | adrs | know 1sg pres I | from | little.girl sg f | go 1pl pres I | to | ritual.prayer pl n |
136 (a) [3:46] Is that so?
disc | thus adv | interr clt |
137 (c) [3:47] … and it started to rain even then,
and | precipitate 3sg aor P | still adv | then adv |
138 (a) [3:47] They go –
go 3pl pres P |
139 (c) [3:48] [people] were splashing in the water…
bathe 3pl pres I | acc refl clt | around | water sg f def |
140 (a) [3:49] Ah, just see how you “know”!
excl | see sg imv P | how interr | know 2sg pres I |
141 (c) [3:49] … in the whirlpools.
around | pool pl m def |
142 (a) [3:51] They used to go there and [make] sacrifices. The men do the slaughtering,...
go 3pl pres P | there adv | make 3pl pres P | nom 3pl | sacrifice pl m def | slaughter 3pl pres P | male pl def adj |
143 (c) [3:54] [Yes,] there were sacrifices.
sacrifice pl m | impf exist |
144 (a) [3:54] … the women bake bread in the [outdoor] ovens, they go
woman pl f def | dat refl clt | bake 3pl pres P | bread sg m | in | oven pl f def | go 3pl pres P |
145 (a) [3:57] and exchange [food], they prostrate themselves (= lie eyes down) and pray…
hand 3pl pres I | dat refl clt | lie 3pl pres I | on | eye pl n def | dat refl clt | pray 3pl pres I | acc refl clt |
146 (c) [4:00] I remember it – [it was] when ...
remember 1sg aor P | acc n 3sg clt | when inter.rel |
147 (a) [4:01] … [and] the priest would recite [the prayers].
priest sg m def | read 3sg impf I |
148 (c) [4:01] ... I was quite young when I went there to pray.
go 1sg aor I | nom 1sg | there adv | little.girl sg f | on | ritual.prayer sg n |
149 (a) [4:03] But now –
disc | now adv |
150 (c) [4:04] Do you think I am [still] small?
nom 1sg | comp | neg | 1sg pres cop clt | little sg f adj | adrs | disc |
151 (c) [4:05] I’m already ...
nom 1sg | now adv | already adv |
152 (a) [4:07] So!
thus adv |
153 (c) [4:07] ... sixty-eight or [sixty]-nine years old now
sixty | and | eight | and | nine | years.old sg f adj |
154 (a) [4:08] You’ve remembered [it all].
nom 2sg | 2sg pres aux clt | remember sg f L.part P |
155 (VZh) [4:08] Umhm.
bkch
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156 (c) [4:09] [Indeed] I did remember.
remember 1sg aor P | excl |
157 (a) [4:10] What was it about that year when things went bad? Anyone who could,
this sg n adj | what sg n interr | 3sg pres cop clt | this sg f adj | year f sg | when conj | acc refl clt | twist 3pl aor P | who sg m rel | can 3sg pres I |
158 (c) [4:15] [would sell] pigs [for] seven or eight thousand, for seven or eight hundred,
pig pl f | seven | eight | thousand pl f | seven | eight.hundred |
159 (a) [4:18] seven or eight hundred, or five hundred each – they’d sell [them] and buy grain.
seven | eight.hundred | by | five.hundred | sell 3pl pres I | wheat sg n | buy 3pl pres I |
160 (c) [4:26] Whoever can will [do it] – but [the one] who can’t …
disc | who sg m rel | can 3sg pres I | but | who sg m rel | neg | can 3sg pres I |
161 (a) [4:27] Well, [the one] who can, [fine, but the one] who can’t – [that’s] the end.
disc | who sg m rel | can 3sg pres I | who sg m rel | neg | can 3sg pres I | end sg m |
162 (c) [4:29] … [the one] who can’t won’t [be able] to buy anything.
who sg m rel | neg | can 3sg pres I | fut neg | comp | buy 3sg pres I | nothing sg n |
163 (a) [4:31] Well, they should make a sacrifice. I won’t go [though].
disc | hort | slaughter 3pl pres P | one sg m adj | sacrifice sg m | nom 1sg | fut neg | comp | go 1sg pres P |
164 (a) [4:35] I – even if it doesn’t rain – I’m, well, I’m on the way already.
nom 1sg | and | comp | neg | precipitate 3sg pres I | nom 1sg | my sg m def adj | nom 1sg | 1sg pres cop clt | on | road sg m def | already adv |
165 (a) [4:38] I’m already for the graveyard. But let’s [help make] it rain for you.
nom 1sg | already adv | in | graveyard pl n def | but | hort | [...] | precipitate 3sg pres P | for | acc 2pl |
166 (a) [4:43] Let them make a sacrifice, and they’ll pray that it will start raining
comp | slaughter 3pl pres P | one sg m adj | sacrifice sg m | and | comp | acc refl clt | pray 3pl pres P | and | hort | precipitate 3sg pres P |
167 (a) [4:46] and moisten the corn. [Otherwise] what’s [the point of] your having sown it?
comp | moisten 3sg pres P | corn pl m def | already adv | for | what sg n interr | 2pl pres aux clt | sow pl L.part I | how interr |
168 (c) [4:50] Ah but look: we sowed it, and didn’t [get] a thing, not this year either.
adrs | ost | sow 1pl aor I | nom 1pl | this sg f adj | year sg f | nothing sg n | neg | 1pl pres aux clt |
169 (a) [4:52] Well, so what if you didn’t sow? Your sister, and your neighbor –
disc | hort | neg | 2sg pres aux clt | sow sg f L.part I | and | nom 2sg | sister sg f | dat 2sg clt | neighbor sg f def | dat 2sg clt |
170 (a) [4:55] [they] sowed over there. And your garden will get some moisture, won’t it?
sow 3sg aor I | there adv | interr | garden sg f def | dat 2sg clt | fut | moisten 3sg pres P |
171 (a) [4:59] And I’d be content [if I got a little] here.
ost | here adv | comp |
hes
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1sg pres cop clt | content sg f |
172 (c) [5:00] Well OK, fine, if it would rain. But it’s not raining, see?
disc | nice adv | adrs | nice adv | comp | precipitate 3sg pres P | but | neg | precipitate 3sg pres I | adrs |
173 (a) [5:03] Even here, a bit of moisture and I’d be content.
ost | here adv | comp | moisten 3sg pres P | again adv | 1sg pres cop clt | content sg f |
174 (c) [5:05] The fleas would start coming out, there’d get to be more [of them].
flea pl f def | fut | turn 3sg pres P | more adv | comp | become 3pl pres P |
175 (a) [5:06] I haven’t anything sown here, but if it’d start to rain here I’d be content.
not.have 1sg pres I | no.kind sg n adj | sow sg n P.part I | but | ost | here adv | comp | precipitate 3sg pres P | again adv | 1sg pres cop clt | content sg f |
176 (a) [5:12] And if some – I keep on saying “God, God, please!
excl | yes | [...] | what sg n interr | say 1sg pres I | God voc sg m | God voc sg m |
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pray 1sg pres I | acc refl clt |
177 (a) [5:15] Don’t listen to people! Oh God, make it rain! Oh God, make it rain!”
neg | listen sg imv I | people pl def | God voc sg m | precpitate sg imv P | God voc sg m | precpitate sg imv P |