Iskrica 1

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1 (a) [0:00] When I married, I came here. My mother-in-law was a hard worker.

kɤt

when conj

acc refl clt

marry 1sg aor P

come 1sg aor P

here adv

mother.in.law sg f

dat 1sg clt

3sg impf cop

very adv

industrious sg f adj

2 (a) [0:06] When I got up in the morning she had made banitsa, and had even baked it already

morning sg f

when conj

arise 1sg pres P

nom f 3sg

make sg f L.part P

banitsa sg f def

bake sg f L.part P

acc f 3sg

even adv

3 (a) [0:09] and had eaten. I was ashamed [even] to reach out

and

3sg pres cop clt

eat sg f L.part I

acc 1sg

acc 1sg clt

3sg pres cop clt

shame sg m

that conj

comp

reach.out 1sg pres P

here adv

4 (a) [0:12] and take [something] to eat. I said: “[Here I was] lying [in bed] while she made it

comp

take 1sg pres I

comp

eat 1sg pres I

call 1sg pres I

nom 1sg

lie 1sg pres I

and

nom f 3sg

acc f 3sg clt

make sg f L.part P

5 (a) [0:15] and baked it, and then I [just] get up to eat it.

and

acc f 3sg clt

bake sg f L.part P

but

again adv

arise 1sg pres I

comp

eat 1sg pres I

call 1sg pres I

6 (KK) Hm.

hmh

bkch

7 (a) [0:21] And so on. We got on, because I’d been alone, you know –

where interr

comp

know 1sg pres I

listen 1pl impf I

acc refl clt

because conj

1sg impf cop

alone sg f adj

interr clt

8 (a) [0:25] They were very solicitous for me. I sang a lot,

eager.one sg m

3pl impf cop

much adv

for

acc 1sg

nom 1sg

much adv

sing 1sg impf I

9 (a) [0:29] and they were very happy. [My husband] was in the military, and for three years

much adv

acc refl clt

rejoice 3pl impf I

nom 3pl

nom m 3sg

go 3sg aor P

solider sg m

nom 1sg

three

year pl f

10 (a) [0:34] I lived with them, and nobody said a word to me.

1sg pres cop clt

live sg f L.part I

acc 3pl

nobody sg m

nothing sg n

neg

dat 1sg clt

3sg pres aux clt

say sg m L.part P

11 (KK) You understood each other.

rəzbìrəxte

understand 2pl impf I

разбирам

sə

acc refl clt

се

12 (a) [0:41] We understood one another. Well, my parents-in-law had nobody else

undestand 1pl impf I

acc refl clt

disc

father.in.law sg m

and

mother.in.law sg f

nom 3pl

neg exist

other sg m adj

13 (a) [0:44] to [talk] to. I was [the only one] near them. Then the collective farms were set up,

who acc sg m interr

nom 1sg

near

acc 3pl

later adv

acc refl clt

form 3sg aor P

T.K.Z.S. sg n def

14 (a) [0:48] and we went to work there with five or six neighbors. I went with them.

set.out 1pl aor P

work sg f

with

here adv

five

six

neighbor pl f

with

acc 3pl

go 1sg pres I

15 (a) [0:54] I was like a child to them. The bride brings [them] water, the bride’s gone for water.

nom 1sg

dat 3pl clt

1sg impf cop

child sg n

bride sg f def

give 3sg pres P

water sg f def

bride sg f def

comp

go 3sg pres P

for

water sg f def

16 (a) [1:00] We respected one another, and were happy like that, all of us together.

respect 1pl impf I

acc refl clt

again adv

thus adv

joyful pl adj

1pl impf cop

everything sg n adj

group sg n def

17 (a) [1:05] And so on. Later on I made a family – children:

and

where interr

comp

know 1sg pres I

already adv

later adv

nom 1sg

create 1sg aor P

family sg n

child pl n

18 (a) [1:13] My boy isn’t married, but the girl got married,

boy sg n def

dat 1sg clt

neg

3sg pres cop clt

marry sg n P.part P

but

girl sg n def

acc refl clt

marry 3sg aor P

19 (a) [1:16] and she has two children.

have 3sg pres

dat refl clt

two n

child pl n

20 (KK) [Tell me about your wedding.]

[...]

21 (a) [1:21] When I got to be of marriageable age, my [future] husband came

disc

when conj

become 1sg aor P

already adv

maiden sg f

for

marry vbl.n I

husband sg m def

dat 1sg clt

come 3sg pres P

22 (a) [1:26] to the village to seek me [in marriage], and they came –

village sg n

comp

acc 1sg clt

want 3sg pres I

and

hes

dòjdaa

come 3pl aor P

дойда

23 (a) [1:23] at that time they sent matchmakers, two or three people would come

send 3pl aor P

then adv

and

matchmaker pl m

this pl adj

walk 3pl impf I

two an.num

three an.num

person ct m

24 (a) [1:37] to persuade the father and the daughter. A girl who is willing –

comp

persuade 3pl pres I

father sg m def

maiden sg f def

nom f 3sg

who sg f rel adj

want 3sg pres I

25 (a) [1:41] she’ll elope, run off without telling her mother or her father.

elope 3sg pres I

run 3sg pres I

without

comp

say 3sg pres P

mother sg f

and

father sg m

26 (a) [1:45] But a girl who didn’t want it like that, would listen to what they told her.

but

which sg f rel adj

and

neg

want 3sg pres I

thus adv

nom f 3sg

what sg n rel

dat f 3sg clt

tell 3pl pres P

27 (a) [1:51] And when we decided we’d get married, those from the village came here in the evening.

and

when conj

decide 1pl aor P

that conj

and

acc refl clt

marry 1pl pres I

evening sg f def

come 3pl aor P

here adv

from

village sg n def

28 (a) [1:57] They came to us [where] ours had prepared snacks and bread (there weren’t ovens then).

come 3pl aor P

acc 1pl

our pl def adj

acc refl clt

prepare 3pl aor P

dish sg f

bread sg m

then adv

impf neg exist

oven sg f

29 (a) [2:04] And I had prepared my clothing, because I’m going to be a bride.

and

nom 1sg

1sg pres aux clt

acc refl clt

prepare sg f L.part

there adv

clothing pl f def

because conj

and

become 1sg pres I

bride sg f

30 (a) [2:10] The [future] in-laws came, and brought seven or eight gold pieces on a feather –

come 3pl aor P

in.law pl m def

bring 3pl aor P

seven

eight

gold.coin ct m

one sg n adj

feather sg n

31 (a) [2:16] it was either a bouquet or a feather, how should I know –

bouquet sg f

interr clt

3sg impf cop

feather sg n

interr clt

3sg impf cop

where interr

comp

know 1sg pres I

32 (a) [2:19] and asked me, “Do you want him?”. “I want him”. Then they asked him as well,

ask 3pl aor I

acc 1sg clt

nom 2sg

want 2sg pres I

interr clt

acc m 3sg clt

want 1sg pres I

acc m 3sg clt

later adv

ask 3pl pres I

and

acc m 3sg

33 (a) [2:25] and he said, “If I hadn’t wanted her I wouldn’t have come.”

and

nom m 3sg

call 3sg pres I

and

nom 1sg

if conj

neg

acc f 3sg clt

want 1sg pres I

fut neg

comp

come 1sg pres P

34 (a) [2:29] So OK, let’s go, congratulate the [new] in-laws, shake the hand of one of them,

and

hort

hort

happy sg n adj

in.law pl m

happy sg n adj

marshland sg m

nom m 3sg

shake.hand 3pl pres P

ръкосам

sə

acc refl clt

се

35 (a) [2:33] They congratulate us too, and sit down. Now we’re married, and then they set out

čestìtət

congratulate 3pl pres P

and

acc 1pl

and

sit 3pl pres I

already adv

nom 1pl

1pl pres cop clt

already adv

pl P.part P

put 3pl pres I

then adv

36 (a) [3:39] the food for supper. People eat and make noise, because the bride is now married.

[...]

supper sg f

there adv

eat 3pl pres I

shoot 3pl pres I

that conj

already adv

bride sg f def

acc refl clt

marry sg f L.part P

and

37 (KK) And you come here.

and

come 2sg pres I

here adv

38 (a) [2:50] And I was there too, but earlier on they didn’t come [to the new home yet],

then adv

disc

nom 1sg

thus adv

1sg impf cop

but

before adv

hes

neg

3pl pres aux clt

come pl L.part I

39 (a) [2:53] not even when they celebrated the wedding. I had an aunt, for two months I went

even adv

when rel

do 3pl pres I

wedding sg f def

nom 1sg

have 1sg impf

aunt sg f

two m

month ct m

go sg f L.part I

nom 1sg

40 (a) [3:00] [places] with her. She didn’t come to sleep at our house, they didn’t want her.

with

acc f 3sg

nom f 3sg

neg

come 3sg aor P

acc 1pl

comp

sleep 3sg pres I

neg

acc f 3sg clt

want 3pl pres I

41 (a) [3:04] [So] even when they celebrate the wedding, it’s the next evening after the wedding.

even adv

wedding sg f def

when conj

acc refl clt

make 3sg pres P

wedding sg f def

other sg f def adj

evening sg f

42 (a) [3:07] In my case, they married me in the evening, but only brought me here the next afternoon.

and

nom 1sg

evening sg f def

acc 1sg clt

marry 3pl aor P

and

other sg m def adj

day sg m

midday sg n

acc 1sg clt

bring 3pl aor P

here adv

43 (a) [3:13] In my time they didn’t do such things any more.

but

during

my sg n adj

time sg n

acc n 3sg clt

impf neg exist

already adv

this sg n adj

something sg n

44 (a) [3:18] And then, when they decided on a wedding, they fix the betrothal.

and

later adv

there adv

when conj

acc refl clt

set.date 3sg pres P

already adv

wedding sg f def

engagement sg m

make 3pl pres I

45 (a) [3:25] They go and get the bride’s clothing. Back then there weren’t trucks and such,

go 3pl pres I

take 3pl pres I

bride sg f def

clothing pl f def

then adv

impf neg exist

truck pl m

such pl adj

thing pl f

46 (a) [3:32] carriages – they come and take [her] clothing, they spread it out here

with

carriage pl f def

go 3pl pres P

take 3pl pres P

clothing pl f def

dowry sg m def

throw 3pl pres P

acc m 3sg clt

here adv

47 (a) [3:38] and [everyone] looks to see how much dowry the bride has.

look 3pl pres I

bride sg f def

how.much interr

dowry sg m

have 3sg pres I

48 (KK) [What did they do on the day before the wedding?]

[ ... ]

49 (a) [3:41] The betrothal is Saturday. In the evening is the shaving [of the groom]. The next morning

Saturday sg f

engagement sg m def

evening sg f def

3sg pres cop clt

shaving sg f def

and

other sg m def adj

day sg m

morning adv

50 (a) [3:49] they dance again. I forget whether they did this for me,

again adv

hes

make 3pl pres I

one sg n adj

round.dance sg n

nom 1sg

acc 1sg

forget 1sg aor P

interr

acc refl clt

make pl L.part I

51 (a) [3:53] but I remember [the custom]; it’s called the honeycake. They lay out 2-3 ritual buns.

but

remember 1sg pres I

acc n 3sg clt

this sg n adj

call 3pl pres I

dat n 3sg clt

honey.cake pl m

put 3pl pres P

two m

three

round.bun ct m

52 (a) [4:00] There’s a festive table. They dance again, by these buns and honeycakes, and then –

pres exist

table sg f

dance 3pl pres I

again adv

near

this pl adj

round.bun pl m

honey.cake pl m

and

later adv

53 (a) [4:05] We don't have a church here in the village, they [have to] call in a priest,

nom 1pl

not.have 1pl pres I

church sg f

here adv

village sg n

call 3pl pres I

priest sg m def

54 (a) [4:10] he was from another village. He comes, and marries us here in the house.

nom m 3sg

from

other sg n adj

village sg n

3sg impf cop

come 3sg pres I

marry 3sg pres I

acc 1pl clt

here adv

at.home adv

55 (a) [4:15] And they set up the festive table outside, where they’ve invited [guests],

and

make 3pl pres P

outside adv

one f sg adj

table sg f

there adv

rel

acc refl clt

invite 3pl pres I

56 (a) [4:18] and people sit there, they eat and dance. Like at a wedding!

and

people pl def

sit 3pl pres P

eat 3pl pres I

dance 3pl pres I

wedding sg f

57 (KK) And the – the shaving? How was that done?

and

[...]̀

sg f def

what sg n interr

acc refl clt

3sg pres aux clt

do sg n L.part I

58 (a) [4:27] Well, they dance again when they shave the groom, they perform the custom.

disc

again adv

acc refl clt

dance 3sg pres I

when conj

shave 3pl pres P

there adv

son.in.law sg m def

make 3pl pres P

custom sg m def

59 (a) [4:31] Then they start to dance, and dance until they drop, until it gets dark.

and

grasp 3pl pres I

comp

dance 3pl pres I

dance 3pl pres I

until conj

drop 3pl pres P

until conj

acc refl clt

get.dark 3sg pres P

60 (KK) Tell me exactly what the shaving consisted of.

tell sg imv P

exactly adv

how interr

3sg pres cop clt

what

represent 3sg pres I

shaving sg f def

61 (a) [4:40] The shaving – they shave the groom. They pour water to wash him, and the dance starts.

disc

shaving sg f def

shave 3pl pres P

son.in.law sg m def

pour 3pl pres P

dat m 3sg clt

comp

acc refl clt

wash 3sg pres P

and

round.dance sg n def

begin 3sg pres I

62 (a) [4:47] The music starts to play dance tunes, and they start to dance the round dance,

music sg f def

begin 3sg pres I

comp

play 3sg pres I

round.dance sg n

and

grasp 3pl pres I

comp

dance 3pl pres I

already adv

round.dance sg n

63 (a) [4:50] and that’s the shaving. It’s part of the overall [goal], to be joyous.

and

this sg n adj

3sg pres cop clt

shaving sg f def

everything sg n def adj

всичко

svɤ̀rdzənu

connect sg n P.part P

comp

pres exist

revelry sg f

64 (a) [4:54] You [do some of] this and [some of] that, so as to make this happen.

nom n 3sg

3sg pres cop clt

this sg n adj

make 2sg pres P

that sg n adj

make 2sg pres P

hes

comp

pres exist

something sg n

65 (KK) [What do you do during the week after the wedding?]

[ ... ]

66 (a) [5:00] By Wednesday – we wear the veil on Monday, we wear it on Tuesday. On Wednesday

Wednesday sg f

Monday sg m

carry 1pl pres I

veil sg n def

Tuesday sg m

acc n 3sg clt

carry 1pl pres I

Wednesday sg f

67 (a) [5:07] the godfather is supposed to come in the morning to remove the veil. The best man

godfather sg m def

must pres I imprs

come 3sg pres P

comp

dat 2sg clt

throw 3sg pres P

morning sg f def

and

brother.in.law sg m def

девер

68 (a) [5:13] and the one who is the groom’s “little bug” brings a distaff filled with wool

and

who sg f rel adj

sg f L.part cop

masculine sg f adj

bug sg f

nom f 3sg

carry 3sg pres I

one sg f adj

distaff sg f

with

one sg f adj

wool.on.distaff sg f

69 (a) [5:18] and a spindle. She spins up the wool for the best man, she spins for the bride,

spindle sg n

and

spin 3sg pres I

brother.in.law sg m def

spin 3sg pres I

bride sg f def

wool.on.distaff sg f def

къделка

70 (a) [5:24] and he gives her the distaff. And when Friday comes,

nom m 3sg

dat f 3sg clt

acc f 3sg clt

give 3sg pres I

and

distaff sg f def

and

when conj

come 3sg pres P

Friday sg m def

71 (a) [5:30] e go on Friday evening to what they call the ritual visit.

Friday sg m

evening sg f def

go 1pl pres I

ritual.visit pl.t

dat n 3sg clt

call 3pl pres I

72 (a) [5:35] The mother-in-law again kneads up a ritual bun. As for the rest, I’ve forgotten

sikɤ̀rvətə

mother.in.law sg f def

here adv

again adv

knead 3sg pres I

one sg m adj

round.bun sg m

other sg n adj

1sg pres aux clt

acc n 3sg clt

forget sg f L.part P

73 (a) [56:39] where it all was. And we go to tell my people on Saturday evening

where interr

what sg n interr

3sg impf cop

and

go 1pl pres I

comp

say 1pl pres P

my pl def adj

people pl

evening sg f def

Saturday sg f def

74 (a) [5:45] that they mustn’t find me here, that I [must] be inside my mother’s yard.

comp

neg

acc 1sg clt

find sg f L.part P

here adv

comp

1sg pres cop clt

dat refl clt

mother's sg m def adj

майчин

dvòr

yard sg m

двор

75 (a) [5:49] So Saturday evening, the next evening before Sunday – we come back here.

and

Saturday sg f

evening sg f def

other sg f def adj

evening sg f

against

Sunday sg f

acc refl clt

return 3pl pres I

here adv

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1 (a) [0:00] When I married, I came here. My mother-in-law was a hard worker.

2 (a) [0:06] When I got up in the morning she had made banitsa, and had even baked it already

3 (a) [0:09] and had eaten. I was ashamed [even] to reach out

4 (a) [0:12] and take [something] to eat. I said: “[Here I was] lying [in bed] while she made it

5 (a) [0:15] and baked it, and then I [just] get up to eat it.

6 (KK) Hm.

7 (a) [0:21] And so on. We got on, because I’d been alone, you know –

8 (a) [0:25] They were very solicitous for me. I sang a lot,

9 (a) [0:29] and they were very happy. [My husband] was in the military, and for three years

10 (a) [0:34] I lived with them, and nobody said a word to me.

11 (KK) You understood each other.

12 (a) [0:41] We understood one another. Well, my parents-in-law had nobody else

13 (a) [0:44] to [talk] to. I was [the only one] near them. Then the collective farms were set up,

14 (a) [0:48] and we went to work there with five or six neighbors. I went with them.

15 (a) [0:54] I was like a child to them. The bride brings [them] water, the bride’s gone for water.

16 (a) [1:00] We respected one another, and were happy like that, all of us together.

17 (a) [1:05] And so on. Later on I made a family – children:

18 (a) [1:13] My boy isn’t married, but the girl got married,

19 (a) [1:16] and she has two children.

20 (KK) [Tell me about your wedding.]

21 (a) [1:21] When I got to be of marriageable age, my [future] husband came

22 (a) [1:26] to the village to seek me [in marriage], and they came –

23 (a) [1:23] at that time they sent matchmakers, two or three people would come

24 (a) [1:37] to persuade the father and the daughter. A girl who is willing –

25 (a) [1:41] she’ll elope, run off without telling her mother or her father.

26 (a) [1:45] But a girl who didn’t want it like that, would listen to what they told her.

27 (a) [1:51] And when we decided we’d get married, those from the village came here in the evening.

28 (a) [1:57] They came to us [where] ours had prepared snacks and bread (there weren’t ovens then).

29 (a) [2:04] And I had prepared my clothing, because I’m going to be a bride.

30 (a) [2:10] The [future] in-laws came, and brought seven or eight gold pieces on a feather –

31 (a) [2:16] it was either a bouquet or a feather, how should I know –

32 (a) [2:19] and asked me, “Do you want him?”. “I want him”. Then they asked him as well,

33 (a) [2:25] and he said, “If I hadn’t wanted her I wouldn’t have come.”

34 (a) [2:29] So OK, let’s go, congratulate the [new] in-laws, shake the hand of one of them,

35 (a) [2:33] They congratulate us too, and sit down. Now we’re married, and then they set out

36 (a) [3:39] the food for supper. People eat and make noise, because the bride is now married.

37 (KK) And you come here.

38 (a) [2:50] And I was there too, but earlier on they didn’t come [to the new home yet],

39 (a) [2:53] not even when they celebrated the wedding. I had an aunt, for two months I went

40 (a) [3:00] [places] with her. She didn’t come to sleep at our house, they didn’t want her.

41 (a) [3:04] [So] even when they celebrate the wedding, it’s the next evening after the wedding.

42 (a) [3:07] In my case, they married me in the evening, but only brought me here the next afternoon.

43 (a) [3:13] In my time they didn’t do such things any more.

44 (a) [3:18] And then, when they decided on a wedding, they fix the betrothal.

45 (a) [3:25] They go and get the bride’s clothing. Back then there weren’t trucks and such,

46 (a) [3:32] carriages – they come and take [her] clothing, they spread it out here

47 (a) [3:38] and [everyone] looks to see how much dowry the bride has.

48 (KK) [What did they do on the day before the wedding?]

49 (a) [3:41] The betrothal is Saturday. In the evening is the shaving [of the groom]. The next morning

50 (a) [3:49] they dance again. I forget whether they did this for me,

51 (a) [3:53] but I remember [the custom]; it’s called the honeycake. They lay out 2-3 ritual buns.

52 (a) [4:00] There’s a festive table. They dance again, by these buns and honeycakes, and then –

53 (a) [4:05] We don't have a church here in the village, they [have to] call in a priest,

54 (a) [4:10] he was from another village. He comes, and marries us here in the house.

55 (a) [4:15] And they set up the festive table outside, where they’ve invited [guests],

56 (a) [4:18] and people sit there, they eat and dance. Like at a wedding!

57 (KK) And the – the shaving? How was that done?

58 (a) [4:27] Well, they dance again when they shave the groom, they perform the custom.

59 (a) [4:31] Then they start to dance, and dance until they drop, until it gets dark.

60 (KK) Tell me exactly what the shaving consisted of.

61 (a) [4:40] The shaving – they shave the groom. They pour water to wash him, and the dance starts.

62 (a) [4:47] The music starts to play dance tunes, and they start to dance the round dance,

63 (a) [4:50] and that’s the shaving. It’s part of the overall [goal], to be joyous.

64 (a) [4:54] You [do some of] this and [some of] that, so as to make this happen.

65 (KK) [What do you do during the week after the wedding?]

66 (a) [5:00] By Wednesday – we wear the veil on Monday, we wear it on Tuesday. On Wednesday

67 (a) [5:07] the godfather is supposed to come in the morning to remove the veil. The best man

68 (a) [5:13] and the one who is the groom’s “little bug” brings a distaff filled with wool

69 (a) [5:18] and a spindle. She spins up the wool for the best man, she spins for the bride,

70 (a) [5:24] and he gives her the distaff. And when Friday comes,

71 (a) [5:30] e go on Friday evening to what they call the ritual visit.

72 (a) [5:35] The mother-in-law again kneads up a ritual bun. As for the rest, I’ve forgotten

73 (a) [56:39] where it all was. And we go to tell my people on Saturday evening