Georgi Kolev
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Kolju Marinovo 3
1 (a) [0:00] We look after children, then we take the yearlings to pasture, of course,
| child pl n | watch 1pl pres I | child pl n def | after adv | yearling pl n def | pasture 1pl pres I | disc | interr |
2 (a) [0:05] [since] we have sheep. We produced [everything] ourselves.
| sheep pl f | have 1pl pres I | produce 1pl impf I | dat refl clt |
3 (a) [0:07] Yes, indeed.
| disc | how interr |
4 (a) [0:07] There wasn’t anyplace to buy milk like now [when] we [have to] wait at the store
| milk sg n | pres neg exist | from.where adv | comp | buy 1pl pres P | like | now adv |
5 (a) [0:10] [now] we wait [in line] at the store to get it.
| hes | wait 1pl pres I | in | store sg m def | comp | take 1pl pres P |
6 (a) [0:12] But back then, we’ve got it [right] in our own yard.
| but | then adv | have 1pl pres I | dat refl clt | in | yard sg m def |
7 (c) [0:15] Cows –
| cow pl f |
8 (a) [0:15] We’d have lambs, …
| lamb pl n | dat refl clt | have 1pl pres I |
9 (c) [0:16] Everything.
| everything sg n adj |
10 (a) [0:16] … we’d have cows, and oxen that we plow the fields with –
| cow sg f | fut | have 1pl pres I | ox pl m | which sg n rel adj | plow 1pl pres I | field sg f def |
11 (a) [0:22] We sow the wheat, we produce it all. We are producers!
| sow 1pl pres I | dat refl clt | wheat sg n | produce 1pl pres I | dat refl clt | producer pl m | 1pl pres cop clt |
12 (GK) Umhm.
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13 (b) [0:26] Have we gotten through [a whole] hour?
| make 1pl pres P | interr clt | hour sg m |
14 (GK) Well, let’s finish up with this – with [what happens] there in the field.
| hort | comp | finish 1pl pres P | with | this sg n adj | with | hes | there adv | with | field sg f def |
15 (a) [0:30] OK, you be off [then].
| hort | depart sg imv I |
16 (GK) No, let’s finish up with the field. So, what do you reap?
| mean 3sg pres I | no | with | field sg f def | comp | finish 1pl pres P | mean 3sg pres I | what sg n interr | reap 3sg pres I | acc refl clt |
17 (GK) And after that, after you finish reaping,
| and | after | this sg n adj | when conj | acc refl clt | reap 3sg pres P |
18 (c) [0:36] [unintelligible]
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19 (GK) you make it [all] into…
| make 3sg pres P | acc refl clt | in |
20 (a) [0:37] Into sheaves! They’re this big, this big, you know. And when you gather [them up]
| in | sheaf pl m | ost | so.big pl adj | ost | so,big pl adj | mean 3sg pres I | when conj | gather 1pl pres P |
21 (a) [0:41] you’ll make a cord this size, you’ll make it [to tie up the wheat] from the field,
| ost | so.big sg n adj | rope sg n | fut | make 2sg pres P | from | field sg f def | and | dat refl clt | make 2sg pres P |
22 (a) [0:44] you’ll take [the sheaf], it’s this high and this wide, so for instance
| fut | take 2sg pres P | nom n 3sg | 3sg pres cop clt | so.big sg n adj | high sg n adj | long sg n adj | and | thus adv | for.example adv |
23 (a) [0:48] when you pull it out [and tie it], the two [together] form a cross, something like this,
| when conj | acc m 3sg clt | extract 3pl pres I | two pl n def | acc refl clt | cross 3pl pres P | thus adv | somehow adv |
24 (a) [0:52] and you put it down on the ground, and you carry the small sheaves from here to there,
| and | put 2sg pres I | acc m 3sg clt | to | earth sg f def | carry 2sg pres I | handful sg f | from | here adv | from | here adv |
25 (a) [0:55] until we measure how much [we] need to [make] one sheaf.
| where rel | take 1pl pres P | measurement pl m | how.much interr | need pres I imprs | comp | 3sg pres cop clt | in | one sg m adj | sheaf sg m |
26 (a) [1:00] One sheaf, five sheaves, you gather them up and arrange them
| one sg m adj | sheaf sg m | five | hes | sheaf ct m | acc refl clt | gather 3pl pres I | and | acc refl clt | arrange 3pl pres P |
27 (a) [1:04] so they’re like this, in order. We put them into a single row.
| comp | 3sg pres cop clt | so.big sg n adj | and | in | order sg m | already adv | one sg f adj | row sg f | acc m 3sg clt | order 1pl pres P |
28 (c) [1:07] It would happen when we were reaping that [outsiders] would come to see …
| nom n 3sg | be sg n L.part I | when rel | acc refl clt | reap 3sg pres I | comp | come 3pl pres P | and | comp | see 3pl pres P |
29 (b) [1:09] Hah.
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30 (a) [1:09] … how the work [was going}. So now …
| how interr | 3sg pres cop clt | work sg f def | disc | now adv |
31 (b) [1:11] And –
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32 (c) [1:11] ... [why do they want] you to tell them about it?
| comp | dat 3pl clt | tell 2sg pres P |
33 (b) [1:12] [Well,] they –
| nom 3pl | hes |
34 (GK) Nothing [like that needed], we –
| but | nothing sg n | nom 1pl |
35 (b) [1:13] It’s as if they’d never gone to see [for themselves].
| as.if adv | neg | 3pl pres aux clt | go pl L.part P | comp | see 3pl pres P |
36 (GK) [What] we want [is] – we want to hear the local speech, how [you talk], ...
| nom 1pl | want 1pl pres I | nom 1pl | want 1pl pres I | and | dialect sg m def | comp | hear 1pl pres P | how interr | hes |
37 (k) [1:17] [Ah,] yes, yes.
| yes | yes |
38 (GK) ... how you express it in words, not just to see [things].
| with | which pl adj | word pl f | acc refl clt | say 3sg pres I | not | only adv | comp | acc n 3sg clt | see 1pl pres P |
39 (c) [1:19] Well, yes.
| disc | yes |
40 (GK) Of course we’ve [consulted] books …
| nom 1pl | otherwise adv | by | book pl f |
41 (b) [1:21] They’ve –
| nom 3pl | 3pl pres aux clt | acc n 3sg clt |
42 (GK) … [where] we’ve read about this.
| 1pl pres aux clt | acc n 3sg clt | read pl L.part P |
43 (b) [1:21] They look [it] up in books
| nom 3pl | acc sg n 3sg | look 3pl pres I | by | book pl.t def |
44 (GK) We’ve looked it [up] in books,
| nom 1pl | by | book pl.t def | 1pl pres aux clt | acc n 3sg clt | look pl L.part I |
45 (c) [1:23] [laughter]
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46 (GK) But [now we want] something else. So then, after that
| but | other sg n def adj | and | after adv |
47 (GK) how long does, this thing stay [there] in the field?
| how.much interr | time sg n | stand 3sg pres I | in | in | field sg f def | this sg n med adj | thing sg n |
48 (a) [1:28] “How long does it stay?!” We [just] finish reaping and then start threshing.
| how.much interr | stand 3sg pres I | when conj | [...] | reap 1pl pres P | and | begin 1pl pres I | comp | thresh 1pl pres I |
49 (GK) Where do you do the threshing?
| where interr | thresh 2pl pres I |
50 (a) [1:33] We do the threshing in the courtyard.
| thresh 1pl pres I | in | yard sg m def |
51 (GK) Aha.
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52 (c) [1:35] In the courtyard, [that’s where] we do it.
| in | yard sg m def | dat refl clt | make 1pl pres I |
53 (a) [1:35] In the courtyard we clear out …
| in | yard sg m def | make 1pl pres P | dat refl clt |
54 (b) [1:35] [A space] like a threshing floor.
| like | threshing.floor sg m |
55 (a) [1:36] … a space like this, so – in the courtyard – [and then] we have a threshing board which –
| ost | such sg f adj | flat.space sg f | such sg f adj | in | yard sg m def | have 1pl pres I | dat refl clt | threshing.board sg f | which sg f rel adj |
56 (a) [1:41] well now, you wouldn’t know about that, what it is or how it looks.
| now adv | and | acc f 3sg | neg | know 2pl pres I | what.kind sg f adj | 3sg pres cop clt | and | how interr | and | 3sg pres cop clt |
57 (c) [1:44] [It’s got] flintstones embedded in it underneath. Flintstones, that’s what threshes.
| flintstone pl m | underneath adv | embed pl P.part P | flintstone pl m | thus adv | and | nom n 3sg | thresh 3sg pres I |
58 (GK) How are they embedded, on what? This threshing board, …
| how interr | 3pl pres cop clt | embed pl L.part P | to | what sg n interr | this sg f adj | threshing.board sg f def |
59 (c) [1:49] On the thr-
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60 (GK) … what’s it made of?
| from | what sg n interr | 3sg pres cop clt |
61 (a) [1:50] The threshing board is [made] from wood.
| threshing.board sg f def | 3sg pres cop clt | from | wood sg n |
62 (b) [1:51] Boards - from boards!
| board pl f | from | board sg f |
63 (a) [1:51] A piece of wood about this size, …
| ost | so.big sg n adj | wood sg n |
64 (b) [1:52] Two boards!
| two f | board pl f |
65 (a) [1:53] … about this long, for instance,
| for.example adv | but | ost | so.big sg n adj | long sg n adj |
66 (b) [1:53] Boards.
| board pl f |
67 (a) [1:55] or maybe even a bit longer, like this.
| can pres imprs | inf | and | more | long pl adj | and | thus adv |
68 (a) [1:57] And then it’s got this, these flintstones pounded into it. [Who] used to make them?
| and | 3pl pres cop clt | embed pl P.part P | with | one sg n adj | one pl adj | flintstone pl m | make 3pl impf I | acc 3pl clt |
69 (a) [2:02] Was it Turks? Was it Gypsies? I don’t know, I can’t tell you.
| Turk pl m def | interr clt | 3sg impf cop | Gypsy pl m | interr clt | 3pl impf cop | neg | know 1sg pres I | neg | can 1sg pres I | dat 2pl clt | tell 1sg pres P |
70 (a) [2:04] [Whoever it was,] they would bring us these things, and they’d get pounded into
| nom 3pl | dat 1pl clt | transport 3pl impf I | nom 3pl | such sg n adj | and | acc refl clt | pound 3pl impf I | in | hes |
71 (a) [2:10] the underside of the board we use for threshing.
| board sg f def | to | which sg f rel adj | thresh 1pl pres I | underneath adv |
72 (GK) Uh huh.
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73 (a) [2:13] And then when it moves along, it cuts [the wheat].
| and | when conj | walk 3sg pres I | nom n 3sg | cut 3sg pres I |