Georgi Kolev
Kovačevo 2
1 (GK) In the old days what kinds of animals did you raise here in your village?
| nom 2pl | one sg n adj | time sg n | what.kind sg m adj | livestock sg m | acc refl clt | look.after 3sg impf I | here adv | in | your sg n def adj | village sg n |
2 (a) [00:03] Donkeys, horses, mules, oxen –
| donkey sg n | horse sg m | mule sg n | ox pl m |
3 (b) [00:09] Oxen, cows with their calves. Two cows per [household]. I had two cows
| ox pl m | cow pl f | with | calf pl n | by | two f | cow pl f | with | two f | cow pl f | 1sg pres aux clt | have sg f L.part I |
4 (b) [00:13] [in] the yard, and two oxen. [Also] donkeys. There was everything.
| yard sg m def | and | two m | ox ct m | donkey sg n | everything sg n adj | impf exist |
5 (c) [00:17] During our live we had –
| have sg f L.part I | 1sg pres aux clt | during | life sg m def | 1pl pres aux clt | [...] |
6 (b) [00:19] Hah!
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7 (c) [00:19] and a donkey
| and | donkey sg n |
8 (b) [00:20] Hah!
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9 (c) [00:20] and a horse, and a mule.
| and | horse sg m | and | mule sg n |
10 (b) [00:20] We also have a horse. We have everything.
| and | horse sg m | have 1pl pres I | and | everything sg n adj | have 1pl pres I |
11 (c) [00:20] I looked after two donkeys and one horse.
| two n | mule pl n | 1sg pres aux clt | spend sg f L.part P | two n | donkey pl n | and | one sg m adj | horse sg m |
12 (b) [00:27] Sheep, goats –
| sheep pl f | goat pl f |
13 (c) [00:29] And one horse.
| and | one sg m adj | horse sg m |
14 (b) [00:30] Back then whatever we produced was ours. Back then there were [strong] rains,
| then adv | what rel | dat refl clt | get 1pl pres P | for | acc 1pl | dat refl clt | 3sg pres cop clt | then adv | impf exist | and | rain pl m |
15 (b) [00:35] [there were] these fields that you see – up there, down there, with fences –
| this pl adj | field f pl | rel | acc 3pl clt | look 2sg pres I | and | up.above adv | and | down.below adv | fence pl f | pres exist |
16 (b) [00:40] oho! But there was rain..
| excl | but | impf exist | and | rain sg m |
17 (a) [00:40] [unintelligible]
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18 (b) [00:41] We brought in good crops, my son
| good.harvest sg m | get 1pl impf I | son voc m |
19 (b) [00:43] But now what is there? Now they don’t want it. One against the other!
| but | disc | now adv | what interr | 3sg pres cop clt | now adv | not.want 3pl pres | and | one sg m adj | on | other sg m adj |
20 (b) [00:46] This little village here is just as cursed as it is small.
| how.much adv | 3sg pres cop clt | here adv | [...] | little sg n adj | village sg n def | and | so.much adv | 3sg pres cop clt | and | bedevil sg n P.part P |
21 (b) [00:49] Quarrels! They fight! They won’t let a single tractor in to plow, or to sow,
| quarrel pl f | quarrel 3pl pres I | acc refl clt | neither | tractor sg m | allow 3pl pres I | comp | plow 3pl pres P | comp | sow 3pl pres I |
22 (b) [00:54] to have [even] a puny little hen. As we [are now], if you buy some little hen,
| comp | pres exist | one sg f adj | small.hen sg f | when conj | 1pl pres cop clt | fut | dat refl clt | take 3sg pres I | some sg f adj | small.hen sg f |
23 (b) [01:00] There’s grain, you can feed the hens. But there aren’t any [hens]!
| pres exist | rye sg n | fut | dat refl clt | feed 2sg pres P | hen pl f def | pres neg exist |
24 (b) [01:03] Yesterday I was – in Katuntsi I paid two levs each …
| yesterday adv | 1sg pres aux clt | from | Katuntsi | 1sg pres aux clt | buy sg f L.part P | and | by | two m | lev ct m |
25 (c) [01:05] Two levs!
| two m | lev ct m |
26 (b) [01:05] … for eggs.
| egg sg n def |
27 (GK) It’s gotten to be two levs?!
| two m | lev ct m | 3sg pres aux clt | become sg n L.part P |
28 (b) [01:07] Two levs!
| two m | lev ct m |
29 (c) [01:07] Two levs!
| two m | lev ct m |
30 (b) [01:08] Two levs!
| two m | lev ct m |
31 (GK) Yikes!
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32 (b) [01:11] And I bought ten eggs. Do the math, how much is that?!
| and | ten | egg pl n | take 1sg aor P | [...] | find sg imv P | account sg f | how.much | money pl.t | 3pl pres cop clt |
33 (GK) Twenty levs.
| twenty | lev ct m |
34 (b) [01:14] That’s right. Two levs each.
| disc | thus adv | by | two m | lev ct m |
35 (GK) But when we left Sofia, eggs were one lev sixty each.
| and | when conj | depart 1pl aor P | from | Sofia sg f place | 3pl impf cop | by | lev sg m | and | sixty | egg pl n def |
36 (b) [01:20] No, two levs.
| no | two m | lev ct m |
37 (c) [01:21] Also in Sandanski, it’s different there [unintelligible]
| and | by | Sandanski sg m place | there adv | by | different sg n adj |
38 (b) [01:23] It was like that here earlier, one lev eighty. But at
| and | here adv | 3sg impf cop | thus adv | before adv | by | lev sg m | and | eighty | but | from |
39 (b) [01:26] one lev eighty, that’s still [unintelligible]
| lev sg m | and | eighty | and | still adv |
40 (c) [01:29] They even brought [eggs] in from Yugoslavia, at one lev ten, to Katuntsi.
| even adv | from | Yugoslavia sg f place | 3pl impf aux | bring pl L.part P | by | lev sg m | and | ten |
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in | Katuntsi sg m place |
41 (b) [01:32] In Katuntsi –
| in | Katuntsi sg m place |
42 (a) [01:34] I haven’t tasted an egg in I don’t know when!
| now adv | neg | 1sg pres aux clt | taste sg f L.part P | egg sg n |
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neg | remember 1sg pres I | since.when adv |
43 (b) [01:35] Well, what can [you do]?
| disc | what interr | fut |
44 (c) [01:36] And from Kolyo so many times I [unintelligible] –
| and | nom 1sg | ost | here adv | from | Kolyo sg m name | many adv | time pl m | 1sg pres aux clt |
45 (a) [01:38] I don’t remember the last time I ate eggs.
| neg | remember 1sg pres I | since.when adv | neg | 1sg pres aux clt | eat sg f L.part I | egg pl n |
46 (GK) But can’t –
| but | neg |
47 (b) [01:40] He wants two levs each for them! Two levs!
| two m | lev ct m | interr clt | dat 2sg clt | acc 3pl clt | grasp 3sg pres I | nom m 3sg | two m | lev ct m |
48 (GK) Can’t you raise hens?
| neg | can 2sg pres I | comp | dat refl clt | look.after 2sg pres I | hen pl f |
49 (a) [01:42] I can’t. I had [some] hens, but something ate them up and that’s the end.
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neg | can 1sg pres I | have 1sg impf I | hen pl f | but | eat 3sg aor P | acc 3pl clt | something sg n | and | end sg m |
50 (c) [01:47] There isn’t – [unintelligible]
| neg exist |
51 (a) [01:47] In the space of two evenings [I lost them all].
| for | two f | evening pl f |
52 (c) [01:47] if you have chickens –
| if conj | have 2sg pres I | hen pl f |
53 (GK) You can’t get any again now?
| neg | can pres imprs | comp | acc 3pl clt | start 2sg pres P | now adv | again adv |
54 (a) [01:49] I can’t. I can’t. One hen now costs fifty or sixty levs.
| neg | can 1sg pres I | neg | can 1sg pres I | now adv | fifty | lev ct m | and | sixty | lev ct m | one f sg adj | hen sg f |
55 (b) [01:53] That much! Tsk tsk. That much. [It’s gotten] expensive.
| disc | so.much adv |
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so.much adv | high.costs sg f |
56 (a) [01:54] Really expensive.
| high.costs sg f | very adv |