Kralevo 1

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1 (a) [0:00] Well [that’s what we] deserve now. After that, I had a hard time.

à

disc

hes

deserved indcl adj

3sg pres cop clt

now

that conj

after

this sg n med adj

dat 1sg clt

3sg impf cop

painful adv

2 (a) [0:03] We were – he said, in – we joined this cooperative farm,

1pl impf cop

call 3sg pres I

this sg n prox adj

cooperative farm sg n

текезесе

fl’azəhme

enter 1pl aor P

вляза

3 (a) [0:04] [and we thought] we were going to die of hunger.

this sg n med adj

fut

die 1pl pres P

hungry pl adj

4 (c) [0:06] Ah, that –

ost

that sg n adj

5 (a) [0:07] Fine. But it wasn’t [so] bad, we were – how [were we going] to work?

good adv

but

disc

and

neg

sg n L.part cop

bad sg n adj

[...]

1pl impf cop

how interr

fut

work 1pl pres I

6 (a) [0:11] [Well,] we got used to it. We [would] go out in groups to work

accustom 1pl aor P

this sg n med adj

dat refl clt

emerge 1pl pres I

group sg f

work 1pl pres I

7 (a) [0:14] people would sing, play music, and then these machines appeared

sing 3pl pres I

people pl def

play 3pl pres I

hes

and

emerge 3pl aor P

machine pl f

8 (a) [0:16] they’d plant the tobacco, and then [we’d] transplant the seedlings.

sow 3pl pres I

hes

tobacco sg m def

thus med adv

acc refl clt

transplant 3sg pres I

разсаждам

9 (a) [0:18] It was a lot of work, we had many years like that.

disc

much adv

3sg impf cop

spend 1pl aor P

many adv

year pl f

[ … ]

with

this sg n med adj

10 (a) [0:21] Nobody from the cooperative farm ever came to ask us [to pay] tax

[...]

nobody sg m

neg

acc 1pl clt

seek 3sg impf I

for

tax sg m

from

this pl med adj

[...]

cooperative farm sg n def

текезесе

11 (a) [0:25] You can say they didn’t pay me much but still we were content

can pres imprs

call 3sg pres I

that conj

little adv

dat 1sg clt

pay 3pl pres I

but

however adv

1pl impf cop

content pl adj

12 (a) [0:28] with that, weren’t we Delcho? That’s how it was, right, son?

this sg n med adj

nom 1pl

interr

Delcho sg m name

thus med adv

3sg impf cop

son voc sg m

13 (c) [0:31] That’s how it was.

thus med adv

3sg impf cop

14 (a) [0:30] Hah. So we give, the cooperative farm takes, they give us [back] –

disc

and

give 1pl pres I

already adv

nom m 3sg

take 3pl pres I

cooperative farm sg n def

текезесе

tìj

nom 3pl

те

hes

dat 1pl clt

ние

dàvət

give 3pl pres I

давам

15 (a) [0:34] We – we were all in the same house, three brothers,

nom 1pl

[ … ]

1pl impf cop

hes

one sg f adj

house sg f

three

[...]

three an.num

brother ct m

16 (a) [0:37] here in the house I married into. Yes, three brothers in one house.

here adv

rel

1sg pres aux clt

acc refl clt

marry sg f L.part P

nom 1sg

three an.num

brother ct m

one sg f adj

dat refl clt

house sg f

17 (a) [0:40] [And] we built a little house for one brother in the lower quarter down there,

make 1pl aor P

for

one sg m def adj

brother sg m

there adv

down adv

lower sg f def adj

district sg f

one sg f adj

small house sg f

18 (a) [0:43] we did that. And then, poor guy, his wife died, so he –

make 1pl aor P

nom m 3sg

pauper sg m def

die 3sg aor P

and

wife sg f def

dat m 3sg clt

and

nom m 3sg

19 (a) [0:45] he has a little daughter, she’s married off in another village,

and

one sg f adj

daughter sg f

have 3sg pres I

and

there adv

marry sg f P.part I

other sg n adj

village sg n

20 (a) [0:49] in Krivo Pole. So now the house is sitting empty, nobody lives in it.

nə

на

krɨ̀vu.pòl’e

Krivo Pole sg n place

and

now adv

house sg f def

dat refl clt

stand 3sg pres I

neg exist

people pl

acc f 3sg

21 (a) [0:52] And we here, in my brother’s [house], thanks to the – to this cooperative farm

and

nom 1pl

here adv

brother sg m

thanks sg n

this sg n prox adj

[...]

this sg n med adj

cooperative farm sg n

текезесе

22 (a) [0:54] we worked a lot. We were young, we could work [hard]. We earned a wage

work 1pl impf I

much adv

young pl adj

1pl impf cop

can 1pl impf I

comp

work 1pl pres I

earn 1pl aor P

dat refl clt

money pl.t

23 (a) [0:59] and built my daughter an apartment (in a complex) in Haskovo from that work.

daughter sg f def

make 1pl aor P

block sg m

Haskovo sg n place

from

labor sg m

24 (a) [1:01] We grow a lot of tobacco, we’ve just planted some now.

tobacco sg m

sow 1pl pres I

much adv

this sg n med adj

3sg pres cop clt

this sg prox adj

now adv

1pl pres aux

sow pl L.part I

25 (a) [1:04] [But] two years ago my daughter was laid off from her job, they laid her off.

two f

year pl f

become 3sg aor P

daughter sg f def

acc f 3sg clt

curtail 3pl aor P

from

work sg f def

curtail 3pl aor P

acc f 3sg clt

26 (a) [1:08] She was the chief accountant; she’d finished secondary school and

and

3sg impf cop

principal sg m adj

accountant sg m

middle sg n adj

education sg n

finish 3sg aor P

and

27 (a) [1:11] studied accounting for two years. And then they laid her off.

and

two f

year pl f

accountant sg m

follow 3sg aor I

and

and

acc f 3sg clt

curtail 3pl aor P

28 (a) [1:13] Now she’s out of a job, and what are we going to do now?

now adv

3sg pres cop clt

without

work sg f

and

now adv

what sg n interr

comp

do 1pl pres I

nom 1pl

29 (a) [1:17] She’s got kids. They’re married but still, when you’re a grandmother

fut

have 3sg pres I

child pl n

nom 3pl

acc refl clt

marry 3pl aor P

but

all adv

again adv

grandmother sg f

when inter.rel

3sg pres cop clt

30 (a) [1:20] they want [things] when they come, and you have to give them something.

want 3pl pres I

interr

when inter.rel

come 3pl pres P

again adv

must pres imprs

comp

give 2sg pres P

something sg n

31 (a) [1:22] It shouldn’t be like that, yet now [you’ve got]

hes

neg

must pres imprs

thus med adv

comp

3sg pres cop clt

but

and

now adv

32 (a) [1:26] “Buy me this, Granny,” they say. “Buy me [that], Grandpa.”

buy sg imv P

dat 1sg clt

grandmother voc sg f

call 3pl pres I

buy sg imv P

dat 1sg clt

grandfather sg m

33 (b) [1:26] “Oh, Granny, oh!” they say, and things like that. [laughter]

excl

and

grandmother voc sg f

excl

call 3sg pres I

such pl med adj

thing pl f

34 (a) [1:29] And now [one of the kids] went to the other grandfather, and [once again]:

now

go sg n L.part P

other sg m def adj

grandfather sg m

now adv

35 (b) [1:31] “Buy me this, Granny! Buy me [that], Grandpa!”

buy sg imv P

dat 1sg clt

grandmother voc sg f

buy sg imv P

dat 1sg clt

grandfather sg m

36 (a) [1:32] “Oh, [why can’t] grandpa take me [somewhere]?!”

excl

grandfather sg m

comp

acc 1sg clt

take 3sg pres P

37 (b) [1:33] But Granny doesn’t have any [money] to buy [anything] with.

and

grandmother sg f

not have 3sg pres I

from where adv

comp

buy 3sg pres P

38 (a) [1:35] Granny doesn’t have anywhere to go thing, that woman’s on a pension.

grandmother sg f

not have 3sg pres I

and

where interr

[...]

pension sg f

3sg pres cop clt

that sg f dist adj

woman sg f

39 (b) [1:38] [Careful,] they’ve recorded [what you said].

here adv

acc 2sg clt

record 3pl aor P

40 (a) [1:39] So let them record me! They had given [me] the pension …

hort

acc 1sg clt

record 3sg pres P

3pl impf aux

dat 1pl clt

give pl L.part P

pension sg f def

41 (b) [1:41] [Ah, OK,] it’s like that. There’s nothing wrong [with it].

this sg n med adj

dat refl clt

3sg pres cop clt

thus med adv

what sg n interr

comp

neg

3sg pres cop clt

something sg n

[...]

crooked sg n adj

42 (a) [1:41] … from my work, it was earned from the tobacco, this tobacco.

from

labor sg m

mean 3sg pres I

tobacco sg m

acc refl clt

3sg pres aux clt

earn sg n L.part I

ost

this sg m prox adj

tobacco sg m

43 (a) [1:44] earned from a – thousand, a thousand and

acc refl clt

3sg pres aux clt

earn sg n L.part I

thousand sg f

and

thousand sg f

and

44 (a) [1:47] a hundred fifty kilograms, and fourteen hundred kilograms

hundred

and

fifty

kilogram ct m

and

thousand sg f

and

four hundred

kilogram ct m

45 (a) [1:48] to get a better pension, up to one thousand eight hundred

for

pension sg f

comp

acc refl clt

increase 3sg pres P

thousand

and

eight hundred

46 (a) [1:52] and fifty kilograms. For tobacco, that’s two thousand two hundred

and

fifty

kilogram ct m

this sg n med adj

3sg pres cop clt

tobacco sg m

two f

thousand pl f

and

two.hundred

47 (a) [1:55] poles, and fifty [more] poles, each of them three meters long.

pole ct m

and

fifty

mean 3sg pres I

pole pl m

three

meter ct m

long pl adj

48 (a) [1:58] Well, with Grandpa we’d string [the tobacco] also at night, but now [they]

but

with

grandfather sg m def

string 1pl impf I

and

at.night adv

but

and

now adv

49 (a) [2:00] came from Haskovo to work, and they string [tobacco] on Sunday

come 3pl aor P

from

Haskovo sg n place

work sg f

and

nom 3pl

string 3pl pres I

Sunday sg m adj

day sg m

50 (a) [2:02] and two of them marked off [a patch], and they sit and –

and

two an.num

again adv

dat refl clt

acc m 3sg clt

mark 3sg pres I

sit down 3sg pres I

and

51 (a) [2:04] we’d bought a TV, and they grabbed it! And now they have it tied

and

television sg m

dat refl clt

buy 1pl aor P

snatch 3pl pres P

acc m 3sg clt

ost

there adv

acc m 3sg clt

tie up 3pl pres P

52 (a) [2:08] up there and they string tobacco, and sing, and string, like a machine.

and

string 3pl pres I

and

sing 3pl pres I

and

string 3pl pres I

but

hes

machine sg f

53 (a) [2:12] But I’ve already put [all] this aside,

but

already adv

nom 1sg

put 1sg aor P

acc m 3sg clt

54 (a) [2:13] We’re old, we can’t do this kind of work any more.

disc

nom 1pl

already adv

and

work sg f def

dat 1pl clt

such sg f med adj

already adv

neg

can 1pl pres I

55 (a) [2:15] But what can we do? I want to [work], but I can’t move about,

but

what sg n interr

comp

do 1pl pres I

again adv

want 1sg pres I

neg

can 1sg pres I

comp

walk 1sg pres I

56 (a) [2:18] and yet I want to go off and pick a bit [of tobacco]

but

want 1sg pres I

comp

go 1sg pres P

now adv

and

comp

little adv

comp

gather 1sg pres I

57 (a) [2:20] to be of use to my daughter [who] picks tobacco all alone

comp

become 1sg pres P

benefit sg f

daughter sg f def

alone sg f

tobacco sg m

gather 3sg pres I

58 (a) [2:23] You see, she picked a bucketful [unintelligible]

look sg imv I

ost

here adv

gather sg f L.part P

one sg f adj

bucket sg f

for

59 (b) [2:25] [laughter]

[...]

60 (a) [2:26] And then there’s another one –

and

other sg f adj

still adv

pres exist

one sg f adj

61 (b) [2:28] [laughter]

[...]

62 (a) [2:28] So how can I tell you about –?

and

what sg n interr

comp

dat 2sg clt

say 1sg pres P

for

for

63 (a) [2:29] Things for me this year look like an uphill struggle.

[...]

now adv

dat 1sg clt

acc refl clt

see 3sg pres P

very adv

strenuous adv

this sg f med adj

year sg f

64 (a) [2:32] You see, in the cooperative farm we earned a lot, built an apartment complex

nàči

mean 3sg pres I

знача

hes

t’èkəzəs’ètu

cooperative farm sg n def

so much adv

1pl impf aux

earn 1pl aor P

dat refl clt

block sg m

dat refl clt

make 1pl aor P

65 (a) [2:35] and we even built a house even here. And [something] left over for the other brother.

and

even adv

and

here adv

house sg f

dat refl clt

make 1pl aor P

and

that sg m dist adj

brother sg m

remain 3sg aor P

66 (a) [2:39] And [then] all these people, Turks, came, they came each with a donkey.

and

all pl def adj

people pl

Turk pl m

come 3pl aor P

with

one sg n adj

donkey sg n

go 3pl aor P

67 (a) [2:41] They had nothing more than a quilt on their backs

not have 3pl impf I

what sg n interr

with

one sg m adj

quilt sg m

back sg m def

68 (a) [2:44] and from among the villagers who were living where the cooperative farm is,

and

from

here adv

villager pl m def

where interr

3sg pres cop clt

cooperative farm sg n

текезесе

69 (a) [2:46] those who were richer moved up to the cities, while

who pl rel

3pl impf cop

landowner pl m

lift 3pl aor P

acc refl clt

city pl m

but

70 (a) [2:49] the poorer people [like us] joined the cooperative farm to work here [laughter]

poor pl def adj

people pl

cooperative farm sg n def

enter 1pl aor P

comp

work 1pl pres I

here adv

71 (c) [2:52] Should we be going?

comp

stand 1pl pres I

72 (a) [2:54] And that’s how it was. And we were very satisfied for many years.

and

thus med adv

3sg impf cop

and

1pl impf cop

content pl adj

very adv

many adv

year pl f

73 (a) [2:57] It was good. We had a good life. But now – now,

good adv

spend 1pl aor P

nice sg m adj

life sg m

but

now adv

now adv

74 (a) [3:02] all this, the way it’s been the last three years –

this sg n prox adj

this sg n prox adj

how rel

become 3sg aor P

already adv

three

year pl f

75 (b) [3:02] It was good, how could it be otherwise?

but

nice adv

3sg impf cop

why interr

comp

neg

3sg impf cop

76 (b) [3:04] Traki would lead the dance and we’d dance (with) Traki.

Traki sg m name

lead in 3sg pres I

round dance sg n def

nom 1pl

dance 1pl pres I

Traki sg m name

77 (a) [3:06] And in the fields people [would] sing, play music [while they were on] …

and

field sg n def

sing 3pl pres I

play 3pl pres I

people pl def

78 (b) [3:08] Ah, good. It was good.

excl

nice adv

3sg impf cop

nice adv

79 (a) [3:08] the work brigades. This machine goes along and you spray from this [thing] hoisted on it –

brigade sg f def

machine sg f def

walk 3sg pres I

spray 2sg pres I

this sg n med adj

hoist sg n P.part P

80 (b) [3:10] Yes.

jè

disc

81 (a) [3:10] it’s carried – water keeps flowing. Everything was fine.

carry 3sg pres I

acc refl clt

water sg f def

flow 3sg pres I

3sg impf cop

and

nice adv

82 (a) [3:13] But now, now, we have to plant tobacco using a little donkey, my son!

disc

now adv

and

now adv

nom 1pl

now adv

acc m 3sg clt

sow 1pl pres P

tobacco sg m def

with

donkey sg n def

child sg n

83 (b) [3:18] [laughter]

[...]

84 (a) [3:18] With a donkey! How can you plant three decares …

with

donkey sg n

what sg n interr

comp

sow 2sg pres P

three

decare pl n

85 (b) [3:20] [laughter]

[...]

86 (a) [3:22] … with a donkey? Can it carry the water on its back?

with

donkey sg n

back sg m def

water sg f

carry 3sg pres I

interr clt

acc refl clt

87 (b) [3:24] We’ll buy a tractor.

tractor sg m

fut

dat refl clt

buy 1pl pres P

88 (a) [3:25] Do we have the money to buy a tractor now? No, we don’t.

have 1pl pres I

interr clt

money pl.t

comp

buy 1pl pres P

tractor sg m

now adv

not have 1pl pres I

89 (a) [3:28] If [only] we had money to buy a tractor [laughter] for plowing!

disc

if conj

pres exist

money pl.t

comp

buy 1pl pres P

tractor sg m

comp

plow 3sg pres I

90 (b) [3:31] [unintelligible]

[...]

91 (a) [3:31] [As it is, the one who] plows a decare-large field [for us] will say give [me]

but

now adv

when rel

plow 3sg pres P

one sg m adj

decare sg m

field sg f

give sg imv P

give sg imv P

92 (a) [3:34] a hundred levs, give [me] ninety levs, give [me] a hundred and fifty levs.

hundred

lev ct m

call 3sg pres I

give sg imv P

ninety

lev ct m

give sg imv P

hundred

and

fifty

lev ct m

93 (a) [3:37] [It’s hard, because] the [value of] money has fallen.

but

money pl.t def

fall 3pl aor P

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1 (a) [0:00] Well [that’s what we] deserve now. After that, I had a hard time.

2 (a) [0:03] We were – he said, in – we joined this cooperative farm,

3 (a) [0:04] [and we thought] we were going to die of hunger.

4 (c) [0:06] Ah, that –

5 (a) [0:07] Fine. But it wasn’t [so] bad, we were – how [were we going] to work?

6 (a) [0:11] [Well,] we got used to it. We [would] go out in groups to work

7 (a) [0:14] people would sing, play music, and then these machines appeared

8 (a) [0:16] they’d plant the tobacco, and then [we’d] transplant the seedlings.

9 (a) [0:18] It was a lot of work, we had many years like that.

10 (a) [0:21] Nobody from the cooperative farm ever came to ask us [to pay] tax

11 (a) [0:25] You can say they didn’t pay me much but still we were content

12 (a) [0:28] with that, weren’t we Delcho? That’s how it was, right, son?

13 (c) [0:31] That’s how it was.

14 (a) [0:30] Hah. So we give, the cooperative farm takes, they give us [back] –

15 (a) [0:34] We – we were all in the same house, three brothers,

16 (a) [0:37] here in the house I married into. Yes, three brothers in one house.

17 (a) [0:40] [And] we built a little house for one brother in the lower quarter down there,

18 (a) [0:43] we did that. And then, poor guy, his wife died, so he –

19 (a) [0:45] he has a little daughter, she’s married off in another village,

20 (a) [0:49] in Krivo Pole. So now the house is sitting empty, nobody lives in it.

21 (a) [0:52] And we here, in my brother’s [house], thanks to the – to this cooperative farm

22 (a) [0:54] we worked a lot. We were young, we could work [hard]. We earned a wage

23 (a) [0:59] and built my daughter an apartment (in a complex) in Haskovo from that work.

24 (a) [1:01] We grow a lot of tobacco, we’ve just planted some now.

25 (a) [1:04] [But] two years ago my daughter was laid off from her job, they laid her off.

26 (a) [1:08] She was the chief accountant; she’d finished secondary school and

27 (a) [1:11] studied accounting for two years. And then they laid her off.

28 (a) [1:13] Now she’s out of a job, and what are we going to do now?

29 (a) [1:17] She’s got kids. They’re married but still, when you’re a grandmother

30 (a) [1:20] they want [things] when they come, and you have to give them something.

31 (a) [1:22] It shouldn’t be like that, yet now [you’ve got]

32 (a) [1:26] “Buy me this, Granny,” they say. “Buy me [that], Grandpa.”

33 (b) [1:26] “Oh, Granny, oh!” they say, and things like that. [laughter]

34 (a) [1:29] And now [one of the kids] went to the other grandfather, and [once again]:

35 (b) [1:31] “Buy me this, Granny! Buy me [that], Grandpa!”

36 (a) [1:32] “Oh, [why can’t] grandpa take me [somewhere]?!”

37 (b) [1:33] But Granny doesn’t have any [money] to buy [anything] with.

38 (a) [1:35] Granny doesn’t have anywhere to go thing, that woman’s on a pension.

39 (b) [1:38] [Careful,] they’ve recorded [what you said].

40 (a) [1:39] So let them record me! They had given [me] the pension …

41 (b) [1:41] [Ah, OK,] it’s like that. There’s nothing wrong [with it].

42 (a) [1:41] … from my work, it was earned from the tobacco, this tobacco.

43 (a) [1:44] earned from a – thousand, a thousand and

44 (a) [1:47] a hundred fifty kilograms, and fourteen hundred kilograms

45 (a) [1:48] to get a better pension, up to one thousand eight hundred

46 (a) [1:52] and fifty kilograms. For tobacco, that’s two thousand two hundred

47 (a) [1:55] poles, and fifty [more] poles, each of them three meters long.

48 (a) [1:58] Well, with Grandpa we’d string [the tobacco] also at night, but now [they]

49 (a) [2:00] came from Haskovo to work, and they string [tobacco] on Sunday

50 (a) [2:02] and two of them marked off [a patch], and they sit and –

51 (a) [2:04] we’d bought a TV, and they grabbed it! And now they have it tied

52 (a) [2:08] up there and they string tobacco, and sing, and string, like a machine.

53 (a) [2:12] But I’ve already put [all] this aside,

54 (a) [2:13] We’re old, we can’t do this kind of work any more.

55 (a) [2:15] But what can we do? I want to [work], but I can’t move about,

56 (a) [2:18] and yet I want to go off and pick a bit [of tobacco]

57 (a) [2:20] to be of use to my daughter [who] picks tobacco all alone

58 (a) [2:23] You see, she picked a bucketful [unintelligible]

59 (b) [2:25] [laughter]

60 (a) [2:26] And then there’s another one –

61 (b) [2:28] [laughter]

62 (a) [2:28] So how can I tell you about –?

63 (a) [2:29] Things for me this year look like an uphill struggle.

64 (a) [2:32] You see, in the cooperative farm we earned a lot, built an apartment complex

65 (a) [2:35] and we even built a house even here. And [something] left over for the other brother.

66 (a) [2:39] And [then] all these people, Turks, came, they came each with a donkey.

67 (a) [2:41] They had nothing more than a quilt on their backs

68 (a) [2:44] and from among the villagers who were living where the cooperative farm is,

69 (a) [2:46] those who were richer moved up to the cities, while

70 (a) [2:49] the poorer people [like us] joined the cooperative farm to work here [laughter]

71 (c) [2:52] Should we be going?

72 (a) [2:54] And that’s how it was. And we were very satisfied for many years.