Vladimir Zhobov
Pavelsko 4
1 (b) [0:01] For lentils it’s the same. I’ll tell you how I went
disc | lentils sg f | thus med adv | 3sg pres cop clt | same adv | nom 1sg | fut | dat 2sg clt | tell 1sg pres I | how interr | 1sg pres aux clt | go sg f L.part I |
2 (b) [0:04] to plow lentils. So now. We got the donkey moving and –
comp | plow 1sg pres I | lentils sg f | now adv | gather pl L.part P | 1pl pres aux clt | here adv | donkey sg n def med | and |
3 (b) [0:07] and – the cow, and I get the kids to lead [the donkey] for me
and | and | this sg n med adj | and | cow sg f def med | and | drive 1sg pres I | child pl n def med | comp | dat 1sg clt | lead 3pl pres I |
4 (b) [0:11] I tell them lead [the animal] by the bridle. And then I plow after that,
with | bridle sg f def med | acc 3pl clt | call 1sg pres I | comp | dat 1sg clt | lead 3pl pres I | and | nom 1sg | plow 1sg pres I | after adv |
5 (b) [0:14] up in the mountains. When my son-in-law Nacho – let me tell you, when Nacho and I
excl | around | mountain sg f def med | when inter.rel | son.in.law sg m | with | Nacho sg m name | comp | dat 2sg clt | tell 1sg pres I | Nacho sg m name |
6 (b) [0:18] pull up the reins – [there’s] this boy – we pull tight as the donkey’s crossing the bridge
pull 1pl pres I | this sg n med adj | boy sg n def dist | pull 1pl pres I | and | across | one sg m adj | bridge sg m | comp | pass 3sg pres P | donkey sg n def dist |
7 (b) [0:23] and the boy fell off the bridge. Oh Lord, what [a thing to] happen!
and | nom n 3sg | fall 3sg aor P | under | bridge sg m def | below adv | excl | God voc sg m | what sg n interr | become 3sg aor P |
8 (b) [0:28] [Just as] we’re going off to plow.
fut | walk 1pl pres I | comp | plow 1pl pres I |
9 (VZh) [So what happened?]
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10 (b) [0:29] The boy fell and – the bridle broke, and he fell down [off the bridge].
boy sg n def med | fall 3sg aor P | and | acc refl clt |
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break 3sg aor P | bridle sg f def med | and | fall 3sg aor P | down adv |
11 (b) [0:33] So there it was. They set off again and we continue to plow.
this sg n med adj | and | become 3sg aor P | and | set.off 3pl aor P | again adv | comp | dat refl clt | continue 1pl pres I | comp | plow 1pl pres I |
12 (b) [0:36] We go off to plow. The cow is pregnant, it starts to precipitate (“vali”),
go 1pl pres P | comp | plow 1pl pres I | cow sg f def med | dat 1pl clt | pregnant sg f adj | begin 3sg aor P | comp | precipitate 3sg pres I |
13 (b) [0:40] [all this when] we are plowing the lentils.
comp | plow 1pl pres I | disc | lentils sg f |
14 (a) [0:41] to precipitate (“leti”)
comp | precipitate 3sg pres I |
15 (b) [0:42] – to precipitate (“vali”), yes.
comp | precipitate 3sg pres I |
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16 (b) [0:43] Don’t say “vali” [for [precipitation]!
fut neg | comp | call 2sg pres I | precipitate 3sg pres I |
17 (b) [0:43] and it began [laughter] – it began to precipitate (“leti”), and I –
and | begin 3sg aor P | begin 3sg aor P | comp | precipitate 3sg pres I | and | nom 1sg | hes |
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18 (a) [0:47] Rain, rain [was falling]
rain sg m | rain sg m |
19 (b) [0:48] Rain and snow [together] – sleet [unintelligible]
rain sg m | and | snow sg m | sleet sg f |
20 (a) [0:49] We call that sleet.
sleet sg f | acc n 3sg clt | call 1pl pres I |
21 (VZh) Uh huh.
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22 (b) [0:50] And so we – we – I said “Well now,” I said “Nashko, what,”
and | nom 1pl | disc | nom 1pl | disc | call 1sg pres I | disc | now adv | call 1sg pres I | Nashko sg m name | what sg n interr |
23 (b) [0:52] I said, “are we going to do now?” I said. [There was] this rain, and my daughter [there] too.
call 1sg pres I | fut | do 1pl pres I | now adv | call 1sg pres I | this sg m adj | rain sg m | and | daughter sg f | dat 1sg clt | 3sg impf cop |
24 (b) [0:55] I throw a bag onto my back, tie up the cow and lead it along.
put 1sg pres I | one pl adj | bag sg m | to | back sg m def | tie 1sg pres I | to | cow sg f def med | lead 1sg pres I | dat refl clt |
25 (b) [0:58] Ah, the narrow paths! I led it [back] and we stayed here, the plow sat [unused]
excl | path pl m | narrow pl adj | lead 1sg aor P | dat refl clt | acc f 3sg clt | stand 1pl aor I | here adv |
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plow sg n def med | stay 3sg aor P |
26 (b) [1:03] nearly twenty days. Only half of what we’d needed to plow was done,
near adv | twenty | day ct m | halve sg n L.part P | acc refl clt | how.big inter.rel | acc n 3sg clt | 1pl pres aux clt | plow pl L.part P |
27 (b) [1:06] the other half was unplowed. When we managed to get back there,
other sg n def dist adj | neg | 3sg pres cop clt | plow sg n P.part I | when inter.rel | go 1pl aor P | there adv | later adv | again adv |
28 (b) [1:10] my cow had calved, so we went off to plow with two donkeys
cow sg f def med | dat 1sg clt | acc refl clt | disc | calve sg f L.part P | again adv | with | two n | donkey pl n | go 1pl aor P | comp | plow 1pl pres I |
29 (b) [1:13] We had – I had – my brother’s wife had [one], so I took them out
with | hes | have 1pl impf I | have 1sg impf I | disc | of | brother acc sg m | woman sg f | take 1sg aor P | and |
30 (b) [1:17] again, their donkey and mine, to go out to plow.
again adv | with | their sg n def med adj | donkey sg n | and |
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and | with | my sg n def med adj | comp | go 1pl pres I | comp | plow 1pl pres I |
31 (VZh) [How do you make yogurt?]
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32 (b) [1:21] For yogurt you – we had cows, we milked them. [First] we milked the cows
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thick sg n def dist | milk sg n |
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have 1pl impf I | cow pl f | milk 1pl impf I | acc 3pl clt | milk 1pl impf I | cow pl f def dist |
33 (b) [1:25] [Then] we boil [the milk] and leave it to cool a bit.
fut | acc 3pl clt | boil 1pl pres P | fut | acc n 3sg clt | leave 1pl pres P | comp | acc refl clt | cool 3sg pres P | little adv |
34 (b) [1:28] We’ll touch a finger to it to see if it’s [sufficiently] cooled or not.
fut | touch 1pl pres I | with | finger sg m def | how interr | acc refl clt | cool sg n L.part P | interr clt | 3sg pres aux clt | neg | interr clt | 3sg pres aux clt |
35 (b) [1:32] If you put [the starter] in when it’s [too] hot, it won’t be good, it won’t –
hot sg n adj | if conj | acc n 3sg clt | put 2sg pres P | nom n 3sg | hes | become 3sg pres P | poor.quality sg n adj | fut neg |
36 (b) [1:34] It curdles.
curdle 3sg pres I | acc refl clt |
37 (b) [1:34] It curdles. You put the starter in. [Then] you take it and pour it into the churn
curdle 3sg pres I | acc refl clt | and | add.starter 2sg pres P | acc n 3sg clt | fut | take 2sg pres P | in | churn sg n def med | comp | pour 2sg pres P |
38 (b) [1:38] to mix it up, and get some butter [out of it].
comp | acc n 3sg clt | mix 2sg pres I | butter sg n | fut | make 2sg pres I | thus med adv |
39 (VZh) [What kind of animals do you have?]
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40 (b) [1:41] Well, we have cattle.
disc | have 1pl pres I | cattle pl n |
41 (a) [1:43] Cattle
cattle pl n |
42 (VZh) What?
how interr |
43 (b) [1:45] We have cattle. Oxen, we call them. Yes.
cattle pl n | have 1pl pres I | ox pl m | acc 3pl clt | say 1pl pres I |
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44 (VZh) Oxen.
ox pl m |
45 (b) [1:47] Not only oxen–
not | only adv | ox sg m |
46 (b) [1:48] Both cows and oxen!
and | cow pl f | and | ox pl m |
47 (b) [1:48] We had both cows and oxen.
and | cow pl f | and | ox pl m | have 1pl impf I |
48 (VZh) And how did you call them [all]?
how interr | acc 3pl clt | call 2pl impf I | acc 3pl |
49 (a) [1:51] We call them “cattle”.
acc 3pl clt | call 1pl pres I | cattle pl n |
50 (b) [1:51] We call them “cattle”.
call 1pl pres I | acc 3pl clt | cattle pl n |
51 (VZh) [1:54] [Are they difficult to look after?]
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52 (b) [1:52] Oh! Clearing up the garbage – you have to carry out the shit, to clean the stable,
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do.housework vbl.n I | garbage sg m def | comp | carry 2sg pres I | shit pl n | everything sg n def dist adj | comp | clean 2sg pres I | stable sg m def |
53 (b) [1:57] to take it off with – I loaded up boxes on the donkey to take
comp | acc m 3sg clt | drive 2sg pres I | with | hes | one pl adj | box pl m | donkey sg n | 1sg pres aux clt | load sg f L.part I | comp | drive 1sg pres I |
54 (b) [2:00] manure out to the fields. That’s how it was. [And] children – when I go [with others] to reap
manure sg n | on | field sg f def med | hes | thus med adv | 3sg impf cop | child pl n | when conj | go 1sg pres P | comp | reap 1pl pres I |
55 (b) [2:05] I take them along. We had an old lame man – I take them
fut | acc 3pl clt | lead 1sg pres I | hes | old.man sg m | have 1pl impf I | one sg m adj | lame sg m adj | fut | acc 3pl clt | lead 1sg pres I |
56 (b) [2:09] to the fields and spread out a rug for them and wrap them up,
to | field sg f def med | comp | comp | dat 3pl clt | spread 1pl pres P | rug sg n def med | comp | [...] | acc 3pl clt | wrap 1pl pres P |
57 (b) [2:11] and he’ll watch my back ( = the kids) [while] I reap in the moonlight.
and | nom m 3sg | fut | acc 1sg clt | protect 3sg pres I | nom 1sg | fut | reap 1sg pres I | in | moonlight sg f |
58 (b) [2:14] That was my lot. And you’ll go [out] in the morning to thresh
such sg n med adj | 1sg pres aux clt | drive sg f L.part I | and | again adv | fut | go 2sg pres P | morning sg f def med | comp | comp | thresh 2sg pres I |
59 (b) [2:17] after it’s piled. You reap [the grain], you pile it up, and go again to thresh it.
when rel | pile 2sg pres P | reap 2sg pres P | acc n 3sg clt | fut | acc n 3sg clt | pile 2sg pres I | comp | go 2sg pres P | again adv | comp | thresh 2sg pres I |
60 (b) [2:21] You water down the threshing floor: we carry water on our shoulders to pour out.
fut | pour 2sg pres P | threshing.floor sg m def | fut | carry 1pl pres I | on | shoulder sg n def med | water sg f | comp | acc n 3sg clt | pour 1pl pres P |
61 (b) [2:25] And then we sit down [to tie sheaves]. We make our own cords, you know.
and | and | then med adv | fut | sit 1pl pres P | hes | nom 1pl | make 1pl pres I | rope pl n | mean 3sg pres I |
62 (b) [2:29] We pull out the longer ones of this, of what’s here
pull 1pl pres P | from | this sg n med adj | more | long sg n adj | from | this sg n med adj | inter.rel | 3sg pres cop clt | here adv |
63 (b) [2:32] Of the rye
from | rye sg f def med |
64 (b) [2:33] and you twist it into a cord. You put it (the stalks) [together]
and | fut | acc n 3sg clt | twist 2sg pres P | rope sg n def med | and | put 2sg pres I | acc n 3sg clt | and | put 2sg pres I |
65 (b) [2:35] and when [the pile] fills up you tie it off.
when inter.rel | 3pl pres cop clt | fill 3sg pres P | tie 2sg pres I | acc n 3sg clt |
66 (VZh) [2:37] With how many cords?
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67 (b) [2:37] With a single one. A single cord.
disc | with | one sg n adj | with | one sg n adj | rope sg n |
68 (VZh) [Is the straw you make from rye bigger than that from wheat?]
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69 (b) [2:39] [Straw] from rye is bigger. That from rye is bigger.
big sg f adj | 3sg pres cop clt | from | this sg f med adj | rye sg f def med adj | rye sg f def med adj | 3sg pres cop clt | more | big sg f adj |
70 (a) [2:41] [It’s] for the livestock.
again adv | for | livestock sg m def |
71 (b) [2:42] For the livestock. We grind it. It gets fine when we thresh it.
again adv | for | livestock sg m def | thus med adv | grind 1pl pres I | acc f 3sg clt | become 3sg pres I | tiny sg f adj | when conj | acc f 3sg clt | thresh 1pl pres I |
72 (b) [2:46] Right. We take it and load it into what we call a net bag
disc | drive 1pl pres I | thresh 1pl pres I | and | in | rel med | call 1pl pres I | net.bag sg n | load 1pl pres I |
73 (a) [2:50] and carry it into the loft, and then feed [it to] the livestock.
and | carry 1pl pres I | in | loft sg f def med | and | feed 1pl pres I | livestock sg m def |
74 (VZh) [How do you call the smallest particles that are left (after threshing)?]
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75 (b) [2:52] Chaff. Chaff.
chaff sg f | chaff sg f |
76 (VZh) What?
how interr |
77 (b) [2:53] Chaff. We call it chaff.
chaff sg f | acc f 3sg clt | call 1pl pres I | chaff sg f |
78 (a) [unintelligible]
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79 (b) [2:55] Right. We gather it up into bags because it is so tiny. Yes.
disc | nom 1pl | acc f 3sg clt | gather 1pl pres I | in | bag pl m | because conj | 3sg pres cop clt | tiny sg f adj | yes |
80 (VZh) [And the chaff from oats?]
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81 (b) [2:58] The chaff from oats is the same as the other kind.
from | oats sg m def | chaff sg f def med | this sg f med adj | 3sg pres cop clt | same sg f def dist adj | what rel dist | and | other sg n def dist adj |
82 (VZh) [What did you used to do with it?]
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83 (b) [3:01] Well, we filled pillows [with it] in the old days, now we buy soft ones.
disc | fill 1pl impf I | acc 3pl clt | pillow pl f | and | olden.times adv | again adv | now adv | soft pl adj | acc 3pl clt | buy 1pl pres I |
84 (VZh) [And did you grow hemp?]
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85 (b) [3:04] [Yes] we swingle hemp. [First] I go to harvest [stalks],
fut | swingle 1pl pres I | hemp pl f | fut | go 1sg pres P | comp | acc 3pl clt | pull 1sg pres P |
86 (b) [3:06] then you’ll put them in а soaking place to soak them.
fut | acc 3pl clt | load 2sg pres P | in | in | soaking.place sg n def med | comp | acc 3pl clt | soak 2sg pres I |
87 (b) [3:09] [Then] you’ll come to swingle them. You’ll put [the result]
fut | come 2sg pres P | comp | acc 3pl clt | swingle 2sg pres I | fut | acc n 3sg clt | do 2sg pres P |
88 (b) [3:11] on these long – I’ll make – we’ll wind it on distaffs,
to | such pl med adj | long pl adj | fut | acc 3pl clt | make 1sg pres I | fut | acc n 3sg clt | wind 1pl pres I | to | distaff pl f |
89 (b) [3:14] spin it, and make [of it] what we used to call hemp rugs.
fut | acc n 3sg clt | spin 1pl pres I | and | make 1pl pres I | hemp.rug pl f | acc n 3sg clt | say 1pl impf I |
90 (a) [3:17] And bags.
and | bag pl m |
91 (b) [3:18] Yes, and bags. And the – We pounded the rest of it
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and | bag pl m | again adv |
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other sg n def med adj | acc n 3sg clt | pound 1pl impf I |
92 (b) [3:21] and made it into bags. We make hemp rugs from it
again adv | and | acc n 3sg clt | make 1pl impf I | for | bag pl m | and | make 1pl pres I | from | this pl med adj | hemp.rug pl f |
93 (b) [3:24] we would fill the insides with straw and make mattresses.
fill 1pl impf I | acc 3pl clt | straw sg f | inside adv | and | make 1pl pres I | mattress pl m |
94 (VZh) [Even] now?
now adv |
95 (b) [3:27] Yes.
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96 (VZh) [With] what?
what sg n interr |
97 (b) [3:28] You harvest it and soak it in the soaking place; it sits there a week.
pull 3sg pres P | acc refl clt | and | acc refl clt | soak 3sg pres I | in | hes | soaking.place sg n def med | sit 3sg pres I | one sg f adj | week sg f |
98 (b) [3:32] Then you go to wash it and [when] it dries we swingle it again.
and | dat refl clt | go 2sg pres I | comp | acc n 3sg clt | wash 2sg pres P | comp | dry 3sg pres P | and | swingle 1pl pres I | acc n 3sg clt | again adv |
99 (b) [3:35] We have – sometimes we use [what’s called] a swingle. It’s, uh, wood
nom 1pl | have 1pl pres I | dat refl clt | sometimes adv | to | swingle sg f | nom 1pl | hes | wood sg n |
100 (a) [3:38] on the side [unintelligible]
from | side sg f |
101 (b) [3:39] There's an iron piece attached at the side and you hold on to a handle
at.side adv | pres exist | iron sg n adj | attach sg n P.part P | thus med adv | dat 1sg clt | 3sg pres cop clt | here adv | handle sg f def med | hold 2sg pres I |
102 (b) [3:42] We have [unintelligible] – prepared with it.
and | nom 1pl | have 1pl pres I | prepare pl P.part I | with | acc f 3sg |
103 (b) [3:45] I was swingling [just] now, and I have a whole distaff-ful of it now.
nom 1sg | 1sg pres aux clt | swingle sg f L.part I | nom 1sg | now adv | 1sg pres cop clt | with | tow sg n def med | now adv |
104 (a) [3:48] Uh huh.
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105 (b) [3:49] Hah.
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106 (a) [3:49] [It’s] a swingle
swingle sg f |
107 (b) [3:50] It’s called a swingle. A swingle. And we swingle with it. You beat and beat,
swingle sg f | acc refl clt | say 3sg pres I | swingle sg f | swingle 1pl pres I | to | acc n 3sg | clatter 2sg pres I | clatter 2sg pres I |
108 (b) [3:53] and you make them into a distaff-ful [of hemp]. Then you put it again on a board
extract 2sg pres I | acc 3pl clt | tow pl n def med | again adv | fut | acc n 3sg clt | put 2sg pres P | to | one sg f adj | board sg f |
109 (b) [3:56] to pound it, so as to get the swingling-tow to come out clean.
comp | acc n 3sg clt | pound 2sg pres I | comp | dat m 3sg clt | come.out 3sg pres P | combings sg m def | comp | become 3sg pres P | clean sg n adj |
110 (b) [3:58] Oh, we [even] have shirts from this [substance]. We weave it [for] shirts
excl | have 1pl pres I | shirt pl f | make 1pl pres I | from | such pl med adj | weave 1pl pres I | shirt pl f |
111 (VZh) [How did you call this thing?]
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112 (b) [4:01] A swingle.
swingle sg f |