Georgi Kolev
Stalevo 4
1 (GK) Is there some humorous incident that you recall from –
| some sg f adj | funny sg f adj | incident sg f | recall 2sg pres I | interr clt | acc refl clt | from | thus adv |
2 (b) [0:05] What?
| disc |
3 (GK) Some humorous incident – that you remember happening
| funny sg f adj | incident sg f | some sg f adj | comp | acc refl clt | recall 2sg pres I | comp | 3sg pres aux clt | become sg f L.part I |
4 (GK) in – in the village, in your youth.
| in | in | village sg n def | in | in | young pl adj | year f pl |
5 (b) [0:12] In – in my youth.
| in | in | [...] | young pl adj | year pl f |
6 (GK) In your youth, or maybe –
| in | young pl adj | year f pl | or | disc |
7 (b) [0:15] In my youth, for instance, there’d be a girl who wasn’t given [in marriage]
| in | young pl adj | year pl f | for.instance adv | pres exist | girl sg n | rel | neg | acc f 3sg clt | give 3pl pres I |
8 (b) [0:19] to the boy that she wanted [to marry] …
| to | this sg m adj | young.man sg m | who acc sg m rel | want 3sg pres I |
9 (GK) Yes?
| yes |
10 (b) [0:22] [And so] she would elope with him.
| nom f 3sg | dat m 3sg clt | elope 3sg pres I |
11 (GK) How [did she do it]?
| how interr |
12 (b) [0:24] Well, just like that.
| disc | thus adv |
13 (IV) She’d run off with him.
| escape 3sg pres I | with | acc m 3sg |
14 (b) [0:27] She’d run off with him.
| escape 3sg pres I | with | acc m 3sg |
15 (GK) Aha. Well, did this [sort of thing] happen often?
| disc | disc | often adv | interr clt | acc m 3sg clt | happen 3sg impf I | this sg n adj |
16 (b) [0:32] It happened! They would even elope [directly] from the dance.
| happen 3sg impf I | disc | how interr | from | round.dance sg n def | even adv | elope 3sg pres I |
17 (GK) Ah?
| disc |
18 (b) [0:35] They’d elope even from the dance.
| from | round.dance sg n def | even adv | elope 3sg pres I |
19 (GK) Because yesterday we were in a [certain village], and there
| because | yesterday adv | 1pl impf cop | in | one sg n adj | village sg n | there adv |
20 (GK) we spoke with three or four grannies, and all of them said
| with | three | four | grandmother pl f | speak 1pl aor I | dat refl clt | all pl def adj | call 3sg pres I |
21 (GK) “We’re all of us here runaway brides!”
| nom 1pl | all pl def adj | here adv | 1pl pres cop clt | runaway.bride pl f |
22 (b) [0:45] Well, the only [thing] I remembered from here – it’s not my uncle –
| disc | disc | only adv | nom 1sg | remember 1sg aor P | there adv | neg | 3sg pres cop clt | our sg m adj | uncle sg m |
23 (b) [0:53] but in the neighborhood three houses away from us.
| thus adv | in | neighborhood sg f def | across | three | house pl f | 1pl pres cop clt |
24 (b) [0:56] My mother had dressed up their daughter when their father died
| my sg f def adj | mother sg f | 3sg pres aux clt | dress.up sg f L.part I | their sg f def adj | daughter sg f | when rel | father sg m | dat 3pl clt | 3sg pres aux clt | die sg m L.part P |
25 (b) [1:02] She dressed like her father, and sister Velichka also got dressed.
| on | acc m 3sg | acc refl clt | dress.again sg f L.part I | and | acc refl clt | dress sg f L.part P | older.sister sg f | Velichka sg f name |
26 (b) [1:06] And [it was] her sister [who] ran off with a hired worker in –
| and | her sg f def adj | sister sg f | elope 3sg aor P | on | one sg m adj | worker sg m | in |
27 (b) [1:10] He wasn’t [hired out] because [his] people were poor; [in fact] they had property.
| nom m 3sg | neg | that conj | poor pl adj | people pl def | property sg n | have 3pl pres I |
28 (b) [1:15] But [there were] many brothers, so their father started hiring them out.
| but | many adv | brother pl m | begin sg m L.part P | comp | acc 3pl clt | negotiate 3sg pres I | worker pl m | father sg m def |
29 (b) [1:20] So she eloped. And we knew about it. My sister Dobra and I, when we were little,
| and | nom f 3sg | elope 3sg pres I | disc | and | nom 1pl | know 1pl impf I | nom 1pl | as | little pl adj | with | Dobra sg f name |
30 (b) [1:24] we watched when she went off with him, when she eloped. He …
| see 1pl impf I | when rel | when inter.rel | go 3sg aor P | nom f 3sg | with | acc m 3sg | when inter.rel | elope 3sg aor P | nom m 3sg |
31 (GK) [cough]
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32 (b) [1:29] … left the place where he’d been a worker; he was at our grandfather’s,
| emerge 3sg aor P | go.out sg m L.part P | [...] | rel | 3sg impf cop | worker sg m | nom m 3sg | 3sg impf cop | at | grandfather's.cohort pl.t |
33 (b) [1:34] at my grandfather’s cousin’s: he was a worker at Grandpa Godyo’s,
| at | of | my sg m def adj | grandfather sg m | at | cousin sg m def | grandfather sg m | Godyo sg m name | 3sg impf cop | worker sg m |
34 (b) [1:37] We were little, but we caught on that they were in love.
| disc | nom 1pl | little pl adj | 1pl impf cop | but | realize 1pl impf I | acc refl clt | that conj | acc refl clt | love 3pl pres I |
35 (GK) Ah.
| disc |
36 (b) [1:41] That one, [the lover of] sister Mariona, he stepped out from behind the stable,
| and | that sg m adj | older.sister sg f | Maryona sg f name | nom m 3sg | pass 3sg aor P | from | stable sg m def |
37 (b) [1:44] she nodded to him that they [should] go to the gates [near] Tsarigrad Road.
| and | nom f 3sg | dat m 3sg clt | turn 3sg pres I | head sg f def | comp | go 3pl pres P | […] | to | gate pl f def | Tsarigrad sg n def adj | road sg n |
38 (b) [1:48] Indeed, our gates are right by Tsarigrad Road.
| disc | thus adv | disc | dat refl clt | 3sg pres cop clt | our pl def adj | gate pl f | like rel | 3sg pres cop clt | and | Tsarigrad sg n def adj | road sg n |
39 (b) [1:52] And he had put on these clothes and when she dressed up – she’d dressed up,
| and | nom m 3sg | dat refl clt | dress sg m L.part P | clothing pl f def | and | nom f 3sg | when conj | dress.up 3sg pres I | dress.up sg f P.part P |
40 (b) [1:56] but when she swept [in the house] – we put on these coveralls we call “coats”,
| but | where rel | sweep sg f L.part I | interr | put.on 1pl impf I | one pl adj | such pl adj | call 1pl pres I | dat 3pl clt | coat pl f |
41 (b) [2:01] like the ones now except ours were hand-woven, not purchased.
| like | today's pl def adj | hes | our pl def adj | 3pl impf cop | weave sg n P.part I | only adv | that conj | neg | 3sg pres cop clt | buy sg n P.part P |
42 (b) [2:07] I said, “Look at sister Mariona, at the dress she is wearing
| call 1sg pres I | older.sister sg f | Maryona sg f name | comp | see 2sg pres P | with | hes | dress sg f def | call 1sg pres I | dress sg f P.part P |
43 (b) [2:13] She has no jacket on, she’s just wearing a dress. But you [need to] see,” I said,
| not | 3sg pres cop clt | with | jacket sg m | but | with | dress sg f def | dress sg f P.part P | comp | see 2sg pres P | call 1sg pres I |
44 (b) [2:17] “that she’s going off.” “Ha, she’s going! How could she?” “Well, you’ll see –
| that conj | fut | go 3sg pres P | excl | fut | go 3sg pres P | how interr | will sg f L.part | hes | comp | see 2sg pres P |
45 (b) [2:20] just look.” And I said that I’d heard from sister Irina – I can tell you that
| look sg imv I | and | say 1sg aor P | hear 1sg aor P | and | from | older.sister sg f | Irina sg f name | comp | dat 2sg clt | say 1sg pres P |
46 (b) [2:24] she’s really from our people; all the others are outsiders,
| from | truly adv | from | our sg m def adj | root sg m | but | nom 3pl | all pl def adj | people pl | 3pl pres cop clt | foreign pl adj |
47 (b) [2:27] ours have only dressed them, [like] when Mom had dressed up their [girl],
| only adv | 3pl pres aux clt | dress pl L.part I | our pl def adj | Mom sg f | dat refl clt | dress.up 3sg pres I | their sg f def adj | dat refl clt |
48 (b) [2:33] [the one] smaller than her (Mariona). So I say, “You should know –”. And she –
| more | little sg f adj | from | acc f 3sg | call 1sg pres I | comp | know 2sg pres I | that conj | nom f 3sg |
49 (b) [2:37] “Yeah, sure. How could it be?” And I went – I said “Tyana, you know,
| disc | yes | how interr | will sg n L.part | and | go 1sg aor P | call 1sg pres I | Tyana voc sg f name | know 2sg pres I | interr clt |
50 (b) [2:41] I’m going to tell you something straight to the point.” And she said,
| fut | dat 2sg clt | say 1sg pres P | one sg n adj | on | on | one sg n adj | nom f 3sg | call 3sg pres I |
51 (b) [2:43] “What are you going to tell me?” I said, “I’ll tell you – and you should know
| what sg n interr | fut | dat 1sg clt | say 2sg pres P | call 1sg pres I | fut | dat 2sg clt | say 1sg pres P | and | comp | know 2sg pres I |
52 (b) [2:46] that it’s true,” I said. “I never utter, never tell, [anything] untruthful,” I said.
| that conj | 3sg pres cop clt | true sg n adj | call 1sg pres I | not.true sg n adj | nom 1sg | neg | pronounce 1sg pres I | neither | say 1sg pres I | call 1sg pres I |
53 (b) [2:50] “Grandpa Godyo [told] me – I don’t have my own grandfather, but [he’s]
| acc 1sg | grandfather sg m | Godyo sg m name | nom 1sg | not.have 1sg pres I | my sg m adj | dat refl clt | grandfather sg m | but |
54 (b) [2:53] my grandfather’s cousin – Grandpa Godyo always advised us thus:
| grandfather sg m | of | grandfather acc sg m | cousin sg m def | disc | grandfather sg m | Godyo sg m name | thus adv | acc 1pl clt | advise 3sg pres I |
55 (b) [2:59] ‘No lying! And never to say such things to anybody [as]
| neither | lie vbl.n I | neither | neither | such pl adj | thing pl f | to | someone acc sg m | comp | say 2sg pres P |
56 (b) [3:02] “Oh, today such and such happened, and then this other thing –” ' ”.
| excl | today adv | this sg n adj | such sg n adj | become sg n L.part P | there adv | then adv | other sg n adj |