Stančov Han 3

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1 (c) [0:00] The youth run off to the city, all of them, and they’ve left only old people here

mlàdijə

young sg m def adj

people sg m

escape 3sg pres P

city sg m def

all sg m def adj

leave 3sg aor P

only adv

old.man pl m def

here adv

2 (PSh) [cough]

[…]

3 (c) [0:05] to live out their lives, and that’s it. And everything’s been abandoned.

comp

acc refl clt

live.out 3pl pres P

life sg m def

and

this sg n adj

3sg pres cop clt

[...]

and

zəpust’à

become.desolate 3sg aor P

запустея

sìčku

everything sg n adj

всичко

4 (c) [0:10] In the old days you had here estates, with fruit trees [or]

here adv

property sg m

here adv

fruit pl adj

tree pl n

time sg n def

5 (EE) Hm.

bkch

6 (c) [0:13] with little gardens each nicer than the other. Everyone had equipped his, set it up –

from

pretty pl adj

pretty pl adj

small.garden pl f

each sg m adj

dat refl clt

3sg impf aux

furnish sg m L.part P

обзаведа

nəgləsìl

arrange sg m L.part P

наглася

7 (c) [0:17] [but then] they built the state farms, amalgamated the land,

make 3pl aor P

state.farm sg n

make 3pl aor P

large.field pl m

8 (c) [0:18] drove [everything off], did [all that], told lies, stole – and finally it all went bankrupt.

drive 3pl aor I

make 3pl aor

lie 3pl impf I

steal 3pl aor

most

after adv

go.bankrupt 3sg aor P

фалирам

sìčkutu

everything sg n def adj

всичко

9 (c) [0:22] and now it’s all gone to waste. Nothing. The fields neither get mown

and

now adv

everything sg n adj

become.desolate 3sg aor P

nothing sg n

field pl m

neither

acc refl clt

mow 3sg pres I

10 (c) [0:26] nor reaped nor nothing any more. Nothing gets sown.

neither

acc refl clt

reap 3sg pres I

neither

nothing sg n

already adv

neg

acc refl clt

sow 3sg pres I

11 (c) [0:31] This guy sells me fodder for thirty or forty levs and I feed the pig

sell 3sg pres I

nom m 3sg

acc 1sg

thirty

forty

lev ct m

fodder sg m

and

comp

feed 1sg pres I

nom 1sg

pig sg n

12 (c) [0:36] and chickens and this and that [with it]. It’s a hopeless case.

and

chicken pl f

and

this sg n adj

that sg n adj

nom f 3sg

lose sg f P.part P

thing sg f

13 (PSh) Don’t you raise any livestock now?

neg

dat refl clt

interr clt

look 2sg pres I

now adv

some.kind sg m adj

livestock sg m

14 (c) [0:41] Yes, I still do …

disc

look 1sg pres I

still adv

15 (EE) Uh huh.

əhə

bkch

аха

16 (c) [0:41] … but we’re going to get rid of them already. Now in the autumn

but

fut

acc 3pl clt

rub.out 1pl pres I

already adv

ost

now adv

autumn sg f def

17 (c) [0:43] we’ll clear [them out] – we’ll slaughter [them] and be done with it …

already adv

fut

clean 1pl pres I

fut

acc 3pl clt

slaughter 1pl pres I

fut

remove 1pl pres I

18 (PSh) You have little sheep?

small.sheep pl f

dat refl clt

have 2sg pres I

19 (c) [0:46] … because there’s nothing to do with them, no way to breed them.

because

pres neg exist

what sg n interr

comp

acc 3pl clt

do 1pl pres

pres neg exist

with

what sg n interr

comp

acc 3pl clt

breed 1pl pres P

20 (c) [0:51] That’s [all] expensive and our pensions are “feeble”.

disc

expensive adv

pension pl f def

weak pl f adj

21 (PSh) Earlier on did you have cattle, a cart, a carriage, something?

and

before adv

exist impf

interr clt

big sg m adj

livestock sg m

cart sg f

carriage sg f

something sg n

22 (c) [0:58] A cart, carriages, tractors, machines – they wasted it all. They sold them, stole them,

cart f sg

carriage pl f

tractor pl m

machine pl f

everything sg n adj

destroy 3pl aor P

sell 3pl aor P

acc 3pl clt

steal 3pl aor P

acc 3pl clt

23 (c) [1:06] everything’s gone bankrupt and there’s no longer anything to work with.

and

sìčku

everything sg n adj

всичко

fəlìrə

go.bankrupt 3sg aor P

and

pres neg exist

already adv

with

what sg n interr

comp

acc refl clt

work 3sg pres I

24 (c) [1:08] I have one donkey and it barely carries me –

have 1sg pres I

one sg n adj

donkey sg n

ost

such sg n adj

barely adv

acc 1sg

drive 3sg pres I

25 (c) [1:11] it goes [laughter], and [all I do] is get annoyed with it.

go 3sg pres I

comp

acc refl clt

be.angry 1sg pres I

with

acc n 3sg

26 (EE) Mm.

bkch

27 (c) [1:12] But in the old days here – we have here a village higher up

but

one sg n adj

time sg n

here adv

here adv

have 1pl pres I

one sg n adj

village sg n

above adv

28 (c) [1:19] that’s called Vastiltsi. There were forty houses or so,

Vastiltsi pl place

acc refl clt

say 3sg pres I

and

3pl impf cop

towards

forty

house pl f

29 (c) [1:21] and forty pairs of hinnies. Hinnies – do you know what a hinny is?

forty

pair ct m

hinny pl m

hinny pl m

know 2sg pres I

interr clt

acc n 3sg clt

what sg n interr

3sg pres cop clt

hinny sg m

30 (c) [1:26] A hinny is bigger than a donkey. Strong animals, [strong as] steel.

hinny sg m

3sg pres cop clt

from

donkey sg n def

big sg n adj

healthy pl adj

animal pl n

steel.like pl adj

31 (c) [1:29] There were lime pits here too, they burned lime. Every day there would pass by here

here adv

impf exist

and

lime.pit pl f

burn 3pl impf I

lime sg m

each sg m adj

day sg m

here adv

pass 3pl pres I

32 (c) [1:34] twenty or thirty freight carriages with a load of a thousand kilos each.

twenty

thirty

carriage pl f

freight pl adj

with

thousand sg f

kilo pl n

load sg m

33 (c) [1:35] They go off to the city, take it to [railroad] cars

and

depart 3pl pres I

for

city sg m def

drive 3pl pres I

car pl m

34 (c) [1:41] and a series of other things. But now it’s all gone to ruin.

and

row sg m

other pl adj

thing pl f

and

now adv

sink 3sg aor P

everything sg n adj

35 (c) [1:45] And before the elections they promised they would fix up the lime pits, but they forgot.

and

before

election pl m def

promise 3pl aor I

fut

acc 3pl clt

make 3pl pres

lime.pit pl f def

again adv

forget 3pl aor P

36 (c) [1:48] After we elected them they forgot. They settled in up there, they eat and drink

when conj

acc 3pl clt

choose 1pl aor P

forget 3pl aor P

settle 3pl aor P

acc refl clt

above adv

and

eat 3pl pres I

and

drink 3pl pres I

37 (c) [1:53] and nothing more. And there’s no work for the people, the youth.

and

more adv

nothing sg n

and

pres neg exist

work sg f

for

people sg m def

youth pl m

38 (c) [1:56] I have a boy about your age now. He finished [school]

nom 1sg

have 1sg pres I

one sg n adj

boy sg n

thus adv

acc 2pl

now adv

finish 3sg aor P

39 (c) [2:00] [but] can’t find work. He just barely now got [a job as] a watchman

neg

can 3sg pres I

comp

find 3sg pres P

work sg f

barely adv

now adv

acc refl clt

catch sg m L.part P

guard sg m

40 (c) [2:03] at a hotel there [in town, for three thousand levs, [that’s what] they pay him.

one sg m adj

hotel sg m

there adv

for

three

thousand pl f

lev ct m

dat m 3sg clt

pay 3pl pres I

41 (c) [2:06] I said, “Grandpa’s one, that [much money] is not even enough for your cigarettes.”

say 1sg aor P

grandfather voc sg m

nom 3pl

only adv

for

cigarette pl f

neg

dat 2sg clt

suffice 3pl pres I

nom 3pl

42 (c) [2:09] Only for cigarettes, three thousand levs! (He smokes [these] modern cigarettes.)

only adv

for

cigarette pl f

three

thousand pl f

lev ct m

nom m 3sg

smoke 3sg pres I

modern pl adj

cigarette pl f

43 (c) [2:13] And when you add it up he doesn’t have anything left. But he goes there.

and

when conj

calculate 2sg pres P

disc

neg

dat m 3sg clt

remain 3sg pres I

nothing sg n

but

go 3sg pres I

there adv

44 (c) [2:19] What can he do? No other way. His mother supports him, teaches him,

what sg n interr

comp

do 3sg pres I

pres neg exist

where interr

mother sg f

dat m 3sg clt

acc m 3sg clt

support 3sg pres P

teach 3sg pres I

acc m 3sg clt

45 (c) [2:21] does this and that, and in the end he’s a night watchman there at the hotel.

do 3sg pres I

do 3sg pres I

and

end sg m def

there adv

hotel sg m def

watchman sg m

night sg n adj

time sg n

46 (c) [2:26] Those [others] sleep, and he keeps watch over them.

that pl adj

sleep 3pl pres I

nom m 3sg

acc 3pl clt

keep 3sg pres I

47 (PSh) Huh.

xəm

bkch

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Stančov Han 3

1 (c) [0:00] The youth run off to the city, all of them, and they’ve left only old people here

2 (PSh) [cough]

3 (c) [0:05] to live out their lives, and that’s it. And everything’s been abandoned.

4 (c) [0:10] In the old days you had here estates, with fruit trees [or]

5 (EE) Hm.

6 (c) [0:13] with little gardens each nicer than the other. Everyone had equipped his, set it up –

7 (c) [0:17] [but then] they built the state farms, amalgamated the land,

8 (c) [0:18] drove [everything off], did [all that], told lies, stole – and finally it all went bankrupt.

9 (c) [0:22] and now it’s all gone to waste. Nothing. The fields neither get mown

10 (c) [0:26] nor reaped nor nothing any more. Nothing gets sown.

11 (c) [0:31] This guy sells me fodder for thirty or forty levs and I feed the pig

12 (c) [0:36] and chickens and this and that [with it]. It’s a hopeless case.

13 (PSh) Don’t you raise any livestock now?

14 (c) [0:41] Yes, I still do …

15 (EE) Uh huh.

16 (c) [0:41] … but we’re going to get rid of them already. Now in the autumn

17 (c) [0:43] we’ll clear [them out] – we’ll slaughter [them] and be done with it …

18 (PSh) You have little sheep?

19 (c) [0:46] … because there’s nothing to do with them, no way to breed them.

20 (c) [0:51] That’s [all] expensive and our pensions are “feeble”.

21 (PSh) Earlier on did you have cattle, a cart, a carriage, something?

22 (c) [0:58] A cart, carriages, tractors, machines – they wasted it all. They sold them, stole them,

23 (c) [1:06] everything’s gone bankrupt and there’s no longer anything to work with.

24 (c) [1:08] I have one donkey and it barely carries me –

25 (c) [1:11] it goes [laughter], and [all I do] is get annoyed with it.

26 (EE) Mm.

27 (c) [1:12] But in the old days here – we have here a village higher up

28 (c) [1:19] that’s called Vastiltsi. There were forty houses or so,

29 (c) [1:21] and forty pairs of hinnies. Hinnies – do you know what a hinny is?

30 (c) [1:26] A hinny is bigger than a donkey. Strong animals, [strong as] steel.

31 (c) [1:29] There were lime pits here too, they burned lime. Every day there would pass by here

32 (c) [1:34] twenty or thirty freight carriages with a load of a thousand kilos each.

33 (c) [1:35] They go off to the city, take it to [railroad] cars

34 (c) [1:41] and a series of other things. But now it’s all gone to ruin.

35 (c) [1:45] And before the elections they promised they would fix up the lime pits, but they forgot.

36 (c) [1:48] After we elected them they forgot. They settled in up there, they eat and drink

37 (c) [1:53] and nothing more. And there’s no work for the people, the youth.

38 (c) [1:56] I have a boy about your age now. He finished [school]

39 (c) [2:00] [but] can’t find work. He just barely now got [a job as] a watchman

40 (c) [2:03] at a hotel there [in town, for three thousand levs, [that’s what] they pay him.

41 (c) [2:06] I said, “Grandpa’s one, that [much money] is not even enough for your cigarettes.”

42 (c) [2:09] Only for cigarettes, three thousand levs! (He smokes [these] modern cigarettes.)

43 (c) [2:13] And when you add it up he doesn’t have anything left. But he goes there.

44 (c) [2:19] What can he do? No other way. His mother supports him, teaches him,

45 (c) [2:21] does this and that, and in the end he’s a night watchman there at the hotel.

46 (c) [2:26] Those [others] sleep, and he keeps watch over them.

47 (PSh) Huh.

1 (c) [0:00] mlàdijə nəròt izb’àgə v grɤdɤ̀ sìčkijə ustài səd’è stàrciti tùkə

The youth run off to the city, all of them, and they’ve left only old people here

2 (PSh) [cough]

[cough]

3 (c) [0:05] də sə ižživ’èjət živòtə i tvà e tu i zəpust’à sìčku

to live out their lives, and that’s it. And everything’s been abandoned.

4 (c) [0:10] tùkə imòt tùkə uvòšneni drəfčètə nə vrèmitu

In the old days you had here estates, with fruit trees [or]

5 (EE) m

Hm.

6 (c) [0:13] ud ùbəvi pò ùbəvi bəščìnki s’èki si b’èši ubzəv’èl nəgləsìl

with little gardens each nicer than the other. Everyone had equipped his, set it up –

7 (c) [0:17] nəpràiə dizis’è nəpràiə blòkuvi

[but then] they built the state farms, amalgamated the land,

8 (c) [0:18] kàrəə pràiə lɤ̀gɤɤ kràdiə nàj pudìr’e fəlìrə sìčkutu

drove [everything off], did [all that], told lies, stole – and finally it all went bankrupt.

9 (c) [0:22] i sià sìčku zəpustè nìštu kɤ̀rištə n’è sə kusì

and now it’s all gone to waste. Nothing. The fields neither get mown

10 (c) [0:26] nè sə žèni nì nìštu v’èči nè sɤ sèi

nor reaped nor nothing any more. Nothing gets sown.

11 (c) [0:31] prudàvə tòj m’ène trìjsi čitìris l’èvə furàš i də ràn’ə às prəs’è

This guy sells me fodder for thirty or forty levs and I feed the pig

12 (c) [0:36] i kukòščici i tùj unùj t’à zəgùbenə ràbutə

and chickens and this and that [with it]. It’s a hopeless case.

13 (PSh) ne sì li glèdaš segà nèkakɤv dobìtɤk