Vladimir Zhobov
Huhla 5
1 (VZh) Did your mother do the three-day fast?
| disc | your sg f def adj | mother f sg | fast.three.days 3sg impf I | interr clt |
2 (a) [0:04] What?
| what sg n interr | comp |
3 (VZh) Did she do the three-day –
| comp | fast.three.days 3sg pres I |
4 (a) [0:06] Ah, the three-day –. [unintelligible] I did it for eight years. [I went] without bread
| comp | fast.three.days 1sg pres I | excl | eight | year pl f | 1sg pres aux clt | fast.three.days sg f L.part I | without | bread sg m |
5 (a) [0:11] for three days. But otherwise, fasts were [regular] fasts. Even now
| three | day ct m | but | otherwise adv | fast m def | dat refl clt | 3pl impf cop | fast m | and | now adv | again adv |
6 (a) [0:15] I don't break the fast. And when Friday comes, when the fast comes, I’ll fast,
| neg | break.fast 1sg pres I | again adv | when inter.rel | come 3sg pres P | Friday sg m | when inter.rel | come 3sg pres P | fast sg m | fut | fast 1sg pres P |
7 (a) [0:21] I'll go to take communion and then I’ll eat.
| fut | go 1sg pres P | comp | acc refl clt | take.communion 1sg pres P | and | then adv | fut | eat 1sg pres I |
8 (VZh) And the longest fast –
| and | most | big m def adj | fast sg m |
9 (a) Uh -
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10 (VZh) When is that?
| when interr | 3sg pres cop clt |
11 (a) [0:26] The Easter one is the most important. Easter,
| Easter sg m def adj | most | big m def adj | Easter sg m |
12 (VZh) Mmhm.
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13 (a) [0:30] Christmas, Easter, then St. Peter’s day, and then the feast of the Holy Virgin.
| Christmas sg f | Easter sg m | later adv | St.Peter's.day sg m | and | Virgin.Mary.day sg f |
14 (VZh) How did you celebrate Easter in the old days?
| how interr | acc m 3sg clt | celebrate 2pl impf I | Easter sg m | more | early adv |
15 (a) [0:37] Well of course we did. It was – we had a big village gathering on Easter.
| disc | how interr | comp | […] | nom m 3sg | 3sg impf cop | nom 1pl | have 1pl impf I | village.celebration sg m | at | Easter sg m | big sg m adj |
16 (a) [0:41] How shall I – when Easter comes we’ll fix everything, we’ll smear [the walls]
| how interr | fut | acc m 3sg clt | when inter.rel | come 3sg pres P | Easter sg m | everything sg n def adj | fut | arrange 1pl pres I | fut | spread 1sg pres P |
17 (a) [0:46] and plaster them. On Black Thursday we’ll dye eggs, and on Easter
| fut | plaster 1pl pres P | at | Holy.Thursday sg m | fut | dye 1pl pres P | egg pl n def | and | Easter sg m |
18 (a) [0:51] nobody will eat [the eggs]. No child, no – And now [come] the painted eggs.
| when conj | nobody sg m | fut neg | comp | eat 3sg pres I | neither | child sg n | neither | now adv | dye pl P.part I | egg pl n |
19 (a) [0:55] “Oh, Granny, give me that! Oh, mother, give me that!
| excl | grandmother voc sg f | give sg imv P | dat 1sg | this sg n med adj | excl | mother voc sg f | give sg imv P | dat 1sg | this sg n med adj |
20 (a) [0:57] I want to eat it up!” [Everyone] is cracking the eggs, but not our kids.
| nom 1sg | comp | eat.up 1sg pres P | hort | tap 3pl pres I | our pl adj | child pl n | this sg n med adj | no |
21 (a) [1:02] Easter is when we observe the first fast period. We would abstain from meat.
| Easter sg m | when conj | fast 1pl pres P | first sg f def adj | fast sg f | 3sg impf cop | fut | fast 1pl pres P | meat sg n def |
22 (a) [1:09] We wouldn’t eat any meat, not for the first week. And for the second we’ll eat
| meat sg n | fut neg | comp | eat 1pl pres I | first sg f def adj | week sg f | and | to | second sg f def adj | fut | eat 1pl pres I |
23 (a) [1:14] eggs, cheese, milk. And in the second fast period of Easter, nothing.
| egg pl n | cheese sg n | milk sg n | and | second sg n def adj | fast vbl.n I | to | Easter sg m | nothing sg n |
24 (a) [1:22] Nothing. Neither milk, nor eggs, nor meat, nor – But [as for] fish
| nothing sg n | neither | milk sg n | neither | egg sg n | neither | meat sg n | neither | fish sg f def |
25 (a) [1:27] we would eat that twice, and our mothers would ask us
| two m | time pl m | [...] | eat 1pl aor I | eat 1pl impf I | and | mother pl f def | 3pl pres aux clt | acc 1pl clt | ask pl L.part I |
26 (a) [1:30] like this: “Mother’s children, why on Palm Sunday and on … “
| thus med adv | mother voc sg f | why interr | at | Palm.Sunday sg f | and | at |
27 (VZh) and on Annunciation, right?
| and | at | Annunciation sg m | disc |
28 (a) [1:36] Right. Because a fish has a cross on its head, and so –
| disc | thus med adv | because conj | fish sg f def | to | head sg f def | have sg f L.part I | cross sg m | and | thus med adv |
29 (a) [1:40] The Lord [unintelligible] to its head. And because of that cross
| lord sg m | acc f 3sg clt | and | in | head sg f def | because.of | this sg m med adj | cross sg m |
30 (a) [1:43] [fish] is eaten twice. And each fast is [its own] –
| two m | time pl m | acc refl clt | eat sg f L.part I | and | hes | each sg m adj | fast sg m | dat refl clt | 3sg pres cop clt |
31 (a) [1:47] there’s a certain day when you eat a certain way. So that’s why [fish] was eaten.
| by | some sg m adj | day sg m | pres exist | such sg m med adj | comp | eat 3pl pres I | therefore | acc refl clt | 3sg pres aux clt | eat sg f L.part I |
32 (VZh) Is that how you used to call it in the old days, Annunciation?
| thus adv | interr clt | acc m 3sg clt | say 2pl impf I | one sg n adj | time sg n | Annunciation sg m | how interr | acc refl clt | say 3sg impf I |
33 (a) [1:54] Yes, Yes, Annunciation. Annunciation. No, no. We don’t call it Annunciation,
| yes | yes | Annunciation sg m | Annunciation sg m | no | no | nom 1pl | neg | acc m 3sg clt | say 1pl pres I | Annunciation sg m |
34 (a) [1:58] we used to call it – [well,] now we call it Annunciation. How should I know
| nom 1pl | acc m 3sg clt | call 1pl impf I | now | acc m 3sg clt | say 1pl pres I | Annunciation sg m | where interr | comp | know 1sg pres I |
35 (a) [2:02] what it was. I’ve forgotten. Well, whatever it is –
| how interr | 3sg impf cop | disc | nom 1sg | acc m 3sg clt | forget 1sg aor P | disc | how rel | and | comp | 3sg pres cop clt |
36 (a) [2:06] how should I know how it was – I asked mother
| where interr | comp | know 1sg pres I | how interr | 3sg impf cop | disc | 1sg pres aux clt | ask sg f L.part I | mother sg f |
37 (a) [2:10] why, [if] fish isn’t supposed to be eaten during fast, [that] we still eat [it].
| why interr | fast sg m | disc | fish sg f | neg | acc refl clt | eat 3sg pres I | disc | disc | disc | eat 1pl pres I |
38 (a) [2:14] [and she said,] “Because of this, child, because the fish has a cross [on it].”
| because | disc | child sg n | because | fish sg f def | have 3sg pres I | cross sg m |
39 (VZh) Where did they used to go fishing here, in the –
| where interr | acc f 3sg clt | catch 3pl impf I | fish sg f def | here adv | in |
40 (a) [2:20] Here, but now there aren’t any. How should I know
| disc | here adv | but | disc | now adv | pres neg exist | already adv | now | where interr | comp | know 1sg pres I |
41 (a) [2:23] what happened? Everything has gone off, fish just like people.
| what sg n interr | become 3sg aor P | everyone sg m | fish sg f def | like | people pl def |
42 (a) [2:27] People aren’t right [any more] and fish aren’t right.
| people pl def | neg | be.adequate 3pl pres I | and | fish sg f def | neg | be.adequate 3sg pres I |
43 (a) [2:29] In the old days my grandfather – my grandfather was a fisherman.
| one sg n adj | time sg n | my sg m def adj | grandfather sg m | my sg m def adj | grandfather sg m | 3sg impf cop | fisherman sg m |
44 (a) [2:32] [But] not my husband. My husband looked after [his own] affairs.
| not | my sg m def adj | husband sg m | my sg m def adj | husband sg m | dat refl clt | look 3sg impf I | work sg f def |