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Hvojna 3
1 (b) [0:00] When we go to the threshing floor we make it – hoe it down – with hoes,
to | threshing.floor sg m | when conj | go 1pl pres P | nom 1pl | fut | acc m 3sg clt | make 1pl pres I | fut | hoe 1pl pres I | with | hoe pl f |
2 (c) [0:05] in the most level place.
on | most | flat sg n def med adj |
3 (b) [0:06] We choose the most level field, and then hoe it down with hoes.
at | most | flat sg f def med adj | meadow sg f | fut | choose 1pl pres P | fut | hoe 1pl pres I | with | hoe pl f |
4 (b) [0:09] And after that the sheaves are put into a pile, into a big pile.
and | after | this sg n med adj | sheaf pl m def med | 3pl pres cop clt | arrange pl P.part P | in | pile sg m | in | big sg m adj | pile sg m |
5 (b) [0:13] Then they toss them off the pile and arrange them. They arrange them,
and | from | pile sg m def | throw 3pl pres I | and | and | acc m 3sg clt | lay 3pl pres P | lay 3pl pres P | acc m 3sg clt |
6 (b) [0:17] and then Grandpa comes in with the mules and the bride lifts [the sheaves]
and | then med adv | grandfather sg m def med | enter 3sg pres P | with | mule pl n def med | and | bride sg f def | fut | raise 3sg pres I |
7 (b) [0:20] with a pitchfork, at the edge of the threshing floor, she shakes out all the sheaves
with | pitchfork sg f def med | from | end sg m def | sheaf pl m def med | all pl def med adj | fut | acc 3pl clt | shake 3sg pres I |
8 (b) [0:23] so that the grain can drop out, and so that later
comp | can pres imprs | comp | acc refl clt | drop 3sg pres I | grain sg n def | comp | can pres imprs | comp | later adv |
9 (b) [0:26] the straw will get separated off. And then it got winnowed in the wind.
comp | acc refl clt | separate 3sg pres P | straw sg f def | and | then med adv | acc refl clt | winnow 3sg impf I | in | wind sg m |
10 (b) [0:29] Back then there weren’t the kind of machines they have now.
impf neg exist | then adv | such pl med adj | machine pl f | as | now adv |
11 (b) [0:32] The machines came later, when we became [part of] cooperative farms.
after | this sg n med adj | machine pl f def med | come 3pl aor P | but | when conj | become 1pl aor P | T.K.Z.S. sg n | already adv |