lecslab/glosslm-corpus-split huggingface dataset:
Language: Sursilvan-Oberland (English translation)
Transcription: Api ṣchèvan aj èba in tg’ è mòrts tga végn a métar als , als tjarms … la nòtg parquaj tga cu `l è vavjus , vèv’ èl méz èls ajn in autar ljuc .
Glosses: and say.IMPF.3PL 3PL precisely one.M.SG REL be.PRS.3SG die.PTCP.M.SG REL come.PRS.3SG SUBORD put.INF DEF.M.PL DEF.M.PL boundary_stone.PL _ DEF.F.SG night because SUBORD when 3SG.M be.PRS.3SG live.PTCP.M.SG have.IMPF.3SG 3SG.M put.PTCP.UNM 3PL.M in INDEF.M.SG other place
Translation: And, precisely, they also used to say [that] somebody who had died came and put the, the boundary stones … at night – because when it [al prau 'the field'] was sold – he had put them in another place.
Language: Sursilvan-Oberland (English translation)
Transcription: Ad ùs stù `l bunamajn vagní a métar èls; quaj è tùt , lajn dí , fantasia , ábar cu nuṣ èran afòns , nus cartévan ad ju fùṣ ina sèra maj id’ ò da tgèṣa la sèra da stgir .
Glosses: and now must.PRS.3SG 3SG.M really come.INF SUBORD put.INF 3PL.M DEM.UNM COP.PRS.3SG all IMP.1PL say.INF fantasy.F.SG but when 1PL COP.IMPF.1PL child.PL 1PL believe.IMPF.1PL and 1SG be.COND.1SG INDEF.F.SG evening never go.PTCP.F.SG out of home.F.SG DEF.F.SG evening of dark.ADJ.UNM
Translation: And now he must really come and put them [in the right place]; this is all, let’s say, fantasy, but when we were children we would believe [that], but I would never have left home in the evening when it was dark.
Language: Sursilvan-Oberland (English translation)
Transcription: Gnanc gjùn tschalè , nus tumévan schi fétg .
Glosses: not_even down_in cellar.M.SG 1PL be_afraid.IMPF.1PL so much
Translation: Not even down to the cellar, we were so very afraid.
Language: Sursilvan-Oberland (English translation)
Transcription: Bian , mju bap èra … stauṣ da malitèr tials òrdònanzs dad òficiars , a vèva … raquintava savèns tg’ èls vèvan da ṣchùbargè als tgavals … dals òficiars .
Glosses: good.ADJ.UNM POSS.1SG.M.SG father be.IMPF.3SG _ COP.PTCP.M.SG of military_service.M.SG at.DEF.M.PL orderly.PL of officer.M.PL and have.IMPF.3SG _ tell.IMPF.3SG often COMP 3PL.M have.IMPF.3PL to clean.INF DEF.M.PL horse.PL _ of.DEF.M.PL officer.PL
Translation: Well, my father had been serving in the army with the orderlies of officers, and had … would often tell that they had to clean the horses … of the officers.
Language: Sursilvan-Oberland (English translation)
Transcription: A quaj èr’ in bi survètsch ad èl vèva in spazjal … afèczjun pals tgavals .
Glosses: and DEM.UNM COP.IMPF.3SG INDEF.M.SG beautiful service and 3SG.M have.IMPF.3SG DEF.M.SG special _ affection.F.SG for.DEF.M.PL horse.PL
Translation: And this was a nice service and he had a special … affection for the horses.
Language: Sursilvan-Oberland (English translation)
Transcription: A lu raquintava `l è tg’ èl vèva … cunquaj tg' èl èra … fòrsa staus ah da malitèr tials tgavals , né gju da fá cùn tgavals , scha … vèv’ èl … cumprau in asan , álṣò in mél , bitg in asan , in mél .
Glosses: and then tell.IMPF.3SG 3SG.M also COMP 3SG.M have.IMPF.3SG _ since SUBORD 3SG.M be.IMPF.3SG _ maybe COP.PTCP.M.SG ah of army.M.SG at.DEF.M.PL horse.PL or have.PTCP.UNM to do.INF with horse.M.PL CORR _ have.IMPF.3SG 3SG.M _ buy.PTCP.UNM INDEF.M.SG donkey this_is INDEF.M.SG mule NEG INDEF.M.SG donkey INDEF.M.SG mule
Translation: And then he used to tell [me] that he had … since in the army he had maybe been with the horses, or had to do with horses, then … he had bought a donkey, that is to say a mule, not a donkey, a mule.
Language: Unknown language (English translation)
Transcription: A lu mávani gl unviarn gjùn Cavòrgja a trèvan sé lèna cùls méls .
Glosses: and then go.IMPF.3PL.3PL DEF.M.SG winter down_in PN and pull.IMPF.3PL up wood.COLL with.DEF.M.PL mule.PL
Translation: And then during winter they used to go down to Cavorgia and transport wood with the mules up [to Surrein].
Language: Unknown language (English translation)
Transcription: A lura ah … raquintav’ èl adina dal , dal mél .
Glosses: and then eh _ tell.IMPF.3SG 3SG.M always of.DEF.M.SG of.DEF.M.SG mule
Translation: And then ah … he would always talk about, about the mule.
Language: Sursilvan-Oberland (English translation)
Transcription: Api ah , va ju al , cu ju a … ah , cu mju bap ò calau da fá `l pur , scha va ju , ju gidav’ adina èl avaun a fá `l pur .
Glosses: and eh have.PRS.1SG 1SG DEF.M.SG when 1SG have.PRS.1SG _ eh when POSS.1SG.M.SG father have.PRS.3SG stop.PTCP.UNM COMP do.INF DEF.M.SG farmer CORR have.PRS.1SG 1SG 1SG help.IMPF.1SG always 3SG.M before SUBORD do.INF DEF.M.SG farmer
Translation: And ah I have, when I have … eh, when my father stopped working as a farmer, I have, I always helped him before with farming.
Language: Sursilvan-Oberland (English translation)
Transcription: A lu cu èl ò calau da fá `l pur , a vajn , va ju vandju laṣ , cu èl ò vandju laṣ vacas , scha … va ju détg dad èl , a scha … èl ò lu fatg vèṣ da vèndar in pau ah … al múval .
Glosses: and then when 3SG.M have.PRS.3SG stop.PTCP.UNM COMP do.INF DEF.M.SG farmer and have.PRS.1PL have.PRS.1SG 1SG sell.PTCP.UNM DEF.F.PL when 3SG.M have.PRS.3SG sell.PTCP.UNM DEF.F.PL cow.PL CORR _ have.PRS.1SG 1SG say.PTCP.UNM DAT 3SG.M and if _ 3SG.M have.PRS.3SG then make.PTCP.UNM difficult COMP sell.INF INDEF.M.SG little eh _ DEF.M.SG cattle.M.SG
Translation: And then, when he stopped working, and we have, I sold the, when he sold the cows, … I told him, and if … it was then a bit difficult for him to sell … cattle.
Language: Sursilvan-Oberland (English translation)
Transcription: A lu … va ju détg a scha … salv’ ju vinavaun als prauṣ api fagjajn nus sé nùrsas , cumprajn nus nùrsas ad ju fètsch , fètsch al … pur da nùrsas in pau .
Glosses: and then _ have.PRS.1SG 1SG say.PTCP.UNM and if _ keep.1SG 1SG still DEF.M.PL meadow.PL and do.PRS.1PL 1PL up sheep.F.PL buy.PRS.1PL 1PL sheep.F.PL and 1SG make.PRS.1SG make.PRS.1SG DEF.M.SG _ farmer of sheep.F.PL INDEF.M.SG little
Translation: And then I said and if … I'll go on keeping the meadows and we breed sheep, we buy sheep and I work as a … as a sheep farmer a bit.
Language: Sursilvan-Oberland (English translation)
Transcription: A lu va ju fatg al pur a lu bagagjau ina , ina stala nòva plaunsjú , api ah … va ju , ah , aun adina gju tschafan da , dals méls , aun adina patartgau mintgataun , ad in’ jèda va ju cumprau in mél .
Glosses: and then have.PRS.1SG 1SG do.PTCP.UNM DEF.M.SG farmer and then build.PTCP.UNM INDEF.F.SG INDEF.F.SG sheepfold new slowly and eh _ have.PRS.1SG 1SG eh still always have.PTCP.UNM pleasure of of.DEF.M.PL mule.PL still always think.PTCP.UNM sometimes and one.F.SG time have.PRS.1SG 1SG buy.PTCP.UNM INDEF.M.SG mule
Translation: And then I worked as a farmer and slowly built a new sheepfold and ah … I have, eh still liked mules, and still thought [about them] from time to time, and once I bought a mule.
Language: Sursilvan-Oberland (English translation)
Transcription: Api ah … va ju cumprau gl amprém mù in , a sjantar va ju … cumprau in zacù̱n .
Glosses: and eh _ have.PRS.1SG 1SG buy.PTCP.UNM DEF.M.SG first only one.M.SG and after have.PRS.1SG 1SG _ buy.PTCP.UNM INDEF.M.SG second
Translation: And ah … at first I bought only one, but afterwards I … bought a second [one].
Language: Sursilvan-Oberland (English translation)
Transcription: A lu va ju gju … difarèntṣ , ju savès raquintá bjè avanamajnts tgu a gju cùn quèls méls .
Glosses: and then have.PRS.1SG 1SG have.PTCP.UNM _ different.M.PL 1SG can.COND.1SG tell.INF many incident.M.PL REL.1SG have.PRS.1SG have.PTCP.UNM with DEM.M.PL mule
Translation: And then I’ve had … different, I could recount many incidents I’ve had with these mules.
Language: Sursilvan-Oberland (English translation)
Transcription: Quèls fagèvan , i èra flòts tiars , nuṣ vajn par èxè̱mpal ah fatg ah , ina tura … da sauma , álṣò vèvan nus mèz sé … las valiṣchaṣ dals hòsps .
Glosses: DEM.M.PL do.IMPF.3PL EXPL COP.IMPF.3SG smart.M.PL animal.PL 1PL have.PRS.1PL for instance.M.SG eh make.PTCP.UNM eh INDEF.F.SG tour _ of bridle.F.SG therefore have.IMPF.1PL 1PL put.PTCP.UNM up _ DEF.F.PL suitcase.PL of.DEF.M.PL guest.PL
Translation: These used to do, they were smart animals, for instance we took a trip with the bridled mules, therefore we had put up [on the mules] … the suitcases of the guests.
Language: Sursilvan-Oberland (English translation)
Transcription: A lu èssan nus staj in’ jèda navèn da Mustajr tòcan ád Acquarossa cùn … cùn quèls méls , álṣò álṣò lu fatg étápaṣ a mintg’ jèda durmju ajls , ajn ajn in hòtè̱l .
Glosses: and then be.PRS.1PL 1PL COP.PTCP.M.PL one.F.SG time away from PN until to PN with _ with DEM.M.PL mule.PL well well then make.PTCP.UNM leg.F.PL and each time.F.SG sleep.PTCP.UNM in.DEF.M.PL in in INDEF.M.SG hotel
Translation: And then we went once from Mustér to Acquarossa with … with these mules, well well, [we did it in] stages and each time [we] slept in the, in in a hotel.
Language: Sursilvan-Oberland (English translation)
Transcription: A lu vajn nus , quaj èra tùt fatg a racògnòszau avaun tg’ ins savèva nua inṣ vèva da durmí , nu i èra … da métar ah ṣur nòtg als als méls , nu i dèva pával pl̩s méls , a quaj èra tùt òrganisau òrdavaun .
Glosses: and then have.PRS.1PL 1PL DEM.UNM PASS.AUX.IMPF.3SG all do.PTCP.UNM and reconnoitre.PTCP.UNM before SUBORD GNR know.IMPF.3SG where GNR have.IMPF.3SG to sleep.INF where EXPL be.IMPF.3SG _ to put.INF ah over night.F.SG DEF.M.PL DEF.M.PL mule.PL where EXPL EXIST.IMPF.3SG food.M.SG for.DEF.M.PL mule.PL and DEM.UNM PASS.AUX.IMPF.3SG all organise.PTCP.UNM in_advance
Translation: And then we have, this had all been done and reconnoitred before, so that one knew where to sleep, where to put the mules over night, where there was food for the mules, and all that had been organised in advance.
Language: Unknown language (English translation)
Transcription: Ad in’ jèd’ èssan nuṣ i navèn da … l’ Albṣú … tòcan a … Guòttanna … èl cantún Bèrna .
Glosses: and one.F.SG time be.PRS.1PL 1PL go.PTCP.M.PL from of _ DEF.M.SG PN _ until to _ PN _ in.DEF.M.SG canton PN
Translation: And once we went from … the Alpsu to … Guttannen … in the canton of Bern.
Language: Unknown language (English translation)
Transcription: A lu èssan nuṣ i a … l’ amprèm … nòtg vajn nus durmju ò Realp , la zacùnda nòtg vajn nus durmju a Tiefenbach .
Glosses: and then be.PRS.1PL 1PL go.PTCP.M.PL to _ DEF.M.SG first _ night.F.SG have.PRS.1PL 1PL sleep.PTCP.MNM down PN DEF.F.SG second night have.PRS.1PL 1PL sleep.PTCP.UNM in PN
Translation: And then we went to … the first … night we slept in Realp, the second night we slept in Tiefenbach.
Language: Unknown language (English translation)
Transcription: Avaun , navèn da Realp essan nuṣ i dad ina … dad in … trùtg sédòra tòcan séssúr las lavinèras , a … sésúr las lavinèraṣ ah èssan nus lu i , quaj vò sé ancù̱ntar l’ Albert-Heim-Hütte … èssan nus , quaj èssan nuṣ i sé pr̩ … pr̩ bitga stuaj ira sé la … sé la via dad autòs , sé la via dal pas .
Glosses: before away from PN be.PRS.1PL 1PL go.PTCP.M.PL from INDEF.F.SG _ from INDEF.M.SG _ footpath up until up_over DEF.F.PL avalanche_barrier.PL and _ up_over DEF.F.PL avalanche_barrier.PL ah be.PRS.1PL 1PL then go.PTCP.M.PL DEM.UNM go.PRS.3SG up towards DEF.F.SG PN-PN-hut _ be.PRS.1PL 1PL DEM.UNM be.PRS.1PL 1PL go.PTCP.M.PL up SUBORD _ SUBORD NEG must.INF go.INF up DEF.F.SG _ up DEF.F.SG way of car.M.PL up DEF.F.SG way of.DEF.M.SG pass
Translation: Before, from Realp we went on a footpath [which lead us] above the avalanche barriers and above the avalanche barriers we went then, this goes up towards the Albert-Heim-hut … we … there we went up in order to avoid the car road, the road of the pass.
Language: Sursilvan-Oberland (English translation)
Transcription: Quaj è ina , usch’ ina stazjun amiaz al pas circa né … strusch séssum al pʰas .
Glosses: DEM.UNM COP.PRS.3SG INDEF.F.SG such INDEF.F.SG station amid DEF.M.SG pass around or _ almost on_top DEF.M.SG pass
Translation: This is a, such a station in the middle [of the road to] the pass, approximately, or … almost on top of the pass.
Language: Sursilvan-Oberland (English translation)
Transcription: A lu vajn nus ah durmju lò , api l’ autar dé èssan nus … i a a … cù è l' nùm , ju a cùls nùmṣ in téc misérjaṣ , a Gletsch .
Glosses: and then have.PRS.1PL 1PL ah sleep.PTCP.UNM there and DEF.M.SG other.M.SG day be.PRS.1PL 1PL _ go.PTCP.M.PL to to _ how COP.PRS.3SG DEF.M.SG name 1SG have.PRS.1SG with.DEF.M.PL name.PL INDEF.M.SG bit problem.F.PL in PN
Translation: And then we ah slept there, and the next day we went to, to … what is the name, these names I have some problems, to Gletsch.
Language: Sursilvan-Oberland (English translation)
Transcription: A lu vajn nuṣ durmju lò , api navèn da Gletsch èssan nus , lò vajn nus lu stu í sén via `ssan nuṣ i sé sél Grimsel , a lu vajn nuṣ durmju sé ál hòspi̱z sé dal Grimsel , a lu èssan nus … i … ah , cùls méls .
Glosses: and then have.PRS.1PL 1PL sleep.PTCP.UNM there and from of PN be.PRS.1PL 1PL there have.PRS.1PL 1PL then must.PTCP.UNM go.INF on way.F.SG be.PRS.1PL 1PL go.PTCP.M.PL up on.DEF.M.SG PN and then have.1PL 1PL sleep.PTCP.UNM up at.DEF.M.SG hospice up of.DEF.M.SG PN and then be.PRS.1PL 1PL _ go.PTCP.M.PL _ eh with.DEF.M.PL mule.PL
Translation: And then we slept there, and from Gletsch we – there we then had to go on the way, we went up to the Grimsel [pass] and then we slept up there at the guesthouse on the Grimsel, and then we … went on … eh with the mules.
Language: Sursilvan-Oberland (English translation)
Transcription: Lò dati ina , sé dal Grimsel vagnévi ina … in … in trùtg da sauma nùca tga mavan cùls cùls méls né cùls tgavals .
Glosses: there EXIST.PRS.3SG.EXPL INDEF.F.SG up of.DEF.M.SG PN come.IMPF.3SG.EXPL INDEF.F.SG _ INDEF.M.SG _ INDEF.M.SG footpath of bridle.F.SG where REL go.IMPF.3PL with.DEF.M.PL with.DEF.M.PL mule.PL or with.DEF.M.PL horse.PN
Translation: There there is a, from the Grimsel there came a … a … a bridle path where one would go with the mules or horses.
Language: Unknown language (English translation)
Transcription: Avaun òns fagèvan trans-pòrts da da caṣchial tégn ju , a … a raquèntani aun òz .
Glosses: before year.M.PL make.IMPF.3PL transport.M.PL of of cheese.M.SG hold.PRS.1SG 1SG and _ and tell.PRS.3PL.3PL still today
Translation: Years ago they used to organise transports of of cheese, I think, and … and they still talk about [these things] today.
Language: Unknown language (English translation)
Transcription: Què è btg ina lada sènda , quèl’ èra fòrsa … ah in mè̱tar a miaz , struṣch duṣ , a lu èssan nuṣ , gè in mè̱tar a miaz plétò̱st a mintgataun èri aun grépa tga stèv’ ò in téc ….
Glosses: DEM.UNM COP.PRS.3SG NEG INDEF.F.SG broad path DEM.F.SG COP.IMPF.3SG maybe … _ eh one.M.SG metre and half almost two and then be.PRS.1PL 1PL yes one.M.SG metre and half rather and sometimes EXIST.IMPF.3SG.EXPL moreover rock.COLL REL stand.IMPF.3SG out INDEF.M.SG bit
Translation: This is not a broad path, it was maybe … eh one metre, almost two, and then we, yes rather one and a half metre and from time to time there were rocks protruding a bit … .
Language: Sursilvan-Oberland (English translation)
Transcription: A lura ah … mju quinau manava in mél , – lu vèva `l dus – ad ju manava in .
Glosses: and then eh _ POSS.1SG.M.SG brother-in-law lead.IMPF.3SG INDEF.M.SG mule _ then have.IMPF.3SG 3SG.M two.M.PL _ and 1SG lead.IMPF.1SG one.M.SG
Translation: And then eh … my brother-in-law led one mule – at that time he had two – and I led one.
Language: Sursilvan-Oberland (English translation)
Transcription: A lu ò `l détg èl sapi bigja vagní da luòra , ju , èl stètgi mal , èl mòndi da via òra , a lu va ju rantau in mél vi dal autar , álṣò vi da la … vi dal … cavèstar da lèz , álṣò vi dal … dal bast da lèz scù inṣ di , api ah sùnd jus cùn dòmaṣdús .
Glosses: and then have.PRS.3SG 3SG.M say.PTCP.UNM 3SG.M can.PRS.SBJV.3SG NEG come.INF from there_out 1SG 3SG.M stay.PRS.SBJV.3SG bad 3SG.M go.PRS.SBJV.3SG from road.F.SG out and then have.1SG 1SG bind.PTCP.UNM one.M.SG mule over of.DEF.M.SG other well over of DEF.F.SG _ over of.DEF.M.SG _ bridle of DEM.M.SG that_is_to_say over of.DEF.M.SG _ of.DEF.M.SG packsaddle of DEM.M.SG as GNR say.PRS.3SG and eh be.PRS.1SG go.PTCP.M.SG with both.M.SG
Translation: And then he said he couldn’t walk on that path, that I - that he was sorry, [but] that he would walk on the road, and then I bound one mule to the other, well, to the … eh to the bridle of this one, that is to say to the the packsaddle of that one as one says, and then eh I left with both [mules].
Language: Sursilvan-Oberland (English translation)
Transcription: A qu' èra schòn strètg , álṣò sch’ ju stèṣ aun fá in’ jèda quaj , figès ju bétga .
Glosses: and DEM.UNM COP.IMPF.3SG really narrow.ADJ.UNM well if 1SG must.COND.1SG again do.INF one.F.SG time DEM.UNM do.COND.1SG 1SG NEG
Translation: And this was really narrow, well, if I had to do it once again, I wouldn’t do it.
Language: Sursilvan-Oberland (English translation)
Transcription: Mintgataun vasèvaṣ gjùadò grad agradgjù , tòcan gjù èl’ aua , álṣò sch’ in fùṣ ùssa tagljau , quèlas … al bùrdi stèva ò ualti gljunsch , quaj balantschava in téc .
Glosses: sometimes see.IMPF.2SG.GNR down_and_out directly steep_down until down in.DEF.F.SG water well if one.M.SG PASS.AUX.COND.3SG now cut.PTCP.UNM DEM.F.PL _ DEF.M.SG load stand.IMPF.3SG out quite far DEM.UNM roll.IMPF.3SG INDEF.M.SG bit
Translation: From time to time one looked directly down, directly down, until down in the water, well, if one of these [ropes that I used to bind the mules together] had been cut, these… the load was sticking out quite a lot, it was rolling a bit.
Language: Sursilvan-Oberland (English translation)
Transcription: A lur scha `l vèṣ ùssa pagljau par èxè̱mpal in grép tga vès pudju bétar èl , scha quèls fùssan grat schulaj gjù ajl’ aua , ajl lac .
Glosses: and then if 3SG.M have.COND.3SG now hit.PTCP.UNM for example.M.SG INDEF.M.SG rock REL have.COND.3SG can.PTCP.UNM throw.INF 3SG.M CORR DEM.M.PL be.COND.3PL immediately fall_rapidly.PTCP.M.PL down into.DEF.F.SG water into.DEF.M.SG lake
Translation: And then if it [the load] hit a rock which could have thrown it down, the mules would have immediately fallen down rapidly into the water, into the lake.
Language: Sursilvan-Oberland (English translation)
Transcription: Ábar è ju … ju raṣdav' in téc cùn èls , ju èra mèz èr … saspruava dad èssar ruassajvals , quaj è ju tiptòp , tòcan ò atrás .
Glosses: but also 1SG _ 1SG speak.IMPF.1SG INDEF.M.SG bit with 3PL.M 1SG COP.IMPF.1SG self.1SG.M also _ REFL.try.hard.IMPF.1SG COMP COP.INF calm.M.SG DEM.UNM be.PRS.3SG go.PTCP.UNM perfectly until out through
Translation: But I also, I spoke a bit with them, I was myself also … tried hard to remain calm, this went perfectly throughout the whole trip.
Language: Sursilvan-Oberland (English translation)
Transcription: A lu èssans lu i l’ autar dé .
Glosses: and then be.IMPF.1PL.1PL then go.PTCP.M.PL DEF.M.SG other day
Translation: And the next day we went there.
Language: Sursilvan-Oberland (English translation)
Transcription: La davùsa nògj vajn nuṣ durmju … a Guottannen .
Glosses: DEF.F.SG last night have.PRS.1PL 1PL sleep.PTCP.UNM _ at PN
Translation: The last night we slept in Guttannen.
Language: Sursilvan-Oberland (English translation)
Transcription: Quaj èra , dad ira cùn cùn sauma èra quaj súpar cùn quèls , cùn quèls méls .
Glosses: DEM.UNM COP.IMPF.3SG COMP go.INF with with bridle.F.SG COP.IMPF.3SG DEM.UNM great with DEM.M.PL with DEM.M.PL mule.PL
Translation: This was, to go with bridles, this was great with these, with these mules.
Language: Sursilvan-Oberland (English translation)
Transcription: Què è pròpa tiars plé déstinaj par ah fá … sauma .
Glosses: DEF COP.PRS.3SG really animal.M.PL more suited.PTCP.M.PL SUBORD ah do.INF _ bridle
Translation: These were really animals that are more suited to being bridled.
Language: Sursilvan-Oberland (English translation)
Transcription: A lura … va ju lu èra ábar … méz èls a sùt .
Glosses: and then _ have.PRS.1SG 1SG then also but _ put.PTCP.UNM 3M.PL to under
Translation: And then … but … I also yoked them.
Language: Sursilvan-Oberland (English translation)
Transcription: A … ajl , lò , èran è lu bétga schi … schi flòts dad í cùn cùn cròtscha né cùn tgar .
Glosses: and _ in.DEF.M.SG there COP.IMPF.3PL also then NEG so _ so nice.M.PL MOD go.INF with with plough.F.SG or with cart.M.SG
Translation: And … in the, it was not so … so nice to walk [with] them with a plough or a cart.
Language: Sursilvan-Oberland (English translation)
Transcription: A lò … vajn nuṣ gju savèns dificultats , gè .
Glosses: and there _ have.PRS.1PL 1PL have.PTCP.UNM often difficulty.F.PL yes
Translation: And there … we often had troubles, yes.
Language: Sursilvan-Oberland (English translation)
Transcription: Bjè jèdaṣ ṣèni scapaj tga nuṣ vajn ah pròpi gju ah gròndas misé̱rjas a mju quinau … ṣchèva , ṣchèva savèns:
Glosses: many time.PL be.PRS.3PL.3PL escape.PTCP.M.PL SUBORD 1PL have.PRS.1PL eh really have.PTCP.UNM eh big.F.PL trouble.PL and POSS.1SG.M.SG brother-in-law _ say.IMPF.3SG say.IMPF.3SG often
Translation: They escaped many times so that we had big troubles and my brother-in-law … often said, said:
Language: Sursilvan-Oberland (English translation)
Transcription: «Ah , cò èssan nus mitschaj cùla véta , cò vèssans sju èssar mòrts .»
Glosses: ah here be.PRS.1PL 1PL escape.PTCP.M.PL with.DEF.F.SG life here have.COND.1PL.1PL can.PTCP.UNM COP.INF dead.M.PL
Translation: «Here we escaped with our lives, here we could have been dead.»
Language: Sursilvan-Oberland (English translation)
Transcription: In’ jèda èssan nus staj … sén Tschamùt .
Glosses: one.F.SG time be.IMPF.1PL 1PL COP.PTCP.M.PL _ on PN
Translation: Once we were in Tschamùt.
Language: Sursilvan-Oberland (English translation)
Transcription: Nuṣ vèvan , ju vèva cumprau , midau òr in , in … vèv’ ju vandju a cumprau in autar parquaj tgu vèva l’ imprèssjun tga , tg’ èra quèl tga fagèva bitg andrètg , a lu èssan nus , vajn nus méz sùt èls , dòmaṣdús , al quinau èra ad ju anzjaman api èssan nuṣ i sén Tschamùt , a sé spèr l’ ustria da Tschamùt … vajn nus ah … èssan nus samanaj , gjù sél parcadi èssan nus samanaj .
Glosses: 1SG have.IMPF.1PL 1SG have.IMPF.1SG buy.PTCP.UNM change.PTCP.UNM out one.M.SG one.M.SG _ have.IMPF.1SG 1SG sell.PTCP.UNM and buy.PTCP.UNM INDEF.M.SG other because SUBORD.1SG have.1SG DEF.F.SG impression COMP COMP COP.IMPF.3SG DEM.M.SG REL do.IMPF.3SG NEG right.ADJ.UNM and then be.IMPF.1PL 1PL have.PRS.1PL 1PL put.PTCP.UNM under 3PL.M both DEF.M.SG brother-in-law also and 1SG together and be.PRS.1PL 1PL go.PTCP.M.PL on PN and up next_to DEF.F.SG restaurant of PN _ have.PRS.1PL 1PL eh _ be.IMPF.1PL 1PL REFL.turn_back.PTCP.M.PL down on.DEF.M.SG parking be.PRS.1PL 1PL REFL.turn_back.PTCP.M.PL
Translation: We had, I had bought, exchanged one, one … I had sold and bought another because I had the impression that, that it was this one that didn’t behave properly, and then we, we yoked them, both, I together with my brother-in-law were together and then we went up to Tschamut, and there next to the restaurant of Tschamut … we eh … we turned back, down on the parking space we turned back.
Language: Sursilvan-Oberland (English translation)
Transcription: A schi … schi glajti scù nuṣ èssan staj sén la via cantunala , òni antschiat a galòpá .
Glosses: and so _ so soon as 1PL be.PRS.1PL COP.PTCP.M.PL on DEF.F.SG way cantonal have.PRS.3PL.3PL begin.PTCP.UNM COMP gallop.INF
Translation: And as … as soon as we were on the cantonal way they started to gallop.
Language: Sursilvan-Oberland (English translation)
Transcription: A lu vès ju bitga ugagjau plé , da , dad ira cùn èls vinanavaun .
Glosses: and then have.COND.1SG 1SG NEG dare.PTCP.UNM more COMP COMP go.INF with 3PL.M farther
Translation: And then I wouldn’t have dared to, to, to go farther with them any more.
Language: Sursilvan-Oberland (English translation)
Transcription: Lu vain nus rantau èls lò , api sùnd jus gjù pal tgar anèx , api èssan nus … sùnd jus sé … cùl tgar anèx .
Glosses: then have.PRS.1PL 1PL tie.PTCP.UNM 3PL.M there and be.PRS.1SG go.PTCP.M.1SG down for.DEF.M.SG cart annexed and be.1PL 1PL _ be.PRS.1SG go.PTCP.M.SG up _ with.DEF.M.SG cart.M.SG annexed
Translation: We then tied them there, and then I went down for the trailer and then we … I went up … with the trailer.
Language: Sursilvan-Oberland (English translation)
Transcription: Tùt saniastar , a galòpavan zatgéj starmantúṣ , ju stèva séla brèmṣa .
Glosses: completely left.ADJ.UNM and gallop.IMPF.3PL something terrible.ADJ.UNM 1SG stand.IMPF.1SG on.DEF.F.SG brake
Translation: On the very left, and they galloped terribly, I stood on the brake.
Language: Sursilvan-Oberland (English translation)
Transcription: Al quinau èr’ in ùm , pròp’ in ùm fèrm .
Glosses: DEF.M.SG brother-in-law COP.IMPF.3SG INDEF.M.SG man really INDEF.M.SG man strong.ADJ.M.SG
Translation: My brother-in-law was a man, a really strong man.
Language: Sursilvan-Oberland (English translation)
Transcription: Lèz tanèva palas hòtas , a nùnpussajval , nùnpussajval da fá stá quèls dus tgavals .
Glosses: DEM.M.SG hold.IMPF.3SG on.DEF.F.PL reins.PL and impossible.ADJ.UNM impossible.ADJ.UNM COMP make.INF stop.INF DEM.M.PL two.M.PL horse.PL
Translation: He held them by the reins, and [it was] impossible, impossible to have these two horses [i.e. the two mules] stop.
Language: Sursilvan-Oberland (English translation)
Transcription: A lu èra … sé Tschamùt , cu i òn antschiat a galòpá , èri grat stau avaun mèssa …, ina mèssa da sjantarmjaṣ-dé èn caplùta da Sòntga Clau .
Glosses: and then COP.IMPF.3SG _ up PN when 3PL have.PRS.3PL begin.PTCP.UNM COMP gallop.INF be.IMPF.3SG.EXPL just COP.PTCP.UNM before mass.F.SG _ INDEF.F.SG mass of afternoon.M.SG in chapel of Saint Nicholas
Translation: And then there was … in Tschamut, when they began to gallop, there had just been a mass … an afternoon mass in the chapel of St. Nicholas.
Language: Sursilvan-Oberland (English translation)
Transcription: A lu , agl aucségnar , par clétg èra la gljut schòn vidòragjù̱ – quèls tg’ èran staj a mèssa èran schòn vidòragjù̱ – pléndanòragjù̱ tga quaj tga nuṣ èssan , tg’ als , tg’ als méls èn galòpaj .
Glosses: and then DEF.M.SG priest by fortune.M.SG COP.IMPF.3SG DEF.F.SG people already over_out_down _ DEM.M.PL REL be.IMPF.3PL COP.PTCP.M.PL at mass.F.SG COP.IMPF.3PL already over_out_down _ more_out_down than DEM.UNM REL 1PL be.PRS.1PL REL DEF.M.PL REL DEF.M.PL mule.PL be.PRS.3PL gallop.PTCP.M.PL
Translation: And then the priest, fortunately the people were already down [the valley] – those who had attended the mass were already down – farther down than we were, that the, that the mules galloped.
Language: Sursilvan-Oberland (English translation)
Transcription: Quèls èn staj ò dal prígal .
Glosses: DEM.M.PL be.PRS.3PL COP.PTCP.M.PL out of.DEF.M.SG danger
Translation: These were out of danger.
Language: Sursilvan-Oberland (English translation)
Transcription: Ábar gl aucségnar èra in aucségnar tudèstg .
Glosses: but DEF.M.SG priest COP.IMPF.3SG INDEF.M.SG priest German
Translation: But the priest was a German priest.
Language: Sursilvan-Oberland (English translation)
Transcription: A lèz èr’ avaun caplùta cu , cu nuṣ èssan vagní , a lu ò `l , ò `l détg – èl è lu vagnús cùgl autò … anòragjù cu nuṣ vèvan … rantau als , als méls – a lu , a … lu vajn nuṣ , va ju dumandau sch’ èl prandéssi mè tòcan … a Ruèras .
Glosses: and DEM.M.SG COP.IMPF.3SG in_front chapel.F.SG when when 1PL be.PRS.1PL come.PTCP.M.PL and then have.PRS.3SG 3SG.M have.PRS.3SG 3SG.M say.PTCP.UNM _ 3SG.M be.PRS.3SG then come.PTCP.M.SG with.DEF.M.SG car _ out_down when 1SG have.IMPF.1PL _ tie.PTCP.UNM DEF.M.PL DEF.M.PL mule.PL _ and then and _ then have.PRS.1PL 1PL have.PRS.1SG 1SG ask.PTCP.UNM if 3SG.M take.COND.INDIR.3SG 1SG until _ to PN
Translation: And he was in front of the chapel when, when we came, and then he, he said – he then came with the car … down when we had … tied the, the mules – and then, and … then we, I asked whether he could take me down to Rueras.
Language: Sursilvan-Oberland (English translation)
Transcription: Naturálmajn , èl agi vju tgéj … déṣgrázja né tgé , tgé nuṣ ágian gju , tgé événimajn … nuṣ vajn gju cùls méls .
Glosses: natural.F.SG.ADV 3SG.M have.PRS.SBJV.3SG see.PTCP.UNM what _ accident.F.SG or what what 1PL have.PRS.SBJV.1PL have.PTCP.UNM what incident.M.SG _ 1PL have.PRS.1PL have.PTCP.UNM with.DEF.M.PL mule.PL
Translation: Of course, [he said] he had seen what … accident or what what we had had, what event … we had had with the mules.
Language: Sursilvan-Oberland (English translation)
Transcription: Ábar èl vagi lura pandarau a tartgau na:
Glosses: but 3SG.M have.PRS.SBJV.3SG then think_about.PTCP.UNM and think.PTCP.UNM no:
Translation: But he had then thought about it and thought no:
Language: German (English translation)
Transcription: «Da hilft nur noch beten !»
Glosses: here helps only still pray
Translation: «In this case only prayers may help!»
Language: German (English translation)
Transcription: Ad uschéja vès ju , savès ju raquintá in tschùpal èvènimajnts tg’ èn schabagjaj cùn quèls méls .
Glosses: and so have.COND.1SG 1SG can.COND.1SG 1SG tell.INF INDEF.M.SG lot incident.M.PL REL be.PRS.3PL happen.PTCP.M.PL with DEM.M.PL mule.PL
Translation: And so I would, I could recount a lot of incidents that happened with these mules.
Language: Sursilvan-Oberland (English translation)
Transcription: Nua Jésus végn gassaljaus , né ?
Glosses: where PN PASS.AUX.PRS.3SG flagellate.PTCP.M.SG right
Translation: Where Jesus is being flagellated, right?
Language: Sursilvan-Oberland (English translation)
Transcription: A lu ṣchajnṣ adina al … sòntgè̱t òdém al vitg .
Glosses: and then say.PRS.1PL.1PL always DEF.M.SG _ little_chapel low_most DEF.M.SG village
Translation: And then we always say the … little chapel at the lowest part of the village.
Language: Sursilvan-Oberland (English translation)
Transcription: Álṣò ùṣ è `l bigja plé òdém al vitg , ábar quaj sòntgè̱t èra , in’ jèda , òdém al vitg , a quaj , quaj è atgnamajn rastau , né .
Glosses: well now COP.PRS.3SG 3SG.M NEG any_more low_most DEF.M.SG village, but DEM.M.SG little_chapel COP.IMPF.3SG one.F.SG time low_most DEF.M.SG village and DEM.UNM DEM.UNM be.PRS.3SG actually remain.PTCP.UNM right
Translation: Well, now it is not at the lowest part of the village any more, but this chapel was once at the lowest part of the village, and this, this is still so, right?
Language: Sursilvan-Oberland (English translation)
Transcription: Sch’ té vaṣ dl vitg òra , scha … ṣaj `l … drètg , vagní gè bagagjau da néiv hòtè̱l Albṣú , né , a lu … vas fòrsa aun végn mè̱tars , a lu ṣè `l saniastar .
Glosses: if 2SG go.PRS.2SG of.DEF.M.SG village out CORR _ COP.PRS.3SG 3SG.M _ right.ADJ.UNM PASS.AUX.PTCP.M.PL in_fact build.PTCP.UNM from new hotel PN right and then _ go.PRS.2SG maybe moreover twenty metre.M.PL and then COP.PRS.3SG 3SG.M left.ADJ.UNM
Translation: If you walk down the valley, … the hotel Alpsu has in fact been renovated on the right side, right?, and then you walk maybe twenty more metres, and then it [the chapel] is on the left.
Language: Sursilvan-Oberland (English translation)
Transcription: Qu’ è adin' aviart a lu saṣ í ajn api vèzas té quèlas ah … figuras … ajn gròndèzja da carstgaun .
Glosses: DEM.UNM COP.PRS.3SG always open.ADJ.UNM and then can.PRS.2SG go.INF in and see.PRS.2SG 2SG DEM.F.PL eh _ figure.PL _ in size.F.SG of human_being.M.SG
Translation: This is always open, and then you can step in and then you see these eh … figures … the size of human beings.
Language: Sursilvan-Oberland (English translation)
Transcription: A qu’ è in ah , in Andreoli da , da Mustajr tg’ èra usché in téc ah , gè , vèva talènt , vèva tagljau ò quèlas .
Glosses: and DEM.UNM COP.PRS.3SG INDEF.M.SG eh INDEF.M.SG PN of of PN REL COP.IMPF.3SG so INDEF.M.SG bit eh yes have.IMPF.3SG talent.M.SG have.IMPF.3SG cut.PTCP.UNM out DEM.F.PL
Translation: And this is a eh, a, [a man called] Andreoli from Mustér who was a little eh, yes, had talent, had chiselled these out.
Language: Sursilvan-Oberland (English translation)
Transcription: Da tgei temps ?
Glosses: of which time.M.SG
Translation: [PhM] At what time?
Language: Sursilvan-Oberland (English translation)
Transcription: Ah , méli ad òtg … tgu craj ṣè stau Vèndardís Sògn mili ad òtg tschian trènta quátar , fòrsa scha ju ṣbaglja bitg , ṣè quèlas figuras lu vagnidas trans-pòrtadaṣ a mézaṣ ajn quèla , ajn quaj sòntgè̱t .
Glosses: eh thousand and eight _ REL.1SG believe.PRS.1SG be.PRS.3SG COP.PTCP.UNM Friday.M.SG Holy thousand and eight hundred thirty four maybe if 1SG be_wrong.PRS.1SG NEG COP.PRS.3SG DEM.F.PL figure.PL then PASS.AUX.PTCP.F.PL transport.PTCP.F.PL and put.PTCP.F.PL in DEM.F.SG in DEM.M.SG little_chapel
Translation: [m5] Ah, eighteen hundred … it was on Good Friday 1834, maybe, if I am not wrong, yes, when these figures were transported and put into this little chapel.
Language: Sursilvan-Oberland (English translation)
Transcription: Ad ál’ antschata èra `l sòntgè̱t … in sòntgè̱t aviart , quaj vut dí quaj è in pin baghètg , a cò èr’ in gártar , a lu vasèvas té ajn quèlas .
Glosses: and in.DEF.F.SG beginning COP.IMPF.3SG DEF.M.SG little_chapel _ INDEF.M.SG little_chapel open.M.SG DEM.UNM want.PRS.3SG say.INF DEM.UNM COP.PRS.3SG INDEF.M.SG small.M.SG building and there EXIST.IMPF.3SG INDEF.M.SG grating and then see.IMPF.2SG.GNR 2SG.GNR in DEM.F.PL
Translation: And at the beginning the little chapel … was an open chapel, which means that it is a small building, and there there was a grating, and then you [could] see these [figures] therein.
Language: Sursilvan-Oberland (English translation)
Transcription: A lu òni aun bagagjau vitlúndar ina , aun ina part , lu ṣèn … in pèr bauns pins , gè , intarassant , gè , a méz in clutgè ánò véntgò̱tg tégn ju , gè .
Glosses: and then have.PRS.3PL.3PL in_addition build.PTCP.UNM next_to INDEF.F.SG moreover INDEF.F.SG part then EXIST.PRS.3PL _ INDEF.M.SG pair bench.M.PL small yes interesting.ADJ.UNM yes and put.PTCP.UNM INDEF.M.SG clock_tower year twenty-eight hold.PRS.1SG 1SG yes
Translation: And then, in addition, they built another part next to the chapel, then there are … some small benches, yes, interesting, yes, and also built a clock tower in [19]28 I think, yes.
Language: Sursilvan-Oberland (English translation)
Transcription: Quaj vò anavù̱s sén ina tradizjun tga … Tuatschíns èran ira … a pèlègrinádi a Nossa-Dunaun , a lu vas lò zanúa , vas té ṣur in , ah , ṣur in pas , álṣò in , in crèst , in sémpal pas , a sén quèla , sén quaj pas duèssi èssar ina samagljònta caplùta , è cun ina stazjun da … da la via da la crusch , a lu … ṣè quèls vagní anavù̱s ajn Tujétsch a détg:
Glosses: DEM.UNM go.PRS.3SG back on INDEF.F.SG tradition REL _ inhabitant_of_Tujetsch.M.PL be.IMPF.3PL go.INF _ at pilgrimage.M.SG to PN and then go.PRS.2SG.GNR there somewhere go.PRS.2SG.GNR 2SG.GNR over INDEF.M.SG eh over INDEF.M.SG pass well INDEF.M.SG INDEF.M.SG high_ground INDEF.M.SG simple pass and on DEM.F.SG on DEM.M.SG pass should.COND.3SG.EXPL COP.INF INDEF.F.SG similar chapel also with INDEF.F.SG station of _ of DEF.F.SG way of DEF.F.SG cross and then _ be.PRS.3SG DEM.M.PL come.PTCP.M.PL back in PN and say.PTCP.UNM
Translation: This goes back to a tradition that … some inhabitants of Tujetsch had gone … on a pilgrimage to Einsiedeln, and then you go there somewhere, you go over a, eh, over a pass, rather a high ground, a simple pass, and on this, on this pass there should be a similar chapel, also with a station of … of Christ’s way to the Cross, and then they came back to Tujetsch and said:
Language: Sursilvan-Oberland (English translation)
Transcription: «Usché zatgé fagjajn nuṣ è a Sadrún .»
Glosses: so something make.PRS.1PL 1PL also in PN
Translation: We’ll also make something like this in Sedrun.
Language: Sursilvan-Oberland (English translation)
Transcription: A quaj è tùt schabagjau sén basa privata , álṣò quèla caplùta è stada tòcan avaun fòrsa déjṣch òns privat .
Glosses: and DEM.UNM be.PRS.3SG all happen.PTCP.UNM on base.F.SG private thus DEM.F.SG chapel be.PRS.3SG COP.PTCP.F.SG until before maybe ten year.M.PL private.ADJ.UNM
Translation: And this all happened on a private basis, this chapel has thus been private until maybe ten years ago.
Language: Sursilvan-Oberland (English translation)
Transcription: Ad ùṣ ò la plajv surpríu aj .
Glosses: and now have.PRS.3SG DEF.F.SG parish take.PTCP.UNM 3SG
Translation: And now the parish has taken it over.
Language: Sursilvan-Oberland (English translation)
Transcription: A lu vèvani dépònju quèlas , quèlas státuas vèvani dépònju ajn tgèsa-parvènda .
Glosses: and then have.IMPF.3PL.3PL store.PTCP.UNM DEM.F.PL DEM.F.PL statue.PL have.IMPF.3PL.3PL store.PTCP.UNM in presbytery.F.SG
Translation: And then they stored these, these statues they had stored in the presbytery.
Language: Sursilvan-Oberland (English translation)
Transcription: Quèla stèva dadò `l hòtè̱l Cruna .
Glosses: DEM.F.SG stay.IMPF.3SG of_down DEF.M.SG hotel PN
Translation: It was located after the Hotel Cruna, down the valley.
Language: Sursilvan-Oberland (English translation)
Transcription: Quaj hanlégj da tiars , ál sén scù quaj tg' i èra ál ṣchènivával tschantanè , tg' als martgadònts cumpravan als tiars quasi schòn la pr̩mavèra , alura mavan quèls stjarls , als mùtgs , als stjarls mavan lu ád alp , a lura sjantar alp , agl atù̱n , vagnévani lu par èls a mavan cun èls lura ṣur Lucmagn a vandévan lò .
Glosses: DEM.M.SG business of animal.M.PL in.DEF.M.SG sense like DEM.UNM REL EXPL COP.IMPF.3SG in.DEF.M.SG nineteenth.M.SG century.m.sg REL DEF.M.PL merchant.PL buy.IMPF.3PL DEF.M.PL animal.PL so_to_speak already DEF.F.SG spring then go.IMPF.3PL DEM.M.PL one_year_old_calf.PL DEF.M.PL two_year_old_calf.PL DEF.M.PL one_year_old_calf.PL go.IMPF.3PL then to alp.F.SG and then after alp.F.SG in.DEF.M.SG autumn come.IMPF.3PL.3PL then for 3PL.M and go.IMPF.3PL with 3PL.M then over PN and sell.IMPF.3PL there
Translation: This cattle business, in the sense of how it was in the nineteenth century, that the merchants would buy the animals already during spring, then those one-year-old calves, the two-year-old calves, the one-year-old calves would go to the mountain pastures, and after that period, during autumn, they would go and fetch them and would then go with them over the Lucmagn pass and would sell them there.
Language: Sursilvan-Oberland (English translation)
Transcription: Quaj mava lu radù̱n , quaj mava ò da Tujétsch , mavi radù̱n duatschían , fòrsa antù̱rn duatschían tgaus .
Glosses: DEM.UNM go.IMPF.3SG then around DEM.UNM go.IMPF.3SG out of PN go.IMPF.3SG.EXPL around two_hundred maybe around two_hundred head.M.PL
Translation: There would go about, there would go then out of the Tujetsch valley, there would go about two hundred, maybe about two hundred heads [of animals].
Language: Sursilvan-Oberland (English translation)
Transcription: A qu’ è atgnamajn al … sulèt danè … quasi tg’ al pur vèva blùt danè , né .
Glosses: and DEM.UNM COP.PRS.3SG actually DEF.M.SG _ only.M.SG money _ almost REL DEF.M.SG farmer have.IMPF.3SG naked.ADJ.M.SG money right
Translation: And this is at least almost the … only cash money … the farmers had, right?
Language: Unknown language (English translation)
Transcription: Quaj èra atgnamajn la fòntauna la plé impurtònta da hanlètg , quèla fiara da Ligjaun .
Glosses: DEM.UNM COP.IMPF.3SG actually DEF.F.SG source DEF.F.SG most important of business.M.SG DEM.F.SG market of PN
Translation: This was actually the most important source of business, that market in Lugano.
Language: Unknown language (English translation)
Transcription: Álṣò quaj , quaj èra lura , ajn Tujétsch èri usché da quèls mulissiars , álṣò quèls «Unterhändler», né , né quèls mulissiars , quèls ah fagèvan lu quasi las préfatschè̱ntas , né , né tg’ èran … cumissunaj da quèls ah martgadònts grònṣ da la bassa , né .
Glosses: well DEM.UNM DEM.UNM COP.IMPF.3SG then in PN EXIST.IMPF.3SG.EXPL so of DEM.M.PL negotiator.PL well DEM.M.PL negotiators right or DEM.M.PL negotiator.PL DEM.M.PL eh do.IMPF.3PL then so_to_speak DEF.F.PL intermediate_trade.PL right or REL PASS.AUX.IMPF.3PL _ commission.PTCP.M.PL by DEM.M.PL eh businessman.PL big.PL of DEF.F.SG «lowlands» right
Translation: Well, this, this is then, in the Tujetsch Valley there were some negotiators, well these «Unterhändler», right? These negotiators, they would so to speak do the intermediate trade, or they were … commissioned by the big businessmen from outside the Grisons, right?
Language: Unknown language (English translation)
Transcription: Quèls vèvan quasi in téc maun líbar , né , da fá las cùmpras , né , a lu mavi quasi ṣur quèlṣ íntèrns òra , né , a da quèls martgadònts ah tuatschíns òi adina dau , quèls tg’ òn ugagjau a rascau quaj .
Glosses: DEM.M.PL have.IMPF.3PL so_to_speak a bit hand.M.SG free.M.SG right SUBORD do.INF DEF.F.PL shopping.PL right and then go.IMPF.3SG.EXPL so_to_say over DEM.M.PL domestic.PL out right and of DEM.M.PL negotiator.PL eh from_Tujetsch.M.PL have.PRS.3SG.EXPL always EXIST.PTCP.UNM DEM.M.PL REL have.PRS.3PL dare.PTCP.UNM and risk.PTCP.UNM DEM.UNM
Translation: These had so to speak a bit of a free hand, right, to do the shopping, right, and then business was in the hands of the domestic merchants, right, and there were always some of these negotiators from the Tujetsch valley, right, those who dared and risked [to do] this.
Language: Unknown language (English translation)
Transcription: Álṣò … la résca èra atgnamajn fétg grònda , parquaj tga … èls cumpravan gè … la pr̩mavèra , a lura savèvani bégja cù ṣè `l préci , cù ṣè la féjra insùma , ṣai atractif , ṣè la tschèrca cò , né .
Glosses: well _ DEF.F.SG risk COP.IMPF.3SG in_fact very big.F.SG because SUBORD _ 3PL.M buy.IMPF.3PL in_fact _ DEF.F.SG spring and then know.IMPF.3PL.3PL NEG how COP.PRS.3SG DEF.M.SG price how COP.PRS.3SG DEF.F.SG market at_all COP.PRS.3SG.EXPL attractive.ADJ.UNM COP.PRS.3SG DEF.F.SG demand here right
Translation: Well, the risk was in fact very big, because … in fact they used to buy … during spring, and then they wouldn’t know how the price would be, what the market was supposed to be, whether it would be attractive at all, would there be some demand, right?
Language: Sursilvan-Oberland (English translation)
Transcription: A lu mávani magari culs tiars gjù a Ligjaun , a … savèvan bigja vèndar lò , a lu stèvani quasi í gjùdòra , ir tòc’ al nòrd da l’ Italja gjùdajn ad ampruá da vèndar , ah … ad aj ah … vagnéva bigj’ éba vandju tùt , al davùs stuèvani vèndar fòrsa pr̩, pr̩ in schliat prézi , né .
Glosses: and then go.IMPF.3PL.3PL sometimes with.DEF.M.PL animal.PL down to PN and _ can.IMPF.3PL NEG sell.INF there and then must.IMPF.3PL.3PL so_to_speak go.INF down_out go.INF until DEF.M.SG north of DEF.F.SG PN down_in and try.INF COMP sell.INF eh _ and EXPL eh _ PASS.AUX.IMPF.3SG NEG precisely sell.PTCP.UNM everything DEF.M.SG last must.IMPF.3PL.3PL sell.INF maybe for for INDEF.M.SG bad.M.SG price right
Translation: And then they would go sometimes down to Lugano and … could not sell there, and then they had so to speak to go outside [the country], to go until the North of Italy and try to sell, eh … and then they could not sell all [the animals] after all, and in the end they would have to sell maybe for, for a bad price, right?
Language: Unknown language (English translation)
Transcription: Quaj scriva Gadola , scriv’ è quaj zanú , quèla è zatgéj ina , ina lavur , «La fiera da Ligjaun», a lu dascriva la òrd vésta dal Tujétsch scù quaj funcsanava , cù i mavan , a lu èri è quèls prígals tga dèva sén ah , ah , sén ira , naturálmajn cu i vagnévan anavù̱s scha savèvan als cugljúns , né , la nara , né , savèvan è quèls òn … bùrsas plajnas , né , a vagnévan lura pr̩ part atacaj ad angulaj .
Glosses: DEM.UNM write.PRS.3SG PN write.PRS.3SG also DEM.UNM somewhere DEM.F.SG COP.PRS.3SG something DEF.F.SG INDEF.F.SG work DEF.F.SG market of PN and then describe.PRS.3SG 3SG.F out_of sight of.DEF.M.SG PN how DEM.UNM function.IMPF.3SG how 3PL go.IMPF.3PL and then EXIST.IMPF.3SG.EXPL also DEM.M.PL danger REL EXIST.IMPF.3SG on eh eh on go.INF natural.M.SG.ADV when 3PL come.IMPF.3PL back CORR know.IMPF.3PL DEF.M.PL scoundrel.PL right DEF.F.SG mad_people.COLL right know.IMPF.3PL also DEM.M.PL have.PRS.3PL _ wallet.F.PL full.PL right and PASS.AUX.IMPF.3PL then for part.F.SG attack.PTCP.M.PL and steal.PTCP.M.PL
Translation: This Gadola writes, writes also this somewhere this, the, this is a, a work with the title «La fiera da Ligjaun», and this work describes from the point of view of the Tujetsch valley how this used to function, how they used to go, and then there were these dangers which [one encountered] when travelling, of course when they would come back, the scoundrels, the madmen, right, they also knew that those had full wallets, right, and they were sometimes attacked and got robbed.
Language: Unknown language (English translation)
Transcription: Quaj òi dau savèns , gè .
Glosses: DEM.UNM have.PRS.3SG.EXPL EXIST.PTCP.UNM often yes
Translation: This happened often, yes.
Language: Sursilvan-Oberland (English translation)
Transcription: Cu nuṣ èran buébas , èri bja autar tgé ùssa .
Glosses: when 1PL COP.IMPF.1PL girl.F.PL COP.IMPF.3SG.EXPL much different.ADJ.UNM than now
Translation: When we were girls, it was very different from nowadays.
Language: Sursilvan-Oberland (English translation)
Transcription: Als gjanitu̱rs fagèvan al pur , ad ju èra tschavrèr’ in tjams , ajn l’ antschata cun mju frá , in òn parsula , api stavèv’ ins í culas tgauras tòca sé Nalps , a vèvan in bi tjams lò , vagnéva … lu èri aun bigja turists , mintgataun vagnévi in in in car , a quèls vèvan naturálmajn plaṣchaj da nus a dlas tgauras .
Glosses: DEF.M.PL parent.PL do.IMPF.3PL DEF.M.SG farmer and 1SG COP.IMPF.1SG goatherd.F.SG INDEF.M.SG time in DEF.F.SG beginning with POSS.1SG.M.SG brother one.M.SG year alone.F.SG and must.IMPF GNR go.INF with.DEF.F.PL goat.PL until up PN and have.IMPF.1PL INDEF.M.SG beautiful.ADJ.M.SG time there come.IMPF.3SG _ then EXIST.IMPF.3SG.EXPL yet NEG tourist.M.PL from_time_to_time come.IMPF.3SG.EXPL INDEF.M.SG INDEF.M.SG INDEF.M.SG bus and DEM.M.PL have.IMPF.3PL natural.M.SG.ADV pleasure.M.SG of 1PL and of.DEF.F.PL goat.PL
Translation: My parents were farmers, and I was a goatherd for a certain time, at the beginning with my brother, one year alone, and one had to go with the goats as far as Nalps, and we had a great time there, there came … then there weren’t tourists yet, from time to time a a a bus arrived, and it was, of course, a pleasure for them to be with us and the goats.
Language: Sursilvan-Oberland (English translation)
Transcription: A cu ins vagnéva anavù̱s èri bigja schi flòt pr̩, cu inṣ vagnéva cò cu `ls purs vagnévan a savilavan cun nus , ni tumévan par nus , api stèvan nuṣ vagní a tgèsa ad a … múlgjar tùt las tgauras .
Glosses: and when GNR come.IMPF.3SG back COP.IMPF.3SG.EXPL NEG so nice.ADJ.UNM for when GNR come.IMPF.3SG here when DEF.M.PL farmer.PL come.IMPF.3PL and get_angry.IMPF.3PL with 1PL or be_afraid.IMPF.3PL for 1PL and must.IMPF.1PL 1PL come.INF to house.F.SG and _ SUBORD milk.INF all DEF.F.PL goat.PL
Translation: And when we came back, it wouldn’t be that nice for us, when one came here, when the farmers would come and get angry at us, or were worried because of us, and then we had to go home and milk all the goats.
Language: Sursilvan-Oberland (English translation)
Transcription: Als gjanitu̱rṣ vèvan aun pòrs , stèvan fá gljèz , a quaj è naturálmajn ùssa samidau bjè .
Glosses: DEF.M.PL parent.PL have.IMPF.3PL in_addition pig.PL must.IMPF.1PL do.INF DEM.UNM and DEM.UNM be.PRS.3SG of_course now REFL.change.PTCP.UNM a_lot
Translation: My parents, in addition, had pigs, and we had to look after them, and nowadays this has of course changed a lot.
Language: Sursilvan-Oberland (English translation)
Transcription: Navèn da lu tòcan , ad è stau ábar in bi tjams . Ad oz lajni gnanc í la buébanáglja , nus mavan cun tschun òns èran nus tgavrèrs , ad ozaldé , gè .
Glosses: from of then until and be.PRS.3SG COP.PTCP.UNM but INDEF.M.SG beautiful.M.SG time and today let.PRS.3PL.3PL not_even go.INF DEF.F.SG child.COLL 1PL go.IMPF.1PL with five year.M.PL COP.IMPF.1PL 1PL goatherd.PL and nowadays yes
Translation: From then up to, but it was a nice time. And today they don’t even let the children go, we would go when we were five years old, we were goatherds, and nowadays, yes.
Language: Sursilvan-Oberland ( translation)
Transcription: Aber la notg buc , la notg…
Glosses: but DEF.F.SG night NEG DEF.F.SG night
Language: Sursilvan-Oberland (English translation)
Transcription: Qu’ è stau in bi tjams .
Glosses: DEM.UNM be.PRS.3SG COP.PTCP.UNM INDEF.M.SG beautiful.M.SG.UNM time
Translation: This was a wonderful time.