lecslab/glosslm-corpus huggingface dataset:
Language: Sursilvan-Oberland
Transcription: Ju sùn dada gjù séla fatscha , mù fatg òi nuét .
Glosses: 1SG be.PRS.1SG give.PTCP.F.SG down on.DEF.F.SG face but do.PTCP.UNM have.PRS.3SG.EXPL nothing
Translation: I fell down on my face but it didn't do anything.' (Cavòrgja, )
Language: Sursilvan-Oberland
Transcription: … ábar stju luvrá còrpòrálmajn vajn nus schi fétg scù quèls .
Glosses: _ but must.PTCP.UNM work.INF physical.ADJ.M.ADV have.PRS.1PL 1PL so much as DEM.M.PL
Translation: […] but physically we had to work as hard as those [children].' (Ruèras, f4, sec:8.16)
Language: Sursilvan-Oberland
Transcription: Als tiars vèzan al barlòt a tèman , mù dí sòn i nuét .
Glosses: DEF.M.PL animal.PL see.PRS.3PL DEF.M.SG sorcery and be_afraid.PRS.3PL but say.INF can.PRS.3PL 3PL nothing
Translation: The animals see the sorcery and are afraid, but they cannot say anything.' (Cavòrgja, )
Language: Sursilvan-Oberland
Transcription: Alṣò ancùntar prandès `l tùt ùsa ?
Glosses: well towards take.COND.3SG 3SG all now
Translation: Well, would he receive everything now?' (Sadrún, m5)
Language: Sursilvan-Oberland
Transcription: Ins vèz’ aun tg’ èra dau vidajn pùntgas né trádals; sch’ i sitavan gljèz sau bétg .
Glosses: GNR see.PRS.3SG still COMP PASS.AUX.IMPF.3SG give.PTCP.UNM into chisel.F.PL or power_drill.M.PL whether 3PL blow_up.IMPF.3PL DEM.UNM know.PRS.1SG.1SG NEG
Translation: One still can see that chisels or power drills had been used; whether they would blow up I don’t know.' (Sadrún, m4, l. sec:8.3)
Language: Sursilvan-Oberland
Transcription: Aah , tgé … prandévan pròpi òra sa ins bégj éxáct …
Glosses: ah what … _ take.IMPF.3PL exactly out know.PRS.3SG GNR NEG exactly
Translation: Ah, what … they really mined, one does not know exactly […].' (Sadrún, m4, sec:8.3)
Language: Sursilvan-Oberland
Transcription: Las nòtízjas sa ju bétg danù̱ndar als gjaniturs , als dus baps prandèvan aj …
Glosses: DEF.F.PL news.PL know.PRS.1SG 1SG NEG from_where DEF.M.PL parents.PL DEF.M.PL two.M.PL father.PL take.IMPF.3PL 3SG …
Translation: I don’t know where my parents had the news from, the two fathers took them, there was in Rueras, there was [only] one who had a radio.' (Sadrún, m1, sec:8.2)
Language: Sursilvan-Oberland
Transcription: Gjòn ò angulau la gaglina , bigja Maria .
Glosses: PN have.PRS.3SG steal.PTCP.UNM DEF.F.SG hen NEG PN
Translation: It is Gion who stole the hen, not Maria.' (Sadrún, m5)
Language: Sursilvan-Oberland
Transcription: Èl vut dá in cùdisch da Gjòn , bigja da Maria .
Glosses: 3SG.M want.PRS.3SG give.INF INDEF.M.SG book DAT PN NEG DAT PN
Translation: It is to Gion that he wants to give a book, not to Maria.' (Sadrún, m4)
Language: Sursilvan-Oberland
Transcription: Ála véglja-véglja tgèsa-parvènda , né ?
Glosses: in.DEF.F.SG RED~old presbytery right
Translation: At the very old presbytery, right?' (Sadrún, m5, sec:8.9)
Language: Sursilvan-Oberland
Transcription: … i èra sgtir-stgir !
Glosses: … _ EXPL COP.IMPF.3SG RED~dark
Translation: […] it was pitch-dark.' (Surajn, )
Language: Sursilvan-Oberland
Transcription: Al tat èr’ ajn a durméva lò grat sc’ in tajṣ , vèv’ udju ṣchùbar-ṣchùbar nuét .
Glosses: DEF.M.SG grandfather COP.IMPF.3SG up and sleep.IMPF.3SG there precisely like INDEF.M.SG badger have.IMPF.3SG hear.PTCP.UNM RED~clean.ADJ.UNM nothing
Translation: My grandfather was up there and was sleeping like a log, he hadn’t heard anything at all.' (Sadrún, m4, sec:8.3)
Language: Sursilvan-Oberland
Transcription: Ju a gju fétg-fétg bian cun èl .
Glosses: 1SG have.PRS.1SG have.PTCP.UNM RED~very good.UNM with 3SG.M
Translation: I got along very well with him.' (Sadrún, m4)
Language: Sursilvan-Oberland
Transcription: El ò mirau antùrn-antùrn …
Glosses: 3SG.M have.PRS.3SG look.PTCP.UNM RED~around …
Translation: He looked around and around […].' (Tschamùt, )
Language: Sursilvan-Oberland
Transcription: A sjantar surpríu acòrds adin-adina .
Glosses: and after take_over.PTCP.UNM piecework.M.PL RED~always
Language: Sursilvan-Oberland
Transcription: … a lu stuèv’ ju la sèra adin’ ir' a fá tschajna … a fá … manèstra , manèstra , manèstra , manèstra .
Glosses: _ and then must.IMPF.1SG 1SG DEF.F.SG evening always go.INF SUBORD make.INF dinner.F.SG _ SUBORD make.INF _ pottage.F.SG pottage.F.SG pottage.F.SG pottage.F.SG
Translation: […] and then in the evening I always had to go and prepare dinner … and prepare pottage, pottage, pottage, pottage.' (Ruèras, f4, sec:8.16)
Language: Sursilvan-Oberland
Transcription: … a quèl’ èra da trá … trá , trá … tùt al latg cèntrifugau .
Glosses: _ and DEM.F.SG be.IMPF.3SG to pull.INF _ pull.INF pull.INF _ all DEF.M.SG milk centrifugate.PTCP.UNM
Translation: […] and we had to pull … pull, pull … the whole centrifuged milk.' (Ruèras, m4, sec:8.16)
Language: Sursilvan-Oberland
Transcription: In tiar da tgèsa , è `l gjat a `l tgaun , a tiar-tgèsa è sagir tùt quaj tga vò bigj’ ad alp . Als tiars-tgèsa èn atgnamajn cò , né sén majṣès , quaj è quèlas tgauras a nùrsas a pòrs .
Glosses: INDEF.M.SG animal of house.F.SG COP.PRS.3SG DEF.M.SG cat and DEF.M.SG dog and animal.M.SG-house.F.SG COP.PRS.3SG for_sure all DEM.UNM REL go.PRS.3SG NEG to alpine_pasture.M.SG DEF.M.PL animal.PL-house.F.SG COP.PRS.3PL actually here or on assembly_of_houses.M.SG DEM.GL COP.PRS.3SG DEM.F.PL goat.PL and sheep.F-PL and pig.M.PL
Translation: A tiar da tgèsa, these are cats and dogs, and tiar tgèsa are of course all those that do not go to the alpine pastures. The tiars tgèsa are actually here, or up in the assembly of houses, these are the goats, the sheep, and the pigs.' (Tuatschín, Cavòrgja, m7)
Language: Sursilvan-Oberland
Transcription: … lò ani bagagjau gjù la … raquéntani … la crapa par bagagè al clutgè-basèlgja .
Glosses: _ there have.PRS.3PL.3PL build.PTCP.UNM down DEF.F.SG _ tell.PRS.3PL.3PL _ DEF.F.SG stone.COLL SUBORD build.INF DEF.M.SG tower.M.SG-church.F.SG
Translation: […] there they removed, as they say, the stones used to build the church tower [of Sedrun].' (Sadrún, m4, sec:8.3)
Language: Sursilvan-Oberland
Transcription: Lò fùva in pin laj-èt cun pauc’ aua .
Glosses: there EXIST.IMPF.3SG INDEF.M.SG small lake-DIM with little.F.SG water
Translation: There was a small lake with little water.' (Ruèras, )
Language: Sursilvan-Oberland
Transcription: Quaj è dòn-ún .
Glosses: DEM.UNM COP.PRS.3SG pity.M.SG-AUGM
Translation: This is a real pity.' (Sadrún, m5)
Language: Sursilvan-Oberland
Transcription: Sònda-dumèngja vagnévan quèls ò cò a fagjévan fjast-unas .
Glosses: Saturday-Sunday come.IMPF.3PL DEM.M.PL out here and do.IMPF.3PL party-AUGM.F.PL
Translation: On week-ends they would come here and have big parties.' (Sadrún, m4, sec:8.3)
Language: Sursilvan-Oberland
Transcription: Ju a fòm-az .
Glosses: 1SG have.PRS.1SG hunger-AUGM
Language: Sursilvan-Oberland
Transcription: Ju raquénta da mia lavur tga ju a fatg als davù̱ṣ òns .
Glosses: 1SG tell.PRS.1SG of POSS.1SG.F.SG job REL 1SG have.PRS.1SG do.PTCP.UNM DEF.M.PL last.PL year.PL
Translation: I’ll tell [you] about the job I've done for the past few years.
Language: Sursilvan-Oberland
Transcription: Álṣò … mju ùm , lèz è schòn mòrts cun tchuncònt’ òns .
Glosses: well _ POSS.1SG.M.SG man DEM.M.SG be.PRS.3SG already die.PTCP.M.SG with fifty year.M.PL
Translation: Well … my husband died when he was only fifty years old.
Language: Sursilvan-Oberland
Transcription: A lu sùnd ju stada parsula anavù̱s cun trajṣ ufauns .
Glosses: and then be.PRS.1SG 1SG COP.PTCP.F.SG alone.F.SG back with three child.M.PL
Translation: And then I was left alone with three children.
Language: Sursilvan-Oberland
Transcription: Álṣò i èran … grad , grat , al gròn èra racrut , a tschèlṣ duṣ ajn amprèndissadi .
Glosses: well 3PL COP.IMPF.3PL _ just just DEF.M.SG big COP.IMPF.3SG recruit.M.SG and DEM.M.PL two.PL in apprenticeship.M.SG
Translation: Well, they were … just, the oldest was a recruit, and the other two [were] in an apprenticeship.
Language: Sursilvan-Oberland
Transcription: A… mi' ùm fagèva gè survigiládar , a spèras fagèva èl aun ah … quaj da las sèndaṣ da spassagè .
Glosses: and POSS.1SG.M.SG man do.IMPF.3SG in_fact supervisor.M.SG and in_addition do.IMPF.3SG 3SG.M still eh _ DEM.UNM of DEF.F.PL trail.PL ATTR walk.INF
Translation: And … in fact, my husband was a supervisor, and in addition he used to make … the trails.
Language: Sursilvan-Oberland
Transcription: Api lura … ju mava è mintgataun cun èl a dá culur las sèndas né métar sé mùssaviaṣ a da quaj , api … va[u] tartgau:
Glosses: and then _ 1SG go.IMPF.1SG also sometimes with 3SG.M SUBORD give.INF colour.F.SG DEF.F.PL trail.PL or put.INF up signpost.F.PL and of DEM.UNM and _ have.PRS.1SG think.PTCP.UNM
Translation: And then … from time to time I would go with him to give colour [to the stones indicating] the trails or to put up signposts and things like that, and then … I thought:
Language: Sursilvan-Oberland
Transcription: «Ah , quaj fùṣ è ina lavur pr̩ mè .»
Glosses: ah DEM.UNM COP.COND.3SG also INDEF.F.SG job for 1SG
Translation: Ah, this could also be a job for me.
Language: Sursilvan-Oberland
Transcription: A lu va ju , nuṣ èran gè sùt la … la B .A .W ., quaj è «cuminònza griṣchuna da sèndas» da Cuéra .
Glosses: and then have.PRS.1SG 1SG 1PL COP.IMPF.1PL in_fact under DEF.F.SG _ DEF.F.SG PN DEM.UNM COP.PRS.3SG working-group.F.SG Grison of trail.F.PL of PN
Translation: And then I, we were in fact under the … B.A.W, this means «Grison working-group of trails" in Cuera.
Language: Unknown language
Transcription: A lu èra PN ah atgnamajn mju … schèf , api lura va ju in’ jèda talafònau dad èl pr̩quaj tg' èl vèva tr̩mèz in’ anunzja da mòrt , álṣò ina carta par , ah , quèls sòn è schòn quaj , ùsa mataj tgé … ùsa sa ju amblidá quèla , quèla lavur tgu fagèva bugèn cun mi' ùm , api lu va ju … tlafònau dad èl a détg , èba , mi' ùm ségi èba mòrts scù i sápian , ábar … ju fagèssi ugèn vinavaun quèla lavur , api ò `l détg:
Glosses: and then COP.IMPF.3SG PN eh actually POSS.1SG.M.SG _ boss and then have.1SG 1SG one.F.SG time call.PTCP.UNM DAT 3SG.M because SUBORD 3SG.M have.IMPF.3SG send.PTCP.UNM INDEF.F.SG announcement of death.F.SG this_is_to_say INDEF.F.SG card SUBORD eh DEM.M.PL know.PRS.3PL also already DEM.UNM now probably COMP _ now can.PRS.1SG 1SG forget.INF DEM.F.SG DEM.F.SG job REL.1SG do.IMPF.1SG gladly with POSS.1SG.M.SG man and then have.PRS.1SG 1SG _ call.PTCP.UNM DAT 3SG.M and say.PTCP.UNM exactly POSS.1SG.M.SG man be.PRS.SBJV.3SG precisely die.PTCP.M.SG as 3PL know.PRS.SBJV.3PL but 1SG _ do.COND.INDIR.1SG with_pleasure still DEM.F.SG job and have.PRS.3SG 3SG.M say.PTCP.UNM
Translation: And then P.N. was actually my … boss, and then I phoned him once, because he had sent a death notice, that is to say a card for, ah, they already knew that, now probably that … now I can forget about this, this job I loved to do with my husband, and then I … phoned him and said that my husband had died as they knew, but … that I would like to keep doing this job, and then he said:
Language: Unknown language
Transcription: «Mir sind nid so frauäfintlich .»
Glosses: we are not so misogynistic
Translation: We are not really misogynistic.
Language: Unknown language
Transcription: Api vau détg: «Ah súpar .»
Glosses: and have.PRS.1SG.1SG say.PTCP.UNM oh great
Translation: And then I said: «Oh, great!»
Language: Sursilvan-Oberland
Transcription: A lu va ju antschiat cun quaj .
Glosses: and then have.PRS.1SG 1SG begin.PTCP.UNM with DEM.UNM
Translation: And then I started with it.
Language: Sursilvan-Oberland
Transcription: Api … ṣè quaj vagnú príu ajn , a lu ò la cònfadarazjun dau vi quaj da mintga cantún , a lèzs òn sèzs stavju lura … métar sén pajs quaj , èba … cù í … avaun , a tùt , a mintga vaschnaunca ò lu stavju dá ajn tùt tgé ca la vagi , nùca la vagi lògans cun mùssavias , a las sèndas , tùt .
Glosses: and _ be.PRS.3SG DEM.UNM PASS.AUX.PTCP.UNM take.PTCP.UNM in and then have.PRS.3SG DEF.F.SG confederation give.PTCP.UNM over DEM.UNM DAT every canton.M.SG and DEM.M.PL have.PRS.3PL self.M.PL must.PTCP.UNM then _ put.INF on foot.M.PL DEM.UNM precisely _ how go.INF _ forward and all and every municipality.F.SG have.PRS.3SG then must.PTCP.UNM give.INF in all what REL 3SG.F have.PRS.SBJV.3SG where 3SG.F have.PRS.SBJV.3SG place.M.PL with signpost.F.PL and DEF.F.PL trail.PL all
Translation: Then … this has been adopted, and then the confederation handed it over to every canton, and these … had to get it off the ground themselves, this is to say, precisely … how to go … on, and everything, and every municipality had then to inform about everything they had, where they had places with signposts and trails, everything.
Language: Unknown language
Transcription: A sjantar òi gju nùm … i sé̱gia , i mídian ò tùt als muossavías .
Glosses: and after have.PRS.3SG.EXPL have.PTCP.UNM name.M.SG _ EXPL be.PRS.SBJV.3SG 3PL change.PRS.SBJV.3PL out all DEF.M.PL signpost.PL
Translation: And after this, one had to … it was, they would replace all the signposts.
Language: Unknown language
Transcription: A quaj èra tschians .
Glosses: and DEM.UNM COP.IMPF.3SG hundred.M.PL
Translation: And there were hundreds [of them].
Language: Unknown language
Transcription: Ad ju a stuvju ir’ ál’ antiara val a préndar sé gl amprém tut quèls … tut quèls … lògans nù i èran muossavías .
Glosses: and 1SG have.PRS.1SG must.PTCP.UNM go.INF in.DEF.F.SG whole valley SUBORD take.INF up DEF.M.SG first all DEM.M.PL _ all DEM.M.PL _ place.PL REL EXPL EXIST.IMPF.3PL signpost.F.PL
Translation: And I had to go to the entire valley in order to first take down all these … all these … places where there were signposts.
Language: Sursilvan-Oberland
Transcription: A lura … va ju gju dad í a mid’ òra quaj … cun agid da … da la vischnaunca va ju … è aun … stju métar … nùvas pétgas … bétònaj , né , sédòra séssum als cuélms , schizún al malitèr ò gju da gidá m’ in’ jèd’ ajnta Majgals , pr̩quaj tga ajnta Majgals vagnéva adina bumbardau nùndétg , al malitèr .
Glosses: and then _ have.PRS.1SG 1SG have.PTCP.UNM to go.INF SUBORD change.INF out DEM.UNM _ with help.M.SG of _ of DEF.F.SG municipality have.PRS.1SG 1SG _ also moreover _ must.PTCP.UNM put.INF _ new.F.PL post.PL _ concrete.PTCP.M.PL right up_out on_top DEF.M.PL peak.PL even DEF.M.SG army have.PRS.3SG have.PTCP.UNM to help.INF 1SG one.F.SG time in_up PN because SUBORD in_up PN PASS.AUX.IMPF.3SG always bomb.PTCP.UNM incredibly DEF.M.SG army
Translation: And then … I had to go and replace this … with the help of … of the municipality I had … also … had to put … new concreted … posts, right, up there on top of the peaks, even the army had to help me once in Maighels, because up there in Maighels the army was always bombing incredibly much.
Language: Sursilvan-Oberland
Transcription: Ad ju vèva fatg gjù dad ira , dad ira … ajnta Majgals a métar sé muossavías .
Glosses: and 1SG have.IMPF.1SG make.PTCP.UNM down to go.INF to go.INF _ into PN SUBORD put.INF up signpost.F.PL
Translation: And I had arranged to go, to go … to Maighels to put up signposts.
Language: Sursilvan-Oberland
Transcription: Ju stòpi ir’ a fá gjù cun quèls sé la tégja dal , da Majgals , lò ségi pròpi … al bü̱rò .
Glosses: 1SG must.PRS.SBJV.1SG go.INF SUBORD make.INF down with DEM.M.PL up DEF.F.SG alpine_hut of.DEF.M.SG of PN there COP.PRS.SBJV.3SG exactly _ DEF.M.SG office
Translation: I should go and make an appointment with those up there in the alpine hut of the, of Maighels, there, there was precisely … the office.
Language: Sursilvan-Oberland
Transcription: Api quèls da la vischnaunca èran grad vid' al , vida zaná al bògn , api ṣchèvan aj:
Glosses: and DEM.M.PL of DEF.F.SG municipality COP.IMPF.3PL just PROG DEF.M.SG PROG renovate.INF DEF.M.SG bath and_then say.IMPF.3PL 3PL
Translation: And the municipal employees were just renovating the swimming pool and then they said:
Language: Sursilvan-Oberland
Transcription: «Nuṣ vajn bgja péjda … da dá da té , nuṣ vajn bigja luvrèṣ da dá da té .»
Glosses: 1PL have.PRS.1PL NEG time _ COMP give.INF DAT 2SG 1SG have.PRS.1PL NEG worker.M.PL COMP give.INF DAT 2SG
Translation: We have no time … to dedicate to you, we have no workers to give to you.
Language: Sursilvan-Oberland
Transcription: Prandèva simplamajn … sablún … mal , álṣò al zamèn ad aua cun mè , quaj è vagnú da bètòn’ ajn , a tanju ò laṣ aun adina .
Glosses: take.IMPF.1SG simple.F.SG.ADV _ sand.M.SG _ bad.M.SG well DEF.M.SG cement and water.F.SG with 1SG DEM.UNM be.PRS.3SG come.PTCP.UNM to concrete.INF in and hold.PTCP.UNM have.PRS.3SG 3PL.F still always
Translation: I would simply take … bad … sand, that is to say cement and water with me, and this has been concreted, and they still hold.
Language: Sursilvan-Oberland
Transcription: Pi gju dad í … quèl’ jèda cul-, sau bétg c’ ju sùn ida da la val Strém ajnasé , stuèv’ í sélṣ bauns , ah , sél Krüzlipass , Pas dlas Cruschs , cun muossavías , a vèva sjat da quèlas da purtá sé .
Glosses: and_then have.PTCP.UNM to go.INF _ DEM.F.SG time with know.PRS.1SG.1SG NEG when 1SG be.PRS.1SG go.PTCP.F.SG from DEF.F.SG valley PN in_up must.IMPF.1SG go.INF on.DEF.M.PL ridge.PL eh on.DEF.M.SG PN pass of.DEF.F.PL cross.PL with signpost.F.PL and have.IMPF.1SG seven of DEM.F.PL to carry.INF up
Translation: And then I had to go … that time with-, I don’t know when I went up the Strem valley, I had to go along the ridges, eh, on the Krüzlipass, Pass dallas Cruschs, with signposts, and I had seven of them to carry up.
Language: Sursilvan-Oberland
Transcription: Ábar ju vèva da préndar alṣ véglṣ anavù̱s .
Glosses: but 1SG have.IMPF.1SG to take.INF DEF.M.PL old.PL back
Translation: But I had to take back the old ones.
Language: Sursilvan-Oberland
Transcription: La sèra èr’ ju cáput parquaj tga quaj va sé sén dua mili a trajtschian a taunts mè̱tarṣ ṣur mar .
Glosses: DEF.F.SG evening COP.IMPF.1SG 1SG shattered because SUBORD DEM.UNM go.PRS.3SG up on two thousand and three_hundred and so_many.M.PL metre.PL above sea.F.SG
Translation: In the evening I used to be shattered because this goes up to 2.300 metres or so above sea level.
Language: Sursilvan-Oberland
Transcription: Ábar … ju a fatg faruct ugèn quaj . Gljèz stù ju dí .
Glosses: but _ 1SG have.PRS.1SG do.PTCP.UNM crazy.ADJ.UNM gladly DEM.UNM DEM.UNM must.PRS.1SG 1SG say.INF
Translation: But… I really loved to do that. I must say that.
Language: Sursilvan-Oberland
Transcription: A … tgu sùn vagnida pènṣjunada scha … ju fagèva zuar schòn avaun majnadistríct , ò̱dar tg’ ins … è cò atgnamajn … pala , pala , cuminònza da sèndas ò ála ragjún .
Glosses: and _ when.1SG be.PRS.1SG PASS.AUX.PTCP.F.SG pension_off.PTCP.F.SG CORR _ 1SG do.IMPF.1SG although already before head_of_district.M.SG or COMP GNR _ COP.PRS.3SG here actually _ for.DEF.F.SG for.DEF.F.SG community of trail.F.PL out in.DEF.F.SG region
Translation: And … when I got pensioned off … as a matter of fact, I had already worked as head of district before, or that one … is here actually … for the, for the community of trails in the region.
Language: Sursilvan-Oberland
Transcription: Ad aṣ da vaj quitau tg’ i végni marcau … tga las sèndas èn tùt èn ùrdan .
Glosses: and have.2SG.GNR to have.INF worry.M.SG COMP EXPL PASS.AUX.PRS.SBJV.3SG mark.PTCP.UNM _ COMP DEF.F.PL trail.PL COP.PRS.3PL all in order.M.SG
Translation: One has to see to it that they get marked … that all the trails are in order.
Language: Sursilvan-Oberland
Transcription: A lura … ah , gljèz sùnd ju , tégn ju ùssa … végn òns .
Glosses: and then _ eh DEM.UNM be.PRS.1SG 1SG hold.1SG 1SG now _ twenty year.M.PL
Translation: And then … ah, this, I am like this, I think now … for twenty years.
Language: Sursilvan-Oberland
Transcription: Álṣò schòn avaun , cu ju fagèva las sèndas … èr’ ju schòn majnadistríct .
Glosses: well already before when 1SG do.IMPF.1SG DEF.F.PL trail.PL _ COP.IMPF.1SG 1SG already head_of_district.M.SG
Translation: Well, already before, when I cared for the trails … I already was head of district.
Language: Unknown language
Transcription: Ad ùssa òni partju ajn quaj , al cantún ò circa trènta da quèls majnadistrícts , quèls èn partí ajn ajn ragjúns , ad ju a la val Tujétsch a Musté .
Glosses: and now have.PRS.3PL.3PL divide.PTCP.UNM in DEM.UNM DEF.M.SG canton have.PRS.3SG about thirty of DEM.M.PL head_of_district.PL DEM.M.PL PASS.AUX.PRS.3PL divide.PTCP.M.PL in in region.F.PL and 1SG have.PRS.1SG DEF.F.SG valley PN and PN
Translation: And now they have divided that, the canton has about thirty of these heads of district, these are divided into regions, and I have the Tujetsch valley and Mustér.
Language: Unknown language
Transcription: Ùsa quèst’ jamna vau fatg gròndas turas … da … da sis sjat uras … gè bunamajn mintga dé .
Glosses: now DEM.F.SG week have.PRS.1SG.1SG do.PTCP.UNM big.F.PL tour.PL _ of _ of six seven hour.F.PL _ yes almost every day.M.SG
Translation: Now this week I did long tours … of … of six seven hours … yes, almost every day.
Language: Sursilvan-Oberland
Transcription: Na , ju fétsch faruct ugèn quaj .
Glosses: no 1SG do.PRS.1SG crazily gladly DEM.UNM
Translation: No, I really love to do that.
Language: Sursilvan-Oberland
Transcription: Ad uschéja , gè … sch’ ju pùs , fètg ju aun … parquaj tga … atgnamajn ṣè quaj vagnú … uschéja parquaj tg' i … las vaschnauncas , ju vasèva quaj , tiar nus scù a Musté , laṣ vaschnauncas schèvan si̱mplamajn í ajn décadè̱nza , fagèvan nuét tg’ è stau in’ jèda .
Glosses: and so yes _ if 1SG can.PRS.1SG do.PRS.1SG 1SG still _ because SUBORD _ actually COP.PRS.3SG DEM.UNM come.PTCP.UNM _ so because SUBORD EXPL _ DEF.F.PL municipality.PL 1SG see.IMPF.1SG DEM.UNM at 1PL and out PN DEF.F.PL municipality.PL let.IMPF.3PL simple.F.ADV go.INF in decadence.F.SG do.IMPF.3PL nothing REL be.PRS.3SG COP.PTCP.UNM one.F.SG time
Translation: And so, yes … if I can I will go on doing [it] … because … this has actually happened … so because they … the municipalities, I saw that here and in Mustér, the municipalities would simply let them go into decline, they wouldn’t do anything that had been done once.
Language: Sursilvan-Oberland
Transcription: I vignéva bitga … dau culur , i vignéva bitga mirau da las sèndas .
Glosses: EXPL PASS.AUX.IMPF.3SG NEG _ give.PTCP.UNM colour.F.SG EXPL PASS.AUX.IMPF.3SG NEG look.PTCP.UNM of DEF.F.PL trail.PL
Translation: They wouldn’t … give colour [to the signposts], they wouldn’t care for the trails.
Language: Sursilvan-Oberland
Transcription: A lura va ju … in’ jèda détg , cu nuṣ vajn gju ina sasida:
Glosses: and then have.PRS.1SG 1SG _ one.F.SG time say.PTCP.UNM when 1PL have.PRS.1PL have.PTCP.UNM DEF.F.SG meeting
Translation: And then I … said once, when we had a meeting:
Language: Sursilvan-Oberland
Transcription: «Atgnamajn stuèssaṣ Vus … èssar plé rigurús .»
Glosses: actually must.COND.2PL 2PL _ COP.INF more rigorous.M.PL
Translation: Actually you … should be more rigorous.
Language: Sursilvan-Oberland
Transcription: Ad ajn taun a taun tjams stòni vaj fatg a schagljùc végni lu al cantún .
Glosses: and in such.M.SG and such time must.PRS.3PL have.INF do.PTCP.UNM and otherwise come.PRS.SBJV.3SG then DEF.M.SG canton
Translation: And within a certain time limit they must have done it or otherwise the canton would intervene.
Language: Sursilvan-Oberland
Transcription: A nuṣ vajn … la pussajvladat da … da dí ...
Glosses: and 1PL have.PRS.1PL _ DEF.F.SG possibility COMP _ COMP say.INF
Translation: And we have … the possibility to … to say …
Language: German
Transcription: [f3] Gè , gè . A lura … nus , nuṣ ṣchajn dis vischnauncas , tarmatajn ábar tutina «eine Mängelmeldung» scù quaj ò nùm .
Glosses: yes yes and then _ … 1PL 1PL tell.PRS.1PL DEF.DAT.PL municipality.PL send.PRS.1PL but nevertheless a report_of_damage as DEM.UNM have.PRS.3SG name.M.SG
Translation: [f3] Yes, yes. And then we tell it to the municipalities, but we nevertheless send «a report of damages» as this is called.
Language: German
Transcription: Di B .A .W a quaj vòi di cantún . A lu ajn … ajn taun tjams … a … la in’ jèda i è , tòcan lu a lu vajṣ vus da … vaj quaj ajn … ajn ùrdan , a schigljùc fòni lu sèzs squétsch .
Glosses: DEF.DAT.SG B.A.W . and DEM.UNM go.PRS.3SG.EXPL DEF.DAT.SG canton.M and then in _ in such.M.SG time _ and _ DEF.F.SG one.F.SG time EXPL COP.PRS.3SG until then and then have.PRS.2PL 2PL COMP _ have.INF DEM.UNM in _ in order.M.SG and otherwise make.PRS.3PL.3PL then self.M.PL pressure
Translation: To the B.A.W., and then it goes to the canton. And the … in … in a certain time … and the … once it is, until then and then you have to … have this … all right, and otherwise they put pressure themselves.
Language: German
Transcription: A quaj è al mégljar tg’ ò savju schabagè .
Glosses: and DEM.UNM COP.PRS.3SG DEF.M.SG best COMP have.PRS.3SG can.PTCP.UNM happen.INF
Translation: And this is the best that could have happened.
Language: German
Transcription: Na , ùsa tiar nus … diani álṣò ségi fétg bian .
Glosses: no now at 1PL _ say.PRS.3PL.3PL well COP.PRS.SBJV.3SG very good.UNM
Translation: No, well, now at our place … they say that it’s very good.
Language: Sursilvan-Oberland
Transcription: Pugns sén majṣa duaṣ jèdas aun zatgé .
Glosses: fist.M.PL on table.F.SG two.F.PL time.PL still something
Translation: The fists on the table at least twice or even more.
Language: Sursilvan-Oberland
Transcription: Nus fièvan al pur , ad ju vèṣ ugèn ampríu da majstar , majstar , pér … scrinari .
Glosses: 1PL do.IMPF.1PL DEF.M.SG farmer and 1SG have.COND.1SG gladly learn.PTCP.UNM of joiner.M.SG joiner.M.SG only _ carpenter.M.SG
Translation: We were farmers, and I would have liked to become a joiner, joiner, [or] only … carpenter.
Language: Sursilvan-Oberland
Transcription: Ju lèv’ amprè̱ndar da majstar , quaj vès ju gju al dun da , né vèṣ gju tschafan .
Glosses: 1SG want.IMPF.1SG learn.INF of joiner.M.SG DEM.UNM have.COND.1SG 1SG have.PTCP.UNM DEF.M.SG gift of or have.COND.1SG have.PTCP.UNM desire.M.SG
Translation: I wanted to become a joiner, I would have had the gift to [do it], or I would have had the desire.
Language: Sursilvan-Oberland
Transcription: Ad ju èra , vèva … in buéb , in frá è daṣgrazjaus tgu vèv’ òtg majns ála Val Milá , ála grépa , ad ju vèv' aun duas sòras , a tschaj èr' ju buép parsul .
Glosses: and 1SG COP.IMPF.1SG have.IMPF.1SG _ INDEF.M.SG boy INDEF.M.SG brother be.PRS.3SG have_accident.PTCP.M.SG REL.1SG have.IMPF.1SG eight month.M.PL in.DEF.F.SG valley PN in.DEF.F.SG rock.COLL and 1SG have.IMPF.1SG in_addition two.F.PL sister.PL and DEM.UNM COP.IMPF.1SG 1SG boy.M.SG alone.M.SG
Translation: And I was, had … a boy, a brother had an accident when I was eight months old, in the Val Milá, in the rocks, and in addition I had two sisters, hence I was the only boy.
Language: Sursilvan-Oberland
Transcription: Api al bap … èr , plé baut èr’ aj al fagljét tgi fijèv’ al pur .
Glosses: and DEF.M.SG father.M.SG _ COP.IMPF.3SG more early COP.IMPF.3SG EXPL DEF.M.SG son.M.SG.DIM REL do.IMPF.3SG DEF.M.SG farmer
Translation: And my father … was, in earlier days it was the youngest son who worked as a farmer.
Language: Sursilvan-Oberland
Transcription: A lu ò `l bab détg sé pr̩ mè:
Glosses: and then have.PRS.3SG DEF.M.SG father say.PTCP.UNM up for 1SG
Translation: And then my father said to me:
Language: Sursilvan-Oberland
Transcription: «Gè , i fùs schòn flòt , ábar ju sùn è vagnúṣ atrás cun fá `l pur .»
Glosses: yes EXPL COP.COND.3SG really great.ADJ.UNM but 1SG be.PRS.1SG also come.PTCP.M.SG through with do.INF DEF.M.SG farmer
Translation: «Yes, this would be really great, but I also could earn a living by being a farmer.»
Language: Sursilvan-Oberland
Transcription: Ju a fatg al pur , a finju .
Glosses: 1SG have.1SG do.PTCP.UNM DEF.M.SG farmer and finish.PTCP.UNM
Translation: I became a farmer, and that’s the end of the story.
Language: Sursilvan-Oberland
Transcription: Quaj ò bégja dau discusjun .
Glosses: DEM.UNM have.PRS.3SG NEG give.PTCP.UNM discussion.M.SG
Translation: There was no discussion.
Language: Sursilvan-Oberland
Transcription: Ad usché va ju fatg al pur adina , a … sùn lu maridaus , a gju quátar ufaunṣ , in buéb a trajs … buébas , a quèlṣ èn tùts … ampríu mistrégn , trajṣ èn … vi da quaj da mazauns .
Glosses: and so have.PRS.1SG 1SG do.PTCP.UNM DEF.M.SG farmer always and _ be.PRS.1SG then married.PTCP.M.SG and have.PTCP.UNM four child.M.PL one.M.SG boy and three _ girl.F.PL and DEM.M.PL COP.PRS.3PL all.M.PL _ learn.PTCP.UNM profession.M.SG three COP.PRS.3PL _ at of DEM.UNM of ill.M.PL
Translation: And so I have always been a farmer, and … got married, and had four children, a boy and three … girls, and these are all, learned a profession, three are learning to become a nurse.
Language: Sursilvan-Oberland
Transcription: Ina studègja … a a Winterthur ad ò , ad ò surpríu in … Heim da … Heim da duatschían , ò fatg scùlaṣ vinavaun … stada in téc plé pardèrta tgé quaj tgu èra .
Glosses: one.F.SG study.PRS.3SG _ in in PN and have.PRS.3SG and have.PRS.3SG take_over.PTCP.UNM INDEF.M.SG _ home.M.SG of _ home.M.SG of two_hundred have.PRS.3SG make.PTCP.UNM school.F.PL further _ COP.PTCP.F.SG INDEF.M.SG bit more clever.F.SG than DEM.UNM REL.1SG COP.IMPF.1SG
Translation: One studies … in in Winterthur and has, and has taken over a … home of … a home of two hundred, kept going to school … was a little bit cleverer than I was.
Language: Sursilvan-Oberland
Transcription: A la dùna èra ṣchùber … ad ina tg’ ò luvrau stédi .
Glosses: and DEF.F.SG woman COP.IMPF.3SG clean.ADJ.UNM _ and one.F.SG REL have.PRS.3SG work.PTCP.UNM diligent.ADJ.UNM
Translation: And my wife was very … and one who always worked hard.
Language: Sursilvan-Oberland
Transcription: A … álṣò ina stat a Bèrn , ad in’ è cò tial miadi , al fégl è è cò .
Glosses: and _ well one.F.SG stay.PRS.3SG in PN and one.F.SG COP.PRS.3SG here by.DEF.M.SG doctor DEF.M.SG son COP.PRS.3SG also here
Translation: And … well, one lives in Bern, and another stays here with the doctor, and my son is also here.
Language: Sursilvan-Oberland
Transcription: A … da gjuvantétgna , né da buéts , tg’ nuṣ èran buéts … savès ju raquintá ina .
Glosses: and _ of youth.F.SG or of boy.M.PL REL 1PL COP.IMPF.1PL boy.M.PL _ can.COND.1SG 1SG tell.INF one.F.SG
Translation: And of my youth, or of our boyhood, when we were boys … I could tell a [story].
Language: Sursilvan-Oberland
Transcription: Tiar nus … la dumèngja , sjantar vjaspras , mavan nus sé , sé landstrò̱s … a dèvan balpalùta .
Glosses: by 1PL _ DEF.F.SG Sunday after vesper.F.PL go.IMPF.1SG 1SG up up main_road.F.SG _ and give.IMPF.1PL “balpalùta".F.SG
Translation: On Sundays, after having celebrated vespers, we would go up to the main road … and play «balpalùta».
Language: Sursilvan-Oberland
Transcription: La landstrò̱s , quaj è hauptstrò̱s .
Glosses: DEF.F.SG landstròs DEM.UNM COP.PRS.3SG main_road.F.SG
Translation: The «landstròs», this is the «hauptstròs».
Language: Sursilvan-Oberland
Transcription: Ju réjṣda da Tujétsch , nias , gè .
Glosses: 1SG speak.1SG of PN POSS.1PL.M.SG yes
Translation: I am speaking the dialect of Tujetsch, ours, yes.
Language: Sursilvan-Oberland
Transcription: Da quèls plajds , i èra da quèls plajds , ah , fétg-fétg déra ...[saj], a è autar , c' nus mavan ah a fá fajn ni uschéja … ṣchèva la mùm’ adina:
Glosses: of DEM.M.PL word.PL EXPL COP.IMPF.3SG of DEM.M.PL word.PL eh RED~very widespread.M.PL and also other.ADJ.UNM when 1PL go.IMPF.1PL eh SUBORD make.INF hay.M.SG or so _ say.IMPF.3SG DEF.F.SG mother always
Translation: Such words, precisely such words, eh, very widespread ones, and also others, when we went and made hay or so … my mother would always say:
Language: Sursilvan-Oberland
Transcription: «Vajas quitau vuṣ majṣ ṣul' landstròs òrd via .
Glosses: have.IMP.2PL worry.M.SG 2PL go.PRS.2PL over.DEF.F.SG main_way out way.F.SG
Translation: Be careful going out over the «landstròs».
Language: Sursilvan-Oberland
Transcription: Vajas quitaus cu vuṣ majṣ ṣur la lingja via … dal dṣùc , dal zùc .»
Glosses: have.IMP.2PL worry.M.PL when 2PL go.PRS.2PL over DEF.F.SG line over _ of.DEF.M.SG train.M.SG of.DEF.M.SG train
Translation: Be careful when you cross the railway line, the railway line.
Language: Sursilvan-Oberland
Transcription: Al lungatg èra uschéja .
Glosses: DEF.M.SG language COP.IMPF.3SG so
Translation: The language was like this.
Language: Sursilvan-Oberland
Transcription: Sjantar … tgu sùn staus maridauṣ vajn nus , va ju éba fatg al pur … né … vajn aun gè avaun da maridá … èri … paucs raps .
Glosses: after _ SUBORD.1SG be.PRS.1SG PASS.AUX.PTCP.M.SG marry.PTCP.M.SG have.PRS.1PL 1PL have.PRS.1SG 1SG precisely do.PTCP.UNM DEF.M.SG farmer _ right _ have.PRS.1PL already yes before SUBORD get_married.INF _ EXIST.IMPF.3SG.EXPL _ little.M.PL money.PL
Translation: After … I got married, we have, I worked as a farmer … right? … before we got married … we already had … we hadn’t much money.
Language: Sursilvan-Oberland
Transcription: Durònt l’ ujara , nus mavan òrasé ál ustria … la dumèngja sjantarmjadṣ-dé … cun tschuncònta raps a vèvans … in ájndarli , quaj dèvi par tschuncònta raps .
Glosses: during DEF.F.SG war 1PL go.IMPF.1PL out_up in.DEF.F.SG restaurant _ DEF.F.SG Sunday.F.SG afternoon.M.SG _ with fifty cent.M.PL and have.IMPF.1PL.1PL _ INDEF.M.SG one_decilitre DEM.UNM give.IMPF.3SG.EXPL for fifty cent.M.PL
Translation: During war we used to go up to the restaurant … on Sunday afternoon … with fifty cents and we had … one decilitre of wine, this would cost fifty cents.
Language: Sursilvan-Oberland
Transcription: Quaj dèvi par tschuncònta raps .
Glosses: DEM.UNM give.IMPF.3SG.EXPL for fifty cent.M.PL
Translation: This would cost fifty cents.
Language: Sursilvan-Oberland
Transcription: Ad ah … nus mavan cun skiṣ , scù quaj tg’ inṣ vèva skis , ju sùn aun jus cun skis da la bùt … a a farmau … farmau vitlùndar in cazè .
Glosses: and eh _ 1PL go.IMPF.1PL with ski.M.PL as DEM.UNM REL GNR have.IMPF.3SG ski.M.PL 1SG be.PRS.1SG still go.PTCP.M.SG with ski.M.PL of DEF.F.SG barrel _ and and tie.PTCP.UNM _ tie.PTCP.UNM on_it INDEF.M.SG shoe
Translation: And ah we used to go skiing, with the kind of skis we had [at that time], in fact I would go with skis made from a barrel … and I would tie … tie a shoe on it.
Language: Sursilvan-Oberland
Transcription: Sjantar savèvanṣ aun cumprá ina tschuculata da curònta raps .
Glosses: after can.IMPF.1PL.1PL in_addition buy.INF INDEF.F.SG chocolate of forty cent.M.PL
Translation: After that we could, in addition, buy a chocolate for forty cents.
Language: Sursilvan-Oberland
Transcription: Álṣò uschéja ṣè quaj vagnú ad è , qu’ è stau bi . Qu’ è stau bi .
Glosses: well so be.PRS.3SG DEM.UNM come.PTCP.UNM and be.PRS.3SG DEM.UNM be.PRS.3G COP.PTCP.UNM nice.ADJ.UNM DEM.UNM be.PRS.3G COP.PTCP.UNM nice.ADJ.UNM
Translation: Well, that’s how it happened, and was, this was nice. This was nice.
Language: Sursilvan-Oberland
Transcription: Tùts stuèvan spargnè . Finadín . Vèvan nagins … réhs .
Glosses: all.M.PL must.IMPF.3PL save.INF everyone have.IMPF.1PL no.M.PL _ rich.PL
Translation: Everyone had to save. Absolutely everyone. We had no … rich people.
Language: Sursilvan-Oberland
Transcription: Tùts paupars . Tùts paupars . Tùts puráncals , gè , a stèvan mirá sél rap .
Glosses: all.M.PL poor.PL all.M.PL poor.PL all.M.PL small_farmer.PL yes and must.IMPF.3PL look.INF on.DEF.M.SG penny
Translation: All poor. All poor. All small farmers, and they had to control every penny.
Language: Sursilvan-Oberland
Transcription: A bi … la gjuvantétgna , vèvanṣ lu , vajn nuṣ gju plé bi … tga quèls dad òz .
Glosses: and nice.ADJ.UNM _ DEF.F.SG youth have.IMPF.1PL.1PL then have.PRS.1PL 1PL have.PTCP.UNM more nice.ADJ.UNM _ than DEM.M.PL of today
Translation: And nice … our youth, we then had, we had a nicer [youth] than those of nowadays.
Language: Sursilvan-Oberland
Transcription: Quaj èra in èssar , quaj èra paupradat . Nuṣ vajn vju `l paupar . Té aṣ è aun … santju dal paupar .
Glosses: DEM.UNM COP.IMPF.3SG INDEF.M.SG be.INF DEM.UNM COP.IMPF.3SG poverty.F.SG 1PL have.PRS.1PL see.PTCP.UNM DEF.M.SG poor.M.SG 2SG have.2SG also still _ feel.PTCP.UNM of poor.M.SG
Translation: This was a way of living, this was poverty. We have experienced poverty. You too … experienced poverty.
Language: Sursilvan-Oberland
Transcription: Ju sa , nuṣ vivévan cùl , cùl … ajn , a madèm' tgèsa cùl , cun mju auc , cun in frá da mju bap .
Glosses: 1SG know.PRS.1SG 1SG live.IMPF.1PL with.DEF.M.SG with.DEF.M.SG _ in in same.F.SG house with.DEF.M.SG with POSS.1SG.M.SG uncle with INDEF.M.SG brother of POSS.1SG.M.SG father
Translation: I know, we lived with the, with the … in, in the same house with the, with my uncle, with a brother of my father.
Language: Sursilvan-Oberland
Transcription: In èra da quèla famiglja , ad in da tschèla .
Glosses: one.M.SG COP.IMPF.3SG of DEM.F.SG family and one.M.SG of DEM.F.SG
Translation: One belonged to this family, and one to the other.
Language: Sursilvan-Oberland
Transcription: A quaj la damaun cu i èra da da lavá , la mùma pétgáva sé cul mòni-scúa [par clumá nus], fijèva lavá nus … tschèla l’, l’ ònda Tina era … ad uschéja mava quaj atrás .
Glosses: and DEM.UNM DEF.F.SG morning when EXPL be.IMPF.3SG to to get_up.INF DEF.F.SG mother knock.IMPF.3SG up with.DEF.M.SG broomstick SUBORD call.INF 1PL make.IMPF.3SG get_up.INF 1PL _ DEM.F.SG DEF.F.SG DEF.F.SG aunt PN also _ and so go.IMPF.3SG DEM.UNM through
Translation: And so in the morning, when we had to to get up, my mother knocked with the broomstick [in order to call us], made us get up … the other the, aunt Tina also … and that’s the way things happened.
Language: Sursilvan-Oberland
Transcription: Al , al … sjantar mavan nus , gè , stèvan nus … í a scùla , tùt quaj èra … tùt símpal culs … cùdischs ṣùt bratsch , gnanc ina tèscha .
Glosses: DEF.M.SG DEF.M.SG _ after go.IMPF.1PL 1PL yes must.IMPF.1PL 1PL _ go.INF to school.F.SG all DEM.UNM COP.IMPF.3SG _ very simple.ADJ.UNM with.DEF.M.PL _ book.PL under arm.M.SG not_even INDEF.F.SG bag
Translation: The, the … and then we would go, yes, we had to … go to school, this was … very simple with the … books under the arm, not even a bag.
Language: Sursilvan-Oberland
Transcription: Lu gnang vèv’ ins , vèvanṣ ina tèscha .
Glosses: then not_even have.IMPF.3SG GNR have.IMPF.1PL.1PL INDEF.F.SG bag
Translation: At that time one hadn’t, we didn’t even have a bag.
Language: Sursilvan-Oberland
Transcription: A durònt l’ ujara … vèva lu al bap api mju auc … als dus frás ansjaman patarlavan ajn gang , ajn … zulè .
Glosses: and during INDEF.F.SG war _ have.IMPF.3SG then DEF.M.SG father and POSS.1SG.M.SG uncle _ DEF.M.PL two.M.PL brother.PL together chatter.IMPF.3PL in corridor.M.SG in _ corridor.M.SG
Translation: And during war … my father and my uncle had … the two brothers used to chatter together in the «gang», in … the corridor.
Language: Sursilvan-Oberland
Transcription: Nuṣ ṣchèvan ajn gang . Ah , ṣur da l’ ujara .
Glosses: 1PL say.IMPF.1PL on «gang».M.SG ah over of INDEF.F.SG war
Translation: We used to say «ajn gang». Ah, about the war.
Language: Sursilvan-Oberland
Transcription: A quèls stèvan uraṣ dad uraṣ a raquintavan da la , da , ṣur da l’ ujara , da quaj tg’ èra fòrsa la … schabjau avaun quindisch dis .
Glosses: and DEM.M.PL stay.IMPF.3PL hour.F.PL of hour.F.PL and tell.IMPF.3PL of DEF.F.SG of over of DEF.F.SG war of DEM.UNM REL be.IMPF.3SG maybe DEF.F.SG _ happen.PTCP.UNM before fifteen day.M.PL
Translation: And they stayed for hours and hours speaking about the, about the war, about what had maybe … happened a fortnight before.
Language: Sursilvan-Oberland
Transcription: Las nòtízjas sa ju bétg danù̱ndar als gjaniturs , als duṣ baps prandèvan aj , i dèva ajnta Ruèras , dèv’ aj in tga vèva rádjò .
Glosses: DEF.F.PL news.PL know.PRS.1SG 1SG NEG from_where DEF.M.PL parents.PL DEF.M.PL two.M.PL father.PL take.IMPF.3PL 3SG EXPL EXIST.IMPF.3SG in PN EXIST.IMPF.3SG EXPL one.M.SG REL have.IMPF.3SG radio.M.SG
Translation: I don’t know where my parents had the news from, the two fathers took them, there was in Rueras, there was [only] one who had a radio.
Language: Sursilvan-Oberland
Transcription: In sulèt tga vèva rádjò . A mju bap ò lu gju l’ amprém al rádjò .
Glosses: one.M.SG only.M.SG REL have.3SG radio.M.SG and POSS.1SG.M.SG father have.PRS.3SG then have.PTCP.UNM DEF.M.SG first DEF.M.SG radio
Translation: Only one had a radio. And it was my father who was the first one to have a radio.
Language: Sursilvan-Oberland
Transcription: A sjantar , gè , va ju … ṣè `l bap lu mòrts , tgu vèva … mù vèntgadúṣ òns .
Glosses: and after yes have.PRS.1SG 1SG _ be.PRS.3SG DEF.M.SG father then die.PTCP.M.SG when.REL.1SG have.IMPF.3SG _ only twenty-two year.M.PL
Translation: And after that, yes, I had … my father then died when I was … only 22 years old.
Language: Sursilvan-Oberland
Transcription: Sùn lu maridaus duṣ òns sjantar . A … ad ju savèva , èl vèva maj schau òr da maun da mé bjè .
Glosses: be.PRS.1SG then marry.PTCP.M.SG two.M.PL year.PL later and _ and 1SG know.IMPF.1SG 3SG.M have.IMPF.3SG never let.PTCP.UNM out of hand.M.SG DAT 1SG much
Translation: I then got married two years later. And … and I knew, he had never let me be really responsible [for the farm].
Language: Sursilvan-Oberland
Transcription: Ad èra stau in gréjv mùmè̱n cun sissòntanùv òns . Èl vèva gju ina … ambòlí , gè … gè .
Glosses: and be.IMPF.3SG COP.PTCP.UNM INDEF.M.SG difficult.M.SG moment with sixty-nine year.M.PL 3SG.M have.IMPF.3SG have.PTCP.UNM INDEF.F.SG _ embolism yes _ yes
Translation: And this had been a difficult moment, at age sixty-nine. He’d had an … embolism, yes … yes.
Language: Sursilvan-Oberland
Transcription: Ábar al pur figèva ju lu èra , a figèva è , vèv’ è plaṣchaj vi da quaj vi da tschaj , ábar bigja intgarnaus cù nuṣ ṣchajn … pròpi … quaj sùnd ju , quaj détschu , quaj sùnd ju maj staus .
Glosses: but DEF.M.SG farmer do.IMPF.1SG 1SG then also and do.IMPF.1SG also have.IMPF.1SG also pleasure.M.SG over of DEM.UNM over of DEM.UNM but NEG inveterate.M.SG as 1PL say.PRS.1PL _ really _ DEM.UNM be.PRS.1SG 1SG DEM.UNM say.PRS.1SG.1SG DEM.UNM be.PRS.1SG 1SG never COP.PTCP.M.SG
Translation: But then I also worked as a farmer, and did it also, also had pleasure in this and that, but [I wasn’t] an inveterate farmer as we say … really … this I have, this I say, this I have never been.
Language: Sursilvan-Oberland
Transcription: Vi da lavinèras , né vi dad uauts , né vi da da … cùla la , da l’ arùndazjún vèv’ ju méz tùt als tjarms , a qu’ èra stau gròndas lavurs a a a lavurs tgu a gju tscháfan da fá … a schòn stau hèfti ábar … fadjau bjè raps .
Glosses: over of avalanche_barrier.F.PL or over of woods.F.PL or over of of _ with.DEF.F.SG DEF.F.SG of DEF.F.SG joining_of_properties.F.SG have.IMPF.1SG 1SG put.PTCP.UNM all DEF.M.PL boundary_stone.PL and DEM.UNM be.IMPF.3SG COP.PTCP.UNM big.F.PL work.PL and and and work.F.PL REL.1SG have.PRS.1SG have.PTCP.UNM desire.M.SG COMP do.INF _ and really COP.PTCP.UNM strenuous.UNM but _ earn.PTCP.UNM much cent.M.PL
Translation: For the avalanche barriers, or for the forests, or for the the … for the, the joining of properties I had put all the boundary stones, and this had been hard work and and and work I was pleased to do … and it has indeed been strenuous but … [I] earned a lot of money.
Language: Sursilvan-Oberland
Transcription: A sjantar … cu quaj è juṣ a … a lu è aun ugagjau a bagjau ina tgèsa da trajs habitazjuns , ana sjatònta , a quaj è vagnú ajn danès tgu vèva aun maj vju raps .
Glosses: and after _ when DEM.UNM be.PRS.3SG go.PTCP.M.SG and _ and then also still dare.PTCP.UNM and build.PTCP.UNM INDEF.F.SG house of three apartment.F.PL year seventy and DEM.UNM be.PRS.3SG come.PTCP.UNM in money.M.PL REL.1SG have.IMPF.1SG yet never see.PTCP.UNM cent.M.PL
Translation: And then … when this happened and … and [I] then dared to build a house with three apartments, in 1970, and so I earned an amount of money that I had never seen [in my life].
Language: Sursilvan-Oberland
Transcription: Aun taunts raps . Qu’ èba lu , lu ṣa[j] ju .
Glosses: still so_much.M.PL cent.PL DEM.UNM just then then COP.PRS.3SG.EXPL go.PTCP.UNM
Translation: Imagine so much money. That’s the way it happened.
Language: Sursilvan-Oberland
Transcription: Avaun èrans schi anavù̱s a tùtajnína ṣè quaj vagnú uschéja . A lu va ju , va ju èra lò fatg vinavaun , puspè cun … luvrau fétg , la dùna ò lu è luvrau cun … fétg , èla è ina simpla fèmna , a luvrau fétg .
Glosses: before COP.IMPF.1PL.1PL so backward and suddenly be.PRS.3SG DEM.UNM come.PTCP.UNM so and then have.PRS.1SG 1SG have.PRS.1SG 1SG also there make.PTCP.UNM forward again with _ work.PTCP.UNM much DEF.F.SG woman have.PRS.3SG then also work.PTCP.UNM with _ much 3SG.F COP.F.SG INDEF.F.SG simple woman and work.PTCP.UNM much
Translation: Before we were so backward, and suddenly it happened this way. And in this situation I went on, again with, working hard, my wife also contributed … a lot, she is a simple woman, worked hard.
Language: Sursilvan-Oberland
Transcription: Gè , ju a atgnamajn príu , príu avaun da préndar ah , zatgéj històrjas cò da quaj ah détgas a praulaṣ ábar ju a lu vju ajn gé̱néral cò , vau príu quaj cùdisch cò da la mütòlògía , a quaj ajn gé̱néral cuértaṣ .
Glosses: yes 1SG have.PRS.1SG actually take.PTCP.UNM take.PTCP.UNM before COMP take.INF eh something story.F.PL here of DEM.UNM eh legend.F.PL and fairy_tale.F.PL but 1SG have.PRS.1SG then see.PTCP.UNM in general here have.PRS.1SG.1SG take.PTCP.UNM DEM.M.SG book here of DEF.F.SG mythology and DEM.UNM in general short.F.PL
Translation: Actually, I had planned to take, eh, some stories here from these legends and fairy tales, I then saw [that] generally here [i.e. in the book], I took this book of mythology, but these [are] in general short ones.
Language: Sursilvan-Oberland
Transcription: Lu sùnd ju sadacidjus da … raṣdá in pau ṣur da la … da mi’ ufaunza , a lu cunzún ah c’ ju sùn stauṣ anzjaman cul tat ajn Pardatsch .
Glosses: then be.PRS.1SG 1SG REFL.decide.PTCP.M.SG COMP _ talk.INF INDEF.M.SG little over of DEF.F.SG _ of POSS.1SG.F.SG childhood and then especially eh when 1SG be.PRS.1SG be.PTCP.M.SG together with.DEF.M.SG grandfather up PN
Translation: Then I decided to … talk a bit about … my childhood, and then especially when I was together with my grandfather up in Pardatsch.
Language: Sursilvan-Oberland
Transcription: Quaj è pia al … al tat da la vart da la mùma .
Glosses: DEM.UNM COP.PRS.3SG thus DEF.M.SG _ DEF.M.SG grandfather of DEF.F.SG side of DEF.F.SG mother
Translation: So that is … my grandfather from my mother’s side.
Language: Sursilvan-Oberland
Transcription: Èl vèva nùm PN , èl è naschjus méli ad òtgtschian òtgòntasjat , a mòrts sin méli a … nùvtschian sissòntasjat , pia vagnúṣ da quèla , da quèlṣ òns schòn … òtgònt’ òns .
Glosses: 3SG have.IMPF.3SG name PN 3SG.M be.PRS.3SG born.PTCP.M.SG thousand and eight_hundred eighty-seven and die.PTCP.M.SG on thousand and _ nine_hundred sixty-seven therefore become.PTCP.M.SG at DEM.F.SG at DEM.M.PL year.PL already _ eighty year.M.PL
Translation: His name was PN, he was born 1887 and died 1967, so he was at that time already … eighty years old.
Language: Sursilvan-Oberland
Transcription: Quaj è stau ina … fétg grònda famiglja , èlṣ òn gju indiṣch ufauns , in è mòrts , ah , tga `l vèva circa curònta curòntatschun ònṣ ò `l gju in accidèn ajnta Nalbṣ , èra vida … piná lèna , a survagnú in pégn , schmacau èl .
Glosses: DEM.UNM be.PRS.3SG COP.PTCP.UNM INDEF.F.SG _ very big family 3PL.M have.PRS.3PL have.PTCP.UNM eleven child.M.PL one.M.SG be.PRS.3SG die.PTCP.M.SG eh SUBORD 3SG.M have.IMPF.3SG about forty forty-five year.M.PL have.PRS.3SG 3SG.M have.PTCP.UNM INDEF.M.SG accident up PN COP.IMPF.3SG PROG _ fell.INF wood.COLL and get.PTCP.UNM INDEF.M.SG spruce squash.PTCP.UNM 3SG.M
Translation: This was a … very big family, they had eleven children, one died, eh, when he was around forty, forty-five years old, he had an accident in Nalps, he was cutting trees and got a spruce, squashed him.