Well, tell us what is your name and in which year you were born.
As this is
For passportization. As this is
For passportization.
Passportization, yes.
Aha, my name is Mašenka - delicious berry. Hah-hah-hah… That was a joke. Passportization, yes.
Aha, my name is Mašenka - delicious berry. Hah-hah-hah… That was a joke.
Hah-hah-hah…
Aha, my name is Mašenka - delicious berry. Hah-hah-hah… That was a joke.
My name is Maria Filippova Vladimirovna.
I was born, aa,
in year 1984.
Yeah?
In Ižma?
Yes, in Ižma, aha. In Ižma?
Yes, in Ižma, aha.
Aha.
Yes, in Ižma, aha.
And you?
I? I
was born
in 1993 in Gam.
Well, and you, eh,
well
how you, where do you live now?
I live in Syktyvkar, study still.
Aha. I live in Syktyvkar, study still.
Yes, and…
Aha… And I finished the Jaroslav pedagogical university
and now I live in Ižma.
And did you live long ther in Jaroslavl?
Yes, I lived there eleven years. And did you live long ther in Jaroslavl?
Yes, I lived there eleven years.
Eleven years?
Yes, I lived there eleven years, aha, I went there after school. Eleven years?
Yes, I lived there eleven years, aha, I went there after school.
Aа …
Yes, I lived there eleven years, aha, I went there after school.
I dreamed about becoming a big actress,
aha,
but I went to study English language. aha, aha,
but I went to study English language. aha,
but I went to study English language.
Well, and the I came here, because I love a lot this environment (?).
And I missed it a lot.
Aha.
And I missed it a lot.
What was particular in Yaroslavl?
What? It's very beautiful.
The city is like that?
Very beautiful city, very green, there is lots of green there. The city is like that?
Very beautiful city, very green, there is lots of green there.
Well, there is also lots of production, and the air is not very clean.
Yes, well, here is very good, pleasant.
Mm …
Yes, well, here is very good, pleasant.
Aha …
And this,
in Yaroslavl is there this kind of famous places
Kreml or something, Yaroslavian.
Yes, yes. As an example, there were made lots of movies. Yes. Kreml or something, Yaroslavian.
Yes, yes. As an example, there were made lots of movies. Yes.
Really?
Yes, yes. As an example, there were made lots of movies. Yes.
Aha …
Cool.
Yes. "Иван Васильевич меняет профессию", very beautiful Kreml, and in Yaroslavl generally there are lots of monuments for historical places.
Aha …
Yes …
Well. We also, probably, have to go to see Yaroslavl one day.
Yes, it belongs to the Golden Ring (?). Well. We also, probably, have to go to see Yaroslavl one day.
Yes, it belongs to the Golden Ring (?).
Mm …
Aha …
I neither never went there.
Do you, Maša, travel often? Where did you went already?
Aa, mm, I enjoy travelling a lot.
Well, and I was only a bit, only in seven countries.
Well.
In which?
I was, eh, in Kuba, In which?
I was, eh, in Kuba,
in Mexico,
in Italy,
in Cyprus, in Egypt,
in Kroatia and Thailand.
Well, and then I went nowhere else.
Where did you liked the most?
I liked Cuba a lot.
Aha, what?
Yes, there were very good people, they were so temperamental and very good. Aha, what?
Yes, there were very good people, they were so temperamental and very good.
And the most of all I liked the sea, it was so beautiful, so turquoise.
You think something like that is on pictures, in TV, you think that doesn't happen.
And when you see, well, itself, with your own eyes, you think: yes, it really is.
Karibian sea really took me,
the pelicans were so beautiful there, pelicans, yes, well.
The pelicans, aha, and the sea, of course, very much.
Aha …
And people were very good.
Yes, people were everywhere good,
aha.
And did you go alone or through some kind of a tour company?
Aa, well yes, through a tour company: I bought the trip and went. And did you go alone or through some kind of a tour company?
Aa, well yes, through a tour company: I bought the trip and went.
Aha, I love a lot to travel by the airplane, it is very beautiful.
Even though I fear it a lot, I'm very afraid of flying, aha.
Ha-ha.
Even though I fear it a lot, I'm very afraid of flying, aha.
And did you enjoy it everywhere where you went?
Yes.
You liked it?
You liked it everywhere? You liked it?
You liked it everywhere?
To me - yes.
I, of course, two days I was in shock in Thailand, because, well, those South-East Asian countries really didn't attract me.
Aa, but I think: I go, and I went, that's how it is.
And there everything is very clear, well, poverty and all that, and because of that I was in only a bit in shock, and then
I watched the elephants, on excursion, oh, I saw the sea, there is South China Sea.
And all that went away, then, well, how, I didn't have attention in that.
And food was so strong, but that is nothing, one can (have it (?))
Aha …
Everything it is interesting, its own spirit.
It's just that some people like Latin American countries, and others, South-East Asian countries.
Still loves, yes.
Aha, and Cyprus?
Aa, Cyprus as well, yes, very good, peaceful island, there were lots of people who speak Russian,
well, but there is only little to see.
Mm …
Yes, that was my very first trip, I went to Cyprus. Mm …
Yes, that was my very first trip, I went to Cyprus.
Yes, then, of course, I was delighted, because it was my first trip.
Yes, a small island like that.
Croatia was very beautiful.
There were lots of castles, lots of landmarks.
And there was that kind of air, really
you breath and can't inhale.
Yes …
I liked it a lot.
How was food?
Everywhere.
Aa …
Particularities, there was?
Yes, of course, aa, it is, Particularities, there was?
Yes, of course, aa, it is,
what kind of cuisine? Aa, I like the most Italian cuisine.
And when I came home, I started to make, I liked it
Italian cuisine a lot, and I regularly make pasta, lasagne, pizza, I like a lot.
Well.
In Croatia it was also very European, also very delicious.
Well, Mexico,
in Mexico everything was very spicy, but that also one can eat.
And in Thailand everything was very special as well, aha.
There, probably, lots of seafood, right?
Oo, yes, lots of seafood, very, of course, hard, if you eat a lot, you get allergic reaction, because we are not used to (it).
Yes …
We also go with Vasya to Germany after one week.
Aa …
You were not in Germay yet?
How great, no, I wasn't there yet. You were not in Germay yet?
How great, no, I wasn't there yet.
You see, I went just to the countries were it is easy to get visa or which are visa free.
Aa …
You see, I went just to the countries were it is easy to get visa or which are visa free.
Well.
I think that there, probably, it is difficult to get visa.
Mm …
I think that there, probably, it is difficult to get visa.
Though you said that one can have Finnish visa?
Yeah, probably so.
Aha. Yeah, probably so.
Yes.
And well this,
in Russia where you were?
Do you travel around country or not?
Aa … Do you travel around country or not?
Aa …
I was only in Kirov, Nizhnyi Novgorod, Saint Petersburg,
then I was nowhere.
I was nowhere, aha, Komi, I was a lot in Komi villages, near Syktyvkar.
Mm …
Ust-Kulom region, Ust-Vym, they are also so interesting. Mm …
Ust-Kulom region, Ust-Vym, they are also so interesting.
At friends places?
Yes, I went to friends, aha. At friends places?
Yes, I went to friends, aha.
How do you see it, Komi Republic, does it differ a lot from other regions in Russia? Does it have it's own particularity?
Aa, probably just by the language.
And all, there they call mom as "ydžyd mam", oh, "babe", we say "babe": "Babe, privet!", "Ydžyd mam, vidźa olan! - This kind of interesting speech.
Mm …
This is in other regions. Mm …
This is in other regions.
Grandmother. This is in other regions.
But Niko asked, other regions, wel, as an example Yaroslavl, does it differ from Komi?
Aa, But Niko asked, other regions, wel, as an example Yaroslavl, does it differ from Komi?
thank you! I didn't understand. But Niko asked, other regions, wel, as an example Yaroslavl, does it differ from Komi?
thank you! I didn't understand.
Aa, how does it?
Mm …
When I went to Yaroslavl, it seemed to me that people there are better. Yes, well, really!
They have here, well people, it seems to me, in the villages, how I look into it, anyway they have some arrogance there, but in the city not.
Yes, I think so.
And maybe the circle there is just small, and because of this it comes up like that, city is still a city.
Mm …
From that, maybe, it doesn't stick to the eye, because there are lots of people. Mm …
From that, maybe, it doesn't stick to the eye, because there are lots of people.
Yes, it seems to me like that, and then to me, as an example, there is no difference.
Mm …
Well. Mm …
Well.
Now in Ižma how long
have you lived a year or a month?
Aa, I came here in June last year. have you lived a year or a month?
Aa, I came here in June last year.
Aa …
Last year June. Aa …
Last year June.
What do you do here?
I work as a cook.
Aha …
Well, ah, day before yesterday I went and took my CV everywhere, I will search for another job. Aha …
Well, ah, day before yesterday I went and took my CV everywhere, I will search for another job.
Well because I'm a teacher by my profession, I have to work,
though I don't really want to work,
it's not in my heart, yes.
Aha …
it's not in my heart, yes.
Well, we will see.
I love children a lot, but I have a sort of dilemma, I don't know yet.
Even though I'm already so old, you see: I still think.
Not yet much (years)!
Not much yet?
Not much.
And this, what did you want to say?
You brought to the center too?
Aa, well there I didn't bring it, I didn't bring there and not to the school, but then everywhere.
Center of Children's Treasure.
Aa, well there I didn't bring it, I didn't bring there and not to the school, but then everywhere.
Aa.
Aa, well there I didn't bring it, I didn't bring there and not to the school, but then everywhere.
I bring it there at Monday.
But then with what you want to work, well, you say that your heart is not in working at school?
Aa …
With what?
With what you would work?
I would like to work very much in some kind of office.
I would, as an example, if I would have education as an accountant, I would love to work as that, I like paperwork a lot.
Aa …
Well. Aa …
Well.
One has to choose, let's say, I like, I think lawyers have a good job.
They decide, think something, well that's interesting.
To get to know something, aha.
Mm …
To get to know something, aha.
Well.
Well, what else?
You know English very well? You want, probably, work more along that or?
Aa …
Let's say, with translating something?
Aa, no, to me, ah,
in order to translate from English, I need still to study a lot, I think, to take courses for a higher qualification,
because translation is in another sphere.
And I have as, well, this, teaching.
You were in Yaroslavl Pedagogical Institute?
Yes, pedagogical university, aha. You were in Yaroslavl Pedagogical Institute?
Yes, pedagogical university, aha.
Yes …
How is it in Yaroslavl, are there Komi there?
Mm …
I don't know, I never met.
I think that yes, anyway they come to study … And yes, of course, ???, excuse me.
Yes, this, they come to medical academy, a lot, this
the students from Komi study in medical academy, in Yaroslavl, yes.
Aha …
A lot, a lot there is.
And some do speak in Komi.
There, in Yaroslavl?
Aha, aha. There, in Yaroslavl?
Aha, aha.
How to go to Yaroslavl, through Moscow or no?
No there is a direct train Vorkuta - Moscow.
Direct?
No there is a direct train Vorkuta - Moscow.
Aa …
No there is a direct train Vorkuta - Moscow.
Mm …
It goes through Jaroslavl?
Yes, yes, through Jaroslavl, yes.
Aha …
Yes, one must go long - 28 hours. Aha …
Yes, one must go long - 28 hours.
From Irayol?
Aha, yes, by train.
Mm …
How many inhabitants there are in Jaroslavl?
Aa, there was almost a million, officially seven hundred,
but now already more than million.
Seven hundren (thousands) it was in 2010, probably.
Yes, now it will be already million.
Mm …
Though there are always those who live unofficially, who have registrated unofficially. Mm …
Though there are always those who live unofficially, who have registrated unofficially.
Aha …
And did you find many friends from Jaroslavl?
Yes, I have lots of friends, aha, yes, they are waiting, I come to meet them, they come to visit me. And did you find many friends from Jaroslavl?
Yes, I have lots of friends, aha, yes, they are waiting, I come to meet them, they come to visit me.
Aha …
But there are more in Syktyvkar, because, well, there are friends with who I studied in lyceum, already in the school. Aha …
But there are more in Syktyvkar, because, well, there are friends with who I studied in lyceum, already in the school.
Always friends since the childhood,
this, and more gather, yes, they stay in your life.
They gather?
this, and more gather, yes, they stay in your life.
Aha.
Yes, who are in the ci(ty).
You studied pedagogy in the lyceum?
Yes, yes, yes, aha. You studied pedagogy in the lyceum?
Yes, yes, yes, aha. I also studied there some time.
Yes? And in which section you were in? I also studied there some time.
Yes? And in which section you were in?
Geography and biology.
Ah, cool! Geography and biology.
Ah, cool!
In your place?
Yes, yes, yes, aha, in lyceum I was studying two years. In your place?
Yes, yes, yes, aha, in lyceum I was studying two years.
Yes, this lyceum is next to the pedagogical institut.
Ah, yes, yes, yes.
They went parallel since the tenth class, at the eleventh class, and we went to the exams, yes.
Aha.
They went parallel since the tenth class, at the eleventh class, and we went to the exams, yes.
This kind of life is also interesting.
Aha.
(…) Before you went to Jaroslavl you were living in Syktyvkar?
Yes, I tell now.
I, it is, in parallel since the tenth and eleventh class I was studying in lyceum,
then I wanted to be a great actress and went to apply to Jaroslavl, but I didn't get there.
Well, and I thought: I will anyway apply and came to Syktyvkar.
And there was in the culture college directing line and there was acting too, and I thought: I just apply …
I study a bit one year,
??? ??? to the acting ??? and in the next year I go back to Jaroslavl to ???.
So I entered and thought, in the beginning I liked it a lot,
but then somehow, mm,
it went so that I understood, that it isn't mine, and went back to Jaroslavl.
And tried again to enter to theatre school,
and again I didn't pass.
And I think: I know English … , and I liked the city very much,
and I thought: I already learned English.
I go, it is, to study English, I stay here anyway.
So I entered to the foreign (languages department).
And then in this process I understood, how good it was, that I didn't become an actress. For what?
And all what one does, probably, is for good.
Yes?
Yes.
Yeah.
Well.
So you learned English and did you also learn some other languages some time?
A-a …
Maybe German?
A-a …
No, I studied in the evening section, because I had to work a lot, so that ??? the studies.
I studied, in the days I worked, and in the evenings I was studying.
Mm …
Because of this I had only one language. Mm …
Because of this I had only one language.
In the evenings only one language, only English.
Well, and even in the last year, as in the year 2011, when we finished
the university, they were already teaching in the evenings two languages, that was demanded, that we would know two languages.
What is the other one? French?
French and Spanish. What is the other one? French?
French and Spanish.
As one chooses, it was possible to choose, well.
I, as an example, like very much the French pronunciation.
Oh, it is so beautiful, yes, if there would be a possibility, I would study French. I, as an example, like very much the French pronunciation.
Oh, it is so beautiful, yes, if there would be a possibility, I would study French.
Yes.
Aha.
I like the French language very much.
It is so specific.
Aha, yes.
Beautiful language.
Yes, somehow aristocratic, highborn. Beautiful language.
Yes, somehow aristocratic, highborn.
Aha.
Yes, somehow aristocratic, highborn.
And would you like to study later some other languages?
Oh, why not - yes. I could, aha. And would you like to study later some other languages?
Oh, why not - yes. I could, aha.
Which ones?
French, probably, I would like to learn.
And?
And. One just needs to, mm, well, as an example,
I don't know, it seems to me, without practice it is impossible.
Well year.
It is difficult alone, right?
Yes. It is difficult alone, right?
Yes.
Mm …
One has to go to France and live there in some city. Mm …
One has to go to France and live there in some city.
Indeed, of course, yes. One has to go to France and live there in some city.
Indeed, of course, yes.
Then one learns fast.
And you, Vasya, do you want to learn English some time?
English - I don't know.
If it works out.
And you, Niko, how you learned, you know French don't you?
I don't know.
Aa, you don't know? But you still know many languages? I don't know.
Aa, you don't know? But you still know many languages?
Italian, I speak Italian.
And how did you learn that?
I worked one year there.
With yourself or with a teacher ??? ? I worked one year there.
Aa, how good, you had practice when you lived there. I worked one year there.
Aa, how good, you had practice when you lived there.
Yes, I …
Aa, how good, you had practice when you lived there. Niko, they are giving you something! Yes, I …
Aa, how good, you had practice when you lived there. Niko, they are giving you something!
Some question.
Aa,
Yesh, a moment, I think about this, yes,
a moment, lost it from my mind,
mm,
you, Vasya, do you plan to learn English some time?
Well, maybe. you, Vasya, do you plan to learn English some time?
Well, maybe.
You want or you don't want?
Mm …
Maybe. Mm …
I don't know yet.
And German, Finnish you, probably, know?
Well Finnish I have to learn, right, And German, Finnish you, probably, know?
Well Finnish I have to learn, right,
more rigidly.
You need to. Aa, you know, right? more rigidly.
You need to. Aa, you know, right?
A little bit.
Mm … A little bit.
Mm …
Basics of Finnish language.
Also Russian, you know well both Komi and Russian?
Which one you know better? Russian or Komi? Or are they the same?
Well for me they are the same.
Aaa …
For me it is difficult to read Komi,
in the literatural Komi.
And so, when I live here long, I think in Komi, aha, and I think in Russian as well.
But when I live here long I think in Komi.
Well, I started to notice this, to have oneself on it.
Really?
Like this, well, it is fast to change, not difficult. Really?
Like this, well, it is fast to change, not difficult.
Understood.
Yes …
And do you plan to get married?
Do you have already this kind of plans?
Aha-ha. Do you have already this kind of plans?
Aha-ha.
Here in Ižma, are there good men?
Aha-ha. I don't know because I'm not searching. Here in Ižma, are there good men?
Aha-ha. I don't know because I'm not searching.
You don't search?
Aaa, I think that for a woman the most important things - to be succesful in a family, I think that way. You don't search?
Aaa, I think that for a woman the most important things - to be succesful in a family, I think that way.
Yes, that is the most important!
Yes?
Aha, yes. Yes?
Aha, yes.
Then who you love, you don't choose that, that person comes him/herself.
Yes, as an example, I, as an example, like very much one guy, Then who you love, you don't choose that, that person comes him/herself.
Yes, as an example, I, as an example, like very much one guy,
but he maybe doesn't like me, and what can I do then?
Yes, that's always
problem in life.
Aha. problem in life.
Aha.
And when you were living there Yaroslavl
were you searching or not?
Like if I had someone? Right?
Yeah.
Yes, I had a very good man, I love him very strongly. Yeah.
Yes, I had a very good man, I love him very strongly.
He just died, because of that I came here.
Ah, hmm.
Mm … Ah, hmm.
Mm …
Yes. Mm …
Yes.
Misfortune.
Yes, a lot … Aha, year and a half already, well, comes soon.
Yes, I just couldn't live there and came here because of that.
Aha.
Yes, this, of course.
(…)
Yes, we were together five years. (…)
Yes, we were together five years.
Aha, well.
Well, everything happens in life.
Yes, life is like that: today is like this, but tomorrow you don't know what comes, yes. Well, everything happens in life.
Yes, life is like that: today is like this, but tomorrow you don't know what comes, yes.
Mm …
Yes, life is like that: today is like this, but tomorrow you don't know what comes, yes.
Yes, that's how it goes.
Yes, because of this I came here, and that helped me a lot, well, home country, it helped a lot.
How do you think, better
here in Ižma, or in the city?
To live? here in Ižma, or in the city?
To live?
Yes, I think that, only that To live?
Yes, I think that, only that
for me it isn't very good: I, as an example, will cook something very delicious every day, and here you can't buy it.
Well, as an example, nutmeg, parmesan cheese.
Products here …
Well, as an example, nutmeg, parmesan cheese.
Like that there are not.
Well they aren't, well that's bad, but everything is very good here. Like that there are not.
Well they aren't, well that's bad, but everything is very good here.
Mm …
Yes, yes, this.
Snow, I like a lot there ???. Yes, yes, this.
Snow, I like a lot there ???.
Well, I love ??? because
hay, horses, summer, so good, the meadows are so beautiful! Well.
Mm …
Yes, yes, yes.
I like it very much! Yes, yes, yes.
I like it very much!
Aha.
Well this, of course, is one thing, when, of course, all kind of things one can buy in shops in the city.
In every village there is not everything. Well this, of course, is one thing, when, of course, all kind of things one can buy in shops in the city.
In every village there is not everything.
Yes, yes (…) In every village there is not everything.
Yes, yes (…)
Yes, yes.
Ginger, now they brought ginger here, I love it very much. Yes, yes.
Ginger, now they brought ginger here, I love it very much.
Mm …
But before there was nothing. Mm …
But before there was nothing.
In Ižma it was said that they want to open Magnit shop here, it hasn't opened still?
I also always heard about it, probably, yes, already half a year ago there was talk about it, I don't know more.
Aha.
I also always heard about it, probably, yes, already half a year ago there was talk about it, I don't know more.
How do you remember, when you were small and now, let's say, did there come something new things, more shops …?
Yes, of course. Now there are already supermarkets in Ižma. How do you remember, when you were small and now, let's say, did there come something new things, more shops …?
Yes, of course. Now there are already supermarkets in Ižma.
There are?
Yes, of course. Now there are already supermarkets in Ižma. Then there were no yet. There are?
Yes, there were no, aha. Then there were no yet. There are?
Yes, there were no, aha. Then there were no yet.
Yes, there were no, aha.
Self-service shop, right?
Yes. Self-service shop, right?
Well then there were still the cards, everything was bought just with the cards. Self-service shop, right?
Well then there were still the cards, everything was bought just with the cards.
(…) also at us in home in Finland in the villages there came more all kind of food products.
Mm … (…) also at us in home in Finland in the villages there came more all kind of food products.
At the moment do the credit cards work in Ižma?
Yes, now everyone buy all the time with a card and bankomat also works.
Well.
Mm …
I, of course, this innovaton, the credit card, I don't like it.
And are there things like, that when you were small,
Small. And are there things like, that when you were small,
Small. when you were small,
and then in your families, how the parents, mom
did food in a different way, from nowadays?
Or is it the same?
Well I see in Finland, as an example, we have this
when our, when I was small, we did a lot
no still, maybe, more this kind of a traditional Finnish food, dishes.
Aha. no still, maybe, more this kind of a traditional Finnish food, dishes.
Then, I think, now also people do, my mom, as an example, she started to do more
experimental salads of all kinds, and here is like this, that people from internet or somewhere look for something new?
Yes. experimental salads of all kinds, and here is like this, that people from internet or somewhere look for something new?
Yes.
Yes, aha.
People do all the time new salads, read from somewhere, then it comes as a fashion.
Yes, yes, yes. People do all the time new salads, read from somewhere, then it comes as a fashion.
Yes, yes, yes. So that everyone starts to do it.
Aha, and tells to the neighbour: I did like this, and what kind of taste it gave, well, to improve, that's interesting. So that everyone starts to do it.
Aha, and tells to the neighbour: I did like this, and what kind of taste it gave, well, to improve, that's interesting.
Well, earlier, as an example, mom did all the time pelmeni by hand, so delicious,
but now buys from the shop.
So it is when there is development, then something also goes backward.
Regression.
So it is when there is development, then something also goes backward.
Yes.
Mm, of course, of course.
Aha.
Mm …
The most, probably, salads come as European dishes, right.
Yes, Caesar, aha. The most, probably, salads come as European dishes, right.
Yes, Caesar, aha.
But people also do traditional ones.
Yes, yes.
People make kissel,
jelly.
Aha, yes, yes, yes.
Well then
Aha.
Well then
well, all kind of traditional things.
Yes.
People fry fishpies.
It didn't disappear yet, it is still.
Yes, that's very good.
It is loved a lot. Yes, that's very good.
It is loved a lot.
Yes, of course.
Aha.
Very delicious, I also like. Aha.
Very delicious, I also like.
Aha.
Then earlier, well, our mom always said:
earlier there were no banans and kiwi in the shops.
Well twenty years ago it came, that's also interesting.
Mm …
Earlier there were no shops.
Aa, yes.
Then they started to bring all kind of things, different fruits, different exotic fruits.
Mm …
Well.
Yes.
As nowadays, also sushi, all kind of things …
Yes, sushi (…) As nowadays, also sushi, all kind of things …
Yes, sushi (…) Was it here long already?
Aha. Yes, sushi (…) Was it here long already?
Well it, maybe, the last five years, probably, it came. Was it here long already?
Well it, maybe, the last five years, probably, it came.
No, Well it, maybe, the last five years, probably, it came.
five, I got to know sushi only two years ago. Well it, maybe, the last five years, probably, it came.
five, I got to know sushi only two years ago.
Aa.
Mm …
Yes. Mm …
Yes.
Well here, yes, now people do themselves. We, shortly, also in Ižma they are opening a sushi bar.
Aha.
Aha, yes.
There will be demand.
Aha.
New, yes, yes.
Aha. New, yes, yes.
Aha.
Mm …
Interesting.
Yes, it changes.
The most important is not to get bored, that's all.
Life changes, so changes the cuisine too.
Everything changes, yes.
And do you have sisters or brothers?
Yes, I have a brother, he is twenty six years ol.
Twenty six years?
Yes, he works as an accountant in RONO, in the educational section. Twenty six years?
Yes, he works as an accountant in RONO, in the educational section.
Oo!
Yes, he works as an accountant in RONO, in the educational section.
Where he lives?
Yes, he works as an accountant in RONO, in the educational section. What's his name? Where he lives?
What's his name?
Aleksandr.
Mm …
Where he lives?
Lives in Ižma.
In Ižma?
Yes, he is married, that's why he doesn't live with us. In Ižma?
Yes, he is married, that's why he doesn't live with us.
Aa.
Aha.
Yes.
Does he have children?
Ah, he will have a child in June, yes, aha.
When?
Ah, he will have a child in June, yes, aha.
Mm …
He found himself a bride, for some reason he wasn't looking into young girls, Mm …
He found himself a bride, for some reason he wasn't looking into young girls,
well, he saw a bride, and to bride, mm, she has already almost forty years.
Mm …
Aha, interesting like that, right? We were very surprised. Mm …
Aha, interesting like that, right? We were very surprised.
Mm …
Well. Mm …
Yeah.
Well nothing.
Love, how it, love ??? ??? to all ages.
Yes, yes, yes, aha, that's true. Love, how it, love ??? ??? to all ages.
Yes, yes, yes, aha, that's true.
Aha.
Well, the most important that loves and respects, well.
Mm, yes.
How's with your brother, in which language do you speak?
Aa, he speaks Russian, he doesn't love Komi language, well, that's a very bad thing.
And though, I'm going to say, that I have, as an example, a girlfriend, she lives in the city,
and I, as an example, start to speak in Komi,
and she says: "Hey, don't speak in Komi!" - and I particularly speak in Komi, because I love Komi language very much.
Aha.
How is that possible? Sometimes you meet a classmate,
and he/she starts, well, how,
mm, in our school it was so that if you speak in Komi, that means you are not a human.
But indeed, how is that possible? But in Russian, it is, everything. And as my da said, once dad was laughing, I do ???,
that, mm, of course, our girls in Ižma are like that,
eh, only not to get married with a Komi, even though would be without hands, legs, eyes, but that was Russian.
God!
I think that Komi language is very good and interesting, and when I, as an example, was living in Yaroslavl,
I, often, mom called by phone,
and I go and speak in Komi, and no one understands - so good and so beautiful, and everyone looks so interestingly, just like a foreigner.
And I speak particularly, I really love Komi language a lot, and one has to, I think, that definitely,
well, to speak in Komi, so it doesn't die.
And when the children are born, also one has to, so they would speak in Komi, because the majority of parents are teaching to speak in Russian.
Mm …
Aha, also when the children learn Komi language, Mm …
Aha, also when the children learn Komi language,
eh, after it the foreign languages will be easier, I know that myself.
Yes.
Aha.
Yes.
So, I love very much the Komi language, aha, I, true, don't speak correctly: half of the words is in Russian, but I do speak. Yes.
So, I love very much the Komi language, aha, I, true, don't speak correctly: half of the words is in Russian, but I do speak.
Haha.
Well.
Yes.
Yes, yes.
Aha.
Hm.
And how you here, here in villages they speak very well Komi, also we met lots of children who speak also in Komi, how did you speak in the school?
Where? And how you here, here in villages they speak very well Komi, also we met lots of children who speak also in Komi, how did you speak in the school?
Well here everywhere, here and in other places.
The children? Yes. Well here everywhere, here and in other places.
How is it in Ižma?
Here, well in Ižma somehow, well, they have somehow strange mentality.
THey are Russians.
People of Ižma love to speak in Russian.
They love to speak in Russian, yes, and well in the villages they speak very well, aha, I got to know so many new Komi words: People of Ižma love to speak in Russian.
They love to speak in Russian, yes, and well in the villages they speak very well, aha, I got to know so many new Komi words:
aha,
"joškeb" and others, "chirkešitchyny". I really didn't know, I liked these words.
But you studied Komi in the school?
Yes, of course, I studied, aha. But you studied Komi in the school?
Yes, of course, I studied, aha.
Well it was hard for me …
Did you have it as a mother tongue or as a foreign?
As a mother tongue, mother tongue.
It was as a mother tongue?
Yes, aha. It was as a mother tongue?
And also Komi literature?
And Komi, yes, all, and Komi language and Komi literature.
And among you were all Komi or were there also Russians?
No, there were Russians, people, maybe, seven. And among you were all Komi or were there also Russians?
No, there were Russians, people, maybe, seven.
Mm …
Aha, but they were also forced to study Komi, they didn't want, but … Mm …
Aha, but they were also forced to study Komi, they didn't want, but …
Mm …
They read something, translated a bit, what they were able.
Aha.
Mm.
Yes, we had examination in Komi literature.
I had it on the eleventh class.
Yes. I had it on the eleventh class.
Yes.
And is it possible to know, let's say, you
see a person here somewhere, can you know that this is a Komi or this is a Russian?
Aha.
Is there some difference?
One can. Is there some difference?
One can.
Ah, yes, well at first, somehow, ah,
well, if we don't think that it's someone you know, that you know the person, not like that.
Aha.
There are some facial features, something that tells, that person is Komi, as an example, or Russian, yes, yes, well something like that there is anyway. Aha.
There are some facial features, something that tells, that person is Komi, as an example, or Russian, yes, yes, well something like that there is anyway.
Aha.
Maybe it goes in genes, I don't know, but there is something in the appearance.
Aha, and sometimes, as an example, you say in Komi, but -
"I don't understand" -
they answer, at times you make a mistake.
Yes.
Mm.
Aha.
Well the boys, I think, you know straight away.
Yes, interesting.
Well the boys, I think, you know straight away.
Aha.
Yes.
So, maybe this is enough?
Aa, if possible, I would like to recite you a poem. So, maybe this is enough?
Aa, if possible, I would like to recite you a poem.
Sure.
Yes. Sure.
Ah, good. Sure.
Ah, good.
Sure.
Mm, I forgot the author, excuse me.
Second, maybe I still remember.
Ah, good.
Aa, "Komi land".
My gold,
my dear,
you are my endless day.
Even though far away,
My heart knows,
can't find dearer than you.
From little, good,
you live, my good woman,
I'll never say you a bad word!
My gold,
my dear,
you are dear to me, Komi land!
I think, Aleksandra Mišarina.
Ah, yes, yes, Aleksandra Mišarina - right, aha. I think, Aleksandra Mišarina.
Ah, yes, yes, Aleksandra Mišarina - right, aha.
Yes.
I remember it all.
He died in the last year.
Yes? Mm. He died in the last year.
Yes? Mm.
Where he was from?
He is from Bolšelug. Where he was from?
He is from Bolšelug.
Bolšelug? Aa.
Where is this Bolšelug? Bolšelug? Aa.
Where is this Bolšelug?
In Kortkeros region.
Aa, really? In Kortkeros region.
Aa, really?
We were with Niko in "Lyampiada".
Recently.
Yes, I was there too.
Two weeks ago, probably.
Something like that.
Aha.
Mm.
Well, and where do you want, you said that you want to travel to Portugal?
Well, yes. I would like to travel to Prague or Portugal. Well, and where do you want, you said that you want to travel to Portugal?
Well, yes. I would like to travel to Prague or Portugal.
Well.
I haven't yet decided where to.
And what attracts you with these places?
What? Oh, I love castles a lot! And what attracts you with these places?
What? Oh, I love castles a lot!
But I will go to Portugal because Jose Morin, my favourite football coach, he is from there, I love football a lot.
Well.
And Lissabon is just very beautiful, there are lots of castles, and Portugal - it is not yet so full of tourists.
Well, because the tickets there are more or less expensive.
Aha.
Well, because the tickets there are more or less expensive.
Well, and to Prague why? Because I like very much middle aged castles, all that architecture.
Well, and I like a lot Czech beer, I like it.
Aha.
Hahaha, well. Aha.
Hahaha, well.
I go because of that, aha, then I don't know where to go. If God lets me, I go.
Aha.
Well, thank you a lot Maša.
Oo, from me as well, lots of thanks to you. Well, thank you a lot Maša.
Oo, from me as well, lots of thanks to you.
We spoke a lot.
Very much.
We spoke a lot.
What is that? We spoke a lot.
What is that?
"Ala"?
Aha …
Talkative.
Aa, really? Well. Talkative.
Aa, really? Well.
Well, thank you a lot.
And to you also lots of. Well, thank you a lot.
And to you also lots of.
Thanks, as you say.
And to you also lots of.