Present verbs and their contexts in bilingual oral narratives

The paper discusses the use of present verbs in ten Estonian-Voru narrative pairs. The research questions are: which narrative tenses with which roles are used in Estonian and Voru narratives; in which narrative parts can present verbs be found; and which present contexts are used in the Voru narratives when compared to the Estonian narratives. It could be concluded that the deictic past, the deictic present and the conversational historical present are used in eight different contexts. These are the introduction, the conclusion, reporting verbs, the asides (universal truths, descriptions of the present situation caused by past events and comments to the listener without the direct address), addresses to the listener, the future meaning, the conversational historical present switch and the indirect speech. In the Voru narratives, narrative events were conveyed using more preterite verbs when compared to the Estonian narratives, where descriptions of narrative events contained more present verbs. Kokkuvote. Liina Tammekand: Olevikuverbid ja nende kontekstid kakskeelsetes suulistes narratiivides. Artiklis kasitletakse olevikuverbide esinemist kumnes eesti-voru narratiivipaaris. Uurimiskusimusteks on: milliseid narratiiviaegu leiab eesti ja voru narratiividest ja millised on nende rollid, millistes narratiiviosades olevikuverbe kasutatakse ja milliseid olevikukontekste voru narratiividest leiab. Ilmnes, et suulistes narratiivides kasutatakse deiktilist minevikku, deiktilist olevikku ja konversatsioonilist ajaloolist olevikku kaheksas kontekstis: sissjuhatus, kokkuvote, saateverbid, kommentaarid (uldised toed, hetkeolukorra kirjeldused, otsese poordumiseta kommentaarid kuulajale), kuulaja poole poordumised, tulevikuline tahendus, umberlulitumine oleviku- ja mineviku verbide vahel ja tsitaatkone. Voru narratiivides esines vahe voi ei esinenud uldse kommentaare, kuulaja poole poordumist ja umberlulitumist oleviku- ja mineviku verbide vahel. Seega kasutati voru narratiivides narratiivisundmuste kirjeldamiseks vorreldes eesti narratiividega enam minevikuverbe. Marksonad : kakskeelne suuline narratiiv, narratiiviajad, konversatsiooniline ajalooline olevik, eesti, voru