military service

Drabišna 2

14 (VZh) znàči tovà e grànicata tùka takà li

So this is the border here, right?

15 (a) znàjət mə znàjət mə

They know me. They know me.

18 (GK) à kɤ̀k n'àma tə znàjət decàta tè è kədè sə tùkənə

Well, why shouldn’t the kids know you? Here they are,

19 (GK) tè nəsrèštə sreštu tèbe kàk n'àma tə znàjət

right across [the way], right across from you. How would they not know you?!

20 (a) t'è sə sìč'kit'e mlàdi vujnìci

They’re all young soldiers ( = on their first assignment).

22 (GK) mlàdi momčèta

Young kids.

23 (a) stàr vujnìk n'àmə

No old soldiers ( = all who come here are first assignment soldiers).

25 (GK) òšte šès mèseca i še se smen'ɤ̀t še dòjdət drùgi

Six months more and they’ll be replaced. Others will come.

Eremija 5

5 (c) mlàdi godìni bèx pri mažò mi̥ òn bèše voènen

In my younger years I was with my husband. He was in the military.

7 (c) i tàm pri n'ègo živejàla sam desetìna godìni petnàese òn bèše kavalerìsᵊ

And I lived there with him ten or fifteen years. He was in the cavalry.

8 (c) u pèti kònen pòlk služì trì godìni služì

He served in the fifth mounted regiment. He served three years.

50 (e) tàtko

Dad …

52 (e) bil felfèbel

… was a sergeant-major.

54 (e) felfèbel e bìl baštà mi

My father was a sergeant-major.

57 (c) òn bèše domakìn na plòdvif

He was a warehouse keeper [there] in Plovdiv …

58 (e) plòvdiw

Plovdiu.

59 (c) mòja màš

… my husband [was].

102 (c) tàm tàm u po u vojnàta pòlko tùk i mažò mi

The regiment was there, during the war, and my husband –

103 (c) kàčat nagòre ednìte xàjde baìra gòre planinàta snegò dèka tṛl'àsva

some were climbing: “Let’s go [to] the hills, the mountains, piles of snow.”

107 (c) tàm planinà pa mažò mi narèdi tovà vojnìcite d ìdat

It’s the mountains up there, and my husband ordered the soldiers to go

108 (c) da rèžat za kazàrmata matriàl

to cut “material” for the barracks.

109 (GK) dɤ̀rva

Wood.

110 (c) jà da dṛ̀ven matriàl i jà sos nìx me kàčuvə kamandìro

Yes, lumber. And I [to go] with them. The commander hoisted me up:

Gela 3

57 (c) ìmamɤ sìn dɤšter'à čètɨrɨ vnùčeta ùčat slùžat

We have a son, a daughter, and four grandchildren. They’re in school, in the military –

58 (c) adnò ìmam otslùžilu drùgu zgà e vujnìk dòkturče

one has finished his military service, another’s a soldier, a [future] doctor –

Gorno Vŭršilo 2

24 (b) i ednò momčè ìma sɤ̀k še ìde vojnìk

and she has one boy, he’s about to go into the military.

35 (b) vojnìk segànka ònija dèn mu praìxme ispràštane

into the military about now, the other day we had a sending-off celebration for him.

Iskrica 1

9 (a) mnògu sa ràdvəə t’èe tòj utìdi vujnìk às trì gudìni

and they were very happy. [My husband] was in the military, and for three years

Kovačevo 1

48 (b) gudìx sə dvè gudìni utìde gləvenìkə vujnìk

I was engaged for two years. My fiancé went off to the military,

49 (b) jàs səm gudènə tùkə jàs čàkəm vujnìk

and I’m engaged. I wait here for the soldier.

50 (a) vujnìk də dòjde [laughter]

For the soldier to come back. [laughter]

Oreše

36 (a) pu zàpəs òdihme nagòr nədòlu ama pòmn’ə kəkòf ž’ivòt’ imàše nəpr’èt

we went to the [military] reserves. I remember what life was like before.

Stojkite 1

3 (a) i zagàlihmɨ̀ sa gàlihmɨ̀ sa trì gudìni tòj utìdi vujnìk

We began courting, and we courted for three years. He went off to do his military service,

Šumnatica 2

37 (a) a n’è nè tòə təkòə tè bèən kətu turduvàci vujnìci

Oh no, no. Not those. They were soldiers at conscript labor.

39 (a) turduvàci vujnìci i znàči bəlgàrijə im uprəvl’àvə d’è t’ah

Soldiers at conscript labor. And Bulgaria was in charge of the ones …

41 (a) nə lìnijətə gà ràbuteh tàm

… [working] on the railway line, [at the time] when I was working there.

Sŭrnica 1

33 (a) tòj slùž’i tùk nə òrlinu d’èt je jəzuvìrə

He did his military service here in Orlino where there’s the dam

34 (a) tə beše lit’ìšte vujènnu

[where there] was also a military air base,

36 (a) tàm làgerə

the [military] camp there.

38 (a) bèše vujènen i tòj kətu vujnìk tùk iskàrə slùžbətə

He was in the military and did his military service here,

122 (a) i mòjə svèkər təkà ə nəpràvil səs edìn tùkənə

My father-in-law did it that way with someone here …

124 (a) kət sə bilì vujnìci

… when they were in the military.

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