poverty

Bosnek 1

4 (a) a sɤm go karàla mnògo dobrè mnògo bème siromàsi

It was very good. We were very poor,

6 (a) pa da ti kàžem bème mnògo pa edìnni siromašìja

let me tell you, we were quite united. Poverty –

13 (a) i bèše pa vèselo da ti kàže̥m̥ a siromašìja

It was joyous, let me tell you, even in poverty.

15 (a) dòjdeha ot tàmoka i kàraxa čerèši sɤs ə košòve i nìe siromàsi

They came from there bringing cherries in baskets. And we [were] poor,

16 (a) nèma ot kɤdè a tàtko bòg da go pròsti u mìnata rabòti

No resources. Father, God rest his soul, worked in the mine,

21 (a) siromašìja kòlko si sàkaš na vrèmeto kakvò bèše kogà se žn’èše

all the poverty you could want back then. When they reaped,

44 (a) kato si ojdòx čèsna i svekorò togàva pa nèmaše so štò

And when I was married “honorably” my father-in-law – back then there wasn’t

45 (a) nèšto da kupiš pedesè i i ftòra godìna se oženìx nèma nìšto

anything to buy with. In [nineteen] fifty-two [when] I got married there was nothing.

Bosnek 2

18 (a) i màma na sìte si slàgaše bèdni sme bilì

And Mama put them on everything. We were poor,

Brŭšljan 1

51 (a) svìni da i ìməš'e živòtni mnògu ubàč'e sl'et tvàskə

Pigs, yes. And there were a lot of animals. However after that

52 (a) i xòrətə ispàdnəxə lìpsəhə izmr'àhə d'ètu ìmə ednɤ̀ dùmə

people fell into poverty, they disappeared, they died out, as they say,

Gela 2

13 (a) əmə sìčku ut gulik'ɔ̀ hòg'ət gòlɤ izmɔ̀rznət

And everything [now] is poverty, [people] go around bare and freeze.

14 (a) pək drùguš ublɛ̀čenu sìčku ublɛ̀čenu ta tvà e

But then, [people] were dressed, everyone [was] dressed [sufficiently]. And there it is.

Gorna Krušica 2

38 (c) àmì od dvè pòveče kòj smèe da ròdi

No way! Who dares have any more than two,

40 (c) kat si vidèl tìja mizèrii

once you’ve seen these hard times.

Huhla 1

25 (a) du èj tùvə səm òd'lə bòsə nə učìlište nìšto mi n'è e

And I came barefoot all the way to here, to school. I had no problem with that.

26 (a) gà z gi gl'eəm t'àə krəkà bul'ɤ̀t bul'ɤ̀t bl'ɤ̀t

[But] when I look at my feet [now], they hurt, hurt – [how] they hurt!

27 (a) i t'àə nòkti bul'ɤ̀t gur'ɤ̀t ògən' ut udmrɤ̀znət'e

and the nails hurt, it’s like fire burning, from [having been] frozen.

Huhla 4

33 (a) əm n'àməše zə jàdeni n'àməše zə kupùvəne čèdo kəkò də gl'èdəne

But we had nothing to eat and nothing to buy, child. What to raise?

Iskrica 2

1 (b) jenò vrème̝ čorbədžìiti sə n’àməli mnòu gol’ɛ̀mi kɤ̀šti̥

In the old days the rich people didn’t have very big houses.

2 (b) ama nəlì čurbədžìja ə ličɤ̀t mu dicàtə ut nàšti dicà

and their children were different from our children, you know.

3 (b) t’àn’te dicà sə ubl’àkəni ə pək nìi cərùlkiti i tò

Their children were [better] dressed. But us – our shoes; well –

4 (b) e n’è təkìvi cərùlki̥ əmi ut svìncki nəpràeni i təkà si ə b’à:mi

they weren’t like their shoes, but rather made of pigskin. That’s how we were.

5 (b) i nə làzərcə tɤ̀j sme òd’əli səs cərùlkiti smi ubùti

And we even went out that way on Lazar’s Sunday, with those shoes.

6 (b) i təkà si n’àma:me nìštu pə čurbədžìiti t’è i sìčku iskupùvaa

So in fact we didn’t have anything. But the rich people, they bought up everything.

7 (b) i kwòt ni dɤ̀t ə na bəštìte ni tvà i t’ut’ùnə usòbennu

All we had was what they gave to our fathers. And tobacco especially –

8 (b) pɤ̀ gu iskupùvət i nàšte t’ut’ùni mògu jèftinu minàvəə ə pək

They bought that up. Our tobacco sold for very little, but

9 (b) t’à:nite t’ut’ùni tì znàči vìnəgi pò skɤ̀pu čurbədžìjskija t’ut’ùn minàvə pò skɤ̀pu

their tobacco was always more costly; the rich peoples’ tobacco sold for more.

63 (b) əmə nə mène mətemàti̥kə̥tə mi vər’èše mnògu əmə nəlì n’àməw pərì

For me, I was really good at math, but since I didn’t have any money,

64 (b) i n’àməše i kòj də mə pudɤ̀ržə tə nɤ̀l səm zimàlə

and there was nobody to support me – I even [had to] take

65 (b) i xranìcə às mnògu ni ùča:f əmə mə pàk

[my own] food – I didn’t learn a lot. But [even though]

Kralevo 1

88 (a) ìməme li pərɨ̀ də kùpim tràktur sigɛ̀ n’àməme

Do we have the money to buy a tractor now? No, we don’t.

89 (a) tòj əku ìmə pərɨ̀ də kùpim tràktur [laughter] də ur’è

If [only] we had money to buy a tractor [laughter] for plowing!

91 (a) pək s’ɛ̀ gàt izur’è dɨ̀n d’èkər nɨ̀və dàj dàj

[As it is, the one who] plows a decare-large field [for us] will say give [me]

92 (a) stò l’èvə ìkə dàj devedes’è l’èvə dàj stò i pedesè levə

a hundred levs, give [me] ninety levs, give [me] a hundred and fifty levs.

93 (a) pək pərɨ̀te pànnahə

[It’s hard, because] the [value of] money has fallen.

Petŭrnica

1 (a) kɤ̀ sme živɛ̀le siromašìjka beše golotìa beše pris marabètu

How did we live? There was poverty, there was hunger. It was wartime.

4 (a) živɛ̀eme si dubrɛ̀ sirumašìa ama golotìa ama beme dobrɛ̀

We lived well. Poor and ill-clothed [though we were], we were fine.

Rakovski

2 (a) pedes'ɤ̀t i četvɤ̀rtə gudɨ̀nə bème mnògu sirmàški

[or] fifty-four, we were very poor.

26 (a) ùs'em d'əcà sme nə màjkə i nə tèjkə sɨruməšìjə nemutìjə

there were eight of us children, mother and father, very poor and with no property,

27 (a) dukàrə mə vr'èmetu čèk tùkə də dòdeme də ràbutime

and that times [like these] drove us to come all the way here to work.

35 (a) às səm rudìnə il'àdə dìv'ətstòtin i trɨ̀set i òsmə gudɨ̀nə

I was born in nineteen thirty-eight

36 (a) vəv b'èdnu semèjstvu òs'əm d'əcà sme às səm s'èdməta

into a poor family. We were eight children: I was the seventh

37 (a) užìnij sə zə ednò sɨrmàšku mòmčə pedesèt i dev'ɤ̀tə gudɨ̀nə

I married a poor boy in [nineteen] fifty-nine.

Salaš

69 (a) ìdemo i se vṛ̀nemo da poedèmo dòm mì smo bèdni bilì

We’d go [there] and then come back home to eat. We were poor,

70 (a) nèma da se pràim na bogàtu i sɤ̀k sɤm si

I’m not going to pretend I was rich. And now I’m the same.

85 (a) pa òfci pa kozì pa a mì nèma kvò màjka dùma

sheep, goats. We didn’t have much, but mother said,

86 (a) nèma da kazùete a mì naprài kìselo ə kosàčko kìselo

“Don’t talk about it.” And we – she’d make pepper-cucumber soup,

Skrŭt 2

32 (b) nèma takvìa rabòti tàpanèto si pràat tùka bednotìa drɤ̀veni lažìci

none of these things; they [just] played drums. It was poor here – wooden spoons,

33 (b) i džilèzni kakvì ìma na sofràta

iron [spoons], whatever there was at the low common table, [to eat what was]

34 (b) uf tepcìata tùrat nèma màsi

in the [single] pan they put [there]. No [modern] tables.

Stančov Han 1

14 (a) kәt n’èmә fòrmә n’èmә b’èši tùkә be ə b’èd’әn nәròt bè

if they had no “uniform”. There wasn’t [much], the people here were poor.

15 (a) i sigà i sigà n’è e bugàt [laughter] b’èd’en nәròt

Even now, even now they’re not rich. Poor people

17 (a) b’èši tùkәnәk b’èdnu tò n’èmә ut kvò dә tәkòvә

[they] were here, poor. There’s no way here to manage.

Vŭrbina 1

27 (a) ne sm’è hòdili nìe pu g’um’urž’ìne pɤ̀ nìe ne sm’ʌ̀ bəlì nìj

[No,] we didn’t go to Komotini. [No,] we weren’t

28 (a) nèkvi bugàti tə də ìdem nə gumurž’ìne [laughter]

rich [enough] to [be able] to go to Komotini. [laughter]

29 (a) èj tùkə kinàt si iskàrəhm’ə f kulìbənə i ku zəkòl’əš’

[We stayed] here and earned our keep from the hut. If you slaughter [your animals]

30 (a) ku prudəd’è̝š’ š’ə də ìməš pərì ku ne zəkòl’əš’ i ne prudàvəš’

and sell [the meat], you’ll have money. If you don’t slaughter and sell [your livestock]

31 (a) n’èmə də ìməš’ nì pərì kòjtu lu pàti [laughter] i n’èmə nikinà

you won’t have money. Always suffering [laughter] without anything at all.

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