salaries

Belica 1

74 (a) če ednàkvo šte zìmame ednàkvo še kàrame

Since we all get paid the same, we'll [each] take on the same amount.

130 (a) da vìdi kòj kàk žɤ̀ne kato zème da plàšta təkà plàštə

to see who reaped what, so as to know what to pay when it’s time to pay.

131 (a) togàva ni plàštaa na dèn šeesè lèva a nèi dàdoa četìrese

At that time they were paying us sixty levs a day, but they gave her forty.

Bosnek 2

2 (a) tàtko si dòjdeše od mìnata i togàva go ne vìkaxa prèmii

Dad would come from the mine. At that time they didn’t call it bonus pay,

3 (a) a go vìkaja tantièmi im dàvaxa tantièmi parì i òn če dòjde

they called it extra-bonus. They gave them extra-bonus pay. And he’ll come

4 (a) i če donesè mnògo parì togàva i kato dòjde tàtko

and bring [with him] a lot of money. And when Dad came,

19 (a) ama òn donesèše parì i takà i če se večèra

but he had brought money, and so we could have [a good] supper.

Brŭšljan 1

10 (a) vəf t'èkezes'ètu tugàvə [cough] pɤ̀rvite gudìni sr'ɛ̀štəne gul'ɛ̀mi trùdnusti

During the first years in the collective we encountered great difficulties,

11 (a) nəlì tugàvə beš'e nìsku plət'èn trùduvijə dèn

[as] at that time a working day was paid very poorly.

Dolna Sekirna 2

25 (a) dvàese dɤ̀na bes parì i zaštòto i na mɤžɤ̀t mi pìšu dèsed dɤ̀na

twenty days, without pay, because they’d assigned ten days to my husband

29 (a) i na n’ù dvàese dɤ̀na rabotì a sigà kòj če ti rabòti

And I worked twenty days there too. But now – who would work

30 (a) bes pàre ta da mu dàvaš èj nàdnicata da mu e [laughter]

without pay? You’d have to give someone a day’s wage!

31 (a) ama tikà e sà tavà si e pràvilno i tega tegàj

But that’s how it is now, and that’s the right way. But back then –

32 (a) tikà smo rabotìli bes pàre pòsle tekezèto kà se obrazovà

we worked without pay. And when the collective farm was formed

40 (a) u mìnata u k’umùrɤt idòmo da rabòtimo besplàtno mladèži

We young people went down to work in the charcoal mine, for free.

41 (a) sà kòj če ti rabòti bes pàre nìkoj

Now, [I ask] you, who would do [such] work without pay? Nobody!

99 (a) da prigòtvim cèl dɤ̀n ràbota a za kòlko parì i se razbolè

then the cooking.” All day she worked, for little money, and fell ill

140 (a) ə sedè do ilìndɤn i mi ne dàdoše ednà stotìnka

I stayed till St. Elias’s day and they didn’t give me a penny.

142 (a) ednà stotìnka ne sù mi platìli onì tikà i pòsle

Not a single penny did they pay me. And then –

Gela 3

75 (c) plàštat mi mnògu hùbavu jèftina hranà ìmat šukulàde

"They pay me well, the food is cheap, they have chocolate – ”,

Golica 3

114 (a) ama tr'àba pòpə də j tùka də č'i̥t'è

there has to be a priest here, to recite [them], …

117 (c) kòj še mu platì

… [but] who’s going to pay him?

120 (c) m platìš na pòpa zə də dòdi tùkanə

pay the priest to come here..

121 (a) ama

But …

122 (c) bis parì n'àma da dòdi

Without money, he won’t come.

Golica 5

11 (a) a če nalì i arap’àta mràz’at gi dàvat na t’àx parìt’ɛ̏

And the Arabs hate them, because they [foreigners] get paid [good] money

12 (a) pak na un’às ne dàvat pak nàši̥t’ȅ kuìto ìdat ottùka

but the [locals] don’t get paid, as opposed to ours, who when they go there

13 (a) dàvat im parìt’ȅ a či nàšit’ȅ stojàə p’èt m’àse̥ca

get paid [good] money. And our folk stayed [only] five months

Kralevo 1

11 (a) mòži vɨ̀kə č’e màlku mi plàtət əmə pàk b’è̝hme duòl’ni

You can say they didn’t pay me much but still we were content

22 (a) ràptehme mlògu mlàdi b’èhme mòž’ehme də ràptim iskàrəhme sɨ pərɨ̀

we worked a lot. We were young, we could work [hard]. We earned a wage

23 (a) nə dəšterɤ̀tə stòrime blòk uf hàskuu ut trùt

and built my daughter an apartment (in a complex) in Haskovo from that work.

Malevo/Hsk 2

104 (b) tu t’è̝letə i təkà òt’ nə mlàtte zəplàtte màl’k’i

Yes, calves and such. Because the young people’s salaries are small.

Momčilovci

12 (a) sìč’ki mə rùkəhə əmə zə gin’l’ùk’ zə ž’ivòt’

everyone offered me [work], but paid by the day, to survive.

13 (a) [Защо ходеше да работиш на чужди хора?]

[Why did you have to work for others?]

Rajanovci 1

89 (a) arg argàti im se kàzva i òdu ta im pomàgaju plàšta gim

they’re called “workers”. And they come and help them, and get paid.

90 (a) kvò sa gim plaštàli ne znàm i tè tekà e bilò

What they paid them, I don’t know. And so it was.

Stančov Han 3

39 (c) ni mòi də nəm’èri ràbutə idvàm sigà sə uluvìl pəzàč

[but] can’t find work. He just barely now got [a job as] a watchman

40 (c) nə idìn ut’èl tàm za trì ìl’ədi l’èwə mu plàštət

at a hotel there [in town, for three thousand levs, [that’s what] they pay him.

41 (c) r’èku d’àdo t’è sàmu zə cigàri ni tì stìgət t’è

I said, “Grandpa’s one, that [much money] is not even enough for your cigarettes.”

42 (c) sàmu zə cigàri trì ìl’ədi l’èvə tòj pùši mud’èrnɨ cigàri

Only for cigarettes, three thousand levs! (He smokes [these] modern cigarettes.)

43 (c) i kətu sm’ètniš tò ni mù ustàvə nìštu əmə òdi tàm

And when you add it up he doesn’t have anything left. But he goes there.

Šumnatica 2

57 (a) às mu vìkəm nə m bràt mi slùšaj be mnògu ùbəvi pərì

and I said to my brother, “Listen here, there’s really good money

58 (a) dàvət germàncite ùbəvə rənà dàvət vìkəm vàr tì nə bràt mi

to be had from the Germans, and good food. Go for it!” I said to my brother.

Tihomir 1

47 (a) i ajl’ɔ̀kət i brašnòto i dərvòto at tɤjì pò ìma li

get monthly pay, flour, wood – could [we need] anything more than that?

Vŭrbina 3

61 (a) t’è ne dàvət pərɨ̀ də nè ne nəpr’ègəš sə [laughter]

They won’t pay you if you don’t harness yourself [to the work] [laughter]

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