war

Gela 2

68 (a) ud gòspud'a e dušlò sèj da sa iskaldìsat naròdas

All this has come from the Lord, the way people are exterminating one another …

69 (PSh) kakvò da se napràv'at

What can they do?

70 (a) da sa iskaldìsat da se iskràk'at naròda

… exterminating one another, decimating the people

71 (a) za da ustànat pò màlku də də žuvɛ̀jat sìčkunu e nvà

so that fewer will remain to live [on the earth]. All that

Gigen 1

1 (d) kəkò də ti kàžə bràtku na dvàis i idnà gudìna ìməše vujnɤ̀

How can I tell you, brother? When I was twenty-one there was a war.

2 (d) òt dvənàjstə gudìnə do usemnàestə gul’èmu teglò istèglime̝

From 1912 to 1918 we had a very rough time.

5 (a) àjde sə užèni i àze i uprài:me ràbuttə pribrà se bɤštɤ̀ ni

And I got married too. And we took care of things. Our father came back

6 (a) od vojnɤ̀ta nàj pudìre tòj s bɛ̀ə gu fanàle̝ ròp

from the war finally. He had been taken prisoner.

7 (a) podìre dudè i tòj i nìštu ne rasprɤ̀sname̝

Finally he came. We didn’t [have to] disperse anything [of our property],

8 (a) əmə gulɛ̀m zòr vidò:me òd dvanàesta gudìnə do usemnàestə

but we saw very hard times between 1912 and 1918.

Golica 6

25 (d) bəštɑ̀ mi umr’àl f tùrskətə vujnɛ̀

My father – they say he died in the Balkan wars,

29 (d) a m ud mɑ̀lək sə fɑ̀nəh nə ràbutə ràbutih pràvih strùvəh purɑ̀snəh

so I had to start work very young. I worked, made [things], did [things], grew up –

Huhla 2

27 (a) s'à nèmòjte vìkə n'è e hùbəvu də ne vì puvdìgnət

So now don’t say things are not OK, so they don’t mobilize you

28 (a) də nəpràjət n'àkujə vujnɤ̀ kòj kəd'ètu də si e nə m'estòt

so they to make some war. [Let] everyone stay where he is,

Huhla 4

36 (a) zəkàrəhə i nə fròntə v'èke n gì dukàrəhə ustànəhə si tàm

They took them off to the front, and didn't bring them back. They stayed there.

Malevo/Hsk 1

51 (VZh) tì kàza za balkànskətə vojnà baštà ti učàstvəl li e v nèja

You mentioned the Balkan war. Did your father take part in it?

53 (VZh) kakvò ti e razkàzvəl za nèja

What did he tell you about it?

54 (a) əmə mòjə tàtku umr’è mnògu mlàt umr’è

Well, my father died. He died quite young. He died …

56 (a) nə četɨ̀rese i trɨ̀ gudɨ̀nɨ i ud n’ègə

… [when he was] forty-three years old. So from him –

57 (a) kò də mi e rəskàzvəl wujn’ɨ̀k b’è̝še pòmn’ə dòjde tùkə

what could he have told me? I remember that he was a soldier, he came here

58 (a) f òtpuskə i sl’ət toà gà swɤ̀rši vujnɤ̀tə nìj b’è̝hme màl’ki

on leave, and after that, when the war was over – We were little!

59 (a) kòj sə interesùvəl ud vujnɤ̀ i ut tvà i nvà [laughter]

Who cared about wars, and [all] that sort of thing?! [laughter]

Markovo

11 (a) ej nət səjvànə i s’ètn’e nìj tòj sv’èkərə gu ubìli fəf vujnɤ̀tɤ̥

up there above the porch, and then we – My father-in-law was killed in the war.

13 (a) vəv vujnɤ̀tɤ gu ubìli tìj ustanàli siràčə̥tə

He was killed in the war, and they were [all] orphaned.

14 (a) i màjkə im rəbòtili kvòtu mòjət

And [with] their mother they did what they could –

16 (a) kvòtu mòjət kòlkutu mòjəd dè nəlì im jə ustàvili

whatever they could, as much as they could, since they’d left it to them.

17 (a) tòj sv’èkərə kəzàl ə n’àmə də sə vɤ̀rnə

He, my father-in-law, had said, “I won’t be coming back.”

18 (a) pedes’èti̥ pòlk gi izbìli n’àma sə vɤ̀rnə əmə t’ì rəbutì

The 50th regiment had all gotten killed, “I won’t be coming back. But you [must] work

19 (a) sàmu pò ùbəite nìi pò blìzički̥te̥ dud’è puràsnət dičàtə

only in the nicest fields, the closest ones, until the kids grow up.”

Oreše

26 (a) bəštà mi gu ne pòmn’ə kəkòf čuvèk e bìl tòj utiš’ɤ̀l

I don’t remember what sort of man my father was. He went off

27 (a) nə əskèr’ə tugàf bəlgàrijə i tùrcijà sə bìli ədnò

as a soldier. At that time Bulgaria and Turkey were still the same [country].

28 (a) č’e ud nàšto sèlu č’etirèese dùši utìdua utiš’lì sə

And forty people went off from our village. They left –

30 (a) màšku dètence siràč’e t’è sə utiš’lì i mnògu r’ètku sə vər

A little child, an orphan. They left, and it was rare that they returned.

31 (a) n’è gi istrèpəə sìckit’e i nàš bubà kəd’è gu sə utr’èpəli

They killed them all, including our dad. Where they killed them [I don’t know].

32 (a) t’è se ne vərnə jà g ne pòmn’ə kəkòf čuvèk e bìl nədòlu

They didn’t come back. I don’t remember what kind of man he was down there.

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.

Stikŭl 3

22 (a) i ədnɔ̀ gudᶤìnə ìmə pèt šèz gudìnɨ kàk stò̝rɨha etùkə pàmetnik

One year – it’s been five or six years since they built a monument there

23 (a) zə umrɛ̀lɨte dètu uttùkə imàlu prez vujnìte prez etɛ̀ə vujnì

for the dead, for those from here [who died] in the wars, in these wars

24 (a) prez è predì etɛ̀ə vujnì stàrɤte vujnì tugàvə dètu sə izbᶤìtɤ

in – ahh, way earlier, in those old wars, the wars where [people] were killed.

150 (a) ufč’ɛ̀re tùva sme nìe na ràbuta e tɛ̀a sa bəlì fruntuvàcɨ

shepherds, and here we are at work, and these are said to be soldiers at the front,

151 (a) dètu ìmat značkì na fr takìva sa bɨlì èto gɨ

the ones that have medals from the – That’s what they were, here they are.

Šumnatica 1

67 (a) priznàvət sìčki či i bugàta ednò vrème rəzbìš li prez

everyone admits that it’s rich. Earlier on, you know, during –

68 (a) è tuvà fəšìskə germànijə kugàtu hòdime də də sə bìeme

this – fascist Germany, when we went off to do battle

69 (a) səs nègu às hòdih dàže səm i rənèn ut ut

with them. I went. I was even wounded by– by

71 (a) germàncite dà tugàvə rəzbìš li əmèrikə bləgudərènie nə əmèrikə i

the Germans. Yes [indeed]. And, then, you know, America – thanks to America, and

72 (a) i rusìjə t’è pumògnəə ìnək germànijə kəkò štè də nə stòri nàmi

and to Russia too, they helped [us]. Otherwise what Germany would have made of us,

73 (a) ni znàm [laughter]

I don’t know. [laughter]

80 (a) dà əf ungàrijə òdime bìjme se tàm səs germàncite

Yes, we went to Hungary. We fought the Germans there.

81 (a) obàče əm bləgudərènie nə əmèrikə t’àa səmolèti kətu izlìzəhə gòre

But, well, thanks to America – These planes that flew overhead, some with

82 (a) ednì səš čèrni krilè drùgi səz bèli i pudred’èni təkà rəzbìəš li

some with black wings and others with white wings, arranged, you see,

83 (a) pu d’èset o utìvəu də bumbədìrət bùdəpèštə

in rows of ten – Ohhh! They were on their way to bomb Budapest.

87 (a) bləgudərènie če pumògnaə ànglijə i əmèrikə i rusìjə

Thanks to the help from England and America – and from Russia too –

88 (a) ìnək germànijə štèn də nə glɤ̀tne kətu [laughter]

If not, then Germany would have swallowed us up. [laughter]

90 (GK) kato vɤ̀lk jàgne

Like a wolf [swallowing up] a lamb.

91 (a) ohò n’èmaše də sə vàrneme adìn žìf

No sir, not a one of us would have come back alive!

93 (a) jà dvàese hìljədi žèrtvə dàdəme nìe bɤ̀lgərìte ə rusìjə dvàeset mil’ònə

Yes, we Bulgarians [alone] suffered 20,000 casualties, and Russia – 20 million!

95 (a) vìš kəkò n’ɛ̀štu e zə kəkò se izbìhə t’à hòrə

What a thing this is. And why did these people kill each other?

96 (a) n’àmə zəštò nìe pàk pàk bləgudərènie əmèrikə dərdžì svetàd

No reason. We – well, thanks to America for keeping the world [together].

97 (a) be èj tò dəržì svetàt tò ko e nè

Yes indeed, it’s keeping the world [at peace]. If not [for them]

98 (a) pàk še sa is i i izbìjət e vìš kəkò pràjət

they’d start the killing again. Just look what they’re doing

99 (a) vəf jugoslàvijə

in Yugoslavia.

101 (a) ošte ne mòe da se uredàt

They still can’t put things in order.

102 (GK) istrèpaan sə

They’ve killed each other [off].

103 (a) istrè zə kəkò nì nì zə kəkò nè ja

They’re ki- And why? For nothing! Nothing at all! So you see?

Šumnatica 2

30 (a) tàm rəbòtihə n’àkəkvi izb’àgəə òdiə v zətvòrə [laughter]

and they worked there. Some of them ran off, and went to prison [for that]. [laughter]

31 (a) òdihə ednà gudìnə v zətvòrə n’àkvi

Some went to prison for a year.

32 (GK) ne gì li prečùkaha germàncite

Didn’t the Germans shoot them?

33 (a) na kòga

Who?

34 (GK) dèto sə izb’àgali

The ones that escaped.

35 (a) əmə kòj sə izb’àgəli

But who escaped?

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.

42 (GK) ne gì upravl’àvaa ger

[So it] wasn’t [the Germans] who were in charge of them.

43 (a) i jugosla jugoslàfski sɤ̀rbi təl’ànci imɛ̀hə rəzb plɛ̀nnici

And Yu – the Yugoslavs. There were Serb and Italian prisoners.

44 (a) ne gì təkòvu ut itàlijə razbìž li tè gi izmɤ̀čiə mnògu

They didn’t – They treated the ones from Italy really badly.

50 (a) [cough] i itəl’ànci rəbòtijə nə lìnijətə slət tvà jugoslàfski

[cough] The Italians worked on the line, and after that the Yugoslavs, and

51 (a) e ut tùə ud nàštu sèlu imɛ̀šen turduvàci rəbòtiə pu lìnijətə

there were also conscript laborers from our village working on the line.

52 (a) [laughter] a tugàvə tuvà ti rəspràəm rəzbìrəš li às sə uplàših

[laughter] That’s what I’m telling you about. I was afraid!

53 (a) vìkəm əmə guvòrət germàncite vìkət èj òšte p’èt dènə vìkə

Well, the Germans were saying “Hey, five more days,” they said,

54 (a) gɤ̀rcijə e kəpùt nàči še nəpàdət nətàtək dubrè əmə às ìməm

“and Greece is ‘kaput’!” Well, that means they’ll attack in that direction. OK, well, I have

55 (a) pəg bràt rəzbìš li dòjdəh si às tùkə pùsnəə nə màlku

a brother, you know. And I’d come here – they’d let us out a bit,

59 (a) e ne jàs strà mə ə vìkə še sə pòčnət vujnà

“Ah, I’m afraid,” he said. “They’ll start a war

60 (a) i nàmi še učùkət

and they’ll kill us as well.”

Trŭnčovica 2

45 (b) u svɤ̀rši vè̟ke vujnɤ̀tə puslèdnətə vujnɤ̀ srɤ̀psku.bɤ̀lgərskətə vujnɤ̀

the last war, the Serbian-Bulgarian war, had ended, and when it ended

46 (b) kət svɤ̀ršɨ bəštà mɨ màlku ubɨ̀čə də čurbədžỳvə džəmbəzlɤ̀k màlku

my father liked to act the rich man and [partake in] animal trading.

Vasiljovo 1

3 (a) è kogàto stanɛ̀ vojnɛ̀ta tò beše dvanàeseta godìna

When the war – when the war began. That was in [19]12.

4 (a) bìa sa bɤ̀lgarete i sṛ̀bete i gṛ̀cite bìa tùrcite

The Bulgarians and the Serbs and the Greeks fought – they defeated the Turks.

5 (a) na tùrskata grànica tàm gi bìa è tə sə vudì vojnɛ̀ta

On the Turkish border, that’s where they beat them. Eh – that was the war.

6 (a) ne vodì sa mlògo i t’è v’èki koto sa ne znàm

It didn’t last long. And they, since they are – I don’t know.

7 (a) tò ìmaše p’èsen ta ja pejàa zərət vojnɛ̀ta

[But] there was [this] song that they were singing. [It was] because of the war.

8 (a) štòto ama ne pòmna kà beše tàm ə načàlnik im

I don’t remember who their commander was,

9 (a) dèt im vìkal

the one who said to them [in the song]

10 (a) stàejte bràt’a stàejte i utkrìvəjte ògan

“Stand up, brothers, stand up, and open fire!

11 (a) ako ə bòk r’èkɤl skòro òdrin še prezè̝mem

If God has ordained it, we shall soon take Edirne,

12 (a) i f càrigràt še vl’è̝zem

and we shall enter Istanbul.

13 (a) osmàn pašà še fànem

We shall catch Osman Pasha,

14 (a) f Sòfija še go zakàrame

We shall take him to Sofia,

15 (a) kaf’è da mu napràvim

[and] we will make coffee for him.”

16 (a) tovà beše ɛ̀ pesentɛ̀ bàa ispèl’e zərət vojnɛ̀ta

That was the song – [the one] they’d sung because of the war.

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