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1 (a) [0:02] I have another son, he’s married [and] has two children.

have 1sg pres I

other sg n adj

boy sg n

nom n 3sg

marry sg n P.part P

have 3sg pres I

two n

child pl n

2 (a) [0:07] And he went to Libya, to another country [where] they kidnapped him.

and

go 3sg aor P

Bezerlik sg m place

other sg f adj

state sg f

and

and

acc m 3sg clt

take 3pl aor P

3 (a) [0:11] He was there a year. And [these] bandits kidnapped him.

and

stand 3sg aor I

one f sg adj

year sg f

and

and

acc m 3sg clt

take 3pl aor P

bandit pl m def

4 (a) [0:14] For seventy days we had no knowledge of him –

and

and

stand 3sg aor I

seventy

day ct m

neg

acc m 3sg clt

know 1pl pres I

5 (a) [0:17] Was he alive? Where was he? So we went to a fortune-teller,

alive sg n adj

interr clt

3sg pres cop clt

where interr

3sg pres cop clt

and

and

go 1pl pres I

one f sg adj

fortune.teller sg f

6 (a) [0:20] And the fortune-teller said – she looked at a photo [of him].

and

č’e

and

че

wrɑ̀čkətə

fortune.teller sg f def

say 3sg aor P

picture sg f

look 3sg aor I

7 (a) [0:23] We didn’t know [anything more] about him. He and his wife had both gone,

and

nom 1pl

neg

acc m 3sg clt

know 1pl pres I

acc 3pl clt

bride sg f def

and

nom n 3sg

two def an.num

go 3pl aor P

8 (a) [0:27] altogether six boys, one from Sofia and the four from Varna

and

six

boy pl n

one sg n adj

from

Sofia sg f place

and

four def

from

Varna sg f place

9 (a) [0:30] plus the wife – and some other one woman. So they went there,

and

bride sg f def

and

one sg f adj

woman sg f

and

and

go 3pl aor P

there adv

10 (a) [0:35] [working as] mechanics [among] the Arabs there.

and

and

nom 3pl

3pl impf cop

mechanic pl m

disc

Arab pl m

there adv

11 (a) [0:38] And the Arabs hate them, because they [foreigners] get paid [good] money

and

and

interr

and

Arab pl m def

hate 3pl pres I

acc 3pl clt

give 3pl pres I

acc 3pl

money pl.t def

12 (a) [0:43] but the [locals] don’t get paid, as opposed to ours, who when they go there

but

that pl adj

neg

give 3pl pres I

but

our pl def adj

who pl rel adj

go 3pl pres P

from.here adv

13 (a) [0:46] get paid [good] money. And our folk stayed [only] five months

give 3pl pres I

dat 3pl clt

money pl.t def

and

and

our pl def adj

stand 3pl aor I

five

month ct m

14 (a) [0:50] and weren’t going to stay any longer. So they took leave [from work]

and

already adv

fut neg

comp

comp

stand 3pl pres I

take 3pl aor P

dat refl clt

nom 3pl

take 3pl aor P

dat refl clt

leave sg f def

15 (a) [0:55] to come here [to Varna]. It takes twelve hours by plane

and

fut

dat refl clt

come 3pl pres I

here adv

[...]

twelve

hour ct m

travel 3sg pres I

with

airplane sg m

16 (a) [0:59] to Libya. Imagine, twelve hours! So when they had stayed for a year

Bezerlik sg m place

twelve

hour ct m

make sg imv I

account sg f

and

dat refl clt

[...]

when conj

stand 3pl aor I

year sg f

17 (a) [1:04] they’d bought the tickets and were about to come [home] for a month.

and

dat refl clt

take pl L.part P

ticket pl m def

fut

dat refl clt

come 3pl pres I

for

one sg m adj

month sg m

18 (a) [1:07] But there were these bandits. Wild people! And they kidnapped them. They told them

and

bandit pl m

L.part exist

wild pl adj

people pl

and

acc 3pl clt

те

z’èha

take 3pl aor P

взема

and

dat 3pl clt

те

kɑ̀zali

say pl L.part P

кажа

19 (a) [1:13] there were four hundred Fascists over there, the whole city of Tripoli,

this pl adj

pl L.part cop

from.there adv

Fascist pl m

four.hundred

people pl

from.here adv

entire sg m adj

city sg m

Bezerlik sg m place

20 (a) [1:19] but they were Communists. So our boy is a mechanic and his wife an engineer

nom 3pl

and

again adv

Communist pl m

and

our sg n def adj

boy sg n

mechanic sg m

bride sg f def

engineer sg f

21 (a) [1:25] They had issued them driving school cars, two of them, from Portugal.

and

give 3pl aor P

dat 3pl clt

student pl adj

car f coll

two f

go 3pl aor I

from

hes

Portugal sg f place

22 (a) [1:32] So they took these two driving school cars out to give the Arabs driving lessons,

take 3pl aor P

two f

car pl f

student pl adj

and

there adv

this pl adj

Arab pl m

dat refl clt

hes

teach 3pl pres I

23 (a) [1:36] one on one. And they set off. Our boy the mechanic was building roads for them

one sg m adj

and

go 3pl pres I

our sg n def adj

boy sg n

mechanic sg m

make 3pl pres I

dat 3pl clt

road pl m def

24 (a) [1:41] But [some people] don’t like [us] Communists, those Fascists there,

but

this pl adj

neg

want 3pl pres I

Communist pl m def

that pl adj

Fascist pl m

from.there adv

25 (a) [1:45] and they thought to kidnap our boys that day. So they’re driving the school cars

and

our pl def adj

boy pl n

fut

hes

take 3pl pres P

hes

acc m 3sg

day sg m

drive 3pl pres I

car pl f def

student pl def adj

26 (a) [1:51] and thirty Arabs were driving. Our boy was in front, driving a truck.

drive 3pl pres I

thirty

people pl

Arab pl m

nom n 3sg

make 3sg pres I

ahead adv

boy sg n def

drive 3sg pres I

truck sg m def

27 (a) [1:58] and [so was] another one; and in each car one of ours was teaching an Arab.

and

still adv

one sg n adj

and

one sg m adj

Arab sg m

acc 3pl

teach 3pl pres I

acc 3pl clt

28 (a) [2:02] And as they went along, this [Arab] said, the one who is from Tripoli,

and

when conj

walk pl L.part I

and

this sg m adj

hes

say sg m L.part P

that conj

hes

who sg m rel adj

3sg pres cop clt

from

Bezerlik sg m place

29 (a) [2:10] that Gadafi had said that bandits weren’t going to be allowed today among

that conj

Muamar sg m name

say sg m L.part P

today adv

fut neg

comp

release 2pl pres I

bandit pl m def

that pl adj

30 (a) [2:14] the Arabs, that is the Fascists. And so our boy went off that day

Arab pl m

Fascist pl m def

and

nom 3pl

our sg n def adj

boy sg n

go 3sg aor I

acc m 3sg

day sg m

31 (a) [2:21] and [as he went along] he told [his team] where to pound in the road marker posts.

nom sg n

walk 3sg pres I

say 3sg pres I

here adv

fut

hammer 2sg pres P

peg sg n def

here adv

fut

hammer 2sg pres P

peg sg n def

32 (a) [2:27] [But] the Arabs went after them [in sabotage], and pulled out the posts.

and

walk 3pl pres I

after adv

collect 3pl pres I

Arab pl m def

peg pl n def

33 (a) [2:31] And the tractor was plowing [the ground] to make the road.

and

tractor sg m def

plow 3sg pres I

and

road sg m def

fut

dat 3pl clt

acc m 3sg clt

make 3pl pres I

34 (a) [2:34] So Gadafi had said not to let the bandits out today there. But they did let them out,

and

and

Muamar sg m name

say sg m L.part P

fut neg

comp

release 2pl pres I

bandit pl m

today adv

there adv

nom 3pl

release 3pl aor P

35 (a) [2:39] and [those bandits] grabbed our boys – six boys, one from Sofia

and

trap 3pl aor P

our pl def adj

boy pl n

six

boy pl n

one sg n adj

from

Sofia sg f place

36 (a) [2:42] one from Varna, the bride, and another woman. Six in all.

and

one sg n adj

from

Varna sg f place

and

bride sg f def

and

still

one f sg adj

woman sg f

six an.num

people pl

37 (a) [2:47] They took them. “And when they drove us there,” he said, “there emerged

trap 3pl aor P

acc 3pl clt

when conj

acc 1pl clt

drive 3pl aor P

say 3sg pres P

there adv

and

hes

emerge 3pl aor P

say 3sg pres P

38 (a) [2:51] two guys, bandits with sub-machine guns, [who said] we mustn’t move.

two m an.num

people pl

with

[...]

bandit pl m

with

sub-machine.gun pl m

fut neg

comp

[...]

39 (a) [2:56] Then they took our cars and broke them,” he said, “these really nice cars.”

and

take 3pl aor P

dat 1pl clt

car sg f def

and

acc n 3sg clt

break 3pl aor P

say 3sg pres P

already adv

then adv

acc 3pl

car pl.t

nice pl def adj

40 (a) [3:00] Wild men, completely wild! Without sense. And they kept them there.

wild pl adj

people pl

completely adv

wild pl adj

senseless adv

and

hes

now adv

stop 3pl aor I

acc 3pl clt

there adv

41 (a) [3:07] “For twenty days,” he said, “they fed us only pinto bean soup.

twenty

day ct m

say 3sg pres P

with

hes

pɛ̀ster

multicolored sg m adj

beans sg m

acc 1pl clt

feed 3pl pres I

with

soup sg f

42 (a) [3:12] We hadn’t the slightest idea [where we were], just flashing lights

nom 1pl

say 3sg pres P

already adv

say 3sg pres P

not.at.all adv

say 3sg pres P

neg

know 1pl pres I

say 3sg pres P

thus adv

firefly pl f

43 (a) [3:16] in our eyes”, he said. “And then,” he said, “this guy came, and they spread out

say 3sg pres P

eye pl f def

dat 1pl clt

and

come 3sg aor P

say 3sg pres P

one sg m adj

person sg m

spread pl L.part P

dat refl clt

44 (a) [3:22] hay on the ground, about a meter and a half of hay there in the woods.

hay sg n

earth sg f def

hay sg n def

hay sg n def

say 3sg pres P

meter sg m

and

half sg f

there adv

forest sg f def

45 (a) [3:28] They spread it out for us,” he said; they lay down and it was warm.

spread 3pl aor P

dat 1pl clt

say 3sg pres P

lie.down pl L.part P

dat refl clt

disc

warm sg n adj

there adv

3sg impf cop

46 (a) [3:32] So they lay on the hay, out there in the open, and nothing to be done.

lie.down pl L.part P

dat refl clt

hay sg n def

and

open pl P.part P

and

pres neg exist

nothing sg n

47 (a) [3:37] And they’d also taken [another person], from Portugal, a 60-year old guy.

one sg m adj

again adv

hes

acc m 3sg clt

take pl L.part P

from

Portugal sg f place

sixty.year.old sg m adj

шейсетгодишен

č’ov’èk

person sg m

човек

48 (a) [3:42] He went and said the Fascists will bring you things (he was one of them) –

go sg m L.part P

nom 1sg

say sg m L.part P

fut

dat 2pl clt

bring 3pl pres P

Fascist pl m def

nom m 3sg

already adv

with

acc 3pl

49 (a) [3:45] – a blanket, and a [piece of] canvas, so they could spread it out there.

one sg n adj

blanket sg n

and

one

canvas sg m

comp

acc refl clt

spread 3pl pres P

disc

50 (a) [3:51] So they’re there – and we here don’t know if they’re [even] alive, or how they are –

and

now adv

there adv

nom 1pl

neg

acc 3pl clt

know 1pl pres I

alive pl adj

interr clt

3pl pres cop clt

what.kind pl adj

3pl pres cop clt

51 (a) [3:55] we don’t know. We look around and ask questions There was this man from Sofia,

neg

acc 3pl clt

know 1pl pres I

seek 1pl pres I

ask 1pl pres I

from

Sofia sg f place

person sg m

L.part exist

52 (a) [3:58] his wife is a minister – we’d met him there. So [this guy] – his wife is a minister –

one sg m adj

minister sg m

wife sg f

dat m 3sg clt

acquaint 1pl aor P

acc refl clt

there adv

and

minister sg m

wife sg f

dat m 3sg clt

53 (a) [4:04] he is there. So this guy, in Sofia, said to us only that

and

hes

and

nom m 3sg

there adv

and

nom m 3sg

person sg m

only adv

dat 1pl clt

say 3sg pres I

Sofia sg f place

54 (a) [4:09] they’d taken them and put them in a school or out on the grass [or something]

nom 3pl

acc 3pl clt

take 3pl aor P

but

put 3pl aor P

acc 3pl clt

school sg n

but

nom 3pl

grass sg f def

55 (a) [4:12] And we’re crying here, because [cough] we have no idea

and

nom 1pl

cry 1pl pres I

here adv

and

neg

acc 3pl clt

know 1pl pres I

already adv

56 (a) [4:17] how they are, or if they are alive: no letter, no nothing from them.

what.kind pl adj

3pl pres cop clt

neg

alive pl adj

interr clt

3pl pres cop clt

pres neg exist

letter sg n

pres neg exist

nothing sg n

57 (a) [4:21] So there is this Turkish woman here, a fortune teller, my in-law

and

hes

here adv

one f sg adj

Turkish.woman sg f

impf exist

fortune.teller sg f

and

in.law sg m def

58 (a) [4:26] my boy’s [other] grandfather. So he went to the fortune teller

boy sg n def

dat 1sg clt

grandfather sg m

dat m 3sg clt

and

go 3sg aor I

fortune.teller sg f def

гледачка

59 (a) [4:30] and she said – “We’d be content [to hear from them] only “We’re alive”, [we told her].

nom f 3sg

say sg f L.part P

nom 1pl

content indcl adj

1pl pres cop clt

only adv

comp

1pl pres cop clt

alive pl adj

60 (a) [4:33] “They don’t let them write letters or anything, we just want to hear

neg

dat 3pl clt

give 3pl pres I

there adv

neither

letter sg n

neither

nothing sg n

only adv

comp

acc 3pl clt

hear 1pl pres P

61 (a) [4:36] if they are alive.” And that fortune teller said, “They are alive,” she said.

alive pl adj

interr clt

3pl pres cop clt

and

this sg f adj

fortune.teller sg f

say sg f L.part P

alive pl adj

3pl pres cop clt

say sg f L.part P

62 (a) [4:41] “Your daughter is an engineer, your son-in-law a mechanic.

[...]

[...]

daughter sg f

dat 2sg clt

say sg f L.part P

engineer sg f

son.in.law sg m def

dat 2sg clt

mechanic sg m

63 (a) [4:47] They’ll keep them [captive] either seventy days or seventy months

seventy

day ct m

say sg f L.part P

seventy

interr clt

month ct m

say sg f L.part P

fut

acc 3pl clt

keep 3pl pres I

64 (a) [4:53] but they are alive,” she said. “And they will come back for her birthday

but

alive pl adj

3pl pres cop clt

say sg f L.part P

and

fut

ще

ìdat

go 3pl pres P

ида

hes

for

birth sg m def adj

day sg m

65 (a) [4:56] which is coming up. They’ll come,” she said, “They’ll come for her birthday.”

approach 3sg pres I

fut

go 3pl pres P

say sg f L.part P

fut

come 3pl pres P

say sg f L.part P

for

birth sg m def adj

dat f 3sg clt

[...]

66 (a) [5:01] They’ll come for her birthday.” And in fact that happened.

and

fut

come 3pl pres P

for

birth sg m def adj

dat f 3sg clt

day sg m

and

disc

thus adv

become 3sg aor P

67 (a) [5:06] They liberated them on the sixth – on the seventh. They liberated them then. And

sixth sg m def adj

seventh sg m def adj

liberate 3pl aor P

acc 3pl clt

liberate 3pl aor P

acc 3pl clt

then adv

and

hes

68 (a) [5:15] the Arabs that were Communists, [that is, on the side of] our boy,

and

this pl adj

hes

Arab pl m def

rel

nom 3pl

Communist pl m

rel

boy sg n def

dat 1pl clt

69 (a) [5:20] had gone twice to try to get them out but couldn’t free them.

go pl L.part I

two m

time pl m

comp

acc 3pl clt

divest 3pl pres P

but

neg

can pl L.part I

comp

acc 3pl clt

divest 3pl pres P

70 (a) [5:22] There was shooting, he said. The others (Americans and English) were giving support.

shoot 3pl pres I

say 3sg pres P

shoot 3pl pres I

that pl adj

English pl m def

and

American pl m def

acc 3pl clt

support 3pl pres P

71 (a) [5:26] Not much, but support with weapons. But then there came a Russian

little adv

but

support 3pl pres P

acc 3pl clt

with

weapon pl n

and

later adv

when conj

come 3sg pres I

one sg m adj

Russian sg m

72 (a) [5:31] from Var– from Russia: a young fellow twenty-three years old.

from

от

wɑ̀r

[...]

from

hes

Russia sg f place

and

one sg n adj

boy sg n

twenty

and

three

year.old sg n adj

73 (a) [5:35] And the Russian said, “We’re not going to leave until we find them.”

and

Russian sg m def

say sg m L.part P

until

neg

acc 3pl clt

find 1pl pres P

fut neg

comp

depart 1pl pres I

74 (a) [5:40] And our folk were wandering about, hungry, and came upon this field.

and

hes

nom 3pl

walk pl L.part I

walk pl L.part I

emerge pl L.part P

one f sg adj

meadow sg f

hungry pl adj

75 (a) [5:45] A man saw them, though he was one of those others, and he said

one sg m adj

person sg m

acc 3pl clt

see sg m L.part P

but

from

acc 3pl

from

that pl adj

and

say sg m L.part P

76 (a) [5:49] “I’ll go off and bring you back a little bread.” But the soldiers

nom 1sg

fut

go 1sg pres P

comp

dat 2pl clt

bring 1sg pres P

little adv

bread sg m

but

soldier pl m def

77 (a) [5:51] still sought them. They came out and said, “Did you see man and woman here?”

all adv

acc 3pl clt

search pl L.part I

emerge pl L.part P

there adv

woman sg f

and

man sg m

see 2pl aor P

interr clt

say pl L.part P

78 (a) [5:56] He said, “I got here, came out [and saw them], and was going to get them food”, he said.

nom m 3sg

say sg m L.part P

come 1sg aor P

call 3sg pres I

here adv

emerge 1sg aor P

say sg m L.part P

fut

dat 3pl clt

seek 1sg pres I

little adv

[...]

79 (a) [6:01] [But] when I came, they took fright and dashed into the woods again.”

come 1sg aor P

call 3sg pres I

nom 3pl

again adv

acc 3pl clt

fear adv

again adv

acc refl clt

plunge pl L.part P

forest sg f def

80 (a) [6:03] And they walked on and on, four days, without food, and came upon

walk pl L.part I

walk pl L.part I

four

day ct m

walk pl L.part I

hungry pl adj

and

emerge 3pl pres P

81 (a) [6:08] a fisherman, and he – this boy said to him, “Take us [to get food],”

one sg m adj

go m I

for

fish sg f

nom m 3sg

say sg m L.part P

boy sg n def

say sg n L.part P

comp

acc 1pl clt

lead 2pl pres P

82 (a) [6:14] he said, “we’re hungry. And we’re actors,” said [the girl] (they were hiding).

say sg n L.part P

hungry pl adj

1pl pres cop clt

and

nom 1pl

1pl pres cop clt

say sg f L.part P

actor pl m

hide 3pl pres I

acc refl clt

83 (a) [6:18] OK. Anyway, he took them. The wife had given him her watch

fine adv

but

nom m 3sg

acc 3pl clt

lead sg m L.part P

bride sg f def

dat m 3sg clt

give sg f L.part P

watch sg m def

dat refl clt

84 (a) [6:22] So he took them. He led them to his hut where, he said,

nom m 3sg

acc 3pl clt

lead sg m L.part P

lead sg m L.part P

acc 3pl clt

hut sg f def

dat refl clt

and

nom n 3sg

say 3sg pres P

85 (a) [6:25] they don’t eat bread. They had no flour, but [the woman] stirred up some potato mash

neg

eat 3pl pres I

bread sg m

not.have 3pl pres I

flour sg n

disc

gruel sg f

potato sg f adj

stir sg f L.part P

86 (a) [6:30] and they fed them and put them up overnight, and then left to take them

and

acc 3pl clt

те

nəhrɑ̀nili

feed pl L.part P

нахраня

and

acc 3pl clt

sleep pl L.part I

there adv

and

depart pl L.part P

comp

acc 3pl clt

lead 3sg pres P

87 (a) [6:34] to Tripoli, to show them the way. They walked, they walked –

toward

Bezerlik sg m place

comp

show 3sg pres P

road sg m def

walk pl L.part I

walk pl L.part I

88 (a) [6:37] and then two Arab boys came up. The wife wasn’t able to walk any more,

go 3pl pres I

two n

boy pl n

from

Arab pl m def

bride sg f def

already adv

neg

can 3sg pres I

comp

walk 3sg pres I

89 (a) [6:42] they were fainting from hunger after 70 days. So these boys

fall pl L.part P

from

hunger sg f

seventy

day ct m

and

and

this pl adj

boy pl n

90 (a) [6:46] had bicycles. They took the wife, and because Drago couldn’t [walk either].

pl L.part cop

with

bicycle pl n def

take 3pl pres P

bride sg f def

and

walk pl L.part I

Drago sg m name

neg

can 3sg pres I

91 (a) [6:49] they took him too and drove them a long way, two or three kilometers,

and

take pl L.part P

and

acc m 3sg

acc 3pl clt

drive pl L.part I

much adv

two m

three

kilometer ct m

acc 3pl clt

drive pl L.part I

92 (a) [6:54] and took them to soldiers, soldiers who would then take them to the Arabs.

and

acc 3pl clt

lead pl L.part P

soldier pl m def

rel

soldier pl m

fut

acc 3pl clt

lead 3pl pres I

[...]

[...]

Arab pl m def

93 (a) [6:59] “And they took us there,” he said. “And the soldiers sent a message,” he said,

and

acc 1pl clt

lead 3pl aor P

say 3sg pres P

there adv

and

soldier pl m def

say 3sg pres P

[...]

and

səupštìə

communicate 3pl aor P

съобщя

kɑ̀e

say 3sg pres P

кажа

94 (a) [7:06] and a car came – they and several others had been looking for them.

come 3sg aor P

car sg f

otherwise adv

seek 3pl pres I

acc 3pl clt

and

such pl adj

other pl adj

acc 3pl clt

seek 3pl pres I

95 (a) [7:09] “If they see [someone’s] Bulgarian, [bandits] will kill him,” he said. “Then they came with cars

when conj

acc m 3sg clt

see 3pl pres P

say 3sg pres P

Bulgarian sg m

kill 3pl pres I

acc m 3sg clt

come 3pl aor P

say 3sg pres P

with

car pl f def

96 (a) [7:13] “They took us and drove us and gave us [to eat],” said Drago.

take 3pl aor P

acc 1pl clt

drive 3pl aor P

acc 1pl clt

say 3sg pres P

but

give 3pl pres I

say 3sg pres P

Drago sg m name

97 (a) [7:16] “They had food there, but it was only canteen food, and I,” he said,

and

food sg n

have 3pl pres I

but

canteen sg m

only adv

but

nom 1sg

say 3sg pres P

98 (a) [7:19] couldn’t eat [it].” And [then] this Russian and another boy

dr’eh

[unclear]

neg

can 1sg pres I

comp

eat 1sg pres I

and

this sg m adj

Russian sg m def

and

boy sg n def

99 (a) [7:25] came with a helicopter from Russia, and if it weren’t for them –

with

helicopter sg m

come pl L.part P

from

Russia sg f place

and

nom 3pl

if conj

neg

3pl aor cop

100 (a) [7:27] they wouldn’t have been able to save our boys. The Russian saved them!

neg

can 3pl aor I

neg

can pl L.part.impf I

comp

save 3pl pres P

boy pl n def

our pl def adj

Russian sg m def

acc 3pl clt

save sg m L.part P

101 (a) [7:33] So they took his address [so that] he’ll come visit us in Varna.

and

dat 3pl clt

take sg m L.part P

address sg m def

and

will

come 3sg pres I

guest pl m

from

Varna sg f place

102 (a) [7:36] Then the helicopter signalled that it was leaving, and without warning it took fire

and

hes

and

helicopter sg m def

discharge 3sg pres I

that conj

dat refl clt

go 3sg pres I

and

all.at.once adv

helicopter sg m def

acc refl clt

kindle 3sg pres I

103 (a) [7:42] and the pilots burned to death – both the [other] boy and the Russian.

and

burn.up 3pl pres I

pilot pl m def

and

boy sg n def

and

hes

rusnàkə

Russian sg m def

руснак

104 (a) [7:46] “But,” he said, [the Russians] will still protect us from others [like this].

and

acc 1pl

say 3sg pres P

again adv

acc 1pl clt

preserve 3pl pres I

[...]

hes

drùgiətə

other pl def adj

друг

105 (a) [7:49] There’s hooligans who will kill someone when they see he’s Bulgarian.

hooligan pl m def

say 3sg pres P

pres exist

when conj

see 3pl pres P

Bulgarian sg m

kill 3pl pres I

acc m 3sg clt

106 (a) [7:52] Because,” he said, “that’s how they are.”

because conj

say 3sg pres P

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1 (a) [0:02] I have another son, he’s married [and] has two children.

2 (a) [0:07] And he went to Libya, to another country [where] they kidnapped him.

3 (a) [0:11] He was there a year. And [these] bandits kidnapped him.

4 (a) [0:14] For seventy days we had no knowledge of him –

5 (a) [0:17] Was he alive? Where was he? So we went to a fortune-teller,

6 (a) [0:20] And the fortune-teller said – she looked at a photo [of him].

7 (a) [0:23] We didn’t know [anything more] about him. He and his wife had both gone,

8 (a) [0:27] altogether six boys, one from Sofia and the four from Varna

9 (a) [0:30] plus the wife – and some other one woman. So they went there,

10 (a) [0:35] [working as] mechanics [among] the Arabs there.

11 (a) [0:38] And the Arabs hate them, because they [foreigners] get paid [good] money

12 (a) [0:43] but the [locals] don’t get paid, as opposed to ours, who when they go there

13 (a) [0:46] get paid [good] money. And our folk stayed [only] five months

14 (a) [0:50] and weren’t going to stay any longer. So they took leave [from work]

15 (a) [0:55] to come here [to Varna]. It takes twelve hours by plane

16 (a) [0:59] to Libya. Imagine, twelve hours! So when they had stayed for a year

17 (a) [1:04] they’d bought the tickets and were about to come [home] for a month.

18 (a) [1:07] But there were these bandits. Wild people! And they kidnapped them. They told them

19 (a) [1:13] there were four hundred Fascists over there, the whole city of Tripoli,

20 (a) [1:19] but they were Communists. So our boy is a mechanic and his wife an engineer

21 (a) [1:25] They had issued them driving school cars, two of them, from Portugal.

22 (a) [1:32] So they took these two driving school cars out to give the Arabs driving lessons,

23 (a) [1:36] one on one. And they set off. Our boy the mechanic was building roads for them

24 (a) [1:41] But [some people] don’t like [us] Communists, those Fascists there,

25 (a) [1:45] and they thought to kidnap our boys that day. So they’re driving the school cars

26 (a) [1:51] and thirty Arabs were driving. Our boy was in front, driving a truck.

27 (a) [1:58] and [so was] another one; and in each car one of ours was teaching an Arab.

28 (a) [2:02] And as they went along, this [Arab] said, the one who is from Tripoli,

29 (a) [2:10] that Gadafi had said that bandits weren’t going to be allowed today among

30 (a) [2:14] the Arabs, that is the Fascists. And so our boy went off that day

31 (a) [2:21] and [as he went along] he told [his team] where to pound in the road marker posts.

32 (a) [2:27] [But] the Arabs went after them [in sabotage], and pulled out the posts.

33 (a) [2:31] And the tractor was plowing [the ground] to make the road.

34 (a) [2:34] So Gadafi had said not to let the bandits out today there. But they did let them out,

35 (a) [2:39] and [those bandits] grabbed our boys – six boys, one from Sofia

36 (a) [2:42] one from Varna, the bride, and another woman. Six in all.

37 (a) [2:47] They took them. “And when they drove us there,” he said, “there emerged

38 (a) [2:51] two guys, bandits with sub-machine guns, [who said] we mustn’t move.

39 (a) [2:56] Then they took our cars and broke them,” he said, “these really nice cars.”

40 (a) [3:00] Wild men, completely wild! Without sense. And they kept them there.

41 (a) [3:07] “For twenty days,” he said, “they fed us only pinto bean soup.

42 (a) [3:12] We hadn’t the slightest idea [where we were], just flashing lights

43 (a) [3:16] in our eyes”, he said. “And then,” he said, “this guy came, and they spread out

44 (a) [3:22] hay on the ground, about a meter and a half of hay there in the woods.

45 (a) [3:28] They spread it out for us,” he said; they lay down and it was warm.

46 (a) [3:32] So they lay on the hay, out there in the open, and nothing to be done.

47 (a) [3:37] And they’d also taken [another person], from Portugal, a 60-year old guy.

48 (a) [3:42] He went and said the Fascists will bring you things (he was one of them) –

49 (a) [3:45] – a blanket, and a [piece of] canvas, so they could spread it out there.

50 (a) [3:51] So they’re there – and we here don’t know if they’re [even] alive, or how they are –

51 (a) [3:55] we don’t know. We look around and ask questions There was this man from Sofia,

52 (a) [3:58] his wife is a minister – we’d met him there. So [this guy] – his wife is a minister –

53 (a) [4:04] he is there. So this guy, in Sofia, said to us only that

54 (a) [4:09] they’d taken them and put them in a school or out on the grass [or something]

55 (a) [4:12] And we’re crying here, because [cough] we have no idea

56 (a) [4:17] how they are, or if they are alive: no letter, no nothing from them.

57 (a) [4:21] So there is this Turkish woman here, a fortune teller, my in-law

58 (a) [4:26] my boy’s [other] grandfather. So he went to the fortune teller

59 (a) [4:30] and she said – “We’d be content [to hear from them] only “We’re alive”, [we told her].

60 (a) [4:33] “They don’t let them write letters or anything, we just want to hear

61 (a) [4:36] if they are alive.” And that fortune teller said, “They are alive,” she said.

62 (a) [4:41] “Your daughter is an engineer, your son-in-law a mechanic.

63 (a) [4:47] They’ll keep them [captive] either seventy days or seventy months

64 (a) [4:53] but they are alive,” she said. “And they will come back for her birthday

65 (a) [4:56] which is coming up. They’ll come,” she said, “They’ll come for her birthday.”

66 (a) [5:01] They’ll come for her birthday.” And in fact that happened.

67 (a) [5:06] They liberated them on the sixth – on the seventh. They liberated them then. And

68 (a) [5:15] the Arabs that were Communists, [that is, on the side of] our boy,

69 (a) [5:20] had gone twice to try to get them out but couldn’t free them.

70 (a) [5:22] There was shooting, he said. The others (Americans and English) were giving support.

71 (a) [5:26] Not much, but support with weapons. But then there came a Russian

72 (a) [5:31] from Var– from Russia: a young fellow twenty-three years old.

73 (a) [5:35] And the Russian said, “We’re not going to leave until we find them.”

74 (a) [5:40] And our folk were wandering about, hungry, and came upon this field.