Bulgarians

6 (a) i slət tvà ìməlu i bɤ̀lgare i tùrcɨ

and after that there were both Bulgarians and Turks.

11 (a) i kət sə zəsè̝l’il’ɨ tùkə nàšte hòrə bɤ̀lgər’ɤt nəkùpɨl’ɨ sɨ̥ nɨ̀vi

and when our people, the Bulgarians, settled here, they bought land

12 (a) ut tùrcite tùrci̥te sə pribràl’i kəm turcìjə pək nàšte sə nəkùpɨl’i nɨ̀

from the Turks, and the Turks went back to Turkey, and our people bought the land

13 (a) ut t’àh i prèdàdufcite nè mi òšte prè.prèdàdufcɨ

from them. And our great-grandfathers, no, even further back ...

168 (a) što no i sɤ̀ga smo si takìva mì smo ə bɤ̀lgarete individualìsti

We’re still like that, we Bulgarians are “individualists”.

170 (a) dàj da si govòrimo če sme

Let’s agree that we’re …

172 (a) takìva i sɤ̀k smo si takìva ɤ vìdite li

… that way. And we still are. See,

173 (a) ə kat òtide u čužbìna ispɤln’àva sìčki pravilà

when [a Bulgarian] goes abroad he follows all the rules,

174 (a) à kat e u bḷgàriju si prài kvò sàka

but when he’s in Bulgaria he does whatever he wants.

178 (a) i kato če go prài na inàt

It’s as if he does it out of pure stubbornness.

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!

48 (a) nàšte si gi uprəvl’àvət bɤ̀rg bɤ̀lgərìte dà

Ours [indeed]! The –The Bulgarians were in charge of them. Yes.

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.

24 (a) nəli gonìa e təvà germàncite bàa i bɤ̀lgarite

Weren’t they chasing – those Germans were – and the Bulgarians,

25 (a) nəli bàa səjùs

weren’t they in alliance?

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