Šumnatica 2
28 (a) a lìnijətə germàncite gu nəpràihə dà germàncite germàncite
Yes, it was the Germans who built the railway line. The Germans. The Germans
29 (a) tugàvə tè səberàhə ut tùka ud nàštu sèlu turduvàci
at that time gathered conscript labor from here, from our village,
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]
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.
45 (a) ut mumčìlgràt və putkòvə dòjde lìnijətə əmə
So the railway line came from Momchilgrad to Podkovo. And [the workers]
46 (a) rəbòtiə kəto zv’àruve [laughter]
worked like beasts. [laughter]
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.
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.
