land restitution

Huhla 6

91 (a) t'à ne hər'èsvələ s'èdes'ètu pə̥k səd'è ur'è nə čàsnu

And she says she doesn’t like the U.D.F., yet she’s always plowing private land.

92 (a) kòjtu ne hər'èsvə s'èdes'e hìč ne tr'àvə də ur'ɛ̀ nə čàsnu

If someone doesn’t like the U.D.F., there’s no way they should be plowing private land.

96 (a) wòt' ur'èš nə čàsnu n'àmə də ur'èš nə čàsnu

since you’re plowing private land. You shouldn’t be plowing private land.

Mogilica 3

85 (a) əm seà se zəvɤ̀rnə zem'ɔ̀sə əm seà ustərɛ̀hme nəkvi ràbuti

And now the land's been returned. But now we've grown old. And there it is.

90 (a) sɛ̀nu sɛ̀nu ìməme sà sɛ̀nu zəvɔ̀rnəhə si mi livàdite ìməme

Hay, hay. We've got hay now. They returned the meadows to me, we have [that].

91 (a) pə grədìnite mi nàmi flɛ̀ze regulàcijə tè gu zemàhə sìč'ku

[But] our gardens – this regulation came [into force] and they took it all,

92 (a) kɔ̀š'ti nəgrədìhə mnògu sme ə zlubèni nìe usòbenu

and built houses [there]. We're very embittered. Us especially –

93 (a) nèje sìč'kutu mi gu z'ɔ̀hə

they took everything away from me.

94 (VZh) segà ne gò li vɤ̀rnaxa

[But] now, didn't they give it back?

95 (a) e če f enèj regulàcijə gu ne vràštət dərž'ɛ̀vətə kəkò e seà

Well, [there's] this regulation. The state's not returning [our land] the way it is now.

96 (a) č'ɛ̀kəme nìštu ne stàvə kək jɛ̀ ti kàzvəm uzlubèni sme mnògu

We're waiting, but nothing is happening. As I said, we're very embittered.

97 (a) grədìni nèməme livàdi mlògu ìmə əmə grədìni nèməme

We don't have [our] gardens. There's a lot of meadow but we don't have gardens.

98 (a) ti kàzvəm i nəgrədìhə kɔ̀š'ti e təkvì təgà besràmnici

[Like] I told you, they then [went and] built houses and stuff. Shameless ones!

99 (a) də gi e nè sràm kədènu sə ugradìli bàre

They should be ashamed of themselves for building what they did. At the least

100 (a) kədènu e ustànəlu də si mi gu dədɔ̀t əmə i nègə

they could have given the remainder to me, but even that

101 (a) nè dàvət tè si gu s'ɔ̀t zgà dərž'ɛ̀vətə mi go e dàlə

they won't give me. They plant it now [and say] “The state gave it to me” !

Stikŭl 1

66 (a) əzgà si dàduhə zəm’ɔ̀sə če kugà gl’ɔ̀də ajtùə mlədèš

Now they’ve returned the land [to its original owners], but when I look at these youth,

67 (a) kəkvòtu vàs nᶤìkuj ne utìde də ràbuti sin i gurà stànə

like you, nobody is going to work, son! All has turned to forest!

68 (a) p’èd gudᶤìni stànə nəlì znàete vɔ̀rnə sə zəm’ɔ̀sə dàduhə jə

It’s been five years since the land was returned, you know? They gave it back!

70 (a) tugà nìkuj nə hòdi də ràbutɨ nèməš kò̝n’ nèmə s kəkvò

And nobody goes out to work [it]. You don’t have a horse, there’s nothing [to work with]

Stikŭl 4

11 (a) ezgà nòč’e nɛ̀kvu štɛ̀lu də ìmə pàk pu zəm’ɔ̀sə

Now Noche, weren’t they about to do something about the land once again?

12 (b) əm kvòtu ìma ìmaš li n’àkvi dokumènti

Well, whatever there is. Do you have any sort of documentation?

14 (b) ìmaš li dokumènti

Do you have any documents?

15 (a) əm tò žə zbərèm že sə zbìrət òtə nəlì tè hi

Well, we’ll get [them]. They’ll be collected. Because haven’t they –

36 (a) žə minòvə zgà nɛ̀kva kumìsijə pàk pu zem’ɔ̀sə

Some committee is going to come now, again about the land.

37 (a) tà be dàg’ena zə p’èg gudìnɨ ne smè dàvali hìč pərì

It was given [to us] for five years, and we haven’t paid any money

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