mining

16 (a) nèma ot kɤdè a tàtko bòg da go pròsti u mìnata rabòti

No resources. Father, God rest his soul, worked in the mine,

2 (a) tàtko si dòjdeše od mìnata i togàva go ne vìkaxa prèmii

Dad would come from the mine. At that time they didn’t call it bonus pay,

26 (a) mène dèset òn ne mòž gi odrabòti rabotì u mìnata

and ten days to me. But he couldn’t work them all, since he worked in the mines,

27 (a) i jà trèbe gi odrabòtim pò navàm se vùrn’a pravì

so I had to work them [too]. Closer on they made the bakery.

33 (a) jà sɤm išlà išlì smo nìe kato komsomòlci u mìnata idòmo

I went along, we all went. As “Young Communists”, we went to the mine.

34 (a) a rabotìmo u mìnata u pèrnik na tovà i tè tàmo

We worked in the mine, in Pernik, on this – there –

35 (a) na ùlei ednò sigà si ga spòmn’am vɤ̀tre

in the chutes. I remember now [how it was down] inside

36 (a) se iskàruje k’umùrɤt na natàm

[where] they got the charcoal out of there.

37 (VZh) na k’umùr

[You mined] for charcoal?

40 (a) u mìnata u k’umùrɤt idòmo da rabòtimo besplàtno mladèži

We young people went down to work in the charcoal mine, for free.

18 (a) è tùkә ìmә mìnә tuvà krɤst’èc

Well, there’s a mine here, this Krŭstets.

20 (a) f krɤst’èc ìmә mìnә

There’s a mine in Krŭstets.

21 (PSh) ama kakvà mìna

But what kind of mine?

22 (a) tàm rәbòt’exḁ әmi s vɤ̀glištә

They used to work there. Well, [a] coal [mine].

24 (a) vɤ̀glištə skàrvɤt tàm pòviči̥tu xòrə i ràbut'èxə i tùkənək vəf tr'àvnə

They extract coal. That’s where most of the people worked. Also here in Tryavna.

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