crime

Bosnek 3

74 (a) vèrni go no go iščistìli pa ni ukradnà nìe go zagradìme

It’s true that they cleaned it, but they also robbed us. We had barricaded it off

75 (a) sɤs ə pɤ̀sno sɤs takàva ogràda go zagradìme̥ mòl’a ti se

with [unclear] we made a kind of fence around it. And would you believe it,

76 (a) da ni otkàča: vratèto da go ukràdna zaštò pìtam se za kakvò

they just detached the little gate and stole it. Why, I wonder – what for?

Dolna Sekirna 2

64 (a) àpekà stàde i ga pòsle rasturìše naučìše se da kràdnu u

The A.P.K. was set up, and later they destroyed it. They learned how to steal.

65 (a) u àpekàto u tekezèto ot pṛ̀vo ne dàvaju da ukràdneš

in the A.P.K. and the T.K.Z.S. At the beginning they didn’t allow stealing

66 (a) tràvu ne mòž da nabèreš u stopànstvo u u tèkezesè a pòsle

You couldn’t take [a blade of] grass from the collective farm. But later –

67 (VZh) i kòj ne znàe i òn se naučì

Whoever didn’t know how – he learned too!

71 (a) pòsle ga rasturìše i odvlèkoše svè žìvo

And then they destroyed it, and dragged away every last thing.

72 (a) sìčko iskràdoše odvlèkoše

They plundered and carried off everything.

Dolna Sekirna 3

99 (a) nèma da se kràdnu nèma da se lɤ̀žu tè tikà si bèše

There wasn’t stealing, there wasn’t lying. That’s how it was.

100 (a) a sà se kràdnu lɤ̀žu a a nìe smo siromašìja

But now people steal and lie. [As for us,] we’re poor.

Garvan 2

1 (b) òx i kràžbi sigà kràžbi è tès təkòs ə

Ah, and [what] thievery there is now. Thefts and such, all this.

2 (b) tòs ə tɤ̀s udɤ̀ è tàm gòre ìməši mòs

Up where the water is, there was a bridge up there.

3 (b) tàm ìməxmi nìj kəšlì ìməxmi

We had our [sheep] pens there. We had …

5 (b) trì dèkərə kəšlɤ̀ ìməši mòs kəzɤ̀m i dž'il'ezà ìməši

… three decares in sheep pens. A bridge, my girl, and iron bars

6 (b) tɤ̀j udgòr'ə i r'àkətə sə istìč'əš'i̥ nətàtək

up there [as protection where] the river flows down the hill.

7 (b) ə pək segànə də zɤ̀mət də ukrədɤ̀t n'èə t'àw dž'il'əzà

And now they came and stole them – those [pieces of] iron!

9 (b) gi ukràli utòrl'i tùj tùkətɤ̀j sìčkutu ubrànu dž'il'ezàtə

They stole them, opened it up, and [now] everything is stolen, [all] the iron.

10 (b) i sigànə tùj tùkə utòr:no i sìčki ut bəìr'u i

And now it’s all open there. The entire hillside [is unprotected], and –

12 (b) i təkòs prəstɤ̀ ìdi ètu tù̥kə̥ kò sə trùpə

and the soil comes [down]. Look here [at] what’s piled up.

13 (b) pò nəpr'èt n'èməše təkòs è sigà ut səvètə ìmə xòrə

Earlier on it wasn’t like that. Now there are people from the village council

14 (b) tɤ̀j dètu ràbt'ət tə im pumàgət tàm im dàvət təkòs

that work [to clear it] – they (the council) help them, they give them [work].

16 (b) i tè trùpət jə kəlɤ̀ s'àkuj pudìr dɤ̀ž də vìdite kò i

And they pile up the mud after each rainfall – you should see what it’s like –

17 (b) idìn pɤ̀t' xvɤ̀rliwə sigà pàk ut tàm ìdi dəždɤ̀

each time they clear it out, now comes the rain again.

18 (b) t'è tì zimì mustòve nər'ed'ènu dž'il'ezà inì dib'èli dž'il'ezà ìməše̥

So [you get] mud alternating with bridge [chunks], those thick iron bars

20 (b) i zèli dž'il'ezàtə i s'à stànə nə əčìk tàm i

And they apparently took the iron bars and now it’s all open up there, and –

21 (RA) e kogà stàna tovà

So when did this happen?

22 (b) è sigànə è m'èsec ìmə l' dvà l'i kəkò

Just recently, a month ago or maybe two.

24 (b) tùj l'àtu

This summer.

26 (b) dusigà stànə gudìni nìj kət znàm às mustò səd'èši̥ tàm

Till now it’s been years, we – I know the bridge has been there [that long].

28 (b) tò sigà gul'èmi əjdučòre be

But now these big crooks –

29 (b) às kət slùšəm kəkò j kòlku mə j sràf tə

When I hear what it’s like, I get so afraid.

33 (b) às slùšəm nə tòčkətə mnògu lòšəvu

I hear a great deal of bad things on the radio.

Golica 5

2 (a) i utìde w bez’erlìk’ u drùga dərdž’ɛ̀va ə č’e gu z’èha

And he went to Libya, to another country [where] they kidnapped him.

3 (a) i stuv’à ednà gudìna ə č’e gu z’èha bəndìt’tɛ̏

He was there a year. And [these] bandits kidnapped him.

18 (a) i ban’d’ìt’i ìmalo dìvi xòra i gi z’èha i im kɑ̀zali

But there were these bandits. Wild people! And they kidnapped them. They told them

19 (a) t’ìj bilì ottàk vašìst’ɨ č’ètiristòtin dùši otsàm c’àl gràd bezerlìk

there were four hundred Fascists over there, the whole city of Tripoli,

20 (a) tì i pàk komunìst’i i nàšto momč’è tehnìk bùlkata əndž’ilèrka

but they were Communists. So our boy is a mechanic and his wife an engineer

24 (a) ama tìe ne štɛ̀t komun’ìstetu un’às fašìst’i ottàm

But [some people] don’t like [us] Communists, those Fascists there,

25 (a) i nɑ̀št’ȅ mumč’èta šə ə z’èmat ə n’ègo d’èn kɑ̀rat kolìt’ȅ stud’èn:t’ɛ̏

and they thought to kidnap our boys that day. So they’re driving the school cars

26 (a) kɑ̀rat trìjset dùš’i arap’à to prɑ̀vi napr’ɛ̀d momč’èto kɑ̀ra kamiòne

and thirty Arabs were driving. Our boy was in front, driving a truck.

27 (a) i vèšti ednò i po edìn aràpin vəs t’ɑ̀x očɛ̀d gi

and [so was] another one; and in each car one of ours was teaching an Arab.

28 (a) i kat vər’àli i tòs ə kɑ̀zal če ə kòjtu e ut bez’erlìk

And as they went along, this [Arab] said, the one who is from Tripoli,

29 (a) če muamàr kɑ̀zal dn’ès n’èma da pùskat’e ban’d’ìt’t’ȅ na un’àz

that Gadafi had said that bandits weren’t going to be allowed today among

30 (a) na aràpi na fašìstit’ȅ i tì nàš’to mumčè utòd’a n’ègu d’èn

the Arabs, that is the Fascists. And so our boy went off that day

31 (a) tò varì kɑ̀zva tùk še zabìš kòl’č’eto tùk še zabìš kòl’č’etu

and [as he went along] he told [his team] where to pound in the road marker posts.

32 (a) i vər’ɛ̀t otpodìr’e zabìrat arap’àta kòl’č’etata

[But] the Arabs went after them [in sabotage], and pulled out the posts.

33 (a) i tràktora orì pək pɛ̀t’a še im go pràvət

And the tractor was plowing [the ground] to make the road.

34 (a) i či muàr kɑ̀zal n’èma da pùskat’e ban’d’ìt’i n’ès tàm tij pùsnaha

So Gadafi had said not to let the bandits out today there. But they did let them out,

35 (a) i vkèpaxa nɑ̀šte mumč’èta š’ès mumč’èta ednò ot sòhia

and [those bandits] grabbed our boys – six boys, one from Sofia

36 (a) i ednò ot vɑ̀rna i bùlkatȁ i v’èš ednà ženɑ̀ š’estìma dùši

one from Varna, the bride, and another woman. Six in all.

37 (a) vkèpaxa gi kat nì zakɑ̀raxa kɑ̀i tàm i ə izl’àzaha kɑ̀e

They took them. “And when they drove us there,” he said, “there emerged

38 (a) dvàma dùši z ban’d’ì ban’d’ìt’i səs šmàjzere n’èma da mɛ̀r

two guys, bandits with sub-machine guns, [who said] we mustn’t move.

39 (a) i z’àha ni kolàta i gu ščùpiha kae v’èče tugɑ̀s t’ɑ̀h kolà xùbavit’ȅ̥

Then they took our cars and broke them,” he said, “these really nice cars.”

40 (a) dìvi xòra savs’àm d’ìvu bizùmno i ə segɑ̀ spr’àha gi tàm

Wild men, completely wild! Without sense. And they kept them there.

41 (a) dvɑ̀ise d’èn’a kɑ̀e səs ə pɛ̀ster bòp ni hrɑ̀n’ət š č’urbɛ̀

“For twenty days,” he said, “they fed us only pinto bean soup.

42 (a) nie kɑ̀e vèk’i kɑ̀e hìč’ kɑ̀e ni znàeme kɑ̀e tɛ̀j bleštùl’ki

We hadn’t the slightest idea [where we were], just flashing lights

43 (a) kɑ̀e na uč’ìt’ȅ ni i dòjde kɑ̀e edìn č’ov’èk poslàli si

in our eyes”, he said. “And then,” he said, “this guy came, and they spread out

44 (a) s’àno na zem’ɛ̀ta s’àn:tȕ senòto kɑ̀e m’ètər i pol’vìna tàm u gorɛ̀tə

hay on the ground, about a meter and a half of hay there in the woods.

45 (a) poslàha ni kɑ̀e l’ègnali si to tòplu tàm b’ɛ̀ši̥

They spread it out for us,” he said; they lay down and it was warm.

46 (a) l’ègnali si na senòto i ətkrìt’i i n’àma nìštu̥

So they lay on the hay, out there in the open, and nothing to be done.

47 (a) edìn pàk ə go zèli ot portakɑ̀lia šees’ègodìš’en č’ov’èk

And they’d also taken [another person], from Portugal, a 60-year old guy.

48 (a) otišèl àz rekɛ̀l še v donsɛ̀t fašìstit’e tòj vèk’e s t’ɑ̀h

He went and said the Fascists will bring you things (he was one of them) –

49 (a) inò od’àlu i edìn briz’ènt da s pustèl’at əf takòsta

– a blanket, and a [piece of] canvas, so they could spread it out there.

Huhla 3

49 (a) kəkvò struvìhə kəkvò nòsihə ut tvà dəržàvətə rəzgràbəhə dəržàvətə

what they’ve built, what they’ve taken from the state. They robbed the state,

50 (a) də t'i kàžə rəzgràbəhə ə mə n'è e təkà nìj

let me tell you, they robbed it. It wasn’t like that [before]. We –

60 (a) c'àlə nɤ̀š sùrnəhə t'àə žilizà i t'aə təkòvə cimènti bes pərì

They were hoisting this iron and cement all night long, without paying for it.

61 (a) ud ə təkɤ̀vutu ə ud nàšijə jəzuvìr

[It was all] from this – it was from our dam.

Stančov Han 3

8 (c) kàrəə pràiə lɤ̀gɤɤ kràdiə nàj pudìr’e fəlìrə sìčkutu

drove [everything off], did [all that], told lies, stole – and finally it all went bankrupt.

9 (c) i sià sìčku zəpustè nìštu kɤ̀rištə n’è sə kusì

and now it’s all gone to waste. Nothing. The fields neither get mown

22 (c) kulà kərùci tràkturi məšìni šìčku prupəstìə prudàduə gi iskràdnəə gi

A cart, carriages, tractors, machines – they wasted it all. They sold them, stole them,

23 (c) i sìčku fəlìrə i n’èmə v’èči s kvò də sə ràbuti

everything’s gone bankrupt and there’s no longer anything to work with.

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