To Vasiliye we translation!!

[Truth Bearer]

Or any Albanian who can translate this interview.

Ahmeti: Slavs cant be Macedonians.

http://media.a1.com.mk/media/video/08/ahmeti-24-01.wmv

[Vasiliye]

The translation, from the subtitles:

0.28, Ahmeti:"Now a contradiction.We are an ancient people, Alexander the great is ours.And here we have a contradiction."

0.45, Interlocutor: "You, as a party are giving the Greeks a right?"

0.49: Ahmeti: "It is not about a right.You should be a fool and not to realize that if you are a Slav, you cannot be a Macedonian, you cannot appropriate Alexander the Macedonian."

[Vasiliye]

I put it on "Youtube":

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QagnbMO_tDU " title="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QagnbMO_tDU" target="_blank">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QagnbMO_tDU

0.37. Ahmeti: "Now a contradiction.We are an old people, Alexander the great is ours.And here we have a contradiction."

0.52. Interlocutor: "You as a party are giving the Greeks a legitimacy?"

0.56. Ahmeti: "It is not about a legitimacy. You should be a fool and not to realize that if you are a Slav, you cannot be a Macedonian, you cannot appropriate Alexander the Macedonian."

[Mygdonia]

The folk that have their capital as Skopje will be shattered, angered, dismayed and annoyed by the truthful and honest comments.

The truth can slap you like a wet blanket. He is right, they are slavs and it is historically, intellectually impossible to be a Macedonian.

[Astoria]

The crowd was silent and the atmosphere was colored in disappointement. The man spoke the truth infront of everyone without being challenged.

[Petros Houhoulis]

Originally Posted by Vasiliye

The translation, from the subtitles:

0.28, Ahmeti:"Now a contradiction.We are an ancient people, Alexander the great is ours.And here we have a contradiction."

0.45, Interlocutor: "You, as a party are giving the Greeks a right?"

0.49: Ahmeti: "It is not about a right.You should be a fool and not to realize that if you are a Slav, you cannot be a Macedonian, you cannot appropriate Alexander the Macedonian."

So Ali Ahmeti thinks that Alexander the Great was an Albanian eh?

Funny world that we are living in...

[Tsontos]

Originally Posted by Petros Houhoulis

So Ali Ahmeti thinks that Alexander the Great was an Albanian eh?

Funny world that we are living in...

I dont think he says that. I think here refers to FYROMians as a whole (himself included)

0.28, Ahmeti:"Now a contradiction.We are an ancient people, Alexander the great is ours.And here we have a contradiction."

He calls it a contradiction. Maybe Vasiliye can clarify that.

"You, as a party are giving the Greeks a right?"

What does he mean by "right" Vasiliye?

[Astoria]

petros, I believe you misunderstood the first sentence. I think he was giving an explanation of the contradiction by using a generalization of the skop situation (hope that makes any sense to you).

[Petros Houhoulis]

Originally Posted by Astoria

petros, I believe you misunderstood the first sentence. I think he was giving an explanation of the contradiction by using a generalization of the skop situation (hope that makes any sense to you).

Maybe. This is a translation anyway, and one needs to read the whole interview to make sense, and not just a sentence out of context.

[Jordan Piperkata]

Originally Posted by Astoria

The crowd was silent and the atmosphere was colored in disappointement. The man spoke the truth infront of everyone without being challenged.

You are aware that the crowd you speak of was the audience in the TV-studio in Tirana were this was filmed, you did get that right?



And as a little sidenote, YES Ali Ahmeti thinks and even considers Alexander the Great as an Albanian, it was quite clear in the interview.