ROMANI DIALECTS INTERACTIVE
Dialect sampler
Name of dialect:
KALAJDŽI
Classification:
Balkan (zis)
Country:
Bulgaria
Major contact language:
Bulgarian
Location:
Vidin
Literature:
Boretzky, Norbert. 2000. South Balkan II as a Romani dialect branch: Bugurdži, Drindari, and Kalajdži. Romani Studies, fifth series, 10: 105-183.
Samples:
day
egg
bread
other
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 zis
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 aro
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 maro
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 aver
day egg bread other
I was at home
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 me uj-om amen-de.
I was-1SG us-LOC
I came home
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 pribir-is-ij-om amen-de.
came-LOAN-PAST-1SG us-LOC
This is a small boy
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 kava in-o ek cikn-o čhavo.
this is-M INDEF small-M boy
I was playing with my brother
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 khe-j-om mange me phral-eja.
play-PAST-1SG me.DAT my.OBL brother-INSTR
Do you want to play with those four Gypsy girls?
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 mang-ej-a te khel-ǝ tuke kal-e trin-e chaj-encar?
want-2SG-IND COMP play-2SG you.DAT these-OBL three-OBL girl-PL.INSTR
No one uses this anymore
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 veče nikoj na ispǝlz-iz-el-a kava.
already nobody NEG use-LOAN-3SG-IND this
The room of my two sisters is very small
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 me do phe-enge soba in-i but cǝkn-i.
my.OBL two.OBL sister-PL.DAT room is-F very small-F