ROMANI DIALECTS INTERACTIVE
Dialect sampler
Name of dialect:
LOVARI
Classification:
Northern Vlax
Country:
Czechia
Major contact language:
Czech
Location:
Hana u Rakovnik, 4 km from Rakovnik, 60 km East of Praha
Literature:
Pobożniak, Tadeusz. 1964. Grammar of the Lovari dialect. Kraków: Państwowe wydawnictwo naukowe.
Samples:
day
egg
bread
other
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 džejs
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 ārno
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 mārno
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 āvera
day egg bread other
I was at home
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 khere sim-as
at.home am.1SG-REM
I came home
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 av-il-em khere
come-PAST-1SG at.home
This is a small boy
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 kad-o cign-o šāvo-i
this-M small-M boy-is
I was playing with my brother
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 khel-ōs ma e phral-esa
play-1SG.REM me.OBL ART.OBL brother-INSTR
Do you want to play with those four Gypsy girls?
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 kam-es te khel-es tu koda e cign-e šav-our-enca štar-enca?
want-2SG COMP play-2SG you this ART.PL.OBL small-OBL girl-DIMIN-PL.INSTR four-INSTR
No one uses this anymore
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 kado mā či trobuj khanik-as
this more NEG need nobody-OBL
The room of my two sisters is very small
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 myr-e duj-e phen-jeng-o leng-i cigne-j sobi
my-OBL two-OBL sister-PL.F.GEN-M their-F small-F room