Kalamata Romani: Dialect Sampler, Romani Dialects Interactive

ROMANI DIALECTS INTERACTIVE

Dialect sampler

Name of dialect:	KALAMATA ROMANI

Classification:	Balkan

Country:	Greece

Major contact language:	Greek

Location:	Kalamata

Literature:
Matras, Yaron. 2004. Romacilikanes - the Romani dialect of Parakalamos. Romani Studies, fifth series, 14: 59-109.



Samples:

day

egg

bread

other

	dives		varo		maro		javer
	day		egg		bread		other

I was at home

	sinom-as	to	kher
	am.1SG-REM	at	home

I came home

	av-il-om	to	kher
	come-PAST-1SG	at	home

This is a small boy

	akava	si	jek	tiɣn-o	čavo
	this	is	INDEF	small-M	boy

I was playing with my brother

	khel--av-as	mi	phral-esar
	play-1SG-REM	my.OBL	brother-INSTR

Do you want to play with those four Gypsy girls?

	mang-ej-a	te	khel-es	ada-le	ci-endzar,	i	star-endzar?
	want-2SG-IND	COMP	play-2SG	those-OBL	girl-PL.INSTR	ART.OBL	four-PL.INSTR

No one uses this anymore

	dajek	na	mang-el-a	les
	nobody	NEG	want-3SG-IND	3SG.OBL

The room of my two sisters is very small

	o	δomatios	ka	bes-en-a	mi	phral-a	si	but	tiɣn-o
	ART.M	room	where	live-3PL-IND	my.PL	brother-PL	is	very	small-M