ROMANI DIALECTS INTERACTIVE
Dialect sampler
Name of dialect:
ROMUNGRO
Classification:
Southern Central
Country:
Hungary
Major contact language:
Hungarian
Location:
Nagylóc/Szécsény, Nógrád
Literature:
Vekerdi, József. 1981. A magyar cigány nyelvtana. Recherches sur la scolarisation et de l'éducation des Enfants Tsiganes 4. Pecs: École Supérieure de Pédagogie.
Samples:
day
bread
other
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 dive
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 māro
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 āver
day bread other
I was at home
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 khēre som-ahi
at.home am.1SG-REM
I came home
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 khēre ā-jom
at.home come-PAST.1SG
This is a small boy
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 adā buka čhāvo hi
this.M small boy is
I was playing with my brother
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 me phral-eha khel-āhi
I brother-INSTR play-1SG.REM
Do you want to play with those four Gypsy girls?
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 kam-es te khel-en odo-le štār roman-e čhaj-enca?
want-2SG COMP play-INF these-OBL four Gypsy-OBL girl-PL.INSTR
No one uses this anymore
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 adā mā niko na hasl-in-el
this.M more nobody NEG use-LOAN-3SG
The room of my two sisters is very small
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 me dūj phenj-enger-i soba bāre buka hi
my.OBL two sister-PL.GEN-F room very small is