ROMANI DIALECTS INTERACTIVE
Dialect sampler
Name of dialect:
LOTFITKA
Classification:
Northeastern
Country:
Latvia
Major contact language:
Russian, Latvian
Location:
Riga
Literature:
Mānušs, Leksa (with Neilands, Jānis, and Rudevičs, Kārlis). 1997. Čigānu-latviešu-angļu etimoloģiskā vārdnīca un latviešu-čigānu vārdnīca. Rīgā: Zvaigzne ABC.
Samples:
day
egg
bread
other
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 diys
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 jaro
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 maro
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 vavir
day egg bread other
I was at home
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 me som-as khere
I am.1SG-REM at.home
I came home
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 me jav-dž-um khere
I come-PAST-1SG at.home
This is a small boy
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 dava tykn-o čhav-or-o
this little-M boy-DIMIN-M
I was playing with my brother
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 me khel-dž-um mi špal-esa
I play-PAST-1SG my.OBL brother-INSTR
Do you want to play with those four Gypsy girls?
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 tu kam-es do štar čhar-jenca po-bro-in-es?
you want-2SG those four girl-PL.F.INSTR SLASP-play-LOAN-2SG
No one uses this anymore
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 nikon dal-esa butyr na bro-in-el-a pe
nobody this-INSTR more NEG use-LOAN-3SG-IND REFL
The room of my two sisters is very small
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 mi duj phen-jeng-i štubica par daudz tikn-i
my.OBL two sister-PL.F.GEN-F room too much small-F