ROMANI DIALECTS INTERACTIVE
Dialect sampler
Name of dialect:
GURBET
Classification:
Southern Vlax
Country:
Macedonia
Major contact language:
Macedonian
Location:
Skopje
Literature:
Boretzky, Norbert. 1986. Zur Sprache der Gurbet von Priština (Jugoslawien). Giessener Hefte für Tsiganologie 3: 195-216.
Samples:
day
egg
bread
other
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 džive
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 andřo
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 manřo
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 aver
day egg bread other
I was at home
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 me sem-a khere
I am.1SG-REM at.home
I came home
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 me av-il-em khere
I come-PAST-1SG at.home
This is a small boy
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 kava si cykn-o čhavro
this is small-M boy
I was playing with my brother
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 me ćhel-av-asa mange me phral-esa
I play-1SG-REM me.DAT my-OBL brother-INSTR
Do you want to play with those four Gypsy girls?
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 dali mandź-e te khel-e tuke gol-e štar-e roman-e čh-or-enca?
QUE want-2SG COMP play-2SG you.DAT those-OBL four-OBL Gypsy-OBL girl-DIMIN- PL.INSTR
No one uses this anymore
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 khonik ni upo-treb-isar-el više kava
nobody NEG SLASP-use-LOAN-3SG already this
The room of my two sisters is very small
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 i soba mǝnr-e duj-e phej-eng-i si but cykn-i
ART.F room my-OBL two-OBL sister-PL.GEN-F is very small-F