ROMANI DIALECTS INTERACTIVE
Dialect sampler
Name of dialect:
KOVAČKI
Classification:
Balkan (zis)
Country:
Macedonia
Major contact language:
Macedonian
Location:
Kumanovo
Literature:
Boretzky, Norbert. 2000. South Balkan II as a Romani dialect branch: Bugurdži, Drindari, and Kalajdži. Romani Studies, fifth series, 10: 105-183.
Samples:
day
egg
bread
other
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 zijes
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 aro
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 maro
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 aver
day egg bread other
I was at home
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 me sijum-as khere
I am.1SG-REM at.home
I came home
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 me aj-um-as khere
I came-1SG-REM at.home
This is a small boy
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 kakava si cik-or-o čhavo
this is small-DIMIN-M boy
I was playing with my brother
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 me khel-av-as me phral-esa
I play-1SG-REM my-OBL brother-INSTR
Do you want to play with those four Gypsy girls?
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 mang-s-a li te khel-es kadl-e štar-e roman-e čhaj-enca?
want-2SG-IND QUE COMP play-2SG these-OBL four-OBL Gypsy-OBL girls-PL.INSTR
No one uses this anymore
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 nikoj kakava više na upo-treb-iz-l-a
nobody this already NEG SLASP-need-LOAN-3SG-IND
The room of my two sisters is very small
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 i soba me duj-e phejn-jengir-i si but cikor-i
ART.F room my.OBL two-OBL sister-PL.F.GEN-F is very small-F