ROMANI DIALECTS INTERACTIVE
Dialect sampler
Name of dialect:
BERGITKA
Classification:
Northern Central
Country:
Poland
Major contact language:
Polish
Location:
Krakow
Literature:
Rozwadowski, Jan. 1936. Wörterbuch des Zigeunerdialekts von Zakopane. Kraków: Polska Akademja Umiejętności.
Samples:
day
egg
bread
other
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 džives
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 jandro
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 maro
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 varesave
day egg bread other
I was at home
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 som-as khere
am.1SG-REM at.home
I came home
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 av-l-jom khere
come-PAST.1SG at.home
This is a small boy
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 kada hin cikn-o čhav-or-o
this is small-M boy-DIMIN-M
I was playing with my brother
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 bav-in-av-as pes peskr-e phral-eha
play-LOAN-1SG-REM REFL REFL-GEN-OBL brother-INSTR
Do you want to play with those four Gypsy girls?
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 čy kam-es pes te po-bav-in-eł kał-enca štar-enca roman-enca čhaj-or-enca?
QUE want.2SG REFL COMP SLASP-play- LOAN-INF this- PL.INST four- PL.INSTR Gypsy- PL.INSTR girl-DIMIN- PL.INSTR
No one uses this anymore
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 niko kada imar na ł-eł
nobody this already NEG take-3SG
The room of my two sisters is very small
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 pokuj mir-engr-o phen-jengr-o hin igen cikn-o
room my-PL.GEN-M sister-PL.F.GEN-M is very small-M