ROMANI DIALECTS INTERACTIVE
Dialect sampler
Name of dialect:
KALDERAŠ
Classification:
Northern Vlax
Country:
Romania
Major contact language:
Romanian
Location:
Pitesti
Literature:
Boretzky, Norbert. 1994. Romani. Grammatik des Kalderaš-Dialekts mit Texten und Glossar. Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz.
Samples:
day
egg
bread
other
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 des
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 ãřo
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 mãřo
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 aver vareso
day egg bread other something
I was at home
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 sym-as khǝrǝ
am.1SG-REM at.home
I came home
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 av-il-em khǝrǝ
come-PAST-1SG at.home
This is a small boy
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 kadoa sy jek raklo tikn-o
this is INDEF boy small-M
I was playing with my brother
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 khǝl-as-as mangǝ myr-ǝ phral-esa
play-1PL-REM me.DAT my-OBL brother-INSTR
Do you want to play with those four Gypsy girls?
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 kam-es te khǝl-es tukǝ kodol-e štar-e šej-enca?
want-2SG COMP play-2SG you.DAT those-OBL four-OBL girl-PL.INSTR
No one uses this anymore
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 khonik či maj kǝr-ǝl buti kodola butj-asa
nobody NEG more do-3SG work this-OBL thing-INSTR
The room of my two sisters is very small
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 i kamera myr-ǝ duj-e phej-angǝ sy but cikn-i
ART.F room my-OBL two-OBL sister-PL.F.DAT is very small-F