ROMANI DIALECTS INTERACTIVE
Dialect sampler
Name of dialect:
LOVARI ČEKEŠI
Classification:
Northern Vlax
Country:
Russia
Major contact language:
Russian, Moldavian (Romanian)
Location:
Moscow
Literature:
Pobożniak, Tadeusz. 1964. Grammar of the Lovari dialect. Kraków: Państwowe wydawnictwo naukowe.
Samples:
day
egg
bread
other
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 djes
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 anrro
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 manrro
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 kaver
day egg bread other
I was at home
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 mǝ sym-as khere
I am.1SG-REM at.home
I came home
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 mǝ av-il-em khere
I come-PAST-1SG at.home
This is a small boy
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 kad-o cyn-o šav-or-o
this-M small-M boy-DIMIN-M
I was playing with my brother
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 mǝ khel-os man mur-e phral-esa
I play-1SG.REM me.OBL my-OBL brother-INSTR
Do you want to play with those four Gypsy girls?
want-2SG
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 tu kam-ǝs te khǝl-es tut kadal-e štar-e cyn-e šej-or-enca?
you COMP play-2SG you.OBL these-OBL four-OBL small-OBL girl-DIMIN-PL.INSTR
No one uses this anymore
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 khonik kado majbut či ker-el
nobody this longer NEG do-3SG
The room of my two sisters is very small
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 soba mur-e do phǝj-ang-i duralǝs cyn-i
room my-OBL two sister-PL.F.GEN-F very small-F