ROMANI DIALECTS INTERACTIVE
Dialect sampler
Name of dialect:
EAST SLOVAK
Classification:
Northern Central
Country:
Slovakia
Major contact language:
Slovak
Location:
Zborov (NE part of Slovakia)
Literature:
Hübschmannová, Milena, Šebková, Hana, and Žigová, Anna. 1991. Kapesní slovník romsko český a česko romský. Praha: Státní pedagogické nakladatelství.
Samples:
day
egg
bread
other
soundicon
 o gives
soundicon
 o jandro
soundicon
 o mandro
soundicon
 aver
ART.M day ART.M egg ART.M bread other
I was at home
soundicon
 som-as khere
am.1SG-REM at.home
I came home
soundicon
 av-il-jom khere
come-PAST-1SG at.home
This is a small boy
soundicon
 savo cikn-o čhav-or-o
such small-M boy-DIMIN-M
I was playing with my brother
soundicon
 bav-in-av-as man le phral-eha
play-LOAN-1SG-REM me.OBL ART.M.OBL brother-INSTR
Do you want to play with those four Gypsy girls?
soundicon
 kam-es tut te bav-in-el kol-e trin-e čhaj-or-enca?
want-2SG you.OBL COMP play-LOAN-INF those-OBL three-OBL girl-DIMIN-PL.INSTR
No one uses this anymore
soundicon
 kada imar njik-aske na kamp-el
this already nobody-DAT NEG need-3SG
The room of my two sisters is very small
soundicon
 mindr-en phen-jen hin cikn-o pokojis
my-PL.OBL sister-PL.F.OBL is small-M room