ROMANI DIALECTS INTERACTIVE
Dialect sampler
Name of dialect:
EAST SLOVAK
Classification:
Northern Central
Country:
Slovakia
Major contact language:
Slovak
Location:
Telgart, about 40 km East of Brezno
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
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 džives
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 jandro
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 maro
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 aver
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-jom khere
come-PAST.1SG at.home
This is a small boy
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 oda hin cikn-o čhav-or-o
that is small-M boy-DIMIN-M
I was playing with my brother
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 bav-in-av-as man mir-e phral-eha
play-LOAN-1SG-REM me.OBL my-OBL brother-INSTR
Do you want to play with those four Gypsy girls?
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 kam-es tut dol-e štar-e čhaj-or-enca te bav-in-el?
want-2SG you.OBL those-OBL four-OBL girl-DIMIN-PL.INSTR COMP play-LOAN-INF
No one uses this anymore
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 akada už njiko na po-treb-in-el
this already nobody NEG SLASP-use-LOAN-3SG
The room of my two sisters is very small
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 o kher amar-e duj-e phenj-or-enge hin bars cikn-jori
ART.M house our-OBL two-OBL sister-DIMIN-PL.DAT is very small-DIMIN.F