(E Tamàra avel k-e lala khere, k-e Dùda, so beśel and-o fòro)
e lala- ¿ Avilǎn Mara ? So kerdǎn ? ¿ Arakhlǎn o than kaj kerel butǐ tǐ amalǐn ?
e Tamàra- Arakhlǒm o than, la na arakhlǒm, na has k-e butǐ aděs. Trubul te ʒav paleś o aver kurko, luine. Has jekh phuro Rrom othe, o vudarno.
e lala- E miśto-j. Taj tu so keres akanak ? Te kamlǎn, av mança te kinas o xaben.
e Tamàra- Kaj kinen o xaben tumen ?
e lala- O manro k-o bov, hi jekh gaʒo – kerel but laćho manro a o mas taj o aver xaben aćaral kinas k-o piàci, naj but kuć taj but Rroma gavutne bikinen othe. Anen laćhe prodùkti.
e Tamàra- Taj amen so las ?
e lala- Dikh, o śudrarno ćhućho-j, naj khànći andre, nùma jekh khani pahome taj śtar-panʒ anre… Hi te kinas sa taj te vàzdas sa…
e Tamàra- Avav vi me – śaj te vàzdas duj ʒene, na ?
e lala- Te aven vi o ćhavorre. Na ʒanav kaj phiren kadala duj bengale!
e Tamàra- Hi le opre, khelen pen p-o playstation…
e lala- Akhar len te aven taj te vàzden vi von… Vasta punre hi len…
e Tamàra- Uklǒvav te anav len, na śunen kana khelen pen, ćhuven o kanafòni k-o kan taj bistren amaro sundal…
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You know now all present endings of E-class verb (this set of endings will be be further symbolized as Ēl):
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The hi te form: if you put hi te in front of a verb in the present tense, you get a implicit future expressing a need, a requirement, a logical conclusion: Hi te kinas sa aj te vàzdas sa we have to buy everything and to carry everything. It can be used also with the meaning of a regular future. The negative is naj te (naj te aven they will not come). A comparable construction, śaj te (or simply śaj) expresses the ability, capacity, opportunity, freedom to... Śaj te ʒav I can/may go. The negative is naśtig: naśtig te vàzdas ado we cannot/may not lift this.
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Questions
In Rromani some questions contain a question word (underlined in the examples): So keres? What are you doing? or Kaj kinen o xabe tumen? Where do you buy food?
Other questions do not and the role of intonation is then pivotal to distinguish them from affirmations. In written, if the question is short, the reader warned by the question mark at once, but if the question is long, one may be mislead and realize too late it was a question. This is why the Spanish practice of putting an upside-down question mark at the beginning of the question has been introduced into Rromani.
Compare:
- But manuśa keren butǐ athe. Many people are employed here.
- But manuśa keren butǐ athe ? Are many people employed here?
This rule is very convenient in texts expressing ideas more elaborated than everyday small talk. To write it with your key-board, just press AltGr+Shift and the ?/ key.
