e Tamàra- Halo ?? Ah akanak paleś śunav tut. Va, phenàhas ke ande tǐri ćhib jekh tatipo, jekh kovlǐpo, jekh gullǐpo hi, so naśtig ovel anda jekh aver ćhib...
e dej- Ʒanav morri ćhej, ʒanav, sa ʒanav; nùma paleś pućhav man, and-o baro foro, aver hi, naj sar khere and-o cinno gav, and-e Bìstrica, na?
e Tamàra- Na o foro vaj o gav hi and-o pućhipo, hi o manuś: ko taj ko kamel te ovel lesqe miśto and-o ogi, taj hi vi avera, save kamen te aćhon nùma sar jekh kameleòno, jekh klòno, jekh fotokòpia, jekh kseroks... naj ćaćes ?
e dej- Uf, but filozofìa keres Tamara, dukhaves morro śero... Ker sar kames, bari han aba...
e Tamàra- Bari, bari, nùma tu maj bari han, taj maj but manro xalǎn morri dej, vi parno taj vi kalo... ¿Taj tut, na has tut loś kana vorbinèsas rromanes, kana kerèsas prasa so na hatǎrènas o gaʒe, kana gilǎbarèsas rromane phurikane gilǎ ???
e lala- ¿Aves Mara? Mukh aba ado telefòno... naj te naśel, na dara… Sar na dukhal tǒ kan?
e Tamàra- Va, avilǒm...
[and-o telefòno] Na xa xolǐ, morri dej, sakofèlo hi te ovel miśto. Mukhav tut akanak, aʒukaren man o avera te ʒas k-o piàci. Devleça ! e dej- Devleça, morri ćhej, akhar man, xav tǒ ilo !
Today's topic 1 >>
The abstract noun in Rromani is formed by means of the suffix -po (often prononced -pe) added to the root expressing the idea at stake: tato warm > the root is tat- + link i + suffix po = tatipo warmness; same with others.
The abstract noun in Rromani may be formed not only from adjectives (as above), but also from verbs: pućhel > the root is pućh- + link i + suffix po + pućhipo question, from nouns amal > the root is amal + link i + suffix po + amalipo friendship and from abverbs dur far > the root is dur + link i + suffix po + duripo distance.
Today's topic 2 >>
Rromani adjectives
There are two main classes of adjectives in Rromani: the "wide" class (after the word buxlo wide, which serves as grammatical example) and the "narrow" class (after the word tang narrow, which serves as grammatical example) – the latter remains unchanged, whereas the former has a set of three endings in the absolute form (the one which serves among others in the subject of a clause.
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singular masc.
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plural both genders
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boxlo
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boxli
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boxle
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"wide" adjectives
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tang
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tang
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tang
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"narrow" adjectives
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Compare with the article:
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singular masc.
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singular fem.
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plural both genders
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The comparative (wider, warmer, more friendly etc.) is formed with the help of a specific ending -eder: maj boxlo wider, maj tato warmer, maj gullo sweeter... With new and/or international words, the adverb buter (or buteder) is put before the adjective: buter sofistikuime more sophisticated. The term of comparison can be introduced by desar (or sar in colloquial speech): buteder [de]sar laqo phral more than her brother.
Today's topic 3 >>
You remember from padmad 2 that in modern speech, the group àva at the end of verbs is pronounced now as a long [ō]; similarly the group èsa is then pronounced [èhe]. Both belong to the forms of the continuous past of verbs (imperfect): gilǎbaràvas [gijabarōs] I was singing, I used to sing, gilǎbarèsas [gijabarehes] you were singing, you used to sing.
Idioms and proverbs >>
To emphasize somebody's past experiences, pleasant and bitter, one resorts to the notion of eaten bread: xalǎs maj but manro (manθar than me), vi parno taj vi kalo.
