i Bibi- Geli mi godǐ te kinav laćhe ćeja, lole, modèrno, te lośavel i bori ! Jekh bori si amen, i angluni si voj !
i Tamàra- Pućh e kakos, te phrales, te na kinen von laqe. Naj laćhes o sastro thaj lesqi phen jekh te kinen...
i Bibi- Ćaćipe si tut, de man o telefòni te pućhav me phrales, te na keras jekh gàfa. Thaj tu, so anes?
i Tamàra- Me ? Ah, sàsa man baxt: dikhlěm an-o cird manuśes, so sèsa les duj bare gone, pherde khosne. Anèlas len te bikinel k-o pazàri. Phendem lesqe te sikavel len manqe thaj pućhlěm sode mol jekh kotor. Si man godǐ te kinav, phendem, a but love naj man...
i Bibi- ¿Ta vov?
i Tamàra- Va, phenda, dikh len, le len an-o va thaj azba len te xaćares so kovle si – phenda... Thaj ćaćes thule sàsa but thaj kovle kovlorre, sar puj, but laćhe. Thaj save ranga: plàźa, kham, derǎv, ćirikle, paparùge, dilajlěm kana dikhlěm len, te merav.
i Bibi- Thaj sode dèlas len vov ?
i Tamàra- Śov rupune jekh, laćhi timin...
i Bibi- Kuć mori ! Kaj si amen gaći love ?!
i Tamàra- Na, gaći si i ahor, ʒanav, ni xoxavèlas o gaʒo. Manuś ćaćo, na ćor... Sa kamel te kinel amari bibi, a ni kamel te pokinel... laćhes i butǐ, ama ... rromani !
i Bibi- Thaj tu, so kerdan ?
i Tamàra- Manglěm śov, a sàsa man sàmo 30 rupune, telada o gaʒo thaj agore liem o śov.
i Bibi- Sar ni lian maj but ?!
Today's topic 1 >>
Personal pronoun in Rromani In the preceding padmadǎ, we got acquainted with the various persons of the personal pronoun, which we may tabulate as follows:
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singular
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plural
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1-to
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me
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amen
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2-to
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tu
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tumen
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3-to
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vov, voj
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von
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So far for the A-ćham; but they have also each a B-ćham, as follows:
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singular
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plural
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1-to
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man
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amen
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2-to
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tut
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tumen
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3-to
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les, la
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len
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Today's topic 2 >>
The expression of possession
Rromani has a verb meaning to have, to possess therel but it is used only with the full meaning of posession theren jekh baro kher they possess a large house, they are the owners of a large house.
A more common structure to express possession is to use the copula in the third person (present [i]si it is, past sine it was) + the pronoun corresponding to the persons who "has" or "had"; this pronoun is then in B-ćham (connected accidence).
Click here and you will see the occurences of this structure in the text >>As a result, we may tabulate as follows the forms expressing I have, you have etc...
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singular
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plural
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1-to
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si man
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si amen
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2-to
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si tut
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si tumen
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3-to
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si les, si la
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si len
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As you can see in the text, one uses sine instead of si in order to turn to the past.
To express the negative, one uses naj (or short nane) instead of si: naj man gad I have no shirt, naj tut godi you have no mind (brain).
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Note that the negative forms of the copula in the present tense are:
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singular
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plural
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1-to
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naj/ni sem
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naj/ni sam
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2-to
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naj/ni san
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naj/ni sen
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3-to
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naj
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Naj rather in Western E-bi (more archaic) and ni elsewhere.
