i dej- Na, nas manuś k-o udar, xoxaven man me kana… Phen manqë akana, so sï nevo othe ?
i Tamàra- Khanć, sǎ śukar, Mamo. Akana ʒas k-i piàca te kinas. I bibi hurǎvel pes haj ròdel ël ćhaven. Haj tu ?
i dej- Śukar, beśav. Rodian la Marika ? So phenel voj ?
i Tamàra- Va, sar te na. Gëlem othe kaj kërel butǐ ama nas othe. Prinʒardem ëkhë Rromes, so sï udarno. But korèkto manuś.
i dej- Pućhlǎn les pal-i Marìka ?
i Tamàra- Va, pućhlem les, vov phendǎs so aděs ći avel k-i butǐ, sï and-i śkòla. Beślǎm, te phenav, panʒ minùte na maj but haj vorbindǎm cëra. Pućhlǎs man katar avav, kon sem me… sar phuro so sï...
i dej- Prinʒardǎs tut vov, ka san rromani ćhej ?
i Tamàra- Na, me dikhlem so śaj te ovel Rrom, haj pućhlem les rromanes andar-i pativ.
i dej- ¿Beślen haj vorbinden rromanes? So phende ël gaʒe ? Aśunde tumen ? Dikhle tumen ?
i Tamàra- Dikhle, aśunde, ta so ? Seres i provèrba: "Kana Rroma arakhen pen thaj den dùma rromanes, sï sarkana te xalaven penqo muj."
i dej- Sar te na, me phendem tuqë butvar. Kadaja dùma aśundem la dumult... ama aděs...
i Tamàra- Aděs sar iʒ, kana des dùma anda tiri daikani ćhib, sï ëkh tatimos, ëkh paśimos... Alo ! Alo ! ¿Aśunes man? Ah, alo... ????? ćhindili i lìnia...
Today's topic 1 >>
verb > A-class > present > singular
click and you will see all simple past singular of verbs:
in yellow first person in green second person
in blue third person.
click and you will see all simple past plural of verbs:
in yellow first person
in green second person
in blue third person.
Let us put all endings one table (these endings will be be further symbolized
as Ās):
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singular
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plural
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1-to
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-em
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-ǎm
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2-to
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-ǎn
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-en
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3-to
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-ǎs
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-e
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Many vernaculars have a "pure" vowel (non-preyoticized, viz without ćiriklo):
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singular
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plural
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1-to
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-em
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-am
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2-to
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-an
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-en
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3-to
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-as
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-e
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ZU Click to exercise >>
Today's topic 2 >>
The definite article in Rromani
You noticed that a very short particle stands in front of many nouns, like i piàca, i bibi or ël ćhaven at the beginning of this padmad. It is a definite article, equivalent to English the (the market, the aunt, the children); yet unlike the English it has various forms. Take a piece of paper, make three columns: singular masculine, singular feminine and plural (both genders) and go back to the beginning of the first padmad of the course to sort into the three afore mentionned columns all the nouns which are preceded by the definite article o or i (for the time being disregard the two occurrences ël ćhaven and la Marika).
You can do the same exercice on line (ZU - the first letter of each noun is indicated to help you) but writing by hand the words is also great to memorize them. Be it as it may, you have collected the following set of absolute forms for the definite article:
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singular masc.
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singular fem.
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plural both genders
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o
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i
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ël
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