i Tamàra- Laćhes, loś aj sastipen. Bibi!e, but roves tut katar-o terne. Nane sa o terne aj o ternǎ mośale.
i Bibi- Te śunel tut o Devel... Dikhav te butǎrne amaliněn, buter k-o telefòni beśen desar ćaćutne butǎça and-o vast.
i Tamàra- So kames te kines k-i piàca, lav jekh kotor lil, kerav i lìsta.
i Bibi- Sosqe? ¿Pakǎs so bistrav me? Mukh o lila! ¿Nanaj tut godi te seres? Aj p-o than, putar te jakha, dikh – pala so dikhes, kin tuqe!
i Tamàra- Feder te ovel amen lìsta desar te ʒas palem pala so bisterdǎm. Jekh, nakhas k-o tiraxa. ¿Pal-odova ʒas k-i piàca ja ròdas o denipen e ternenqe?
i Bibi- K-i piàca. O denipen śaj uʒarel, o perr – na... Kamav te kinav sira – erati bisterdǒm, sa xalǎm, aj vi jekh safin puruma, trin kìle.
i Tamàra- Andǒm tuqe sira laćhe, aj si vi jale puruma. Bisterdǒm te dav tut. I Màmi dinǎs tuqe.
i Bibi- Ov sasti, si laćheder[a] desar sa so bikinen o gaʒia k-i piàca! Ʒanel mi sali, me rromesqi phen, so xav sa jale purumençar kana avel lenqo vaxt, lenqo samaj. Las athòska tomàte, pàprike, brinʒan aj mirśa lole, thabarne, te keras lençar so phenas amen rromano xaben.
i Tamàra- Ka sikaves manqe te siklǒvav vi me?
i Bibi- Na akana, musaj te sigǎras te na astarel amen o brśind. Agorde ti lìsta...
Today's topic >>
Just as in the case of masculine nouns, the grammatical forms of Rromani feminine nouns are not the same in inherited and borrowed words. Let us systematize for the time being the grammatical forms of feminine inherited nouns. One has to distinguish among feminine nouns those ending with the stressed vowel -i and those ending in a consonant – let us see both cases with a buxlo adjective:
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vocalic (-o) ending
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consonantal ending
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singular
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plural
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singular
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plural
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A-ćham
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laćhi gaʒi
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laćhe gaʒia
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terni amalin
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terne amalinǎ
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B-ćham
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laćhe gaʒia
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laćhe gaʒien
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terne amalinǎ
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terne amaliněn
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Click here to see more examples in the text >>These are the most common forms but the ending -ia may be reduced to -ǎ: gaʒǎ.
In various O-bi vernaculars (in Slovakia for exemple or among Khorane Rroma in the Balkan), the singular of the feminine B-form has retained the old ending -a or -ǎ: pinʒarav laćhǎ gaʒia, beśav ma ternǎ amalinǎça.
This is frequent also in the plural of the B-form and it is even compulsory, when the adjectif stands as a noun like in Nane sa o ternǎ mośale/mośalǎ.
Remember that the B-ćham is used for nouns expressing people (or mammals) who UNDERGO the action of the verb of the sentence or are connected with a postposition;
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Among feminine inherited nouns ending in consonant, some form their plural with –a and others with -ǎ: for example:
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plural in -
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plural in -ǎ
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sir
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sira
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ćar
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ćarǎ
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sung
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sunga
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kher
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kherǎ
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jag
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jaga
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men
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menǎ
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pustik
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pustika
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korr
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korrǎ
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dab
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daba
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ćhib
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ćhibǎ
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drakh
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drakha
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dafin
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dafinǎ
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purum
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puruma
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ćham
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ćhamǎ
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For more details, especially about differences between dialects, skip to GR.
Idioms and proverbs >>
Note the common construction of to give with B-ćham to denote the immediate beneficiary: bisterdǒm te dav tut, whereas the intended beneficiary is constructed with the -qe postposition: i Màmi dinǎs tuqe.
