ROMANI DIALECTS INTERACTIVE
Dialect sampler
Name of dialect:
LITHUANIAN
Classification:
Northeastern
Country:
Lithuania
Major contact language:
Russian
Location:
Troshkunai (near Anyksciai, 50 km SE of Panevezys)
Literature:
Tenser, Anton. 2003. Grammatical Description of Lithuanian Romani Dialect. MA dissertation: University of Manchester
Samples:
day
egg
bread
other
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 dyves
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 parnoro
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 maro
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 vavir
day white.DIMIN.M bread other
I was at home
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 me som-as khere
I am.1SG-REM at.home
I came home
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 me jav-j-om khere
I come-PAST-1SG at.home
This is a small boy
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 adava tykn-o čhav-or-o
this little-M boy-DIMIN-M
I was playing with my brother
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 me baj-in-dj-om man peskir-e pšal-esa
I play-LOAN-PAST-1SG me.OBL REFL.GEN-OBL brother-INSTR
Do you want to play with those four Gypsy girls?
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 tu kames te po-baj-in-es pe kodol-e štar-e čhaj-or-jenca?
you want-2SG COMP SLASP-play-LOAN-2SG REFL those-OBL four-OBL girl-DIMIN-PL.F.INSTR
No one uses this anymore
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 nikon adal-esa kana na za-l-el pe
nobody this.INSTR now NEG SLASP-take-3SG REFL
The room of my two sisters is very small
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 mir-e duj-e pxen-jengir-o kxer tykn-o
my-OBL two-OBL sister-PL.F.GEN-M house small-M