(I Tamàra avel k-i bibi khere, k-i Dùda, so beśel and-o fòro)
i Bibi- ¿ Avilǎn Tamaro ? So kerdǎn ? ¿ Arakhlǎn o than kaj kerel buti ti amalin ?
i Tamàra- Arakhlǒm o than, ola na arakhlǒm, na sine k-i buti avdives. Kamlǒl pes te ʒav palem o aver kurko, luine. Sine jekh Rrom phuro odothe, o udarno.
i Bibi- E śukar. Aj tu so keres akana ? Te kamlǎn, av mançar te kinas o xaben.
i Tamàra- Kaj kinen o xaben tumen ?
i Bibi- O manro k-o bov, si jekh gaʒo – kerel but laćho marro a o mas aj o aver xaben aćaral kinas k-i piàca, nane but kuć thaj but Rroma gavutne bikinen odothe. Anen laćhe prodùkte.
i Tamàra- Aj amen so las ?
i Bibi- Dikh, o śudarno si ćhućho, nanaj ćomuni andre, sadaj jekh kaxni paxome aj śtar-panʒ jarre... Si te kinas sa aj te vàzdas sa...
i Tamàra- Avav vi me – śaj te vàzdas duj ʒene, na ?
i Bibi- Te aven vi o ćhave. Na ʒanav kaj phiren akala duj bengale!
i Tamàra- Si opre, khelen opre, k-o playstation...
i Bibi- Akhar len te aven aj te vàzden vi on… Vasta pirre isi len...
i Tamàra- Uklǒvav te anav len, na śunen kana khelen, ćhiven o kanafònǎ k-o kan aj bistren amaro sundal.
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You know now all present endings of E-class verb (this set of endings will be be further symbolized as Ēl):
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1-to
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2-to
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3-to
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The si te form: if you put si te in front of a verb in the present tense, you get a implicit future expressing a need, a requirement, a logical conclusion: Si te kinas sa aj te vàzdas sa we have to buy everything and to carry everything. It can be used also with the meaning of a regular future. The negative is naj te (naj te aven they will not come). A comparable construction, śaj te (or simply śaj) expresses the ability, capacity, opportunity, freedom to... Śaj te ʒav I can/may go. The negative is naśti: naśti te vàzdas akavawe cannot/may not lift this.
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Questions
In Rromani some questions contain a question word (underlined in the examples): So keres? What are you doing? or Kaj kinen o xabe tumen? Where do you buy food?
Other questions do not and the role of intonation is then pivotal to distinguish them from affirmations. In written, if the question is short, the reader warned by the question mark at once, but if the question is long, one may be mislead and realize too late it was a question. This is why the Spanish practice of putting an upside-down question mark at the beginning of the question has been introduced into Rromani.
Compare:
- But manuśa keren buti akate. Many people are employed here.
- ¿ But manuśa keren buti akate ? Are many people employed here?
This rule is very convenient in texts expressing ideas more elaborated than everyday small talk. To write it with your key-board, just press AltGr+Shift and the ?/ key.
