Learn Romani: Das-duma Rromanes (2005) (edit title/settings)

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Foreword by Ian Hancock

Introduction

Pronunciation (phonetic system)

Lesson 1
The present tense
The definite article: 'the'
The indefinite article: 'a' and 'an'
Word Lists
Thematic and athematic

Lesson 2
Plural nouns
Plural definite article
Thematic adjectives
Possessive pronouns
Stress of adjectives

Lesson 3
The infinitive of the verb
Transitive and intransitive verbs
The accusative case
Note on pronunciation
How to form the accusative (oblique stem)
Definite article used with the accusative
More about unstressed adjectives ending in < o >
Colours
Thematic adjectives and athematic adjectives following the rules of thematic adjectives
Athematic adjectives
Verb conjugations
Thematic and athematic verbs
The verb 'to be'

Lesson 4
Personal pronouns
Short forms
Possession
'I have', 'you have' etc.
Reflexive pronouns
Oblique possessive personal pronouns

Lesson 5
Possessive pronouns
Short forms
Imperative of the thematic verb
Giving commands
Athematic verbs
Plural imperative
The negative imperative
The vocative case
Vocatives used with adjectives
Reflexive verbs

Lesson 6
Possession
The preposition 'and'
The future prefix < kam->
Future tense of the verb 'to be'
Future tense: 'has', 'have'
Numbers 1-10
The dative case
Dative case endings
Athematic nouns
Dative personal pronouns
Idiomatic use of the dative case
The prepositional case
Common prepositions used with the prepositional case
'Who' and 'whom' with dative and prepositional cases
Days of the week

Lesson 7
Noun plurals and oblique inflections
Thematic nouns
Athematic nouns
Athematic masculine nouns ended in unstressed < o >
Irregular noun plurals
The past tense of thematic verbs
Rules
Past tense idiom
Past tense of the verb 'to be'

Lesson 8
A review of the past tense
Survey of verb types with paradigms
Thematic verbs
The ablative case
Personal pronouns in the ablative case
Verbs of motion
More numbers (continued from Lesson 6)

Lesson 9
The instrumental case
Personal pronouns in the instrumental case
Inchoative and passive verbs
Verbal auxiliaries
Musai meaning 'must'
Use of de and do

Lesson 10
Verbal auxiliaries used with the past tense
Other meanings of te in Romani
Demonstrative adjectives
Continuous past tense (also called the imperfect tense)
Possession
Phagav and pharravav

Lesson 11
A more advanced note on pronunciation
Sound shifts between mutually intelligible dialects
French-Kalderash
The sound < rr >
The ordinal numbers
Soldui
Adjectives
'This', 'that' (continued from Lesson 10)
Possessive personal pronouns as substantives (nouns)
Comparison of adjectives
The comparatives 'better' and 'worse'
Use of de and sar with adjectives
More about verb stress
Transitive verbs requiring a personal pronoun

Lesson 12
The past perfect or pluperfect tense
Compound verbs
Compound verbs with separable adverbs and nouns
Verb conjugations in < il > and < ol >
Transitive and intransitive forms of verbs in < iv > and < ov >

Lesson 13
Long and short forms of the present tense
Uses of long and short forms
'Who' and 'which'
Interrogatives
The genitive case
Genitive case as an adjective
Genitive case combined with adjectives
Prepositions
The prefix < wáre >
The suffixes < ivar > and < var >
Other terms related to personal identity

Lesson 14
More about numbers
Numeral adjectives
Fractions
Units of measure, amounts, distance, etc.
Quantities
'Each other', 'one another'
Music
Useful musical words and expressions
Instruments
Subjunctive mood
< na > is used for 'not'

Lesson 15
The adverb
Plural adverb
Comparison of adverbs
The privative particle
Thematic inchoative and passive verbs ending in < yol >

Lesson 16
The diminutives
Thematic diminutives ending in < orro >
Athematic diminutives
Difficult words - pe and pa
More about forming infinitives and subjunctives
Conjunctions

Lesson 17
Enclitics replacing the verb 'to be'
The genitive case of the abstract noun in < imos >
Past particles of verbs
Athematic adjectives ending in unstressed < o >
The directions
Giving directions
Noun plus noun genitives

Lesson 18
Review
Imperative of thematic verbs
Future tense of verbs
Pluperfect tense of thematic verbs
Use of the prefic < kámas >
Transitive thematic verbs
Intransitive thematic verbs
Possession
Nouns
Adjectives
Idiomatic expressions
Constructions based on spiritual bieliefs
Brief history of the Romani language
Nationalities and ethnic groups
Languages
Adjectives of nationality and ethnicity
Battery of commonly used expressions in Kalderash
Other Romani dialects (non-Vlax dialects)
Sinti dialects
Romúngere dialects
Yerli dialects (South Balkan non-Vlax-Romani)
Gurbeti
Welsh-Romini
Para-Romani
Equivalents of Kalderash words in other dialects
Conclusion
A standard Romani alphabet

Glossary of Romani Words

Recommended Reading

Materials for further study by Edward Proctor