Time in Romani: word list
All 19 words of unit 11, “Time”, of the Čiriklo course, from A to Z, with English translations.
| Romani | English |
|---|---|
| adaďives | today |
| akana | now |
| avava | I will come |
| aveha | you will come |
| ďives | day |
| džava | I will go |
| idž | yesterday |
| imar | already |
| kana | when |
| kerava | I will do |
| kurko | week |
| mek | still |
| ora | hour |
| rat | night |
| raťi | in the evening |
| sako | every |
| sombat | Saturday |
| tajsa | tomorrow |
| tosara | morning |
Grammar and culture tips
Tajsa – tomorrow and yesterday
The word tajsa means both tomorrow and yesterday – the tense of the verb tells you which. For yesterday, idž is also used.
Future tense
The future tense is formed by adding -a: džav (I go) → džava (I will go), avav (I come) → avava (I will come), kerav (I do) → kerava (I will do). In the second person, -s changes to -h: aves → aveha (you will come).
I was
The past tense of “to be”: somas (I was), salas (you were), has (he/she/it was). These forms are the same for men and women.
The week
Kurko means both Sunday and week. Saturday is sombat.
Learn it with Čiriklo
This word is taught in unit 11, “Time”, of the free app Čiriklo, where you hear it – also slowed down – and practise it in short lessons. The app’s explanations are in Czech.
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