Dissertation on the Gipseys: Representing their manner of life, family economy, occupations & trades, marriages & education, sickness, death, & burial, religion, language, sciences & arts, &c. &c. &c.; with an historical enquiry concerning their origin & first appearance in EuropeGrellmann, Heinrich Moritz Gottlieb
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Dissertation on the Gipseys: Representing their manner of life, family economy, occupations & trades, marriages & education, sickness, death, & burial, religion, language, sciences & arts, &c. &c. &c.; with an historical enquiry concerning their origin & first appearance in Europe
Grellmann, Heinrich Moritz Gottlieb
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2. With an Adjective.
SINGULAR NUMBER.
Baru balo Burra sur The great Hog
Bari balis Buna sur_ka_ Of the great Hog
Bari balis Burra sur_ko_ To the great Hog
Baru balis Buna sur The great Hog
O Baru bails O Burra sur O great Hog
Bari balis_ter_; Burra sur_se_ from, with the great Hog
balis_se_
PLURAL NUMBER.
Baru balen Burre sure The great Hogs
Bari balen Burre sure_ka_ Of the great Hogs
Bari balen Burre sure_ko_ To the great Hogs
Baru balen Burre sure The great Hogs
O Baru balen O Burre sure O great Hogs
Bar balen_der_; Burre sure_se_ from, with the great Hogs
balen_se_
REMARK I. Those syllables which, in the oblique cases, are printed in
Italics, are the article. In the Gipsey, as well as in the Hindustan
language, the article is not placed before the noun, but affixed behind
it, and that is the sole indication of the case of a noun. In the Gipsey
tongue, the article of the nominative case is _o_ or _i_; in the
Hindostan, _a_ or _i_.
REMARK II. The Gipsey language, as well as the Hindostan, has only two
genders, the masculine and feminine. Those nouns which end in i, are, in
both languages, feminine, and all the rest masculine. Both languages
change the masculine into the feminine gender, by putting a _j_ or an _i_
for the termination. For Example,
_Gipsey_, Raja, the Prince, Ranj, the Princess
_Hindostan_, Raja, Raji
SOME PRONOUNS.
1. I: Me; Me, Mo.
SINGULAR NUMBER.
Me Me; Mo I
Mrohi; Man Merra; Meika Of me
Mange; Man Mejko To me
Mange; Man Mejko Me
Mander Mejse from Me
PLURAL NUMBER.
Amen; Men Humra We
Amerohi Hummarra; Huraka Of us
Amenge; Men Hummko To us
Amen; Men Hummare; Humko Us
Amendar; Amense Hummse from, with Us
2. Thou: Tu; Tu.
SINGULAR NUMBER.
Tu Tu Thou
Trohi; Tute Terra Of Thee
Tuke; Tute Tuko To Thee
Tutte; Tut Tusko Thee
O Tu O Tu O Thou
Tutarhi; Tuter Tuse from Thee
PLURAL NUMBER.
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