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| − | '''Word formation'''<br /> |
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| − | Aromanian language keeps latin words and meanings that no longer exist in other eastern romanic languages: bashu (kiss), cusurinu (cousin), dimãndari (order), uinu (of sheep), agiunu (hungry), fumealje (family, children), largu (far), vatãmu (I kill).<br /> |
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| − | Words from other languages:<br /> |
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| − | • '''Slavonic''' : celnicu (master, owner), dobru (kind), mutrescu (I watch)<br /> |
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| − | • '''Albanian''' : bãnedzu (I live), etã (time), minduescu (I think, I believe)<br /> |
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| − | • '''Neo-Greek''' (most of them): arisescu (I like), asime (silver), hoarã (village), xen (stranger), lipseashce (must), nostimu (tasty).<br /> |
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| − | • '''Turkish''' : adets (tradition), bitisescu (I finish), cãsãbã (town/city).<br /> |
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| − | Now the foreign words are generally the ones that can be found in Romanian, French or English : proectu, entsiclopedii, completu, orighinalu, litsentsã.<br /> |
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| − | '''Morphology and Syntax'''<br /> |
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| − | '''Article'''<br /> |
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| − | '''The definite article''' is added ad the end of the word, like in the other eastern romanic languages : luplu (the wolf), vitsinlji (the neighbours ), bisearica (the church).<br /> |
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| − | A definite article can be added in proper nouns but only for masculine forms: Goglu (Gogu).<br /> |
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| − | In the group noun + demonstrative adjective + qualifying adjective, the last adjective can have an article or not. For example: omlu atsel bunlu or omlu atsel bun (that kind man).<br /> |
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| − | '''The indefinite article''' for singular feminine form is unã (a): unã featã (a girl).<br /> |
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| − | '''Nouns'''<br /> |
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| − | There are two forms for plural:<br /> |
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| − | • -adzi for masculine nouns with accent on the last vocal: pãradzi (coins/money)<br /> |
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| − | • -ate or -ati for feminine: nemusorizmate (lots of snow)<br /> |
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| − | Notes:<br /> |
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| − | • Genitive form with a for singular and plural masculine nouns, but also for singular and plural feminine nouns express the object that is possessed : muma a ficiorlui, a ficiorlor, a featiljei, a featilor<br /> |
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| − | • a is also found in the dative form: lju dau a vitsinlui<br /> |
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| − | • for genitive-dative in feminine form with definite article the article becomes “ali”: ali feate<br /> |
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| − | • the genitive-dative form is formed by adding the definite article in front of the masculine noun: al Gog<br /> |
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| − | Proper nouns for town with the function of object expressing the destination or state are usually built without preposition: mi duc Bitule (I go to Bitolia), but also with preposition: s-dusi n Sãrunã (he went to Salonic).<br /> |
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| − | Aromanian - English Dictionary: http://www.jargot.com/dict/armaneasca/ |
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| − | Aromanian - English |
+ | * Aromanian - English Dictionary: http://www.jargot.com/dict/armaneasca/ |
| + | * Aromanian - English and English - Aromanian : http://www.freelang.net/online/aromanian.php |
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;Dictionaries (bi/multi-lingual) |
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Revision as of 19:57, 29 November 2010
Resources
- MT systems
- Grammars
- Wordlists
- Aromanian Swadesh list (Wiktionary, Aromanian--English)
- Raw list of translations from English to Aromanian
- Dictionaries (monolingual)
- Aromanian - English Dictionary: http://www.jargot.com/dict/armaneasca/
- Aromanian - English and English - Aromanian : http://www.freelang.net/online/aromanian.php
- Dictionaries (bi/multi-lingual)
- Corpora
- Miscellaneous
- Aromanian language (Wikipedia, English)
- Limba aromană (Wikipedia, Romanian)
