Aromanian

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Word formation 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). Words from other languages: • Slavonic : celnicu (master, owner), dobru (kind), mutrescu (I watch) • Albanian : bãnedzu (I live), etã (time), minduescu (I think, I believe) • Neo-Greek (most of them): arisescu (I like), asime (silver), hoarã (village), xen (stranger), lipseashce (must), nostimu (tasty) • Turkish : adets (tradition), bitisescu (I finish), cãsãbã (town/city). Now the foreign words are generally the ones that can be found in Romanian, French or English : proectu, entsiclopedii, completu, orighinalu, litsentsã.

Morphology and Syntax Article 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). A definite article can be added in proper nouns but only for masculine forms: Goglu (Gogu). 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). The indefinite article for singular feminine form is unã (a): unã featã (a girl).

Nouns There are two forms for plural: • -adzi for masculine nouns with accent on the last vocal: pãradzi (coins/money) • -ate or -ati for feminine: nemusorizmate (lots of snow) Notes: • 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 • a is also found in the dative form: lju dau a vitsinlui • for genitive-dative in feminine form with definite article the article becomes “ali”: ali feate • the genitive-dative form is formed by adding the definite article in front of the masculine noun: al Gog 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).

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• Aromanian Swadesh list (Wiktionary, Aromanian--English)

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Miscellaneous

• Aromanian language (Wikipedia, English)
• Limba aromană (Wikipedia, Romanian)