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

by Heinrich Moritz Gottlieb Grellmann

Singular Number.

Kafidi	Mes	The Table
Kafidjakero	Meska	Of the Table
Kafidjake	Mesko	To the Table
Kafidi	Mes; Mesko	The Table
O Kafidi	O Mes	O Table
Kafidjater; Kafidjse	Messe	from, with the Table

Plural Number.

Kafidja	Mese	The Tables
Kafidjakero	Meseka	Of the Tables
[a/]Kafidjenge	Meseko	To the Tables
Kafidja	Mese	The Tables
O Kafidja	O Mese	O Tables
Kafidjendar; Kafidjase	Mesese	from, with the Tables

2. With an Adjective.

Singular Number.

Baru balo	Burra sur	The great Hog
Bari balis	Buna surka	Of the great Hog
Bari balis	Burra surko	To the great Hog
Baru balis	Buna sur	The great Hog
O Baru bails	O Burra sur	O great Hog
Bari balister; balisse	Burra surse	from, with the great Hog

Plural Number.

Baru balen	Burre sure	The great Hogs
Bari balen	Burre sureka	Of the great Hogs
Bari balen	Burre sureko	To the great Hogs
Baru balen	Burre sure	The great Hogs
O Baru balen	O Burre sure	O great Hogs
Bar balender; balense	Burre surese	from, with the great Hogs

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.