te aves baxtalo

te aves baxtalo

Romani

Romani phrasebook

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Phrase

te aves baxtalo

1. hello, literally "be lucky" (addressing a male)

   Synonyms: (addressing a female) te aves baxtali, (addressing two or more people) te aven baxtale

   2018, Yūsuke Sumi, ニューエクスプレス　ロマ（ジプシー）語 [New Express Romani (Gypsy)] (in Japanese), Tokyo: Hakusuisha, →ISBN, page 18:

   I Isàura: Te aves baxtalo! Ʒanes rromanes?
   O Hìrośi: Te aves baxtali! Va, ʒanav rromanes. Kon san?

   Isàura: Hello! Can you speak in Romani?
   Hiroshi: Hello! Yes, I can speak in Romani. Who are you?

References

• Yūsuke Sumi (2018), “te aves baxtalo”, in ニューエクスプレス　ロマ（ジプシー）語 [New Express Romani (Gypsy)] (in Japanese), Tokyo: Hakusuisha, →ISBN, page 23