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Verbs are a crucial part of Romani grammar, acting as the backbone of sentences. To ensure a comprehensive understanding, routinely performing verb exercises is essential. These exercises aim to enhance students’ proficiency in conjugating verbs, applying correct tenses, using the subjunctive mood, and understanding aspects such as perfective and imperfective. The students practice regular and irregular verbs and learn to use them in various contexts and sentence structures.
Exercises often involve translation from English to Romani and vice versa. Learning the inflection of verbs in different tenses and moods is a mainstay of these exercises. For instance, an exercise might challenge students to convert the verb “khel” (play) into past, present, and future tenses. Additionally, there are exercises to understand the usage of auxiliary verbs in Romani, such as “kerd” (do) and “avel” (come).
The ultimate goal of verb exercises in Romani grammar is to foster fluency and accuracy, contributing to a more nuanced command of the language.
