Vocabulary of Romansch - Lower Engadine (rumantsch - vallader)

Nouns, definite articles, plurals
Adjectives masculine, feminine

1.    mother           mamma, la mamma, mammas
2.    father           bap, il bap, baps
3.    sister           sour, la sour, sours


Perche cha Deis ha tant amâ il muond, ch’el ha dat seis unigenit figl, acio
cha scodün chi craja in el non giaja a perder, ma haja la vita eterna.


For God loved the world so much that he gave his only Son,
so that everyone who believes in him should not perish but have everlasting life.

The Bible, John, 3, 16

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1.    water           aua, l’aua
2.    fire           fö, il fö, fös
3.    sun           sulai, il sulai


Nos pan d’iminchadi dà a nus hoz.

Give us today our daily bread.
The Bible, Matthew, 6, 11

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1.    cat           giat, il giat, giats
2.    dog           chan, il chan, chans
3.    horse           chavagl, il chavagl, chavals


Il principi del evangeli da Gesu Cristo, figl da Dieu.

The beginning of the good news of Jesus Christ, the Son of God.
The Bible, Mark, 1,1

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1.    white           alb, alba
2.    black           nair, naira
3.    red           cotschen, cotschna

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