Romany also uses articles , unlike Czech, and has eight declensions as well as an indirect declension. Seven of the declensions correspond more or less with those in Czech, with the extra being the ablative case. Words are also declined according to male and female gender, singular and plural. Nouns are declined according to whether they are original or borrowed words. Nouns and adjectives in Romany are used in the diminutive very frequently.
Verbs are conjugated by modifying their endings with word stems.
The verb to have doesn't exist in Romany. Possession is expressed by word structure, in a similar fashion as in Russian. Of course, it must be remembered that these rules may vary among the various dialects of Romany , and we are talking about the dialect presently spoken in the Czech Republic.