Learning Sicilianu

[Arbërori]

This: Hey babe, can I take you home tonight? Maybe stay for a drink or two?

I'm serious!

[alfieb]

This: Hey babe, can I take you home tonight? Maybe stay for a drink or two?

I'm serious!

Ciau bedda! Ehi! Aspitta! Unni ca vai?

[squarecircle]

Your 'u' endings remind me so much of Romanian language before 19th century reforms.

[Sikeliot]

I was about to say when I see Sicilian written it reminds me of Romanian too.

[alfieb]

Health class!!




Body: corpu
Right hand: manu dritta
Left hand: manu manca
Middle finger: tirzu dittu
Eye: occhiu
Pupil: pupidda
Blood: sangu
Nose: nasu
Bloody nose: sagnanasu
Head: testa
Face: facci
Ear: uricchiu
Beard: varva
Mustache: mustazzu
Vagina: vaggina
Penis: peni/minchia
Leg: jamma
Foot: pedi
Knee: dinocchiu
Stomach: stòmacu


Allergy: allirgìa
AIDS: sindrumi di immunuddeficienza acquisita
Cancer: càncaru
Dementia: demenza
Diarrhea: diarrìa
Dissentary: dissintirìa
Indigestion: mbarazzu di stòmacu [literally, 'stomach embarrassment']
TB: Tubbirculosi
Schizophrenia: schizzufrinìa

[alfieb]

Ciau bedda! Ehi! Aspitta! Unni ca vai?

I see you thanked this post - it was a joke. It actually says "Hi there, beautiful! Hey! Wait! Where are you going?"

[alfieb]

Time for some sports!!

American football = futtibboll miricanu (that's right - in Sicily, the sport actually called 'football' is the American kind)
Association football [soccer] = palluni / càuciu
Auto racing = cumpitizzioni di màchini
Basketball = pallaccanestru
Boxing = puggilatu
Cycling = ciclismu
Gymnastics = ginnàstica
Handball = pallammanu
Horse racing = cursa di cavaddi
Skiing = sci
Volleyball = pallavvolu

[alfieb]

Politics:
Pulìtica


Riggiuni Siciliana = sicilian region
Unlike other regions in Italy (Autonomous Region of Sardinia, Autonomous Region of Trentino, etc.) ,Sicily is legally not the "Region of Sicily", but instead known as the "Sicilian Region". For reasons as to why this is, read this article.

The region is “Sicilian” sounding like the Republic which is “Italian” and not “Italy” (same as the EU which is “European”) because it is born originally as sovereign entity and linked to Italy by an agreement relationship and potentially equal.

"Elezzioni" = elections
Sicilian elections are held every four years, unless there is a need for a special election.

"Sicilianisti" = sicilianists
People who emphasize Sicilian nationalism as being more important than other issues.

"Sicilianismu" = sicilianism
Sicilian nationalism. An ideology based on increased autonomism or secessionism. the term is usually synonymous with one or the other.

"'nnipinnintisimu sicilianu" e "Siparatismu sicilianu" = sicilian independentism and sicilian separatism
The belief that Sicily should secede from Italy.

"Autunumismu sicilianu" = sicilian autonomism
The belief that Sicily should have increased home-rule but remain in Italy.

"Statutu spiciali" = special statute
The part of the Italian Constitution that guarantees Sicilian autonomy. There are five regions of Italy that have a degree of autonomy, but Sicily's is the oldest, as well as the strongest, in that all taxes raised in Sicily remain in Sicily, Sicily has its own President, and its own Parliament. While the other four regions were given autonomy in the Republic of Italy, it was the earlier Kingdom of Italy that recognized Sicilian autonomy.

"Parramentu Sicilianu" o "Assimbrea Riggiunali Siciliana" = sicilian parliament or sicilian regional assembly
The Parliament of Sicily located in Palermo. It claims to be the oldest in Europe, dating back to the 12th century.

"Palazzu dî Nurmanni" = palace of the normans
The former royal palace where the kings lived, which is now the home of the Sicilian Parliament.

"Prisidenti dâ Sicilia" = president of sicily
Sicily is the only region in Italy to have a President of the Region, who is elected, and can only serve two consecutive terms. Other regions can only have a President of the Regional Council.