Words in Translation
Some other examples of the different ways that things can be said in Italy:
| English | Italian | Friulan |
| Hello, how are you? | Ciao, come stai? | Mandi, cemût stâstu? |
| I’m a Friulian from Udine | Sono un friulano di Udine | O soi un furlan, o ven di Udin |
| It’s hot today | Oggi fa caldo! | Vuê al è cjalt! |
| I have to go now, see you | Devo andare adesso, ci vediamo | O scugni lâ cumò, ariviodisi |
| English | Italian | Romansch Italian spelling | Romansch Swiss spelling |
| I want to take the dog out | Voglio portare fuori il cane | A voeuri portà foeura el can | A vöri purtà föra el can |
And here is a short word list:
| English | Italian | Latium | Apulian | Lombard | Corsican | Sardinian |
| to abandon | abbandonare | lassè | desfàs |
abandunà | lassare | |
| to marry | sposarsi | 'nzerà |
coiuare | |||
| ball | ballo | abballèta | ballu | |||
| summer | estate | staggióna |
staa |
istìu | ||
| glasses | occhiali | acchiéle | oggiaa | occhiales ulleras |
||
| celery | sedano | sellero |
| English | Calabrian | Abruzzian | French | Lucano | Liguria | Campania |
| to abandon | abbandonner | |||||
| to marry | maritàri | se marrier | ||||
| ball | bal | |||||
| summer | (e)stati |
été | staggióne statìa |
staggiòne statìa |
||
| glasses | lunettes | spegetti |
||||
| celery | àccia accia accia |
àccia acc' |
celeri | acc' | accio |
| English | Ticino | Friuli-Venezia Giulia | Emilia Romagna | Molise | Arpitan | Sicialian |
| To abandon | ||||||
| to marry | ||||||
| ball | ||||||
| summer | estàa | istà | staggióne | chiaténs tsaaten zotèan |
stagiùnata stasciùni stazzùne |
|
| glasses | uciäi | |||||
| celery | sìlar |
And here is a last list:
| English | Italian | French | Occitan | Catalan |
| key | chiave | clef/clé | clau | clau |
| night | notte | nuit | nuèit/nuèch | nit |
| sing | cantare | chanter | cantar | cantar |
| goat | capra | chèvre | cabra | cabra |
| language | lingua | langue | lenga/lengua | llengua |
| plaza | piazza | place | plaça | plaça |
| bridge | ponte | pont | pònt | pont |
| church | chiesa | église | glèisa | església |
| cheese | formaggio | fromage | formatge | formatge |
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