Contacts & SNS

1. Comu vi chiamati?

   What is your name?

   Usage

   Politely ask someone's name when meeting for the first time

   Grammar Note

   For a polite single "you", Sicilian borrows the plural voi forms (-ati). To a friend say Comu ti chiami? The answer is Mi chiamu ... (my name is ...)

2. Mi putiti dari u vostru nùmmaru di telefunu?

   May I have your phone number?

   Usage

   Politely ask for someone's phone number after meeting

   Grammar Note

   Mi putiti ...? is the request pattern "could you ...", with the polite -iti verb form. U is the article before a masculine noun and vostru means "your". Composed from known words and sentence patterns; native review recommended

3. Mi chiamu Takahiro, piaciri di canusciriti

   My name is Takahiro, nice to meet you

   Usage

   Introduce yourself when meeting someone for the first time

   Grammar Note

   Canusciriti is "to know" plus the informal ti ("you"), so it suits friendly settings; in formal settings Mi chiamu ... alone is enough. Composed from known words and sentence patterns; native review recommended

4. Fu nu piaciri canusciriti

   It was a pleasure to meet you

   Usage

   Say that meeting someone was a pleasure when you part

   Grammar Note

   Fu is the simple past of "to be", the everyday past tense in Sicilian; nu is the indefinite article before a masculine noun. Composed from known words and sentence patterns; native review recommended

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