Dietary & Allergies

1. Lu putiti fari senza cipuḍḍa?

   Can you make it without onions?

   Usage

   Asks the kitchen to leave out an ingredient you cannot eat when ordering

   Grammar Note

   Putiti is the plural form used politely for one person. The ḍḍ is a letter of its own (d with a dot below). Composed from known words and sentence patterns; native review recommended

2. Chi c'è dintra a stu piattu?

   What is in this dish?

   Usage

   Checks what a dish contains when you have an allergy or a food restriction

   Grammar Note

   This asks "what is inside", not for a formal ingredient list. Stu is the short form of chistu placed before a noun. Composed from known words and sentence patterns; native review recommended

3. Carni di porcu

   Pork

   Usage

   A word for naming a food you cannot eat

   Grammar Note

   Carni is a feminine noun; "X meat" is built as carni di + animal

4. Pisci

   Fish

   Usage

   A word for naming a food you cannot eat

   Grammar Note

   Pisci is a masculine noun with the same form in singular and plural

5. Ova

   Eggs

   Usage

   A word for naming eggs when you have an allergy or restriction

   Grammar Note

   The singular is ovu; the plural ova ends in -a

6. Granu

   Wheat

   Usage

   A word for naming wheat when you have an allergy or restriction

   Grammar Note

   Granu also means grain in general; on a menu it helps you spot wheat-based dishes

7. Giuggiulena

   Sesame

   Usage

   Common in Sicilian sweets such as sesame brittle; a word for people who cannot eat sesame

   Grammar Note

   Giuggiulena is a feminine noun; other regional forms such as ciciulena exist

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