Food & Drinks

1. U menu, pi favuri

   The menu, please

   Usage

   Asks for the menu once seated

   Grammar Note

   Menu is an international loanword; the Dieli dictionary renders Italian menù as menu. Composed from known words and sentence patterns; native review recommended

2. Nu cafè, pi favuri

   A coffee, please

   Usage

   Orders a coffee at a bar or café

   Grammar Note

   The masculine indefinite article is nu before a consonant. Cafè has final stress, so the accent mark is written. Composed from known words and sentence patterns; native review recommended

3. È squisitu!

   It's exquisite!

   Usage

   Warmly praises a dish

   Grammar Note

   È carries an accent; e is "and", a different word. For a feminine dish the form is squisita. Composed from known words and sentence patterns; native review recommended

4. Aviti na tavula pi dui?

   Do you have a table for two?

   Usage

   Asks on arrival whether a table is free

   Grammar Note

   Aviti, the 2nd person plural of aviri, also serves as the polite form to one person. The feminine indefinite article is na. Composed from known words and sentence patterns; native review recommended

5. Vogghiu a pasta cu sucu di pumadoru

   I would like the pasta with tomato sauce

   Usage

   Orders a pasta dish

   Grammar Note

   Vogghiu, the 1st person of vuliri, is written with gghi. Cu is the preposition "with", spelled like the question word cu (who). The feminine article is a. Composed from known words and sentence patterns; native review recommended

6. Aviti u piattu di u jornu?

   Do you have a dish of the day?

   Usage

   Asks about the daily special

   Grammar Note

   Di lu is "of" plus the masculine article, written out in full. Aviti is the polite form to one person. Composed from known words and sentence patterns; native review recommended

7. Pozzu aviri cchiù pani?

   Could I have some more bread?

   Usage

   Asks for more bread at the table

   Grammar Note

   "More" is cchiù, with a fixed cch spelling. Pozzu is the 1st person of putiri. Composed from known words and sentence patterns; native review recommended

8. Piccanti

   Spicy hot

   Usage

   Describes hot spiciness, or asks if a dish is spicy

   Grammar Note

   An adjective ending in -i has the same form for masculine and feminine

9. Duci

   Sweet

   Usage

   Describes sweetness, including desserts

   Grammar Note

   The form is the same for masculine and feminine. It is also used as a noun for sweets

10. Crudu

    Raw (not cooked)

    Usage

    Refers to food that is not cooked

    Grammar Note

    With a feminine noun the form is cruda

11. Risu

    Rice

    Usage

    Names rice as an ingredient or dish

    Grammar Note

    A masculine noun. The same spelling can also mean "laughter", so context decides. The Dieli dictionary gives risu for Italian riso (rice)

12. Pani

    Bread

    Usage

    Asks for or names bread

    Grammar Note

    A masculine noun, used as a mass noun; the plural is also pani

13. Pasta

    Pasta / noodles

    Usage

    Names pasta in general

    Grammar Note

    A feminine noun; the article is a (a pasta)

14. Furmaggiu

    Cheese

    Usage

    Asks for or names cheese

    Grammar Note

    The unstressed o is written u. A masculine noun

15. Meli

    Honey

    Usage

    Names honey

    Grammar Note

    A masculine noun; the article is u (u meli)

16. Suppa

    Soup

    Usage

    Asks for or names soup

    Grammar Note

    A feminine noun, written with a doubled p

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