Music & Entertainment

1. Unni pozzu sèntiri musica live stasira?

   Where can I hear live music tonight?

   Usage

   Used to find a venue with live music this evening

   Grammar Note

   Live is used as a loanword. Sèntiri is stressed on the third syllable from the end, so the accent mark is written. Composed from known words and sentence patterns; native review recommended

2. Comu si chiama stu strumentu?

   What is this instrument called?

   Usage

   Used to ask the name of an unfamiliar instrument

   Grammar Note

   Si chiama is reflexive, "is called", the standard way to ask a name. Strumentu is masculine, hence stu. Composed from known words and sentence patterns; native review recommended

3. C'è nu cuncertu stasira?

   Is there a concert tonight?

   Usage

   Used to check whether a concert is on tonight

   Grammar Note

   C'è means "there is" (singular); the plural is ci sunnu. In cuncertu the unstressed o is written u. Composed from known words and sentence patterns; native review recommended

4. Vogghiu accattari nu bigghiettu pi u spittàculu

   I want to buy a ticket for the show

   Usage

   Used at a ticket counter to ask for a show ticket

   Grammar Note

   The verb after vuliri is an infinitive. The article may be written lu as well as u. Spittàculu is stressed on the third syllable from the end, so the accent mark is written. Composed from known words and sentence patterns; native review recommended

5. Mi putiti sunari cacchi cosa tradizziunali?

   Could you play something traditional for me?

   Usage

   A polite way to ask a performer for a traditional piece

   Grammar Note

   Putiti is the "you" (plural) form and also serves as the polite singular. Sunari is used for playing an instrument, unlike jucari (to play a game or sport). Composed from known words and sentence patterns; native review recommended

6. Unni pozzu accattari musica locali?

   Where can I buy local music?

   Usage

   Used to ask where to buy local music recordings

   Grammar Note

   Unni + pozzu + infinitive asks "where can I ...?". Musica without an article means music in general. Composed from known words and sentence patterns; native review recommended

7. Comu si chiama sta canzuna?

   What is this song called?

   Usage

   Used to ask the title of the song that is playing

   Grammar Note

   Canzuna is feminine, so the demonstrative is the feminine sta (masculine nouns take stu). Composed from known words and sentence patterns; native review recommended

8. Mi piaci assai stu tipu di musica

   I really like this kind of music

   Usage

   Used to say clearly that you like a kind of music

   Grammar Note

   "I like" is mi piaci (literally "it pleases me"), with the thing liked as the subject. Composed from known words and sentence patterns; native review recommended

9. A chi ura cumincia u spittàculu?

   What time does the performance start?

   Usage

   Used to check the start time of a performance

   Grammar Note

   "At what time" is a chi ura. Ura means "hour", a different word from ora (now). Composed from known words and sentence patterns; native review recommended

10. Sta musica è beḍḍa assai

    This music is very beautiful

    Usage

    Used to compliment music and show admiration

    Grammar Note

    The ll of Italian bella becomes the retroflex ḍḍ in Sicilian, written beḍḍa. The adjective takes the feminine form to agree with musica. Composed from known words and sentence patterns; native review recommended

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