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In today's lesson you will learn how to use the adjectives in Sicilian.
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After mastering this lesson, these related pages might interest you: Adverbs in Sicilian & Personal Pronouns.
Rules[edit | edit source]
The adjective is a modifier, ie it modifies the noun to which it relates and agrees in gender and number with this same noun. Generally, in Sicilian, the adjective follows the noun:
English | Sicilian |
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The beautiful house | La casa bedda |
The little tree | L'arvulu nicu |
The high wall | Lu muru autu |
He climbed the high ladder | Acchianò la scala auta |
We have a beautiful horse | Avèmu un cavàddu beddu |
They gave him a red ball | A ìddu ci dèttiru na palla russa |
My brother had a little dog | Mê frati avìa un cani nicu |
Sometimes the adjective comes before the noun, which it modifies to give greater emphasis to the subject.
Adjective (Sicilian) | Adjective (English) | Example (Sicilian) | Example (English) |
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beddu | beautiful | Chidda è na bedda picciòtta | She's (really) a beautiful girl |
ran | big | Iddu avi nu gran cavàddu | He had a (very) big horse |
bruttu | bad | La iena è un bruttu armàlu | The hyena is a (very) bad animal |
avutru | other | Lu patri avi n'avutru cani | The father had (well) another dog |
caru | charming | Iddu è un caru picciòttu | It's (really) a charming little |
Some Adjectives in Sicilian[edit | edit source]
ENGLISH | SICILIAN |
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big (m) / big (f) | granni / granni |
other (m) / other (f) | àutru / àutra |
large (m) / large (f) | granni / granni |
heavy (m) / heavy (f) | pisanti / pisanta |
small (m) / small (f) | nicu / nica |
short (m) / short (f) | curtu / curta |
thin (m) / thin (f) | màuru / màura |
good (m) / good (f) | bonu / bona |
dry (m) / dry (f) | asciuttu / asciutta |
dirty (m) / dirty (f) | lordu / lorda |
wet (m) / wet (f) | bagnatu / bagnata |
correct (m) / correct (f) | giustu / giusta |
far (m) / far (f) | luntanu / luntanu |
old (m) / old (f) | vecchiu / vecchia |
new (m) / new (f) | novu / nova |
full (m) / full (f) | chinu / china |
cold (m) / cold (f) | friddu / fridda |
warm (m) / warm (f) | càudu / càuda |
Other Lessons[edit | edit source]
- Past Tense
- Demonstrative Pronouns
- Past Participle in Sicilian
- Personal Pronouns
- Adverbs in Sicilian
- Imperative Mood
- Definite Articles in Sicilian
- Articles
- Conditional Tense