Cooking & Markets

1. Comente si coghinat custu pratu traditzionale?

   How do you prepare this traditional dish?

   Usage

   Asks how a traditional dish is cooked

   Grammar Note

   Coghinare means to cook. The si form of the 3rd person asks how something is cooked. Traditzionale has one form for both genders. Composed from known words and sentence patterns; native review recommended

2. Potzo assazare custu in antis de comporare?

   Can I taste this before buying?

   Usage

   Asks whether you may taste something before buying it

   Grammar Note

   In antis de followed by an infinitive means before doing something. Potzo is the 1st person of pòdere. Composed from known words and sentence patterns; native review recommended

3. Cheria sighire unu cursu de coghina.

   I'd like to take a cooking class.

   Usage

   Says that you would like to take a cooking class

   Grammar Note

   "Cheria" is a polite way to state a wish and takes an infinitive. Coghina is a feminine noun meaning cooking or cuisine. Composed from known words and sentence patterns; native review recommended

4. sa sale

   Salt

   Usage

   Point at this to ask for salt or to say you want less of it

   Grammar Note

   Sale is attested with the feminine article, as in sa sale

5. su tzùcaru

   Sugar

   Usage

   Point at this to ask for sugar or to say you want less of it

   Grammar Note

   Tzùcaru is a masculine noun. The spelling tz stands for the sound /ts/

6. s'ozu

   Oil

   Usage

   Point at this to ask for oil or to say you want less of it

   Grammar Note

   S' is su shortened before a vowel. Ozu is a masculine noun; olive oil is ozu de olia

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