Markets & Souvenirs

1. Cantu costat custu?

   How much does this cost?

   Usage

   The basic way to ask the price of an item at a market

   Grammar Note

   Custu means this, used while pointing

2. Mi podides fàghere unu iscontu si nde pigo medas?

   Will you give me a discount if I take several?

   Usage

   Asks for a discount when buying several items

   Grammar Note

   Podides is the bois form of podere, a polite request to a seller. Nde is a small word meaning "of them". Composed from known words and sentence patterns; native review recommended

3. Est fatu a manu?

   Is this handmade?

   Usage

   Asks whether an item is handmade

   Grammar Note

   "A manu" means by hand; fatu is the past participle of fàghere. Composed from known words and sentence patterns; native review recommended

4. De cale materiale est fatu?

   What material is this made of?

   Usage

   Asks what material an item is made of

   Grammar Note

   Cale means which; materiale is masculine. Composed from known words and sentence patterns; native review recommended

5. Ue est su mercadu de note?

   Where is the night market?

   Usage

   Asks where the night market is

   Grammar Note

   De note means "of the night" and follows the noun. Composed from known words and sentence patterns; native review recommended

6. Cale est s'oràriu de abertura de su mercadu?

   What are the market's hours?

   Usage

   Asks about the opening hours of the market

   Grammar Note

   Oràriu de abertura means opening hours; de su means of the. Composed from known words and sentence patterns; native review recommended

7. Abbaido petzi, gràtzias.

   I'm just looking, thanks

   Usage

   Politely says you are only looking

   Grammar Note

   Petzi means only; abbaido is the first-person form of abbaidare (to look). Composed from known words and sentence patterns; native review recommended

8. Lu podides imbiare in unu paisu istràngiu?

   Can you ship it abroad?

   Usage

   Asks whether the seller can ship an item abroad

   Grammar Note

   Lu is an object pronoun placed before the verb; istràngiu means foreign. Composed from known words and sentence patterns; native review recommended

9. Tenides una mesura prus pitica?

   Do you have a smaller size?

   Usage

   Asks for a smaller size

   Grammar Note

   Pitica is the feminine of piticu, agreeing with mesura. Composed from known words and sentence patterns; native review recommended

10. Est tropu caru.

    It's too expensive

    Usage

    Says the price is too high

    Grammar Note

    Tropu goes before the adjective

11. su pibereddu

    Chilli pepper

    Usage

    Names the hot chilli

    Grammar Note

    Masculine noun; it can also be used for pepper as a spice

12. sas frutas

    Fruit

    Usage

    Used when looking for the fruit stalls

    Grammar Note

    Plural of fruta; used for the stall or the kind of goods

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