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Alcuni pirsuni or qualchi pirsuna. Alcuni u fannu. Some persons. (e) Some... cu We all die; some young, others old. Some do it. The one... the other is: autri... autri yiutri cadimi, autri scappanu Some fall, others flee. One... another is: Voi sasizza or du'ova? L'unu e I'autru. l'unu... I'autru Do you want sausages or two eggs? Both (one and the other). 32 (D Other indefinite pronouns and adjectives: anybody, qualcunu, qualchidunu, pronouns. anything, qualchicosa, pron. anything else, autru, pron.

Chiaru, clear frsincu,frank chiaramenti, clearly francamente frankly However, Sicilians prefer using the adjective as an adverb. Unn pozzu v /diri troppu b o n u. / can ' t see too well. Iddu parrà chiaru. He speaks clearly. (b) So meaning it is translated as u U fazzu. U cridi. U d/cinu I do so. He thinks so. They say so. 40 Qmiparison Adverbs are compared like adjectives. 1. Regular: granili, large; chiù granni, larger; u chiù granni, the largest nicu, small; cìiiìi nicu, smaller u chiù nicu, the smallest 2.

A three-legged table. 36 4 In some idiomatic phrases, di is used in Sicilian when another preposition is used in English. Di iomuedinotti. È cuntenti di travagghiari. gut: Pensu di no. By day and by night. He is satisfied with work. I think not. 5. Da has varied meanings: (a) Characteristic of: A sala da pranzu. The dining room. (b) From: Arrivò oggi da Parigi. He arrived from Paris today. (c) Byj. To, indicating duty or necessity: Fu fattu da Ninu. Havi qualchicosa da fari. It was done by Nino.