Lesson 7: Sicilian pronouns
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Demostrative Pronouns
The demostrative pronouns are:
Chistu chista this (near me)
Chissu chissa that (near you)
Chiddu chidda that (away from us)
Chistu nun mi piàci vògghiu chiddu I do not like this, I want that
Prefirìsciu chistu a chiddu I prefer this one to that one
Chissa nun mi piàci I do no like that one
Personal Pronouns
The personal pronouns are as follows:
Singular
Iu, mi I, me
Tu, ti you
Iddu he, him, she, her
Plural
Nui, nuàtri, nni we, us
Vui, vuiàtri, vi you
Iddi they, them
Iu vaiu a Catània I go to Catania
Iddi lavànu li robbi They are washing the clothes
Vuiàtri nun c’èravu a la cresia You were not at church
Tu ci isti puru You went too.
Iddi ièru a chiamàri a iddu They went to call him
The following pronouns are also used with a preposition, as in:
Di mia of me
A tia to you
Nni iddu, a idda by him, to her
Di nui, cu nuiàtri of us, with us
nni vui , a vuiàtri by you, to you
Cu iddi with them
Lu cani si scanta di mia The dog fears me (is fearful of me)
Stu libbru lu dugnu a tia I give this book to you
Mê soru si nni iu cu iddi My sister went with them
Dda gatta vinni nni nuiàtri That cat came by us
Possessivi Pronouns.
Singular
Lu miu mine
Lu tou, tô yours
Lu sou, sô his, hers
Plural
Lu nostru ours
Lu vostru yours
Lu sou, sô theirs
Li nostri pussidimènti sunnu granni Our possession are big
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Sta casa è la mia This is my house
Li nostri parènti annu a vèniri tutti ccà
Our relatives wiil all come here
Li sô parènti nun ci vanno Their relatives will not go
The possessive adjective precedes always the noun to which it refers, the possessive pronoun can stay by itself, as in:
Vaiu â mê (a la mia) casa I go to my house
Lu tô bicchèri e la sô buttìgghia
Your glass and his, her bottle
Tu parti cu la tô machìna, e iu cu la mia
You leave with your car and I with mine
Iu mànciu lu mê pani e tu lu tô
I eat my bread and you yours
Relative Pronouns
The relative pronouns can refer to person, animal or thing, they are:
Chi which, that, who, whom
Ca which, that, who, whom
Cui, cû which, whom
Quali which. Who
Chi e ca are never used with a preposition:
La manu chi aiuta The hand that helps
L’omu ca travàgghia The man who works
Cui is always used with a preposition:
Chista è la casa di cui ti parrài
This is the house of which I talked to you
In some Sicilian sayings, cui is used as who:
Cui cu cani si curca cu pucci si leva.
Who goes to bed with the dog will rise with flees.
Cui duna pani a lu cani perdi lu pani e lu cani.
Who gives bread to the dog loses the bread and the dog.
Quàli is always preceded by the definite article:
Quànnu vitti l’avvucàtu di Vicènzu, lu quàli addifinnìu a Petru, nun lu vosi taliàri.
When I saw Vince’s attorney, who defended Peter, I did not even wanted to look at him.
Ncuntrài la soru di Rusulia cu la quàli iu iava a scola.
I met Roalie’s sister with whom I used to go to school
Uses expressive of chi, comu, quàntu:
Comu è bedda dda piccirìdda!
How beautiful is that little girl!
Quàntu è làidu ddu cani! How ugly is that dog!
Chi furtùna! What luck!
Chi beddi rosi! What beautiful roses
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