The Sicilian Way Of Saying “Family”?

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Famigghia and Famigghia are the top translations of “family” into Sicilian, a Romance language spoken in Sicily and parts of southern Italy. A family is a father, mother, and their sons and daughters, also known as a nuclear family. To say “eat” in Sicilian, you would say “mangia” or “manciari”. In Sicilian, grandmother is pronounced “famiglia”.

An English-Sicilian dictionary can help you learn about this language, the oldest Romance language, spoken in Sicily and parts of southern Italy. The list of over 4, 900 Sicilian words from A to C is available in an English-Sicilian dictionary, which includes phrases with translations, examples, pronunciation, and pictures.

When addressing your father formally, Sicilian offers options that express respect and reverence. Three commonly used terms include Patri, pronounced “mee-chee-KAY”, and T’amu, which means “I love you” to a romantic partner. For best results when translating from Sicilian to English, use standard Sicilian forms like dici (not rici) and bedda (not bella), and avoid using apostrophes.

In Italian, “My family” is pronounced “La mia famiglia”, and the phrase is read/said in the sentence structure of the Sicilian language. Sicilians have a saying called “La Famiglia e Tutto” (Family is Everything), and they live by what they say.

In summary, Famigghia and Famigghia are top translations for “family” in Sicilian, a Romance language spoken in Sicily and southern Italy.

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  • It´s so heartwarming that young guys like you are helping to preserve their regional languages in Italy and also teaching it for free for all who get interested in them, congratulations and grazi for your website! Saluti dal Brasile:-) P.S.: If you allow me, I’d like to suggest speaking the sentences slowly at first so the leaners get the pronunciation more easily, which boosts the learning curve (giving them more self-confidence in turn) and the second time in the natural speed of daily conversations. This helps a lot:-) in any language learning process.

  • We came to America, in 1967, and my dad never learned English. I guess he worked and never took any English classes and supported the family . He must have worked with the same people on the train rails and just never was able to learn English . He got very nervous about it at times and he regretted it till the day he died because he had to rely on others for doing certain things here in America..😔😢.. I was only 5 years old when we came from Sicily. I find it amazing I understand Sicilian pretty well, . Ti ringraziu, Papa, since you always spoke Sicilian to me I can speak both English and my native tongue.. state buono Pappa

  • Excellent article. I saw a article where they broke the islands into 9 dialects. Here’s my question. My family comes from San Giovanni Gemini in Agrigento. One town to the north where i have family is Catronovo, which is in Palermo, not AG. Would those cousins have a different accent than those in San Giovani? And is there such map shows the borders of the accents

  • Per avere un riscontro nel napoletano: ‘A mamma ‘O patre / pate Mammama e patemo se ‘nzuravene ô 1985 ‘O frate ‘A sora ‘Nt’â famigglia ‘e nonnema sevene 7 frate e sore ‘O marito ‘A muggliera Mugglierema enne bella comm’â Sicilia ‘O figglio ‘A figglia Figgliemo nu bô ì â scola ‘O nonno (arc. Tatone) ‘A nonna (arc. Tatona) Nonnemo se chiamme Peppe comm’a me ‘O zio ‘A zia ‘O zi’ Gnazzio pazzée a briscula câ zi’ Lina ‘O fratecucino ‘A soracucina Fratemocucino enn’auto, ma soremacucina enne curtulella ‘O nepote ‘A nepota Quanno he nato nepoteto? ‘O ‘nnammurato ‘A ‘nnammurata ‘O cumpagno mijo s’he truato a na ‘nnammurata ‘O suocro ‘A socra Je e socrema ce vulimme bene ‘O viennero ‘A nora Norema enne na brava uaggliona ‘O cainato ‘A cainata Cainateta enne troppo (assaje) rocia

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