Has anyone ever listened to spoken Sardinian and/or read Sardinian survival phrases? I have found websites where they show survival phrases. I have, also, found websites where one can listen to native speakers speak Nuorese/Logudorese. It's supposedly the closest language to Latin. It sounds a lot like Italian and Spanish blended in one. I have included herein the Lord's Prayer and survival phrases:
The Lord's Prayer in two Sardinian variants, said to be the most conservative to Latin:
Babbu nostru, ch'istas in sos chelos, santifcadu siada su lumene tuo, venzada a nois su regnu tuo, sia fatta sa voluntade tua comente i'su chelu i'sa terra. Dae nos oje su pane nostru cotidianu, perdona a nois sos peccados nostros comente nois los perdonamus, libera da ogni tentsassione, libera nos a male. (Sardinian - nuorese)
Babbu nostru k'istas in sos kelos, santificadu siat su nòmene tou, benzat a nois su regnu tou e fatta siat sa voluntade tua comente in su kelu gai in sa terra. Su pane nostru de dogni die dàdenolu oe, perdona a nois sos peccados nostros perdona a nois sos peccados nostros comente nois perdonamus sos inimigos nostros, e non nos lesses ruer in tentatzione, ma lìberanos dae su male. Amen. (Sardinian - logudorese)
Pater noster, qui est in coelis, sanctificetur nomen tuum. Adveniat regnum tuum, fiat voluntas tua sicut in coelo et in terra. Panem nostrum cottidianum da nobis hodie et dimitte nobis dedita nostra, sicut nos dimittimus debitoribus nostris. Et ne nos inducas in temptationem, sed libera nos a malo. Amen. (Latin)
Listen to spoken Nuorese and Logudorese:
http://globalrecordings.net/en/program/C08601
http://globalrecordings.net/en/program/C08600
http://www.mondosardegna.net/eng/linguasarda/linguasarda.htm
English = Sardinian (logudorese?)
Welcome - Ennidos
Hello - Bone die
How are you? Coment'istas? (sg)
Coment'istades? (pl)
I'm fine and you? Ene, e tue? (sg)
Ene, e bois? (pl)
What's your name? - Comment ti jamas?
My name is - Eu so
Where are you from? -De inne ses?
I'm from - Eu so de ...
Pleased to meet you - Piaghere
Good morning - Bon jiorno
Good afternoon - Bona sera
Good evening - Bona sera
Good night - Bona notte
Goodbye - Adiosu / ciauu
Cheers/Good health! Salute!
Bon appetit - Bon appetito
Bon voyage - Bonu iazzu
I understand - Appo cumpresu
I don't understand - No appo cumpresu nutta
I don't know - Non d'isco
Please speak more slowly - Faedda pianu / Pius pianu
Please write it down - Iscrielu (pro piaghere)
Do you speak English? - Faeddas s'inglesu?
Do you speak Sardinian? - Faeddas su sardu?
Yes, a little - Emmo, nu pagu
How do you say ... in Sardinian? - Comente si narata ... ni sardu?
How much is this? - Cantu costat?
Sorry - Mi dispiaghet (meda)
Please - Pro piaghere
Thank you - Grazie / Grazie meda / De nudda
Where's the toilet? - Ainue est su bagnu?
Would you like to dance with me? - Cheres ballare?
I miss you - Mi mancas
I love you - T'amo
Go away! - Andadicche!
Leave me alone! - Lassami in paghe!
Help! - Agguidu!
Fire! - Focu!
Stop! - Sirvone!
Call the police! - Jama sa polizia!
Merry Christmas and Happy New Year - Bon nadale e bon annu
Happy Easter - Bona pasca
Happy Birthday - Auguri
Sardinian (nuorese?) = English
Bonas dies! -Hello! / Hi!
Pro praghere. - Please.
Gratzias. - Thanks.
Gratzias meda - Thanks a lot!
De nudda. - You're welcome.
Bona tarde. - Good afternoon.
Bona notte. - Good evening/night.
faeddo - I speak
faeddas - you speak
a faeddas - do you speak
A faeddas s'ingresu? - Do you speak English?
non faeddo su sardu - I don't speak
isco - I know
ischis [iskis] - you know
non isco - I don't know
unu pagu - a bit
unu pagu de - a bit of
unu pagu de sardu - a bit of Sardinian
meda - a lot
Ite ti nas? - What's your name?
Mi naro ____. My name is ____.
Praghere. -Nice to meet you.
unu, duos, tre - one, two, three
battor, chimbe, ses -four, five, six
sete, oto, nove, deghe - seven, eight, nine, ten
Inuve est...? - Where is...?
su ristorante - the restaurant
s'albergu - the hotel
su caffè - the café
A b'est...? - Is there...?
B'est... - There is...
s'abba - water
su binu - wine
sa petha - meat
Adiosu! - Goodbye!
Sardinian grammar works a lot like other Romance languages.
Nouns are masculine or feminine, and take either a masculine or feminine article: su binu (the) wine, sa petha (the) meat. This is true for plural nouns, too: sos ristorantes (the) restaurants, sas citades (the) cities.
Verbs do much of the heavy lifting in a sentence, and do not require a subject to express a complete thought: naro I say (but you can use the pronoun for emphasis: dego naro I say). This is because, as in other Romance languages, verbs have six forms that plainly show the person performing the action. For example:
mandicare - to eat
mandico - I eat
mandicamus - we eat
mandicas - you eat
mandicadzis - all of you eat
mandicat - he/she/it eats
mandìcanta - they eat
The endings vary depending on the verb's type (-are/-ere/-ire) and the tense/mood of the verb (e.g. if the verb's action happened in the past). Sardinian uses verb phrases to express many tense/moods - the past tense is structured like apo mandicatu I ate (lit. "I have eaten") and the future as deo mandicare I will eat (lit. "I ought to eat").
Also, not all verbs take regular endings. Here's a useful example of an irregular Sardinian verb:
essere - to be
soe - I am
semus - we are
ses - you are
sedzis - all of you are
est - he/she/it is
suntu - they are
Again, notice that subject pronouns are optional and add stress/emphasis if you include them: nois semus WE are vs. semus we are; tue ses YOU are vs. ses you are. Sardinian also has a wide range of clitic object pronouns, which build around the verb: lu mandico "I eat it"; nde mandico tres "I eat three of it/them"; bi nde sun tres "there are three of them".
Sentences follow the basic word order subject (optional) + verb + object, although word order is less fixed than in English. When asking a question, Sardinian speakers use a question word (Chine ses? Who are you?; Ite est? What is it?) or use the question particle "a" (A lu mandicas? Do you eat it?; A nde cheres? Do you want some?).
Websites:
http://nativlang.com/sardinian-language/sardinian-basic-phrases.php
http://www.omniglot.com/language/phrases/sardinian.php
The Lord's Prayer in two Sardinian variants, said to be the most conservative to Latin:
Babbu nostru, ch'istas in sos chelos, santifcadu siada su lumene tuo, venzada a nois su regnu tuo, sia fatta sa voluntade tua comente i'su chelu i'sa terra. Dae nos oje su pane nostru cotidianu, perdona a nois sos peccados nostros comente nois los perdonamus, libera da ogni tentsassione, libera nos a male. (Sardinian - nuorese)
Babbu nostru k'istas in sos kelos, santificadu siat su nòmene tou, benzat a nois su regnu tou e fatta siat sa voluntade tua comente in su kelu gai in sa terra. Su pane nostru de dogni die dàdenolu oe, perdona a nois sos peccados nostros perdona a nois sos peccados nostros comente nois perdonamus sos inimigos nostros, e non nos lesses ruer in tentatzione, ma lìberanos dae su male. Amen. (Sardinian - logudorese)
Pater noster, qui est in coelis, sanctificetur nomen tuum. Adveniat regnum tuum, fiat voluntas tua sicut in coelo et in terra. Panem nostrum cottidianum da nobis hodie et dimitte nobis dedita nostra, sicut nos dimittimus debitoribus nostris. Et ne nos inducas in temptationem, sed libera nos a malo. Amen. (Latin)
Listen to spoken Nuorese and Logudorese:
http://globalrecordings.net/en/program/C08601
http://globalrecordings.net/en/program/C08600
http://www.mondosardegna.net/eng/linguasarda/linguasarda.htm
English = Sardinian (logudorese?)
Welcome - Ennidos
Hello - Bone die
How are you? Coment'istas? (sg)
Coment'istades? (pl)
I'm fine and you? Ene, e tue? (sg)
Ene, e bois? (pl)
What's your name? - Comment ti jamas?
My name is - Eu so
Where are you from? -De inne ses?
I'm from - Eu so de ...
Pleased to meet you - Piaghere
Good morning - Bon jiorno
Good afternoon - Bona sera
Good evening - Bona sera
Good night - Bona notte
Goodbye - Adiosu / ciauu
Cheers/Good health! Salute!
Bon appetit - Bon appetito
Bon voyage - Bonu iazzu
I understand - Appo cumpresu
I don't understand - No appo cumpresu nutta
I don't know - Non d'isco
Please speak more slowly - Faedda pianu / Pius pianu
Please write it down - Iscrielu (pro piaghere)
Do you speak English? - Faeddas s'inglesu?
Do you speak Sardinian? - Faeddas su sardu?
Yes, a little - Emmo, nu pagu
How do you say ... in Sardinian? - Comente si narata ... ni sardu?
How much is this? - Cantu costat?
Sorry - Mi dispiaghet (meda)
Please - Pro piaghere
Thank you - Grazie / Grazie meda / De nudda
Where's the toilet? - Ainue est su bagnu?
Would you like to dance with me? - Cheres ballare?
I miss you - Mi mancas
I love you - T'amo
Go away! - Andadicche!
Leave me alone! - Lassami in paghe!
Help! - Agguidu!
Fire! - Focu!
Stop! - Sirvone!
Call the police! - Jama sa polizia!
Merry Christmas and Happy New Year - Bon nadale e bon annu
Happy Easter - Bona pasca
Happy Birthday - Auguri
Sardinian (nuorese?) = English
Bonas dies! -Hello! / Hi!
Pro praghere. - Please.
Gratzias. - Thanks.
Gratzias meda - Thanks a lot!
De nudda. - You're welcome.
Bona tarde. - Good afternoon.
Bona notte. - Good evening/night.
faeddo - I speak
faeddas - you speak
a faeddas - do you speak
A faeddas s'ingresu? - Do you speak English?
non faeddo su sardu - I don't speak
isco - I know
ischis [iskis] - you know
non isco - I don't know
unu pagu - a bit
unu pagu de - a bit of
unu pagu de sardu - a bit of Sardinian
meda - a lot
Ite ti nas? - What's your name?
Mi naro ____. My name is ____.
Praghere. -Nice to meet you.
unu, duos, tre - one, two, three
battor, chimbe, ses -four, five, six
sete, oto, nove, deghe - seven, eight, nine, ten
Inuve est...? - Where is...?
su ristorante - the restaurant
s'albergu - the hotel
su caffè - the café
A b'est...? - Is there...?
B'est... - There is...
s'abba - water
su binu - wine
sa petha - meat
Adiosu! - Goodbye!
Sardinian grammar works a lot like other Romance languages.
Nouns are masculine or feminine, and take either a masculine or feminine article: su binu (the) wine, sa petha (the) meat. This is true for plural nouns, too: sos ristorantes (the) restaurants, sas citades (the) cities.
Verbs do much of the heavy lifting in a sentence, and do not require a subject to express a complete thought: naro I say (but you can use the pronoun for emphasis: dego naro I say). This is because, as in other Romance languages, verbs have six forms that plainly show the person performing the action. For example:
mandicare - to eat
mandico - I eat
mandicamus - we eat
mandicas - you eat
mandicadzis - all of you eat
mandicat - he/she/it eats
mandìcanta - they eat
The endings vary depending on the verb's type (-are/-ere/-ire) and the tense/mood of the verb (e.g. if the verb's action happened in the past). Sardinian uses verb phrases to express many tense/moods - the past tense is structured like apo mandicatu I ate (lit. "I have eaten") and the future as deo mandicare I will eat (lit. "I ought to eat").
Also, not all verbs take regular endings. Here's a useful example of an irregular Sardinian verb:
essere - to be
soe - I am
semus - we are
ses - you are
sedzis - all of you are
est - he/she/it is
suntu - they are
Again, notice that subject pronouns are optional and add stress/emphasis if you include them: nois semus WE are vs. semus we are; tue ses YOU are vs. ses you are. Sardinian also has a wide range of clitic object pronouns, which build around the verb: lu mandico "I eat it"; nde mandico tres "I eat three of it/them"; bi nde sun tres "there are three of them".
Sentences follow the basic word order subject (optional) + verb + object, although word order is less fixed than in English. When asking a question, Sardinian speakers use a question word (Chine ses? Who are you?; Ite est? What is it?) or use the question particle "a" (A lu mandicas? Do you eat it?; A nde cheres? Do you want some?).
Websites:
http://nativlang.com/sardinian-language/sardinian-basic-phrases.php
http://www.omniglot.com/language/phrases/sardinian.php