Airport & Customs

1. Mustrate u vostru passaportu, pè piacè

   Please show your passport

   Usage

   What an officer says at passport control or the boarding gate; just hand over your passport

   Grammar Note

   The command uses the voi (2pl) form, which is the polite register. Vostru (your) covers both a polite single person and a group. Mustrà is also written mostrà. Composed from known words and sentence patterns; native review recommended

2. Quale hè u mutivu di a vostra visita?

   What is the purpose of your visit?

   Usage

   A standard question at immigration; for a holiday, just say you are a tourist

   Grammar Note

   Mutivu is masculine and is also spelled motivu. Visita is feminine, so vostra takes the feminine form. Quale hè asks "which/what is". Composed from known words and sentence patterns; native review recommended

3. Quante notte pensate di stà?

   How many nights are you planning to stay?

   Usage

   Asked at immigration about the length of your stay; answer with a number of nights

   Grammar Note

   Notte (night) is feminine; the plural is notte or notti, and quante agrees with it. Pensà di plus an infinitive means to plan to do something. Composed from known words and sentence patterns; native review recommended

4. Avete qualcosa da dichjarà?

   Do you have anything to declare?

   Usage

   A customs question; if you have nothing to declare, answer Nò

   Grammar Note

   Da plus an infinitive means "to be ...-ed". Dichjarà may also appear as dicchjarà. Answer "no" with the grave-accented Nò, not plain no. Composed from known words and sentence patterns; native review recommended

5. U mo bagagliu ùn hè ancu ghjuntu

   My luggage hasn't arrived

   Usage

   Tell the airline desk when your bag does not appear at the baggage claim

   Grammar Note

   Ghjunghje (to arrive) forms its past with esse, so the participle agrees with masculine bagagliu: ghjuntu. Negation is Ùn + hè; keep the grave on Ùn. Composed from known words and sentence patterns; native review recommended

6. Sò in transitu

   I'm in transit

   Usage

   Tell the staff at security or a transfer desk that you are only connecting through

   Grammar Note

   Transitu is a masculine noun meaning passage or transit, and is not limited to flights. Composed from known words and sentence patterns; native review recommended

7. Induve hè a porta d'imbarcu?

   Where is the gate?

   Usage

   Ask staff where your boarding gate is, using the number on your boarding pass

   Grammar Note

   Porta is feminine. D' is di before a vowel, written with a plain apostrophe. Imbarcu means embarking or boarding. Composed from known words and sentence patterns; native review recommended

8. Quandu cumincia l'imbarcu?

   When does boarding begin?

   Usage

   Check when boarding starts while you wait at the gate

   Grammar Note

   Cumincià is also written cumencià. The verb is third person to agree with imbarcu. L' is the article u before a vowel. Composed from known words and sentence patterns; native review recommended

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