Convenience Store

1. Site aperti a dumenica?

   Are you open on Sundays?

   Usage

   Ask whether a small shop or bakery opens on Sundays; many shops close that day

   Grammar Note

   Polite speech uses the plural verb form site (voi). Dumenica is also spelled duminica. Composed from known words and sentence patterns; native review recommended

2. Vendite timbri?

   Do you sell stamps?

   Usage

   Ask whether the shop sells postage stamps, for example to send a postcard

   Grammar Note

   Timbri is the plural of timbru (stamp); pustillu is another word for a postage stamp. Composed from known words and sentence patterns; native review recommended

3. Vogliu un bigliettu di l'autobus, pè piacè

   I would like a bus ticket, please

   Usage

   How to ask for a bus ticket at a shop or kiosk that sells them

   Grammar Note

   Bigliettu is also spelled bugliettu; the l' in di l'autobus is the article before a vowel. Composed from known words and sentence patterns; native review recommended

4. Mi pudete dà un sacchettu, pè piacè?

   Could you give me a bag, please?

   Usage

   Ask for a carrier bag after paying

   Grammar Note

   Sacchettu is the small form of saccu (sack). The polite request pattern is Mi pudete plus an infinitive. Composed from known words and sentence patterns; native review recommended

5. Mi pudete dà duie fette di prisuttu, pè piacè?

   Could you give me two slices of ham, please?

   Usage

   Order ham by the slice at a grocer or deli; Corsican ham is prisuttu

   Grammar Note

   Fette is the plural of fetta (slice); the numeral takes the feminine form duie. Prisuttu is also spelled presuttu. Composed from known words and sentence patterns; native review recommended

6. Vogliu una buttiglia d'acqua

   I would like a bottle of water

   Usage

   Buy bottled water at a kiosk or grocer

   Grammar Note

   Acqua starts with a vowel, so di becomes d'. Buttiglia is also spelled butteglia. Composed from known words and sentence patterns; native review recommended

7. Vogliu un pocu di casgiu

   I would like a little cheese

   Usage

   Ask for some cheese by weight at a grocer; local cheeses such as brocciu are often on sale on the island

   Grammar Note

   Casgiu is also spelled casu; furmagliu is another word for cheese. Composed from known words and sentence patterns; native review recommended

8. Devu pagà prima?

   Do I have to pay first?

   Usage

   Ask at a kiosk or counter when it is unclear whether you pay first or after

   Grammar Note

   Devu is the 1sg of duvè (must) and takes an infinitive. Composed from known words and sentence patterns; native review recommended

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