Massage & Spa

1. Hè troppu forte, più dolce, pè piacè

   It's too strong, please be more gentle

   Usage

   Asking for less pressure when a massage is too strong

   Grammar Note

   Troppu (too) + the adjective forte. Dolce means "soft, gentle" and più makes it comparative. Composed from known words and sentence patterns; native review recommended

2. Vi pudete cuncentrà nantu à a schiena?

   Could you focus on the back?

   Usage

   Telling the practitioner which area to concentrate on

   Grammar Note

   The reflexive cuncentrassi (to concentrate) with its pronoun vi placed before pudete, the 2pl of pudè. Schiena (back) is feminine. Composed from known words and sentence patterns; native review recommended

3. Cusì và bè, cuntinuate

   This way is very good, please continue

   Usage

   Saying the pressure is right and asking the practitioner to continue

   Grammar Note

   Và is the 3sg of andà, and và bè means "is going well". Cuntinuate is the 2pl imperative of cuntinuà, used politely. Composed from known words and sentence patterns; native review recommended

4. Aghju un dulore à a spalla diritta

   I have pain in my right shoulder

   Usage

   Telling the practitioner where it hurts

   Grammar Note

   Dulore (pain) is masculine and spalla (shoulder) is feminine. Diritta means "right" and agrees with spalla. Composed from known words and sentence patterns; native review recommended

5. Aghju una tensione in u collu

   I have tension in my neck

   Usage

   Telling the practitioner about a stiff neck

   Grammar Note

   Tensione is feminine. Collu (neck), also written coddu, is masculine. The place is given with in + article u. Composed from known words and sentence patterns; native review recommended

6. Hè cumpresu u bagnu di vapore?

   Is the sauna included?

   Usage

   Checking whether the sauna is included in the price at a spa

   Grammar Note

   Bagnu di vapore (steam bath) is the word for a sauna. Cumpresu (included) agrees with the masculine bagnu. Composed from known words and sentence patterns; native review recommended

7. Pudete mette più oliu, pè piacè?

   Could you use more oil, please?

   Usage

   Asking the practitioner to use more oil

   Grammar Note

   Pudete is the 2pl of pudè, used to ask politely. Mette means "to put, to apply". Più + noun means "more ...". Composed from known words and sentence patterns; native review recommended

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