Post Office

1. Induve hè l'uffiziu pustale u più vicinu?

   Where is the nearest post office?

   Usage

   Asking where the closest post office is

   Grammar Note

   Uffiziu (office) is masculine and pustale means "postal". "The nearest" is article + più + adjective, here masculine u più vicinu. Uffiziu is also written offiziu. Composed from known words and sentence patterns; native review recommended

2. Vogliu mandà questa lettera / questu pacchettu in [paese]

   I'd like to send this letter / package to [country].

   Usage

   Telling the counter clerk what you are sending and to which country; replace [paese] with the country

   Grammar Note

   Lettera is feminine, hence questa; pacchettu is masculine, hence questu. Mandà means "to send". Paese means "country" or "village"; it marks where the country name goes. Composed from known words and sentence patterns; native review recommended

3. Quantu costa à mandà què cù a posta aerea?

   How much does it cost to send this by airmail?

   Usage

   Asking the price of sending something by air mail

   Grammar Note

   Posta means "the mail" and aerea "air" in the feminine, agreeing with posta. Keep the grave accent in què ("this"). Composed from known words and sentence patterns; native review recommended

4. Quantu tempu ci vole pè a cunsegna?

   How long will delivery take?

   Usage

   Asking how long a letter or parcel takes to arrive

   Grammar Note

   Ci vole means "it takes". Cunsegna (feminine) is the handing over or delivery, also written cunsigna. Composed from known words and sentence patterns; native review recommended

5. Vogliu mandà questa lettera ricumandata

   I'd like to send this letter by registered mail.

   Usage

   Asking for a letter to go by registered post

   Grammar Note

   Ricumandatu means "registered" and takes the feminine ricumandata with lettera. It is also written ricummandatu. A reliable word for "express mail" could not be verified, so only registered post is covered. Composed from known words and sentence patterns; native review recommended

6. Vendite timbri quì?

   Do you sell stamps here?

   Usage

   Asking whether stamps are on sale here

   Grammar Note

   Vendite is the 2pl of vende, the polite form. A stamp is timbru (also pustillu); the plural timbri is used here. Composed from known words and sentence patterns; native review recommended

7. Possu seguità stu pacchettu?

   Can I track this package?

   Usage

   Asking whether a parcel can be tracked

   Grammar Note

   Seguità means "to follow", extended here to tracking a parcel as in French. This is an assembled wording rather than an attested set phrase. Pacchettu is masculine, hence stu. Composed from known words and sentence patterns; native review recommended

8. Devu cumpilà una dichjarazione di dugana

   I need to fill out a customs declaration.

   Usage

   Explaining that a customs declaration has to be completed for an international parcel

   Grammar Note

   Devu is the 1sg of duvè. Cumpilà is also written compilà. A reliable word for the paper "form" could not be verified, so the sentence speaks of filling in the declaration. Composed from known words and sentence patterns; native review recommended

9. Ci hè un pacchettu da ritirà pè mè?

   Is there a package for me to pick up?

   Usage

   Asking at the counter for a parcel being held for you

   Grammar Note

   da + infinitive means "to be ...-ed" (here, to be collected). Keep the grave accent in mè. Ritirà is "to withdraw, to pick up". Composed from known words and sentence patterns; native review recommended

10. U mo pacchettu ùn hè ancu arrivatu — pudete verificà?

    My package hasn't arrived yet — can you check?

    Usage

    Asking staff to look into a parcel that has not arrived

    Grammar Note

    ùn ... ancu means "not yet"; keep the accent in Ùn. Arrivatu is the past participle of arrivà, masculine to agree with pacchettu. Verificà is also written virificà. Composed from known words and sentence patterns; native review recommended

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