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Useful foreign phrases |
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Colours |
Kinship |
Idioms |
Tongue twisters |
Proverbs |
Other multilingual pages
A collection of useful phrases in Corsican. You can see them in many other languages by clicking on the English versions.
| English | corsu (Corsican) |
|---|---|
| Welcome | Benvinuta |
| Hello | Salute / Bonghjornu |
| How are you? Fine thanks. |
Cumu sì? (inf) Cumu site? (frm) |
| Va bè, vi ringraziu | |
| Long time no see | Face un pezzu |
| What's your name? My name is ... |
Cumu vi chjamate? |
| Mi chjamu ... | |
| Where are you from? I'm from ... |
D'induve site? / Di quale ne site? |
| Eiu sò di ... | |
| Pleased to meet you | Un piacè d'incuntravvi / Mi Face Piacè |
| Good morning | Bonghjornu |
| Good afternoon | Bonghjornu |
| Good evening | (À) bona sera |
| Good night | À bona notte |
| Goodbye | Avvedeci / À a prossima / À dopu |
| Good luck | Bona furtuna |
| Cheers/Good health! | (À a) salute |
| Have a nice day | Vi precu una bella ghjurnata |
| Bon appetit | Bon appetitu |
| Bon voyage | Bona strada / Bon viaghju |
| I understand | Aghju capitu |
| I don't understand | Ùn capiscu micca |
| I don't know | Ùn a sò |
| Please speak more slowly | Parlate più lentamente per piacè |
| Please say that again | Pudete ripetela? |
| Please write it down | Pudete scrivela per piacè? |
| Do you speak English? | Parlate Inglese? |
| Does anyone speak English here? | Ci hè qualchissia chì parla Inglese quì? |
| Do you speak Corsican? Yes, a little |
Parlate corsu? |
| Iè, un pocu | |
| How do you say ... in Corsican? | Cumu si dice ... in corsu? |
| Excuse me | Scusatemi |
| How much is this? | Quantu costa? |
| Sorry | Mi dispiace |
| Please | Per piacè |
| Thank you Response |
À ringraziavvi / Vi ringraziu |
| Di nunda | |
| Where's the toilet? | Induve sò e toilettes? |
| This gentleman/lady will pay for everything |
Quissu hà da pagà tuttu Quissa hà da pagà tuttu |
| Would you like to dance with me? |
Voli ballà? |
| I miss you | Mi manchi |
| I love you | Ti tengu caru |
| Get well soon | Guarisci prestu |
| Go away! | Vaitine! |
| Leave me alone! | Lasciatemi stà! |
| Help! Fire! Stop! |
Aiutu! Aiutatemi! Focu! Piccia! Arristeti! Piantala! |
| Call the police! | Chiamate a puliza! |
| Merry Christmas and Happy New Year |
Bon Natale è pace è salute |
| Happy Easter | Bona Pasqua |
| Happy Birthday | Felice anniversariu |
| One language is never enough |
Una ligua sola ùn basta mai! |
| My hovercraft is full of eels |
I me puppuli ani da chjuppà di piaceri - innò, scuseti : u me battellu hè carcu d'anguili |
Corrections and additions by Marilena Verheus
If you would like to make any corrections or additions to this page, please contact me.
Information about Corsican | Corsican phrases | Tower of Babel in Corsican | Corsican learning materials
Other collections of Corsican phrases
http://wikitravel.org/en/Corsican_phrasebook
http://www.vacances-corses.com/2011/03/31/20-expressions-en-langue-corse/
http://corsica.net.free.fr/html/francais/langue/grammaire.htm
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