Kiss Me

darkerhorse · Post by **darkerhorse** » 07 Dec 2022, 00:18

How would you say "kiss me" in Italian?

What about in Sicilian?

mmogno · Post by **mmogno** » 07 Dec 2022, 00:23

baciami, dammi un bacio (italian)

darkerhorse · Post by **darkerhorse** » 07 Dec 2022, 00:58

Yes, "baciami", that's what I was guessing based on a faded memory.

I wonder if it could sound similar in Sicilian?

I'm pretty sure it was said starting with "b", not "v".

Maybe "baciare" is also used in Sicilian. Or maybe they spoke some Italian with the Sicilian.

Would rural, uneducated Sicilian immigrants to the U.S. in the early 1900s have likely spoken Sicilian, Italian, or both in America?

mmogno · Post by **mmogno** » 07 Dec 2022, 01:14

darkerhorse wrote: 07 Dec 2022, 00:58 Would rural, uneducated Sicilian immigrants to the U.S. in the early 1900s have likely spoken Sicilian, Italian, or both in America?

Sicilian

darkerhorse · Post by **darkerhorse** » 07 Dec 2022, 01:29

Apparently, there's a verb "baciari" (to kiss) in Sicilian.

So, the imperative might sound like "baciami? or maybe "baciamia"?

AngelaGrace56 · Post by **AngelaGrace56** » 07 Dec 2022, 06:13

darkerhorse wrote: 07 Dec 2022, 01:29 Apparently, there's a verb "baciari" (to kiss) in Sicilian.

So, the imperative might sound like "baciami? or maybe "baciamia"?

Are you meaning the word "baciare" which is the Italian verb. In Sicilian I'm pretty sure it is "vasari" or similar. In the dialect my parents spoke a lot of words beginning with the letter "b" in Italian were replaced with "v" and I'm sure it was the same in a lot of the dialects in the South. "r" often replaced the letter "d".

Angela

MarcuccioV · Post by **MarcuccioV** » 07 Dec 2022, 06:18

In our dialect, the "c" in "baciami" sounded more like a lazy "zh" sound as opposed to a harder, more staccato "ch" sound...

darkerhorse · Post by **darkerhorse** » 07 Dec 2022, 13:51

According to Privitera, in Sicilian the conjugation of regular verbs is:

first = ari as in parrari = to speak
second = idiri as in cridiri = to believe
third = iri as in partiri = to leave

There's a more common verb "vasari" but I believe there's also a first conjugation verb "baciari" = to kiss; with the imperative "bacia".

darkerhorse · Post by **darkerhorse** » 07 Dec 2022, 13:55

FYI

https://www.wordsense.eu/vasari/

Maybe they were saying "vasami" and not "baciami", but there appears to be such a word as "baciami" in Sicilian.

AngelaGrace56 · Post by **AngelaGrace56** » 09 Dec 2022, 01:36

You might find these links here interesting/helpful:

https://www.thoughtco.com/sicilian-engl ... ry-2011651

https://dailyitalianwords.com/italian-v ... AzBvNXvMT8

Angela

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