Pizzonese/Common verbs

Pizzonese
a Western Abruzzese dialect of the ; Neapolitan language continuum
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For an idea of the Pizzonese verb system, there are a way fewer number of verbs than in Italian, similarly to Neapolitan. The verb for to add, for example, is the same for to put (méttere), to give an idea of how much simpler it is.

The conjugations though are a bit more numerous and there are just about as much (if not more) irregular verbs as in Italian, with some verb conjugations staying the same from singular first to third person.

Many of these infinitive verb forms are starkly similar to their Italian counterparts, while more than half of all Italian verbs themselves have no respective counterparts in Pizzonese. Frequently though, verbs are "loaned" from Italian and in some cases are added permanently.

These verbs are listed alphabetically, but I will also make another section where they will be listed alphabetically and according to their ending. My hope is that when you take a look at these verbs, you can see for yourself what I mean. La mana de Ddije t’ajute!

abbassà| to lower
abbedrua to get filthy
addurua to smell
alluccua to scream
ambarà to learn, to teach
ambazzì to go mad
ambrenà to have sex
ancazzà to become angry
anzezzì to become dirty
arrapì to open
arrecuordà to remember
arrizzié to awaken
ascì to exit, to go/get out
aspettà to wait
assettà to sit
attaccà to tie
benedícere to bless
ballà to dance
bajié to bark
cacà to poo
cadì to fall
calà to go/come down
cagnié to change
cambà to live
cammenié to walk
canuscere to know (someone)
cantà to sing
capà to fit
capì to understand
cappà to cover
cattà to buy
chiamà to call
chiandà to plant
chiappà to catch
chiégnere to cry
chiudere to close
cócere to cook
crédere to believe
cumenzà to begin, to start
cungiua to fix
dà to give
debbua to draw
dícere to say, to tell
dulurà to hurt
dunnà to realize
dumannà to ask
durmì to sleep
éssere to be
fà to do, to make
fatijé to work
finì to finish
girié to turn
habbetà to live
habbituvuo to get used to
havè to have (to), to must
jegà to play (alt.)
jendrà to enter
jì to go
lassà to leave
lattà to milk
lavà to wash
léggere to read
litichié to argue
maglieccua to babble
magnié to eat
malà to sicken
mandecijé to masturbate
mandenè to hold
mannà to send
menà to hit, to hurt
menì to come
méttere to put
móvere to move
murì to die
natà to swim
pajà to pay
parlà to talk, to speak
passà to pass
patì to can, to be able to
pazzié to play
penzà to think
pettà to comb
piccié to turn on
piscié to pee
piglié to get, to take
prémere to push
pulì to clean
puncecà to poke, to irritate
purtà to bring
rattà to scratch, to itch
rídere to laugh
remanà to remain
respónnere to respond
rómbere to break
sapè to know (something)
sbattere to hit
scallà to warm
scappà to run, to escape
scarcié to tear, to rip
schieffà to slap
scioccà to snow
sciógliere to untie
scrívere to write
scubà to sweep
scuordà to forget
sembrà to seem, to be like
separà to separate
sentì to hear, to listen
servì to need
spernì to sneeze
sprescié to spray
spregà to spend
spurcà to (get) dirty
squaccié to crush
squaglié to melt
stà to be, to stay
stutua to turn off
sunnà to dream and to play music
taméndere to stare
tenè to have, to keep
tirié to pull
toccà to touch
tóscere to cough
trajié to try
truvua to find, to look for
vedè to see
vénnere to sell
vévere to drink
viaggié to travel
vuardà to watch
vuascié to kiss
vulì to want
vusua to use
zappà to farm, to work in the fields, to labor
zombà to jump