U Sicilianu O Cinema - Learn Sicilian with movies

U Sicilianu O Cinema
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U Sicilianu O Cinema - Learn Sicilian with movies

In this podcast we break down and translate movie scenes where the Sicilian language is spoken but Sicilian subtitles are not provided. Do you like this podcast? Show your support by buying me a coffee! https://www.buymeacoffee.com/USOC Are you studying Sicilian? Try the Udemy Course "Basic Sicilian Language": http://bitly.ws/y5D5 Ni sintemu prestu! :)

  1. Vitti na Crozza: The Most Mysterious Sicilian Folk Song

    11/19/2024

    Vitti na Crozza: The Most Mysterious Sicilian Folk Song

    There aren’t many Sicilian songs as famous as the one we’ll discuss in this episode. The song, titled “Vitti na Crozza” (I Saw a Skull), has a history that is both enigmatic and deeply connected to a classic film: “Il Cammino della Speranza” (Path of Hope) by Pietro Germi. Here are the lyrics we’ll be translating in this episode: Vitti na crozza supra nu cannuni fui curiusu e ci vosi spiari Idda m’arrispunnì cu gran duluri murivi senza toccu di campani Si ni eru si ni eru li me anni si ni eru si ni eru un sacciu unni ora ca su rivatu ad ottant’anni lu vivu chiama e a morti ci arrispunni Cunzatimi cunzatimi stu lettu ca di li vermi su manciatu tuttu si nun lu scuntu cca lu me difettu lu scuntu a chidda vita a sangu ruttu

    9 min
  2. A fuitina (the escape) - Episode for advanced speakers

    08/03/2024

    A fuitina (the escape) - Episode for advanced speakers

    This time we talk about the "fuitina"! Maybe you heard the romantic version of it. When a couple runs away because his or her family is against the marriage.  But unfortunately, it wasn’t always like that. In Sicily until the end of the 70s, it could happen that a woman could be kidnapped by someone who wanted to marry her against her will. In this episode, we hear the story of a kidnapping that ended badly. It happened in Sicily in the 1960s and it’s told by someone who knew the guy who wanted to get married and -that time he didn’t succeed. The movie I recommend to know more is "La ragazza del futuro" (2022).

    6 min
  3. Mpizzari (to lose/to nail) - The way we laughed, 1998

    04/13/2024

    Mpizzari (to lose/to nail) - The way we laughed, 1998

    In this episode, we go to Turin in 1960, where many Sicilians, Calabrians, Apulians went to find a job. "The Way We Laughed," (Così ridevano) by Gianni Amelio, released in 1998, tells a story of this time.

    11 min
  4. Prof. Gaetano Cipolla and U Sicilianu - (Episode for advanced speakers)

    03/31/2024

    Prof. Gaetano Cipolla and U Sicilianu - (Episode for advanced speakers)

    If you guys study Sicilian, it's almost certain that at some point you'll hear about the man who we meet in this episode. His name is Gaetano Cipolla. He wrote - among other things - the books "Mparamu lu Sicilianu" and "Mparamu lu Sicilianu II". This episode is for advanced Sicilianu speakers!

    13 min
  5. Amanda Pascali sings "Cantu e cuntu", by Rosa Balistreri

    03/16/2024

    Amanda Pascali sings "Cantu e cuntu", by Rosa Balistreri

    In this episode of the podcast we meet "na cantantissa" a singer who does with Sicilian music what this podcast does with movie scenes in Sicilian. Translating them in English!

    10 min
  6. A trama s’impitugghia (The plot gets tangled) - La Stranezza, 2022

    03/09/2024

    A trama s’impitugghia (The plot gets tangled) - La Stranezza, 2022

    Salutamu! In this episode we learn sciddicàri, mpitugghiàri e arranciarisi! The movie is "La Stranezza" (2022), by Roberto Andò. L'aviti a vidiri! (You gotta watch it!). In this scene you'll listen to the voice of Santina - played by Giulia Andò - who is in her room, secretively reading a piece of paper that looks like a love letter. She hides it quickly and gets back to her sewing machine when her brother Sebastiano Vella - played by Salvatore Ficarra - opens the door. Both actors are native speakers from Palermo!

    14 min
  7. N’autra cosa! (Something else!) - From scratch, 2022

    02/24/2024

    N’autra cosa! (Something else!) - From scratch, 2022

    So, many of you have been asking me about a Netflix series called “From scratch”. There’s some Sicilian there so in this episode I’ll be doing one short scene so I won't spoiler the whole story! This is when Lino - played by the roman actor Eugenio Mastrandrea - calls on the phone his mom Filomena, played by Lucia Sardo, who's born in Francofonte, near Siracusa, Sicily. A native speaker!

    10 min
  8. U primu corsu di Sicilianu all'Università - (Episode for advanced speakers)

    02/17/2024

    U primu corsu di Sicilianu all'Università - (Episode for advanced speakers)

    Vuiautri u sapiti unn’è a prima università nto munnu ca offri nu corsu di lingua siciliana? A Tunisi! E u funnau nu trapanisi, u prufissuri Alfonso Campisi. #USicilianuOCinema u ncuntrau a Bruxelles e ci fici na para di dumanni. In sicilianu.

    6 min
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In this podcast we break down and translate movie scenes where the Sicilian language is spoken but Sicilian subtitles are not provided. Do you like this podcast? Show your support by buying me a coffee! https://www.buymeacoffee.com/USOC Are you studying Sicilian? Try the Udemy Course "Basic Sicilian Language": http://bitly.ws/y5D5 Ni sintemu prestu! :)

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