Piccolo manuale di baresità per esportare la nostra identità locale.
Baresian for travellers
(typical phrases of the tradition of Bari, translated and explained to the poor
foreigners)
1) U' pulp se coce jind all'acqua soje
The octopus
cooks in his own water
Give time to time
2) Agguand' a Peppin'
Catch Joseph
Expression used to suggest attention to happening events / Be careful
3) Mezza recch'
Half of ear
Gay
5) Le murte de chi t' è murte
The dead of
your dead
Offensive expression blaming the dead relative
6) Le megghje murte de chi t'è murte
The best dead
of your dead
Offensive expression blaming the poor dead relative (As the item 5 multiplied
by two)
7) Le megghje murte de chi t'è murte
e chi t'è stramurte
The best dead of
your dead and of your extra dead
Offensive expression blaming the poor dead relative and the most affective
dead relative (As the item 5 multiplied by four)
8) Le megghje murte de chi t'è murte, e
chi t'è stramurte e c' te son le cambane a mort
The best dead
of your dead, of your extra dead and of whom is going to play the bells at your
death day
Offensive expression blaming the poor dead relative, the most affective dead
relative and the alive relative (As the item 5 multiplied by eight)
9) Sì' fatt la fgura tò!
You made your
own figure!
A jockey way to express compliment for someone bad action
10) Tiene cchiù corne tu de na sporta de
cazzavune!
You have more
horns than a basket of snails!
Offensive expression used for adulterated people. Cuckold!
11) Quand'jè vvera la Madonna!
As far as Our
Lady is true!
Expression used to swear
12) La fess de soret
Your sister's
pussy
No comment
13) Capo!
Chief!
Hey, guy!
14) Mezza latrina
Half a public
lavatory
Insult
15) Ijiss sole!
Come out, sun!
It is not exactly a good beginning
16) Facim la fine de le scarcioff'
We make the end
of artichokes
It is not exactly a good way going
17) Bell cazz!
Beautiful dicks!
I don't agree
18) L'acqu jè picch e la papr non galleggj
The water is
shallow and the duck doesn't float
The realisation that the lack of factors always produce negative results.
19) Avim fatt trend, facim trendtun
We made thirty,
let's make thirty-one
So far, we cannot come back.
20) Le corne ca tine
The horns that
you hold
Betrayed
21) Facimmece u segn d'la croce
Let's make the
cross
Bad way to begin! [religious]
22) Si cadut da jind'o litt
You fell from your
bed
You woke up very early this morning
23) Passat u' sand passat la fest!
Passed the
saint passed the party!
Time is gone and we don't need to celebrate someone
24) Ammandieneme 'ca d'ammandeng!
Hold me that I
hold you
We are both in trouble
25) Stam sott o' cil!
We are under
the sky!
Eventually we all are human and mortal! [Religious]
26) E jun!.....dcì cudd ca c'co l'ecchie alla
mgghiere
First is done !
.... Said the one who injured wife's eye
I am on the right track to finish a heavy task!
27) Mazz e panella fascene le figgh bbelle
Pools and rolls
generate well-mannered sons
Suggested way to breed children
28) Panell e mazze fascene le figgh pazze
Rolls and pools
generate crazy sons
Not suggested way to breed children / Wrong sequence sources problems in the
education field!
29) U' Padretern da u ppane a c' non dene le
diend!
God grants hard
food to whom is toothless!
Sometimes there is no justice in this world!
30) La galline fasc l'ove e o galle g'abbrusc
'u cule
Chicken
delivers eggs and the cock has a pain in his bottom
Complain about somebody else's hard working
31) Ammin la pet' e annascunn la mane
You throw the
stone hiding the hand
You don't want to be responsible for your action
32) Non sì scktann n'giele ca m'bacc' te torn
Don't spit out
the sky, cause it will back on your face
Think before talking
33) La cer se strusc e la prgission non camin
The candles
burn out but the procession doesn't walk
The time is fading away and nothing is changing
34) "Comme jè bell la pulizì", decì cudd che
se g'rò l'mutand all'ammerse!
"How beautiful
is the cleanness" said the man who turned inside out his underpants!
No comment! Just disgust...