Sicilian: Menzu paisi è là, oramai.

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Tofino

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Ciao, tutti

I'm new here and need some help with quite a few sicilian/italian phrases.
Can somebodt please tell me what this means:

"Menzu paisi è là, oramai.
Mancu te ne accorgi che sei partito!"


The characters are talking about emigrating to Australia. One of them doesn't want to go. That's about as far as I got.

Thank you.
 
    • There's been a massacre and somebody cries out:

    Quanti ne muriru, quanti ne cadiru.

    i guess the first part means "many dead/killed", but what about the rest?
     
    The first part means 'so many have died', and the second part is in fact a deplicate: it literally means many have 'fallen', it is referred to people deceased in a battle, or in your case during the massacre.
     
    Hello

    I' struggling with two more phrases. One of the bad guys has slaughtered some sheep. When confronted he says: "Quelli sono dei fitusi", referring to the sheep. His friend: "Mu dissiru, mu dissiru!"

    I've found out that "fitusi" could mean "sporchi",but it doesn't make much sense. Any suggestions? Thank you!
     
    Tofino said:
    Hello

    I' struggling with two more phrases. One of the bad guys has slaughtered some sheep. When confronted he says: "Quelli sono dei fitusi", referring to the sheep. His friend: "Mu dissiru, mu dissiru!"

    I've found out that "fitusi" could mean "sporchi",but it doesn't make much sense. Any suggestions? Thank you!
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    I'm not sicilian but to me it sounds strange that "quelli" and "fitusi" might refer to "sheeps"... it should be "quelle" and "fituse", right?

    Anyhow, I know that "fitusi" might mean "mean", just like Curandera said, but also something like :warn:"jerks".

    As for "mu dissiru" sounds to me like "me lo dissero" (= I've been told so/they told me so).
     
    Right. I have probably misunderstood.

    They are referring to the owners, not the sheep. And they are jerks. Bingo!
    Thank you so much!
     
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