Pizzonese/Verbs

Pizzonese
a Western Abruzzese dialect of the Neapolitan language continuum
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Conjugation of esse’, to be
Conjugation of havè, to have
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Conjugation of regular nouns

There are 3 standard infinitive verb forms in Pizzonese, ending in -à, -è/-ere and -ì.

• -ccì = 2 hypothetical consonants + 1 ì
• -acì = 1 hypothetical vowel + 1 hypothetical consonant + 1 ì

With the second conjugation infinitives,

• -è (formerly -ère) is used when the ultimate (formerly penultimate) syllable is stressed–as in vedè (formerly vedère)
• -ere is used when the antepenultimate syllable is stressed–as in dícere

Also note that () denotes stem changes, which will be explained soon.

Present tense

	-à	-è/-ere	-ccì	-acì
ji	-e	-e	-e	-ische
tu	()-e	()-e	()-e	-isce
éssa	-a	-a	-a	-isce
nù	-éme	-éme	-éme	-éme
vù	-éte	-éte	-éte	-éte
isse	-ene	-ene	-ene	-iscene

Imperfect

	-à	-e/è	-ié	-<small-text>CC</small-text>ì	-<small-text>AC</small-text>ì
ji	-ave	-éve	-iéve	-éve	-éve
tu	-ive	-ive	-iéve	-ive	-éve
éssa/isse	-ava/e	-éva/e	-iéva/e	-éva/e	-éva/e
nù	-ame	-ame	-ame	-ame	-ame
vù	-ate	-ateve	-ateve	-ateve	-ateve
isse/chile	-avane	-évene	-iévene	-évene	-évene

Remote past

	-à	-è	-ié	-<small-text>CC</small-text>ì	-<small-text>AC</small-text>ì
ji	-iétte	-iétte	-iétte	-iétte	-iétte
tu	-ašte	-ište	-ište	-ište	-ište
éssa/isse	-atta/e	-etta/e	-etta/e	-etta/e	-etta/e
nù	-amme	-amme	-amme	-amme	-amme
vù	-ašteve	-išteve	-išteve	-išteve	-išteve
isse/chile	-avane	-évene	-iévene	-évene	-évene

Simple future

This is a more recent edition to Pizzonese, as the advent of Italian and Neapolitan has made these rather automated to grammar, but has now become a shortcut. The simple remote form as used below though is barely used, as Pizzonesi usually speak of the future in terms of what they have to do, as originally there were no future tenses (as in I will (be)), and future events were talked about in terms of "being done later" (chiù doppe).

	-à	-ò	-e/è	-ié	-<small-text>CC</small-text>ì	-<small-text>AC</small-text>ì
ij	-araja	-oraja	-eraja	-eraja	-iraja	-iraja
tu	-arié	-orié	-erié	-erié	-irié	-irié
éssa/isse	-arà	-orà	-erà	-erà	-irà	-irà
nù	-aramme	-oramme	-eramme	-eramme	-iramme	-iramme
ù	-arate	-orate	-erate	-erate	-irate	-irate
isse/chile	-aranne	-oranne	-eranne	-eranne	-iranne	-iranne

Irregular verbs

This is a list of the most important irregular nouns in Pizzonese, in the present tense.

HAVÈ to have (to), to must

number	person	Indicative mood
		Present	Imperfect	Preterite
singular	1st.	haja	havéva	havietta
	2nd.	havira	haviva	havista
	3rd.	havera	havéva	havetta
plural	1st.	havéma	havavamma	havamma
	2nd.	havéta	havavata	havata
	3rd.	haverna	havévena	haviettena or havierna
number	person	Subjunctive mood
		Imperfect
singular	1st.	havéssa
	2nd.	havissa
	3rd.	havéssa
plural	1st.	havéssema
	2nd.	havésseta
	3rd.	havéssena
Imperative mood				Infinitive		Havete!
2nd. pers. sing.				Past participle		havute
2nd. pers. plur.		Havateva!		Gerund		havenne

ji	haja
tu	havira
éssa	havera
nù	havéma
vù	havéta
isse	haverna

ÉSSERE to be

ji	singhe
tu	sî
éssa	è
nù	séme
vù	séte
isse	sô

JÌ to go

ij	vaglie
tu	vié
éssa/isse	va
nù	jéme
ù	jéte
chile/isse	viéne

PATÌ to be able

ij	pozze
tu	può
éssa/isse	pô
nù	putéme
ù	putéte
chile/isse	puone

TENÈ to have

ij	tiénghe
tu	tié
éssa/isse	tê
nù	tenéme
ù	tenéte
chile/isse	tiéne

VEDÈ to see

ij	véde
tu	vide
éssa/isse	véda/e
nù	vedéme
ù	vedéte
chile/isse	vìdene

VULÌ to want

ij	vuoglie
tu	vuò
éssa/isse	vô
nù	vuléme
ù	vuléte
chile/isse	vuone