for

daniëura (alternative Gherdëina)
tres (alternative Badiot)
dagnora (alternative Badiot)
semper (alternative Fascian)

Borrowed from German fort or Middle High German vort (“going on, continuing”).

bor

Ël stà for a cësa

La dumënies jons for sa mont

L ie for stat y l sarà for nsci

It has always been and it always will be like this

L vën for plu frëit

Ie capësce for de manco

(Gherdëina, with comparative) to a greater degree over time, more and more


ca

(Gherdëina) hither, to this place, to here, to me/us


snel

From Middle High German snel, from Old High German snel (“nimble, brave, quick, lively”), from Proto-Germanic *snellaz (“active, bold, quick”). Cognate with German schnell, Dutch snel, English snell.


doman

From Late Latin dē māne (“early in the morning”). Compare Friulian doman, Romansch damaun.


anché

ncuei (alternative Gherdëina)
incö (alternative Badiot)

Cognate with Lombard incoeu, Venetan ancoi, Emilian incû, Piedmontese ancheuj, Ligurian ancheu.


ades

śën (alternative Gherdëina)
sëgn (alternative Badiot)


dî

Tan dî dura pa l film?

Ël ie stat dî dedora.

(badiot) long (having a duration in time), for a long time

Ie ne son dî nia plu stat a New York.

I haven't been to New York in a long time.


unfat

I ie unfat granc

Unfat dalonc

Che l pieve o no, vegnaré unfat

Whether it rains or not, I'll come anyway


donca

From Vulgar Latin dunc (perhaps borrowed via Venetan donca), a crossing of Latin tunc and dum. Compare Friulian doncje, Italian dunque, French donc.


tosc

Tosc saral Nadel.


nzaul

inzai (alternative Badiot)
zaolà (alternative Fascian)
zaonder (alternative Fascian)
nzano (alternative Fodom)

From Vulgar Latin unus non sapit unde (“one doesn't know where”).

Jì nzaul d'auter

L muessa vester nzaul

Ei perdù la tleves nzaul tl bosch

Ulà ulons'a jì? Unfat, jon mefun nzaul

Where shall we go? Doesn't matter, let's just go anywhere


śën

sëgn (alternative Badiot)
ades (alternative Fascian)

Śën ei da fé.

La ferata pea śën via.

(Gherdëina) now (at this moment, right now)

Cie dëssa pa chësc śën ulëi di?

(Gherdëina) now (unstressed and expletive, used for minor emphasis)


dedora

L'ultima nuet ei durmì dedora.


ncuei

incö (alternative Badiot)
anché (alternative Fascian)

From Latin anque hodie.
Cognate with Lombard incoeu, Venetan ancoi, Emilian incû, Piedmontese ancheuj, Ligurian ancheu.

Ncuei muessi sië l pra

Ncuei iel Nadel


incö

ncuei (alternative Gherdëina)
anché (alternative Fascian)


suvënz

suënz (alternative)
gonot (alternative Badiot)
da spes (alternative Fascian)
bendeché (alternative Fascian)

From Latin subinde, which consists of sub + inde. The original meaning of subinde was “immediately after”, which then evolved to “repeatedly” and then to “often”. Compare Romansch savens, French souvent, Italian sovente.


suënz

suvënz (alternative Gherdëina)
gonot (alternative Badiot)
sovënz (alternative Badiot)
da spes (alternative Fascian)
bendeché (alternative Fascian)


chetù

Tu unires duman, chetù?

Nëus on scialdi not, chetù?

(colloquial, Gherdëina) right?; is it?; is it not?


giut

Tan giut dura pa l film?

Ël ie stat giut dedora.

(Gherdëina) long (having a duration in time), for a long time

Ie ne son giut nia plu stat a New York.


ntlëuta

(Gherdëina) at that time (in the past); at the time, then


sëgn

śën (alternative Gherdëina)
ades (alternative Fascian)

cina sëgn


sovënz

suvënz (alternative Gherdëina)
suënz (alternative Gherdëina)
gonot (alternative Badiot)
da spes (alternative Fascian)
bendeché (alternative Fascian)


gonot

suvënz (alternative Gherdëina)
suënz (alternative Gherdëina)
sovënz (alternative Badiot)
da spes (alternative Fascian)
bendeché (alternative Fascian)


bendeché

suvënz (alternative Gherdëina)
suënz (alternative Gherdëina)
gonot (alternative Badiot)
sovënz (alternative Badiot)
da spes (alternative Fascian)


da spes

suvënz (alternative Gherdëina)
suënz (alternative Gherdëina)
gonot (alternative Badiot)
sovënz (alternative Badiot)
bendeché (alternative Fascian)


ulà

From Vulgar Latin ubi illac (“where over there”).

Ulà ves'a?

Ulà stes'a?

(Gherdëina, interrogative) where, whereabouts


iló

Ël ie restà iló

L é metù iló te castl

Ie vënie da iló

(Gherdëina, Badiot) there, in that place


inzai

nzaul (alternative Gherdëina)
zaolà (alternative Fascian)
zaonder (alternative Fascian)
nzano (alternative Fodom)

jí inzai d'ater


zaolà

nzaul (alternative Gherdëina)
inzai (alternative Badiot)
zaonder (alternative Fascian)
nzano (alternative Fodom)

zaolà utró


ciuldì

percie (alternative Gherdëina)
ciodí (alternative Badiot)
perché (alternative Fascian)

Contraction of cie uel di (“what does that mean”).

contraction

Ciuldì me trates'a nsci?

Ciuldì ne respuendes'a nia?

Ne n'é nia capì ciuldì che i se n ie jic tan abenëura

I didn't understand why they left so early

Ciuldì pa?

Ciuldì pa no?


daniëura

for (alternative Gherdëina)
tres (alternative Badiot)
dagnora (alternative Badiot)
semper (alternative Fascian)

Contraction of da uni ëura (“at every hour”). From Vulgar Latin de ad omnem horam (“from to every hour”).

inh

Ël ruva daniëura massa tert

L tëmp se à mantenì daniëura sarëin

The weather has always remained (kept itself) clear (sunny)