Neapolitan Lesson 3: The Verb 'To Stay' (English)

[@andreasgiulio4922]

SUPERBO! and much appreciated!! Please don't stop. We need help to keep Neapolitan language alive for us living outside of Sud Italia.

[@AaroneStefano]

Grazie millie Andreas! We will do our very best, we are trying to think of new ideas each week so all suggestions are welcome. Thanks again :)

[@Jazzgin]

Addummannanne... wow!

[@GypsyPirate]

I am afraid to ask...

[@iReporteriReporting]

Thank you for posting these lessons. I am in process of finalizing my Italian citizenship by descent. My family from Venafro, Molise. It will be so useful!

[@nataliegammieri3058]

Thank you so so much for these videos! My grandparents are from Campobasso and the dialect they speak is very similar to Neapolitan. I have a hard time communicating with them so hopefully these lessons will help!

[@AaroneStefano]

Thats lovely to hear Natalie, we hope they help you.. you should try and watch the culture ones to maybe that might that impress them ;)

[@nataliegammieri3058]

@@AaroneStefano I most definitely will! :)

[@AaroneStefano]

Let us know if you need any more help ;)

[@tenorandrewowens]

Thank you SO much for these!!

[@AaroneStefano]

Thanks to you. I'm glad you appreciate it. We will make more videos, so get ready and keep practising. See you soon!

[@Miami799]

This lesson was really good. Why aren't there any new lessions?

[@robertbenedict3911]

Ma O Napolitano, comme bello! Esce ngoppa a lingua lisce lisce!! Mi facete Un piacere enorme!

[@notsure1277]

I am working my way through this excellent series of videos. Question: do you know of any newspapers or books written in Nnapulitano that I could access online?

[@AaroneStefano]

Not that i am fully aware of to be honest, but maybe if you could try poems or song lyrics as an idea? It's a shame it's not a written language as many of us would feel so much more comfortable with learning it, but we promise to keep these videos coming as long as we have the support. So keep it up 👍 and you will get there :)

[@theseeingeye454]

There are plays written napultan by the renoun playwright Eduardo De Filippo. Filumina Maturano is one of the best

[@damianow.6114]

Okay, i've a hard time understanding this lesson so correct me if I'm completely wrong. Is this a correct sentence: 'Sto jenne a beve' n'acqua.'

[@AaroneStefano]

Yes, that sentence is incorrect. Both Italian and Neapolitan don't have the future tense with "going to... " in Neapolitan we use the present tense. Moreover, "n'acqua" (a water) doesn't make sense in Italian or Neapolitan: you could say "nu poco d'acqua" (a little bit of water), so you could say "bevo nu poco de acqua". The "ing" form is used exclusively for actions that you do in that moment you refer to.

[@AaroneStefano]

Also, is there anything in the lesson that you found a little difficult in particular that we could you help?