Ciantelle, Ischerzo, Portonno

Ciantelle: House shoes; slippers.

Example: ‘Ahh guarda, io appena entro in casa e mi
metto subito le ciantelle!‘ (‘Oh as soon as I get home I’m putting my
slippers on!’)

Ischerzo: A joke.

Example: ‘O nini, un lo dire nemmeno pe’
ischerzo!’ (‘Oh little one don’t even joke about that!’)

Portònno: In Italian, ‘portarono’; they took.

Example: ‘E vennero i’ mi nepoti e mi portonno con la
macchina a’ i’ mare.’ (‘My grandkids came and took me to the beach with the
car.’)