Recording the first GigaSardinian chapter with Corrado Deiana at the Belvedere Terrace in Lanusei.

Corrado Deiana translating the first GigaSardinian Chapter

1. Ajó, andaus a su Padenti

	Unu piciocu tedescu (A) pedit a unu piciocu sardu (B) ita depit fai po éssiri a su Padenti.	A young German man (A) asking a young Sardinian man (B) his way to Padenti (what he must do to go up to Padenti).
A	Scusamí, depu éssiri a Padenti. Comenti depu fai?	Sorry, I need to go up to Padenti. What should I do?
B	Nudda! Atopas in prassa de cresia a is 8 mengianu, e su postalinu ti nci ogat a Padenti.	It’s easy. (Nothing) Go down to the Church Square at 8 o’clock, and the bus will take you to Padenti.
A	Grazie e adiosu.	Thanks and bye.
B	Adiosu. (…) Hm, ma scusamí, ti dda possu fai una dimanda?	Bye-bye. (…) Hm, excuse me, may I ask you a question?
A	Ellu nonu!	Of course!
B	Tui no ses sardu, no?	You’re not Sardinian, are you?
A	No, deu soi tedescu. E poita?	No, I’m German. Why?
B	Poita allegas in sardu. Babu tuo o mama tua funt sardus?	Because you speak Sardinian. Are you father or your mother Sardinians?
A	No, babu miu e mama mia funt tedescus.	No, my father and my mother are Germans.
B	Ma non apu cumpréndiu. E tandu comenti fais a allegai su sardu?	I don’t understand (But I haven’t understood.). How can you speak Sardinian? (So how do yo do to speak in Sardinian?)
A	Eh…	Eh …