Romanesco Vocab 1

Question 1

se

Answer 1

reflexive and reciprocal first person pronoun

Reflexive pronouns refer back to the subject of a sentence when the subject and the object are the same. In first person, these are:

• Singular: myself
• Plural: ourselves

Examples:
- I taught myself to play the guitar.
(The subject “I” is also the person doing the learning.)

• We treated ourselves to a fancy dinner.
  (The subject “we” is also the group that received the treatment.)

2. Reciprocal Pronouns in First Person

Reciprocal actions involve two or more people doing something to or for each other. In English, reciprocal actions are usually expressed with phrases like “each other” or “one another.”

For first-person reciprocal actions, the construction is typically:

• each other or one another

Examples:
- We text each other every day.
(The two or more people represented by “we” are exchanging texts.)

• We helped one another with the project.
  (Each person in the group is helping the others.)

Key Points

• Reflexive Pronouns (myself, ourselves): used when the subject is acting on itself.
• Reciprocal Pronouns (each other, one another): used when the action is mutual between two or more subjects.

So, reflexive pronouns are used for actions done to oneself, while reciprocal pronouns express actions done between multiple people.

Question 2

er

Answer 2

the

Question 3

ar

Answer 3

to the, at the

Question 4

costa

Answer 4

a cut of meat

Question 5

sor

Answer 5

mister, sir(before professional names or professions)

Question 6

piazza, piazzetta

Answer 6

a bald area on the scalp

Question 7

mola

Answer 7

water mill, especially one of the mills once found adjacent isola tiberina

Question 8

tiempo

Answer 8

time, age, period, weather

Question 9

frocio

Answer 9

(derogratory) a german(dated), gay, homosexual, poof, faggot, weak person, unmanly person (friendly, ingroup), homosexual person, especially a gay man

Question 10

vago

Answer 10

grain, coffee bean, grape, rosary bead

Question 11

sora

Answer 11

lady, miss, mrs(before personal names or professions)

Question 12

abbachio

Answer 12

lamb(meat, especially from a very young sheep)

Question 13

boro

Answer 13

chav

Question 14

busta

Answer 14

interjection said by someone after he’s made a ball pass between their legs

Question 15

buffo

Answer 15

debts(usually plural)

Question 16

scudo

Answer 16

a 5000-lira banknote, a 5-euro banknote

Question 17

brusco

Answer 17

roasted, toasted

Question 18

immolare

Answer 18

to sprinkle a sacrificial victim with ground spelt mixed with sand in Ancient Greece and Rome

Question 19

daje

Answer 19

give to it, you can do it!

Question 20

sorcio

Answer 20

a person with a thorough knowledge of small details of urban geography

Question 21

‘r

Answer 21

the

Question 22

Cambogia

Answer 22

hubbub, turmoil

Question 23

pariolino

Answer 23

a person with a bourgeois standard of living and right-of-centre politics, a bourgeois fashioned youngster of Rome

Question 24

pischello

Answer 24

a young or otherwise inexperienced male, boy, lad, a young man, greenhorn, novice