Traveling with Kids

1. Avais Vus ina carta da menu per uffants?

   Do you have a children's menu?

   Usage

   Asks a restaurant, when travelling with children, whether there is a menu for kids

   Grammar Note

   Carta da menu is a feminine noun for menu. There is no fixed single word for a kids menu, so per uffants is added. Uffant is masculine; the plural is uffants. Composed sentence; native review recommended

2. Nua è la plazza da gieu?

   Where is the play area?

   Usage

   Asks where children can play

   Grammar Note

   Plazza da gieu means playground. Plazza is feminine (plazza da giugar is a variant)

3. Mes figl ha quatter onns.

   My son is four years old

   Usage

   To state a child's age. Age is expressed with "have"

   Grammar Note

   Age is expressed with avair (to have) + number + onns (years). Figl is masculine, so the possessive is mes. Quatter is four. Composed sentence; native review recommended

4. Datti activitads per uffants qua?

   Are there activities for children here?

   Usage

   Asks about things for kids at an accommodation or sight

   Grammar Note

   Activitad is feminine; the plural is activitads. Per means for. Composed sentence; native review recommended

5. Avais Vus ina chombra per famiglias?

   Do you have a family room?

   Usage

   Asks a hotel whether there is a room for a whole family

   Grammar Note

   There is no fixed single word for family room, so chombra per famiglias (a room for families) is used. Famiglia is feminine. Composed sentence; native review recommended

6. Pon uffants entrar?

   Can children enter?

   Usage

   Asks whether children are allowed in a restaurant, bar or museum

   Grammar Note

   The third person plural of pudair is pon. Putting the subject uffants after the verb forms the question. Composed sentence; native review recommended

7. L'uffant è stanchel.

   The child is tired

   Usage

   Useful when a break or a return to the hotel is needed

   Grammar Note

   Uffant begins with a vowel, so il becomes l'. Stanchel means tired. Composed sentence; native review recommended

8. Nua poss jau midar il pez da mes uffant?

   Where can I change the diaper?

   Usage

   Asks where to change a diaper. Pez can also mean a rag or cloth, so it is said together with uffant

   Grammar Note

   Pez is masculine and means diaper. Midar means to change. Da mes uffant (of my child) shows whose diaper it is. Composed sentence; native review recommended

9. Datti in rabat per famiglias?

   Is there a family discount?

   Usage

   Asks about family discounts at ticket offices or hotels

   Grammar Note

   Rabat is masculine and means discount. Per famiglias (for families) is added. Composed sentence; native review recommended

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