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Italian-Ligurian (Genoese) dictionary

recitare

tr. v.
  1. ripetere qcs. a memoria

    reçitâ [resiˈtaː]

    Francesca ha recitato la poesia davanti alla zia

    a Françesca a l’à reçitou a poexia davanti a-a lalla

  2. interpretare un ruolo

    reçitâ [resiˈtaː]

    recitare in una commedia

    reçitâ inte unna comedia

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Replacement of -ç- with Italianizing -c-

Today it is quite frequent, especially in informal speech, to replace Genoese forms in -ç- with Italianizing ones in -c-. Thus, for example, the genuine form çentro [ˈseŋtru] “center” is replaced with the Italianism centro [ˈtʃeŋtru], çerto [ˈsɛːrtu] “certain” replaced with certo [ˈtʃɛːrtu], etc.

In this dictionary, also in order to promote the recovery of genuine forms, those with -ç- are given, also considering that graphically they do not differ much from those which may occasionally have wider circulation, thus not creating reading difficulties even for those accustomed to the Italianized forms.

In line with this approach, it was decided to transcribe and present with -ç- even those forms that in pronunciation, at least historically, presented the realization -[s]- as opposed to -[tʃ]- of Italianizing origin, such as proçesso [pruˈsɛsˑu] “process” as opposed to processo [pruˈtʃɛsˑu] or soçietæ [susjeˈtɛː] “society” as opposed to societæ [sutʃeˈtɛː], even though in general usage the affricate consonant pronunciation has now become standard; the same applies to borrowings from other languages such as biçicletta [bisiˈkletˑa] “bicycle” (< from French bicyclette [bisiˈklɛt]).

Conjugations

reçitâ

Indicative

Present

  1. mi reçito
  2. ti ti reçiti
  3. lê o/a reçita
  4. niatri reçitemmo
  5. viatri reçitæ
  6. liatri reçitan

Imperfect

  1. mi reçitava
  2. ti ti reçitavi
  3. lê o/a reçitava
  4. niatri reçitavimo
  5. viatri reçitavi
  6. liatri reçitavan

Future

  1. mi reçitiò
  2. ti ti reçitiæ
  3. lê o/a reçitià
  4. niatri reçitiemo
  5. viatri reçitiei
  6. liatri reçitian

Subjunctive

Present

  1. che mi reçite
  2. che ti ti reçiti
  3. che lê o/a reçite
  4. che niatri reçitemmo
  5. che viatri reçitæ
  6. che liatri reçitan

Imperfect

  1. che mi reçitesse
  2. che ti ti reçitesci
  3. che lê o/a reçitesse
  4. che niatri reçitescimo
  5. che viatri reçitesci
  6. che liatri reçitessan

Conditional

  1. mi reçitieiva/reçitiæ
  2. ti ti reçitiësci
  3. lê o/a reçitieiva/reçitiæ
  4. niatri reçitiëscimo
  5. viatri reçitiësci
  6. liatri reçitieivan/reçitiæn

Imperative

  1. reçita ti!
  2. reçitemmo niatri!
  3. reçitæ viatri!

Past participle

  1. m. s. reçitou
  2. m. p. reçitæ
  3. f. s. reçitâ
  4. f. p. reçitæ

Gerund

  1. reçitando