Llanito Words Part 36

la memoria - memory
el vólivol - volleyball
l'aïscriim - ice-cream
el liish - leash / lead
el quéihbäl caa - cable car

Imperfect Tense Verb tratá'

This would be the imperfect tense of the verb 'to try' in Llanito

tratá'

llo tratava
tú tratavâ
él/ella tratava
nosotro tratávamo
ûtede tratavai
ellô/ellâ tratavan

Llanito Words Part 35

el lash - latch
el môquito - mosquito
el tesho - ceiling
la pila - sink
el sühnflauhuă - sunflower

Imperfect Tense Verb preuntá'

This would be the imperfect tense of the verb 'to ask' in Llanito

preuntá'

llo preuntava
tú preuntavâ
él/ella preuntava
nosotro preuntávamo
ûtede preuntavai
ellô/ellâ preuntavan

Llanito Words Part 34

el marco - picture frame

la persha - clothes hanger

la sangre - blood

la cosa - thing

lô fáïăwëcs - fireworks

Imperfect Tense Verb aplicá'

This would be the imperfect tense of the verb 'to apply for something' in Llanito

aplicá'

llo aplicava
tú aplicavâ
él/ella aplicava
nosotro aplicávamo
ûtede aplicavai
ellô/ellâ aplicavan

Llanito Words Part 33

el nüt - nut

l'aúelo - grandfather

l'aúela - grandmother

la roca - rock

el levante - levanter

Imperfect Tense Verb lavah'

This would be the imperfect tense of the verb 'to wash' in Llanito

lavah'

llo lavava
tú lavavâ
él/ella lavava
nosotro lavávamo
ûttedhe lavavai
ellô/ellâ lhavavan

Llanito Grammar: Plurals Part 2

This is one of the ways words in Llanito are pluralised:

If a word ends in a vowel the vowel is aspirated.  (Words of English origin are not always pluralised in this way but sometimes may follow this pattern)

a becomes â
e becomes ê
i becomes î
o becomes ô
u becomes û

Verb ngufá'

This would be the verb 'to blow up (with air)' in Llanito.

ngufá'

llo ngufo
tú ngufâ
él/ella ngufa
nosotro ngufamo
ûtede ngufái
ellô/ellâ ngufan

Llanito Words Part 32

el sharavan - bus
el flush - money
la calamita - magnet
el máot - money
la palma - police

Imperfect Tense Verb asheá'

This would be the imperfect tense of the verb 'to gossip' in Llanito

asheá'

llo asheava
tú asheavâ
él/ella asheava
nosotro asheávamo
ûtede asheavai
ellô/ellâ asheavan

Llanito Words Part 31

la pomporita - bubble

l'êpexo - mirror
l'alcantsía - piggy bank
el búcmaac - bookmark
el sühnbloc - sunblock

Imperfect Tense Verb criví '

This would be the imperfect tense of the verb 'to write' in Llanito


criví'

llo crivía
tú crivíâ
él/ella crivía
nosotro crivíamo
ûtede crivíai
ellô/ellâ crivían

Llanito Words Part 30

lô shootz - shorts
el xuhuete - toy
el vigote - moustache
el lïhpstïc - lipstick
l'anuntsio - advert

Imperfect Tense Verb vé'

This would be the imperfect tense of the verb 'to see' in Llanito

vé'

llo veía
tú veíâ
él/ella veía
nosotro veíamo
ûtede veíai
ellô/ellâ veían

Llanito Words Part 29

el vollo - bread roll, bump on the head
nshosháu - very in love
xaltá - a lot
el xiită - heater
el pîtasho - pistachio

Imperfect Tense Verb dá'

This would be the imperfect tense of the verb 'to give' in Llanito

dá'

llo dava
tú davâ
él/ella dava
nosotro dávamo
ûtede davai
ellô/ellâ davan

Imperfect Tense Verb picá'

This would be the imperfect tense of the verb 'to knock' in Llanito

picá'

llo picava
tú picavâ
él/ella picava
nosotro picávamo
ûtede picavai
ellô/ellâ picavan

Llanito Grammar: Plurals Part 1

When nouns starting with a vowel are made into plurals they are added an 's' at the beggining of the noun. But this feature is not essential.

For example

l'oxo - lô s'oxô
la îla - lâ s'îlâ
l'axo - lô s'axô

Llanito Words Part 28

l'ansalá - salad

el laïlou - lilo

la sal - salt

el vesino - neighbour

el bloc - apartment building 

Imperfect Tense Verb pará'

This would be the imperfect tense of the verb 'to stop' in Llanito


pará'

llo parava
tú paravâ
él/ella parava
nosotro parávamo
ûtede paravai
ellô/ellâ paravan

Llanito Words Part 27

la música - music

el uaïfaï - wifi
el práïvăsii - privacy
el geïm - game
el bïldïng - building

Llanito Aspirated Letters

After aspirated vowels certain consonants become aspirated

â ê î ô û + c q
â ê î ô û + l

â ê î ô û + n

â ê î ô û + p

â ê î ô û + t

When pronounced the consonant is mostly dubbled
e.g Ête is pronounced eʰttʰe , eʰtte or eʰtʰe

In most words of English origin the c, p, q and t are mostly aspirated except in consonant clusters (e.g sc sp sq, st)

Llanito Grammar Part 1

sí, xi, tsi - yes
no - no
claro - of course
alomexó' - maybe
tampoco - neither, either 
tamién - also, too

Llanito Words Part 26

la câne - meat
lâ calerâ - stairs
la cuêta - hill
l'ôno - oven
el termo - thermos flask

Imperfect Tense Verb shillá'

This would be the imperfect tense of the verb 'to shout' in Llanito

shillá'

llo shillava
tú shillavâ
él/ella shillava
nosotro shillávamo
ûtede shillavai
ellô/ellâ shillavan

Llanito Words Part 25

l'aigre - air
el pato - duck
la fresa - strawberry
el ferii - fairy
el uacs - wax

Imperfect Tense Verb andá'

This would be the imperfect tense of the verb 'to walk' in Llanito

andá'

llo andava
tú andavâ
él/ella andava
nosotro andávamo
ûtede andavai
ellô/ellâ andavan

Imperfect Tense Verb travaxá'

This would be the imperfect tense of the verb 'to work' in Llanito

travaxá'

llo travaxava
tú travaxavâ
él/ella travaxava
nosotro travaxávamo
ûtede travaxavai
ellô/ellâ ttravaxavan

Llanito Sounds

Although Llanito might have a lot of Andalusian influences it also differs from Andalusian in many ways. All around Gibraltar and especially in the provinces of Cádiz and Málaga the 's' sound is pronounced like the English 'th' in 'think'. This sound is not present in Llanito where the 'th' sound is not present, this could have been a result of the Genoese language which does not have this sound. One other sound that is somewhat different is the sound of the 'll' and 'y' which is pronounced like the 's' in 'vision' in Gibraltar but in Andalucía it is pronounced like a hard 'j' sound.

Imperfect Tense Verb mirá'

This would be the imperfect tense of the verb 'to watch, to look at' in Llanito

mirá'

llo mirava
tú miravâ
él/ella mirava
nosotro mirávamo
ûtede miravai
ellô/ellâ miravan