In Rome a few years ago, I bought a souvenir T-shirt with a cartoon Roman solider on it with the title "Er Mejo". I'm guessing that the phrase is Italian or Latin, but I cannot find the meaning.
2007-06-18 07:05:07 · 5 answers · asked by JDNoland 2 in Society & Culture ➔ Languages
I'm Italian from Rome. It's roman dialect and it means "THE BEST".
In Italian it would be "il meglio" : the article "IL" becomes "ER" and "MEGLIO" becomes "MEJO" because romans don't pronounce the "gl" the right way.
Hope I was clear enough
2007-06-18 07:26:15 · answer #1 · answered by Chiara C 4 · 3⤊ 0⤋
There's no "j" in Italian, but it's fairly common in many of the dialects and languages on the rest of the peninsula and islands . It is in fact the Roman equivalent of "il migliore", or "the best".
IMO, the connection with Andaluz is probably coincidental because of phonetics. Unlike the hard "h" in Iberic languages, in Italic languages the "j" is usually pronounced like a "y" sound in English.
2014-10-31 15:39:24 · answer #2 · answered by Gino M. 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
LOL! That is Roman dialect and a very common way of saying in Rome. It means "the best". In italian it would be "il meglio" or better "il migliore".
Nice t-shirt
2007-06-18 19:14:10 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 0⤋
If it's true this is Roman dialect.. what a coincidence!!!
It is the way people in some parts of Andalusia or also the gypsies would pronounce "el mejor" (the best) in Spanish.
It has the stress on the 'o'. (er mejó)
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2007-06-18 15:51:59 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 0⤋
There's no 'j' in Italian, so you'll have to search elsewhere.
If I had to guess, I'd say it meant "I'm the best" in some obscure Romance language . . .
2007-06-18 14:15:53 · answer #5 · answered by JJ 7 · 0⤊ 2⤋