# Anyone understnd Italian? What is said in this clip from Goodfellas? **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [May 2, 2012, 7:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-understnd-italian-what-is-said-in-this-clip-from-goodfellas/620680 "2012-05-02T19:52:03Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 10\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![MuleSkinner](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/779978/32.png) [@MuleSkinner](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MuleSkinner)\ **Post date:** [May 2, 2012, 7:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-understnd-italian-what-is-said-in-this-clip-from-goodfellas/620680/1 "2012-05-02T19:52:03Z")
Didn’t post in Cafe Society as the question is asking for a factual answer to what’s said in Italian rather than relating to pop culture. Anyone know what Carbone is saying in the following clip? Video starts at relevant section. [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/ZzmV918F8cQ/hqdefault.jpg "Goodfellas - Frankie Carbone best bits") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZzmV918F8cQ&t=2m42s) ---
**Author:** ![cynyc](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/f05b48/32.png) [@cynyc](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cynyc)\ **Post date:** [May 2, 2012, 8:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-understnd-italian-what-is-said-in-this-clip-from-goodfellas/620680/2 "2012-05-02T20:37:36Z")
IMHE–affectionate for wise guy (wise ass) dufus and homey? ---
**Author:** ![MuleSkinner](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/779978/32.png) [@MuleSkinner](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MuleSkinner)\ **Post date:** [May 2, 2012, 8:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-understnd-italian-what-is-said-in-this-clip-from-goodfellas/620680/3 "2012-05-02T20:56:31Z")
That may be one of the words, but he says what sounds like is probably an entire sentence. ---
**Author:** ![cynyc](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/f05b48/32.png) [@cynyc](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cynyc)\ **Post date:** [May 2, 2012, 9:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-understnd-italian-what-is-said-in-this-clip-from-goodfellas/620680/4 "2012-05-02T21:04:08Z")
> [@MuleSkinner](#): > > That may be one of the words, but he says what sounds like is probably an entire sentence. In the 9 second clip I only heard one Italian word? ---
**Author:** ![Gary\_T](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/3ec8ea/32.png) [@Gary\_T](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gary_T)\ **Post date:** [May 2, 2012, 9:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-understnd-italian-what-is-said-in-this-clip-from-goodfellas/620680/5 "2012-05-02T21:51:56Z")
Is Carbone the guy on the right? Are you asking about the section from 2:45-2:48 where he says “Personality? _blah blah blah blah blah_ personality.”? Are we sure that’s Italian, rather than slurred/accented English? ---
**Author:** ![MuleSkinner](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/779978/32.png) [@MuleSkinner](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MuleSkinner)\ **Post date:** [May 2, 2012, 10:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-understnd-italian-what-is-said-in-this-clip-from-goodfellas/620680/6 "2012-05-02T22:07:37Z")
Yeah, that’s Carbone and that’s the part I’m talking about. It’s not slurred English and I fairly positive it’s an Italian sentence starting with “Mi.” ---
**Author:** ![Bear\_Nenno](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bear_nenno/32/3358_2.png) [@Bear\_Nenno](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bear_Nenno)\ **Post date:** [May 3, 2012, 12:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-understnd-italian-what-is-said-in-this-clip-from-goodfellas/620680/7 "2012-05-03T00:11:35Z")
According to the posts in the link you provided, he is saying, “minchia ancora questa ca col personality” Which translates to something like, “Fuck! Again with the ‘personality’!” ---
**Author:** ![Bear\_Nenno](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bear_nenno/32/3358_2.png) [@Bear\_Nenno](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bear_Nenno)\ **Post date:** [May 3, 2012, 12:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-understnd-italian-what-is-said-in-this-clip-from-goodfellas/620680/8 "2012-05-03T00:13:34Z")
BTW, the contributor in the video’s comments says that in this situation “minchia” means “Jesus” or “Christ”, but usually means “cock”. Google translate says it means “fuck”. ---
**Author:** ![MuleSkinner](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/779978/32.png) [@MuleSkinner](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MuleSkinner)\ **Post date:** [May 3, 2012, 12:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-understnd-italian-what-is-said-in-this-clip-from-goodfellas/620680/9 "2012-05-03T00:52:19Z")
Thanks, Bear. I should have checked the YouTube comments first. ---
**Author:** ![mnu\_76](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f04885/32.png) [@mnu\_76](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mnu_76)\ **Post date:** [November 1, 2015, 3:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-understnd-italian-what-is-said-in-this-clip-from-goodfellas/620680/10 "2015-11-01T15:01:17Z")
At the wedding he says “Ask for the money!” In the night club when he’s bringing his wife outside he says “Let’s go, walk on, don’t bust my balls, let’s go.” He is speaking sicilian. At Stacks’ he says " I’m preparing it, one moment" At Copacabana he says “Oh my God, these chicks are really hot.”, “Jesus, still talking about personality” Hope to be helpful:)