Un soldât furlan al è sparît in bataie

A Friulian soldier is missing in action in Ukraine. According to La Vôs dai Furlans:

Un soldât furlan al è sparît in bataie. Al è lât a combati in Ucraine e di lui no si sa plui nuie dai undis di Setembar. Il soldât al jere jentrât te brigade Azov, une des unitâts dal esercit ucrain. / Riferiment: La Vôs dai Furlans.

A Friulian soldier is missing in action (un soldât furlan al è sparît in bataie). He went to battle in Ukraine (al è lât a combati in Ucraine) and his whereabouts have been unknown (e di lui no si sa plui nuie) since the eleventh of September (dai undis di Setembar). The soldier had joined the Azov brigade (il soldât al jere jentrât te brigade Azov), one of the units of the Ukrainian army (une des unitâts dal esercit ucrain).

A çampe, la bandiere ucraine / A drete, la bandiere russe:

Friulian vocabulary

• un soldât, a soldier
• sparît, disappeared
• une bataie, battle
• combati, to battle
• une brigade, a brigade
  
• un esercit, an army
  

Friulian expressions

Di lui no si sa plui nuie: nothing more is known of him, which is to say, his whereabouts are unknown, he is missing. Learn also this formulation: il soldât che no si sa plui nuie di lui, which is to say, the soldier whose whereabouts are unknown, the soldier who is missing.

Sparît in bataie: disappeared in battle, which is to say, missing in action. The verb is sparî, meaning: to disappear. Al è sparît: he has disappeared.