A joke about the awkward blending of English/Italian and Japanese polite speech.

You look at the last hiragana of the dictionary form of a Godan verb and apply the change:

| Ending | Change to | Te-form example | | :--- | :--- | :--- | | (PA group) | って (tte) | 買う (ka u ) → 買 って (katte) 待つ (ma tsu ) → 待 って (matte) 帰る (kae ru ) → 帰 って (kaette) | | す (STA part 1) | して (shite) | 話す (hana su ) → 話 して (hanashite) | | む, ぶ, ぬ (implied in "pasta" as a stretch? No, but added for completeness) | んで (nde) | 読む (yo mu ) → 読 んで (yonde) | | く | いて (ite) | 書く (ka ku ) → 書 いて (kaite) | | ぐ | いで (ide) | 泳ぐ (oyo gu ) → 泳 いで (oyoide) |