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Ce site, pour tout public, comporte plus de 4100 proverbes. Proverbes sur la meteo, proverbes paysans, dictons, proverbes populaires divers et aphorismes usuels. ...

UNIVERSITY OF TASMANIA, AUSTRALIA DE PROVERBIO An Electronic Book Publisher URL: http://info.utas.edu.au/docs/flonta/DPbooks E-mail: deproverbio.editor@modlang.utas.edu.au Steven R. Folsom Oklahoma State University Stillwater, OK, USA DICTIONARY OF PROVERBS IN AMERICAN COUNTRY MUSIC HITS (1986-1996) Edited by Teodor Flonta Copyright Steven R. Folsom, 1997 Copyright for the electronic copy, ...

KANGA WRITINGS Copyright Hassan Ali, Ottawa, Canada, 1995. NOTE: Some of the words appearing in kanga are not necessarily proverbs, but rather meant to send out an encoded message or just a plain message. For example, Harufu yako yaburudisha moyo wangu - your pleasant scent soothes my heart , or Bure mnanichukia, bahati nimejaliwa - You hate me in vain, I'm blessed with luck . KANGA WRITING ...

A collection of popular sayings about death and the Day of the Dead.

UNIVERSITY OF TASMANIA, AUSTRALIA DE PROVERBIO An Electronic Book Publisher URL: http://info.utas.edu.au/docs/flonta/DPbooks E-mail: deproverbio.editor@modlang.utas.edu.au AWARDS: 20 January 1996 by McKinley's Internet Directory 23 January 1996 by NetMall Teodor Flonta ENGLISH-ROMANIAN DICTIONARY OF EQUIVALENT PROVERBS Teodor Flonta, 1995 First edition 1992, published by Teopa, Bucharest ...

Arab Anecdotes Arabji.Com Arabic Anecdotes Arabic | English Pan Arab | | | | | | | | Home Arabic Proverbs & Anecdotes November 2000 When your son is young, discipline him; when he grows older, be a brother to him. Let trouble (evil) alone, and trouble will let you alone. Exert effort, you shall be rewarded. (tire yourself out for the sake of something and you shall get it.) When the wolf ...

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Cracow's Yiddish Page Welcome to the Cracow's Yiddish Page - yes, it's been a long time since this page was modified. New things to appear in September...! You can find here: What is Yiddish - a brief introduction Some Yiddish Proverbs - a selection of proverbs with Polish and English translations. More Yiddish proverbs - in Yiddish and in Polish with German(!) translations Yiddish on WWW - ...

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Afghan Proverbs Proverb: The first day you meet, you are friends. (yag roz didi dost) The next day you meet, you are brothers. (degare roz didi bridar) Meaning: Friendship grows into brotherhood. Proverb: A real friend is one who takes the hand of his friend in time of distress and helplessness. Meaning: A friend in need is a friend indeed. Proverb: No rose is without thorns. (hach guli ba char ...

Return to the Main Community Page SAMOAN PROVERBS Join Board Discussions on Your Samoan Culture and Heritage Proverbs Based on Pigeon Hunting Ua malo fai o le faiva Congratulations to the victor Nevertheless Ulumu could not help protesting against his opponent s unsportsmanlike behaviour, but the latter tried to soothe him with the words: Sau ia, ia e fa amolemole. Ua pona I vao, ae liai iina ...

Traditional Maori Proverbs: Some General Themes Paul Moon Auckland Institute of Technology Auckland PMOON@ait.ac.nz Deep South v.3 n.1 Autumn 1997 Copyright (c) 1997 by Paul Moon, all rights reserved. Introduction This paper attempts to examine the nature and purpose of traditional (that is, pre-European) Maori proverbs, and their role in greater scheme of traditional Maori culture in New ...

Online magazine, issue no.1 WISDOM OF NOMADS Sayings and proverbs Proverbs form a special part of the Mongolian language permeating every aspect of daily life. From times immortal Mongols developed rich traditions of oral literature as the nomadic lifestyle did not allow to preserve heavy books. These proverbs contain the wisdom of nomads accumulated over the millennia and probably came from the ...

Literal translation of Portuguese popular idioms Compiled, translated and explained by Tagide Crista Last update: 01/2001 These idioms are used on a daily basis in Portugal. The messages they convey are, for the most part, universal, and many other cultures have their equivalents. The uniqueness of these idioms is in the way the messages are expressed. The choice of words, in many cases, exposes ...

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Online magazine, issue no.5 . Triad Poems' Paradox Called 'world triad, ' this kind of verses represents a distinctive form of the oral literature of Mongolian nomads. Main theme of these verses is different phenomena of the Universe classified according to similarities. What are three most faraway things of the world Sun is far from sleeping one, home is far for a tired horse, and end of the ...

Sammy's Place, Proverbs du jour , Been There, Done That, Job Links for Educators, Quotes and Proverbs, Language Lessons, Peter's Places, or Graphic Tool Proverbs du jour Return to Sammy's Place See also Language Notes Welcome, visitors from other lands, other desktops and other laptops. Proverbs du jour, Sayings, Words and the Holland-America One Liners Remember, 'tis beter een half jaar op een ...

Modern Lebanese Proverbs (From Anis Freyha, A Dictionary of Modern Lebanese Proverbs (Arabic - English) 1974, 2nd edition 1994, Librarie du Liban, Riad Solh Square, Beirut, Lebanon) Samples from the over 4000 proverbs in the book. The last resort is the hot iron. (2) Towards the end of the night you shall hear shrill cries. (4) Have faith in a stone and you will be healed. (11) Colder than a ...

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Olelo No'eau Proverbs of Hawai'i The following are some Hawaiian proverbs which have been preserved and handed down from generation to generation through Hawaii's oral tradition. The sayings were gathered by Mary Kawena Pukui and can be found in 'Olelo No'eau , Bishop Museum Press. E ho'a'o no i pau kuhihewa. Translation: Try it to end the panic. Explanation: Often we stress out just worrying ...

The M6 international type system of proverbs The Matti Kuusi International Type System of Proverbs English Matti Kuusi -kansainvalinen sanalaskujen tyyppiluokitus Finnish Use Netscape 4.7, Explorer 5.5 or newer (selainvaatimukset) Review Editor: Outi Lauhakangas E-mail: outi.lauhakangas@finlit.fi ...

Appletree Press | Future Projects | Tibetan Proverbs Proposed Pub. Date: 2000 Size: 178 x 124mm Pages: 80 Format: Hardback Tibetan Proverbs The traditions of this remote Himalayan land have produced a range of highly distinctive proverbs, enshrining a typically Tibetan Buddhist world-view. The author is a senior academic in Germany who lectures on Tibetan history, culture and language. Rights: ...

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The British-Yemeni Society News and events Search Journal articles Book reviews About the Society Society officers Annual reports Lecture summaries Obituaries Annual appeal Membership Contact us Some Yemeni proverbs Compiled by NAJLA ABU-TALEB Sanaa is a must, however long the journey takes La budd min Sanaa wa lau taal al-safr From a pound of talk, an ounce of understanding Min ratl hakya ...

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The Triads of Ireland- Three worst smiles-the smile of a wave, the smile of a loose woman, the grin of a dog ready to leap. The Three wealths of fortunate people-a ready conveyance, ale without a habitation, a safeguard upon the road Three sons whom chastity bears to wisdom-valour, generosity laughter. Three entertainers of a gathering-a jester , a juggler, a lap-dog. Three things best for a ...

Main Page Politics & History Sights & Sounds Culture Art Religion Folktales Other Resources Discussion Search/Site Map Contact Us Credits Favorite Verses, Proverbs & Riddles There is no eye like understanding, No blindness like ignorance, No evil like illness, Nothing so dreaded as death. -Buddhist Precepts One treasure, and one alone, can no robbers steal. One treasure, and one alone, can one ...

Palestinian Popular Proverbs KEY: Capital letters for Arabic strong letters (D, T, ...) and double letters for long vowels (aa, oo, ...) Group 1: El-faaDi yekhli lal-malyaan. The empty gives the way to the full. E'mal ma'roof wermi fil-baHar. Do good and throw it in the sea. Ya Haafir jouret el-saww ya waaqe' feeha. This who digs an evil hole will fall into it. Jaarak el-qareeb wala akhook leb-'eed.

To Contents To Culture Rotuman Proverb of the Week The sayings in this section are from a book by Elizabeth Kafonika Makarita Inia, entitled ROTUMAN PROVERBS. The book was published in September 1998 by the Institute of Pacific Studies at the University of the South Pacific in Suva, Fiji. It contains some 473 sayings, of which we will post one per week. Notice: Rotuman Proverbs is available in ...

THE TARTU RESEARCH GROUP OF PAREMIOLOGY Arvo Krikmann, Ingrid Sarv 1. Periodization of the Source History of Estonian Paremiography The source history (and historiography as such) of the Estonian proverbs can be divided in three periods and each period in turn can be divided in two sub-periods. Period 1 (1583-1876). This period is characterized by the same features that characterize the earliest ...

Here are Finnish proverbs and a poem by Tommy Tabermann. All things are in English and Finnish.

QWIEL MALTIN (Maltese Proverbs) RAGEL U MARA (Man and Woman) -------------------------------------- MARA SA DAHKET BIX-XITAN. A woman has even cheated the devil. ID-DBIELET TWAL IKARKRU T-TRAB, IMMA D-DBIELET QOSRA JKARKRU L-ERWIEH. Long skirts carry dust, but short skirts carry away souls. IL-MARA BHALL-LUMIJA TAGHSARHA U TARMIHA. A woman is like a lemon; you squeeze her and throw her away.

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Online magazine, issue no.3 . . Wisdom of nomads A traveling fool better than a sitting wise. Suusan tsetsnees yavsan teneg deer Customs of every country are different, grass of every meadow are different. Nutag nutgiin zan oor, nug nugyn uvs oor. Go as a blind person where blinds are, go as a lame person where lames are. Sohryn gazar sokhor bolzh, dogolongiin gazar dogolon bolzh yav. Stay alive ...

Sicilian Culture The Food & Drink, People, History, Culture, Language, News, Folklore, History, Links, Traditions & More! sicilianculture.com Please support this site by shopping at . The Sicilian Dialect & Language: Proverbs Sicilian: A ghiri e veniri si fa lu maccarruni Translation: Go ahead, the maccaroni is made Idiom: Often in order to catch up a scope it must try more times Sicilian: ...

Azeri Expressions Painting by the late Javad Mirjavadov. Visit AZgallery 1. Azerbaijani Proverbial Expressions Me and Granny and Granny's Granny Ayten Gurzaliyeva, sketches by Iraj Esfandiary, Autumn 1995 2. Proverbs - Father's Words Wisdom of the Ages Compiled by Jala Garibova, sketches by Iraj Esfandiary 3. Proverbs About Food - Father's Words Jala Garibova and Betty Blair, Autumn 2000 ...

This file contains a list of popular Egyptian proverbs compiled by Azer Bestavros from contributions posted on Egypt-net Digest To contribute, please post your contributions on Egypt-net Digest or send them directly to . Comments, corrections, etc. are welcome. =============================================================================== Literal translation: A person with a wound on his head ...

Selections from Poor Richard's Almanac (Benjamin Franklin; excerpts taken from volumes between 1735-1947) FAST-US-7 (TRENAV2C) United States Popular Culture (Hopkins) Department of Translation Studies, University of Tampere Early to bed and early to rise, makes a man healthy wealthy and wise. A sleeping fox catches no poultry. No gains without pains. Well done, is twice done . . . Keep thy shop, ...

Proverbs and Reality This text is a partly revised version of the lecture presented in January 1995 at the 11th Congress of the International Society for Folk-Narrative Research in Mysore, South India. For technical reasons now the Chinese, Greek, Japanese, Korean and Sanskrit texts are given only in Romanized transliteration. This paper was published in Proverbium Yearbook of International ...

Proverb Player first | previous | next | last Notes this page requires a forms enabled browser the following traditional African proverbs do not all necessarily originate from The Gambia. the origin is given when known. you can also view the entire list of proverbs if you have a comment about one of the proverbs, it's origin or meaning, or you would like to add a new one, then please send us a ...

Proverbs Like in most African languages, Kiswahili has accumalated a wealth of proverbs used in everyday life to express certain wisdom, everyday analogies or poke fun at situations. The proverbs below are accompanied by english translations. To help you out with pronunciation of these phrases the pronunciation will follow them in parenthesis for the first few so you can refer to then ...

Boneless Tongue of Assamese Proverbs One of the best sources of information of the conditions prevailing in the country during the days of the Raj has been the books written by British administrators posted in India, some in areas that were remote and unexplored. The North East has been one such area. Though the region came under the British umbrella later than other parts of the Indian ...

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Activate your browser's JavaScript or Scripting to use our convenient menu features. Home Page Sights to See Localities Travel Faqs Nature, History, Culture About Us Arts & Culture Food, Wine, Dining Real Sicilians Hotels Magazine Map of Sicily Site Index Mini Menu Sicily Links Contact Some Sicilian Proverbs Taken from popular (folk) culture, some of these proverbs originated in the Middle Ages ...

One word frees us of all the weight and pain of life: that word is love. - Sophocles If poetry comes not so naturally as leaves to a tree it had better not come at all. - Keats This is a collection of Russian proverbs and sayings supplied from the book A Book of English and Russian Proverbs and Sayings by author M. Dubrovin, Moscow, Prosvesheniye , 1993. Anyone wanting to provide additional ...

The first Hungarian proverb collection Janos Baranyai Decsi and his Adagia Gyula Paczolay (University of Veszprem, Hungary) Contents Introduction The Author The Adagia The model of the Adagia The structure of the Adagia The content of the Adagia The sources of the Adagia The follow-up of Decsi's proverbs Proverbs Absent from the Adagia Notes on the Hungarian language of the Adagia Fide Deo, ...

PROVERBS AND SAYINGS (literal translation) BETTER the grave than a slave. IT is easier to fondle lassies, than to cut timbers. THE SLUGGARD works twice, the niggard pays twice. NOT EVERY nun becomes Mother Superior. TOO many barbers would be ready to shave the beard of a beardless man. IT is easy to be the father of children already born. WRIGGLING hands like young bride's legs. WHERE shepherds ...

A good merchant has neither money nor goods. A net will catch more than a pole. A priest's belly is made up of several sheepskins. All ages are submissive to love. An argument is fine only when there is to be a fight. As cold waters to a thirsty soul, so is good news from a far place. Don't drive a Binya into the woods if he has found his way to your house. Don't raise your stick and the dog ...

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VIETNAMESE and ENGLISH PROVERBS Preface Vietnamese & English Proverbs Home-Page Menu Links Proverbs are concise statements expressing deep thoughts, practical knowledge, and experience-based judgments, covering all aspects of life, and bearing some flavour of a particular culture, sometimes in a specific period and sometimes beyond time limits. They therefore fit well in the grand scheme of this ...

Appletree Press | Future Projects | Greek Proverbs Click cover for larger image Published: Spring 1999 Size: 177 x 125mm Hardback Pages: 80 Format: Hardback Greek Proverbs Proverbs and traditional sayings are a link between the present and the past. Their imagery draws upon ways and lifestyles that have been eroded by industrialisation and urban life. Yet they do not lose their potency because ...

Rasta/Patois Jamaican Phrases and Proverbs Confused Try out the Rasta/Patois Dictionary Mi come here fi drink milk, mi noh come here fi count cow . A reminder to conduct business in a straightforward manner. The higher the monkey climbs the more him expose . A truly comic image if you've ever been to the zoo, and comforting to any of us whose backs have been used as a stepping-stone for someone ...

A Collection of Palestinian Proverbs This page contains a humble collection of Palestinian proverbs in Arabic and their literal meanings in English. The proverbs have been grouped into five different groups, each holding the context of the proverb members. Special thanks to all friends who helped gather these well-known proverbs. Key to Arabic wording: (capital) T = Tah, as in Tabla, S = Saad, ...

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Wisdom Celebration Project Wisdom through colour and word! The proverb is a short, traditional saying that expresses some obvious thruth or familiar experience. We invited the students from Learning Circle Session to select proverbs, to explain them or to write short stories inspired by a proverb or a saying. Any artwork illustrating the story or the saying is welcome! Romanian Proverbs with ...