Bergamasque proverbs

Bergamasque is a Lombard dialect spoken in, and in the vicinity of, the city of Bergamo in north-central Italy.

C

 * Col ma e col se No se fa mai gnent de be.
 * English equivalent: How many ifs fill a bushel?

E

 * El vorav l ' of e la galina.
 * English equivalent: You can't have your cake and eat it (too).

F

 * Fortünat quel fiol che g à so pader a ca del diaol.
 * English equivalent: Happy is the child whose father went to the devil.

L

 * L'è bèl el zogh se'l düra poch.
 * English equivalent: Leave a jest when it pleases you best.


 * L'è méi poch adės, che tant domá.
 * English equivalent: One today is worth two tomorrows.


 * L' ura püsse scüra l ' é quéla aanti dé.
 * English equivalent: It's always darkest before the dawn.


 * La nót l'è la mader dei conséi.
 * English equivalent: To take counsel of one's pillow.


 * La pas e la sanità, le se conoss quand i è de lontà.
 * English equivalent: Health is not valued till sickness comes

P

 * Pader avar, fiol dissipů.
 * English equivalent: A miserly father makes a prodigal son.

Q

 * Quand al brusa 'l visí porta l acqua a ca tó.
 * ̽English equivalentː When thy neighbour s house doth burn (is on fire) be careful (beware) of thine own.

R

 * Roba fada no vol conséi.
 * English equivalent: When a thing is done, advice comes too late.

Ü

 * Ü sold sparegnat l è ü sold guadegnat.
 * English equivalent: A penny saved is a penny earned.

V

 * Vesti na sömia aca de sida, La sarà semper na sömia vestida.
 * English equivalent: A golden bit does not make the horse any better.