Filipino proverbs

'''Proverbs from all Filipino speaking parts of the world. '''


 * Habang may buhay, may pag-asa.
 * Meaning: As long as there is still life, there still lies hope.


 * Kapag may usok, may apoy.
 * Translation and English equivalent: When there's smoke, there's fire.
 * Meaning: "There is no effect without some cause. or It is supposed that if there is a rumour, there must be some truth behind it."
 * Source for meaning of English equivalent:


 * Ang lumalakad nang mabagal, kung matinik ay mababaw; Ang lumalakad nang matulin, kung matinik ay malalim.
 * English equivalent: More haste, less speed.
 * Meaning: "Progress with discretion. Acting hastily one is likely to forget/overlook something important, leading to grave errors or failure."
 * Source for meaning:
 * "Christianity taught submission to the will of God, and even for those who cannot accept this phraseology there should be something of the same kind pervading all their activities."
 * Bertrand Russell, The Conquest of Happiness (1930)


 * Ti bassít a káyo nalaká a lintegén, ngem no dakkél narigáten.
 * A young tree is easy to straighten, but when it's big it is difficult.
 * "PHILIPPINE PROVERBS", Center for Southeast Asian Studies, Northern Illinois University.


 * Ti táo nga mannaríta, awán ti ania nga magapuánanna.
 * A man that talks too much accomplishes little.
 * Ibid.


 * Mabiág ti kalkalsáda, matáy ti koskosína.
 * Captivating in the street, dead in the kitchen (lady who dresses beyond her means)
 * Ibid.


 * Ti napudpudno a gayyémmo, am-ammontó no addáka ití pelígro.
 * A true friend is known in time of need.
 * Ibid.


 * Tay áso nga taol nga taol saán a makakagát ken makadunor.
 * Barking dogs seldom bite.
 * Ibid.


 * Awán kas iti sursúro a sanikuá, ta daytá awán makatákaw kenká.
 * Knowledge is wealth that can't be stolen.
 * Ibid.


 * No trabáho, gulpién, no kanén, in-inúten.
 * If it's work, do it fast. If it's food, eat it little by little.
 * Ibid.


 * Ti táo a manákem, dína makíta ti panagdissó ti sakána ití dagá. Kitáenna ketdi ti sumarunó a baddekánna.
 * A wise man doesn't see his foot on the ground, he watches his next step.
 * Ibid.


 * Ti nalaká ti pannakasápulna, nalaká met ti pannakapúkawna.
 * What is easily acquired is easily lost.
 * Ibid


 * Ti kukuá masapúlan ngem ti pintas saán.
 * Wealth can be acquired but beauty cannot.
 * Ibid


 * Ti agkuták, isú't nagitlóg.
 * He who cackles laid the egg (he who talks first is the guilty party).
 * Ibid


 * Uray kukuá a tawíden, no addá la ket naimbág a nákem.
 * One need not inherit wealth if he inherits good manners.
 * Ibid.


 * No addá sabsábong, agaarák dagití kulibangbáng.
 * Where there are flowers there are butterflies (young women attract young men)
 * Ibid.


 * Kugtár ni kabaián, ilot ni kalantangan.
 * The kick of a female carabao, the massage of the male. (women can't hurt men physically)
 * Ibid.


 * Puráwto ti wáken, nangísittó diay kannawyen.
 * The crow will turn white and the heron black (said to express impossibility)
 * Ibid.


 * Aniánto pay serbí diay rúot no natáyto met diay kabálion?
 * Of what use is grass when the horse is dead? (said to misers)
 * Ibid.


 * Ti kamátis, di agbúnga ti manggá.
 * The tomato plant doesn't grow mangos. (A good person doesn't come from a bad family)
 * Ibid.


 * Ti útang mabayádan, ngem ti naimbág a nákem saán.
 * A debt can be paid, but a kind act cannot.
 * Ibid.


 * Ti napíli makapíli ti kuggangí.
 * He who is choosy often picks the worst.
 * Ibid.


 * Nalpás ti áni, awán ti garámi.
 * After the harvest, there's no hay. (Deeds cannot be undone)
 * Ibid.


 * Uray naáta tay tungo, no maisungród, sumgedtó.
 * Even if the firewood is green, it will burn when lit (man and women together will eventually be attracted to each other)
 * Ibid.


 * Naim-imbág ti matáy ta malipátanen ngem ti agbiág a maibabaín.
 * It's better to be dead and forgotten than to live in shame.
 * Ibid.


 * Sasáor banbannóg no sabáli ti aglamlámot.
 * Useless labor if someone else eats from it (said if another reaps benefits of your work)
 * Ibid.


 * Ti madí a pagbagbagaán agturóng ití pagrigátan.
 * He who refuses advice will end up in hardship.
 * Ibid.


 * Ti agmúla, agápit.
 * He who sows, reaps.
 * Ibid.


 * Awan libég a di aglitnáw.
 * There is no muddy water that doesn't clear (One can always change one's ways)
 * Ibid.


 * Di pay nalúto ti pariá simmagpáw ti karabása.
 * The bittermelon is not yet cooked and the squash jumped in (who asked you to join in?)
 * Ibid.


 * Aluádam no matupraan met la ta rúpam.
 * Be careful that you don't spit on your own face.
 * Ibid.


 * Uray isubsúbomon, mateppáyto láeng.
 * Even if you put it in your mouth, it can fall out (it is not unconditionally yours)
 * Ibid.


 * No agtúdo, matuduán ámin a táo.
 * When it rains, everyone gets wet (gifts must be given to all)
 * Ibid.


 * Ti kabálio no bulbuloden, ti ngípenna di kitkitáen.
 * When a horse is borrowed, don't look at its teeth (don't criticize what you borrow)
 * Ibid.


 * Ti agsíli magasángan, ket ti agiggém ti bánga maugingan.
 * He who eats chili gets burned and he who touches the pot gets charcoal on his hands.
 * Ibid.


 * Awán ti ngumáto a dínto bumabá.
 * What goes up must come down.
 * Ibid.


 * Saánmo a mapadára ti awán dárana.
 * You cannot squeeze blood out if there's none left. (said by a debtor)
 * Ibid.


 * No awán ti ánus, awán ti lámot.
 * If there is no patience, there will be no food.
 * Ibid.


 * Matáy ti agur-úray, mabiág ti paur-úray.
 * He who waits dies, he who makes others wait lives.
 * Ibid.


 * No sáan nga makaammó nga nangtaliáw ti naggapuánna, saán a makadánon ti papanánna.
 * He who does not look back to his origins will not reach his destination.
 * Ibid.


 * Yánud ti danúm ti matmatúrog nga udáng.
 * A sleeping lobster is carried away by the current.
 * Ibid.


 * Perdisión bagás, agráman tuyo.
 * Rice is wasted, even the bran. (said when everything ventured is lost)
 * Ibid.


 * No aniá ti imúlam, isú ti apítem.
 * Whatever you sow, you reap.
 * Ibid.


 * Ti ubing nga matungpal amin a kayatna, awan ti nasayaat a banagna.
 * A child that is given everything will rarely succeed in life.
 * Ibid.


 * Awan lalaki nga natured wenno nabaneg no ti babai ti sanguanan agsainnek.
 * No man is brave in the presence of a crying woman.
 * Ibid.


 * Sabali nga ili, sabali nga ugali.
 * Different towns have different customs.
 * Ibid.