Romagnol proverbs

Romagnol is an Italian dialect spoken in central Italy.

A

 * A forza d' fê us fa la pratica.
 * English equivalent: Practice makes perfect.


 * A vle che e zogh séja béll, e bsogna che séja curt.
 * English equivalent: Leave a jest when it pleases you best.

E

 * Ebsogna ciapê la furtona quand la s ' presenta.
 * English equivalent: When fortune knocks, be sure to open the door.


 * E bsogna tô cunséi da on sol.

L

 * La bona mêdar la dis tö rom.
 * English equivalentː The good mother saith notː will you? but gives.


 * La carité la prinzepia da se stess.
 * English equivalent: Charity begins at home.


 * La furtona la va e la ven.
 * English equivalent: The wheel of fortune is forever in motion.


 * La përa quand l' è madura la casca dà su posta.
 * English equivalentː When the vine is ripe, the fruit will fall.
 * "Let us draw a lesson from nature, which always works by short ways. When the fruit is ripe, it falls."
 * Ralph Waldo Emerson, Essays: Second Series (1844)


 * L e méi un ôv inco, che dman una galena.
 * English equivalent: Better an egg today than a hen tomorrow.


 * 'L`e un gran cativ sord quèll chan vô capi.
 * English equivalent: None so deaf as those who will not hear.

M

 * Man fängt beim Kleinen an.
 * English equivalent: He that will steal a pin will steal a better thing.


 * Mettar troppa chêrn ae foch.
 * English equivalent: He that has many irons in the fire, some of them will let burn (will cool).

N

 * Nó lassô mèi e zërt par l inzërt.
 * English equivalent: He that leaves certainty and sticks to chance, When fools pipe, he may dance.

V

 * Vler e lene e cul chêld.
 * English equivalent: You can't have your cake and eat it (too).