What is your most favorite Filipino Proverb?
By Brokerhouse
@Brokerhouse (33)
Philippines
August 14, 2010 3:16am CST
Let's have some fun! Post it in Tagalog then its English Translation!
"Walang naninira sa bakal
Kundi ang Sariling Kalawang."
"Nobody destroys iron but its own corrosion."
Your Turn!
4 responses
@Gorillafootprints925 (3586)
• United States
14 Aug 10
Mine would be "Mas mabuti ng magnakaw kaysa mamakla" because it means really nice and deeply thought of.
@Brokerhouse (33)
• Philippines
14 Aug 10
Oh my God! LOL
So it opposes this,
"ang lalaking gipit, sa bakla kumakapit"
LOL
@eileenleyva (27560)
• Philippines
14 Aug 10
Translation:
Gorilla's - It is better to steal than to get involved with a sissy.
Broker - A man in need clings to a sissy.
@eileenleyva (27560)
• Philippines
14 Aug 10
As August is the month of the Filipino language, I think this proverb is appropriate.
Ang hindi magmahal sa sariling wika ay mahigit pa sa hayop at malansang isda.
- from Jose Rizal, Philippine national hero (he said this when he was 7 years old)
Translation: He who does not love his language is worse than a beast and a soiled fish. (am not sure if soiled is the correct translation for malansa)
@clevengay (129)
• Philippines
15 Aug 10
mine would be..."don't do onto others if you don't want others do unto you"
@LetranKnight25 (33121)
• Philippines
14 Aug 10
if you know the proverb in english, then post it in "english" mylot is not bilingual therefore you can't speak tagalog here. just saying, and reminding.@Brokerhouse (33)
• Philippines
14 Aug 10
That's why the post is asking for a translation. It's not humurous without the tagalog version.. LOL
@EdnaReyes (2622)
• Philippines
15 Aug 10
I got one, "Ang umaayaw, di nagwawagi,ang nagwawagi, di umaayaw" A quiter never wins, a winner never quits!" How about that?
