Proverbs
Do you know what a proverb is?
A proverb is a simple saying popularly known and repeated, which expresses a truth based on common sense or the practical experience of mankind (humanidad).
An example is: ¨Every cloud has a silver lining¨ =
¨No hay mal que por bien no venga¨
¨No hay mal que por bien no venga¨
Who knows what are the meanings of these proverbs?
1. After a storm comes a calm: Después de la tormenta siempre llega la calma. (Luna Díez, 1ºD Bach.)
2. He who laughs last laughs best: Quien ríe el último ríe mejor. (Lucía Félix, 1ºC Bach.)
3. Love is blind: El amor es ciego. (Cristina González, 1ºC Bach.)
4. God tempers the wind to the shorn lamb: Dios aprieta, pero no ahoga. (Susana, English teacher)
1. After a storm comes a calm: Después de la tormenta siempre llega la calma. (Luna Díez, 1ºD Bach.)
2. He who laughs last laughs best: Quien ríe el último ríe mejor. (Lucía Félix, 1ºC Bach.)
3. Love is blind: El amor es ciego. (Cristina González, 1ºC Bach.)
4. God tempers the wind to the shorn lamb: Dios aprieta, pero no ahoga. (Susana, English teacher)
5. He that would have the fruit must climb the tree: El que algo quiere, algo le cuesta. (Cristina González 1ºC Bach.)
6. If you think the worst, you won't be far wrong: Piensa mal y acertarás. (Gema, English teacher)
7. Brain is better than brawn: Más vale maña que fuerza. (Mónica Freire, Old student)
26 comments:
Hello again!!
I´ve seen that the other post have a lot of comments, so I´ve decided to post a new activity. I hope you like it!
Lots of kisses!!
hello dear Tami!! I like your new post and your poposal on proverbs!! They are not very used by us because we don't know them, and just the opposite, we don't know them because we don't use them very often, so good job, Tami!!
kisses.
1. After a storm comes a calm.
- Despues de la tormenta siempre llega la calma.
tami!! Congratulation for this post!!
LOTS OF KISSESS AND FOR GEM!!!
Hellooo!
Congratulations Tami! I'm sure we will learn a lot with this post!
Now I'm going to bed, but I promise that tomorrow I will look for the meaning of one of the proverbs.
Well done Tami!!
Lots of kisses! See ya!
Hellooooooooooo!
Gem! I hope you learn with my post (My darling...now I´m your teacher!!hehe)
I think we should use often them, in my opinion they are very useful and curious, aren´t they? XXX
Lunx: Recently you are participating a lot!!I love your comments. Your translation of that proverb is good! it reminds me of an Alejandro Sanz's song (Después de la tormenta siempre llega la calma, pero se que después de ti...) Thanks Luna!!
Sue, thanks!... THE BLOG IS ALIVE AGAIN!
Hello my girls!!! I´m here again.
I have to say that now, I am in a seminary about equality of sex with a laptop. (Like you can understand I´m not listening too much)Okey, like we spoke yesterday, I´m going to treat that some friends write here.
I love you girls!!!!(sorry about my mistakes of spelling)
hello i´m ana anarko.I don´t meet you but If you are monica´s friends, you are my friends!!! jaja. I hope meet you soon but I remember Susana (the teacher of english) when you want you can come with me and monika-k to the camping (camping is a party in demetrio´s house) So, I hope see you soon!!!
I love you and I love me any more jajaja.
PORQUE YO LO VALGO!
hello I´m Demetrio (Demi for friends)Ana and Monica are my best friends here. Like Ana says you can come to the camping (Ana organized partys in my house)Friday of the next week we have prepared a party so... I hope see you!
A lot of kisses!
UoUooo there are new people!!!I am not "the new" now...jeje.I hope that Nieves(my english´s teacher)sees this, maybe in this way she sees my effort.
Tamara,I like your proverbs,there are someone that I don´t knew...I am sure Silvia(lady`s proverbs) know all.Good bye!!!
Thanks, boys and girls from uem!! Thanks to Monica for spreading our blog everywhere she goes...We need it!!
Demetrio, Ana...I'm going to think about your party...(hehehe). Come back soon!!
Susana-teacher
Hello girls! Like I promised yesterdat I have returned! jejeje
Tami I like a lot your new post. You know that when I speak I sometimes use proverbs.
I think that proverbs are very very very practical, because if you use them, you will say a lot of things with a few words. For this I want to say you that your post is very interesting!
I believe that I know the meaning of a proverb: . ¨He who laughs last laughs best.¨ ( quién rie el último rie mejor)...I am not very sured but I think that it is great!
Ok BYE BYE! A lot of kisses for everybody
LUCIA F 1º BACH
Hello!!
WOW! there are new bloggers! and they are university students! (Monchi, you are a crack) ;)
I want to welcome everybody! The blog is really growing!!
Thanks everybody, and keep on writing!!
*Kisses*!
Hello Luci F!
You have written again!
Yes, Luci, I know that you use lots of proverbs. Maybe you learnt them in your famous village....hehehehe!! ;)
You always talking just like a grandmother! hehehe. Although we often laugh at you when you say proverbs, you know they are very wise words! So please keep on using them...We love learning with you!
I LOVE YOU LUCIIII!
OH MY GOD! There are a lot of new writers!!!
I have had recognise that my ¨little¨ sister has done a very god job!
In my opinion, we should feel very important, because maybe Demetrio (Demi for friends) will invent something new for the mankind!... and now he is written in our blog!
Ana... I can´t believe that you are here. It´s the second time that you speak with Lourdes' people. The first time was very shocking to the Lourdes' classmates, Do you remember?hahaha
Thanks university students!! This has been very important for us! We hope you come back! (Demetrio we know you are intelligent, but if you want to be a perfect person you must write here as often as possible)
See you soon!
Wwwoo Tamii !!! This post is very curious, because we don´t know them.
I think that I the meaning of a proverb: "love is blind" (El amor es ciego).I hope that this meaning is good, because i am very sure, hehe.
Congratulation for this post Tami, is very interesting and useful.
Kisses
Cris 1º C Bach
Tami, your post is great and your ideas are always so good...!!
In my opinion, our crisis starts watching the light at the end of the tunnel!! Is this a proverb?
Lots of kisses!!
CORAL!! I suppose that Silvia know all the proverbs I´ve written. Maybe this post help you to understand more to her...haha!
Dear Susana, in my opinion you should talk about Coral with her teacher Nieves. She is participating a lot, (and I´m not obliging, threating, forcing...her to do it, hehe)
(Remember we must conserve the writers...;))
A LOT OF KISSES!!!
Luci F, I know you love the proverbs hehe!! You always use them...You are like our grandmother hahaha!
Your translation of the proverb is rith!
¨He who laughs last laughs best.¨ ( quién rie el último rie mejor)
Thanks for your translation!!
ILU!xxxxxx
Hi Cris!!! I love seeing you here!
The proverb that you write is good:
"love is blind" (El amor es ciego)
Franki is really attractive, so you don´t need to use this proverb! hehe
THANKS Cripsi!ILU
kIsses!
Hello!! I promised that I will write a lot, and here I am again.
I believe that I know the meaning of other proverb: “He that would have the fruit must climb the tree" (El que algo quiere, algo le cuesta).
This proverb is very curious, because I never thought that was said of this way.
This post is very useful and interesting, Congratulations Tami!!!!
Criss 1ºC Bach
Hi Cris!!! Your translation is excelent! I love see you here!!!
Thanks for participating! I think that that prover is really curious too. If you translate it word by word in spanish is diferent, and maybe it´s funny.
THANK YOU CRIS!
Lots of kisses!!!
Sue I´m waiting for your translation... You promised me that yesterday you did it. When you want to do it, we´ll stay in PARIS!!!!
ILU
Good morning, dear travellers!! I´m going to translate one your proverbs, Tami: "If you think the worst, you won't be far wrong" means "Piensa mal y acertarás". I leave the other two, which are a little bit difficult...hehehehe
WAKE UP, EVERYBODY!!!
Hi Tami, I think that I know one of your proverbs but I´m not sure. Brain is better than brawn could be traslate like.. " más vale maña que fuerza" or something like this (I repeat that I´m not sure but I want to participate in some activity... hehe)
kisses!!!
MY DEAR GEM!!! It has passed a lot of time since we don´t speak!!! We missed u in Paris!
Your proverb is excelent!Maybe is a good proverb for the teachers when we were in Paris... hehe! It´s a joke!!
THANKS for translate the proverb Gem!!
A LOT OF KISSES!!
Mi little sister, your proverb is rigth! In some cases the proverb is true, do you think so?
Thanks for participate while we were in Paris!! O lala!
kissessssss!!!
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