Re: Ladino Proverbs and Sayings (Waaay long!)

andrew wrote:
> 7. Roba pitas, besa _mesusot_.
>         He steals bread, and kisses the mezuzah.
I like this one, a proverb on hypocricy, I take it?

> 8. Si MoSe morio', _Adonay_ quedo'.
>         Moses may be dead, but God endures.
Interesting, no o-u stem change, apparently.

> 14. Dime con quien conoscas, te dire quien sois.
>         Tell me whom you know, I'll tell you who you are.
Why is it _conoscas_ and _sois_?  Judging from Standard Spanish, the
first looks like second person singular, while the second would be
plural.  Is this a typo, or a difference between the two languages?

> 17. Paciencia es paz y sciencia
>         Patience is peace and wisdom.
Great pun.

> 19. La hambre y el frio traen a la puerta del enemigo.
>         Cold and hunger bring one to the enemy's door.
Hmm, I'd thought that Ladino kept the initial /f/'s that Spanish has
lost, but _hambre_ here seems to disprove that.

> 27. Lo das la mano, y quiere el pie.
>         Give him an inch and he wants a foot.
Interesting, _lo_ instead of _le_?

> 34. Culebra que no mi morde, que viva mil an~os.
_mi morde_, not _me morde_?  Interesting.

> 38. Cada uno por se, Dios por todos.
Wouldn't that be _por si'_ in Spanish?

> 41. Non mi mires la color, mi'rami la savor.
There's that _mi_ for _me_ again.  Interesting.  Interesting, also, that
they've kept _non_

> 52. Caras vemos, corazones no conosemos.
Question: does Ladino distinguish between {z} and {s}?  If so, it's
interesting that they have _conosemos_ instead of _conocemos_

> 61. Cada uno se arrasca onde le come.
Ah, kept the old _onde_.

> 65. Bendicha tripa de madre que tal fijo pario'.
Hmm, why _fijo_ here, but _hija_ in 26?

> 67. Fas el bien, no mires a quien.
Hmm, interesting, another /f/ retained.

> 75. En la ciuda' de ciegos, beato quien tiene u ojo
Strange - ciuda' for _ciudad_ and _u_ for _un_!

>         The earth makes one revolution per day, a woman one revolution
>         per second.
LOL

> 85. Los fijos al rubi', el marido al tcharchi'.
Why is it spelt _tcharchi'_?

> 104. Y el _haHam_ yerra en la _Tora_.
Translation?

I'm wondering - are these proverbs collected from different times and/or
places?  That might explain the apparent inconsitencies, like the /f/
that sometimes remains, and _does_ in 48, and _dos_ elsewhere.

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