Proverbs come in handy when we want to give advice about something in the future or point out something in the past that in hindsight seems obvious. For example, should you settle for what you have or risk it all to possibly get something better? We don’t have the answers, but in this episode Leen shares five useful proverbs for the next time you find yourself in some common conundrums.
Lebanese Arabic Transcript and English Contextual Translation
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مرحبا وأهلا وسهلا فيكن بحلقة جديدة من لانغويج وايف. أنا لين، واليوم رح احكيلكن عن جزء مهم من الثقافة اللبنانية. عن عادة تداولتا الأجيال اللبنانية خلال السنين وبعدا لهلأ موجودة. رح احكيلكن عن الأمثال الشعبية. الناس بتقول الآلاف من الأمثال الشعبية بكتير من المواقف يلي بتصير معا، وبتعبر عن الموقف بعبارات بسيطة وقصيرة وعفوية.
Hello, and welcome to a new episode of Language Wave. I am Leen, and today I will tell you about an important part of the Lebanese culture; about a custom that has been passed on by Lebanese generations throughout the years and still exists till now. I will tell you about Lebanese proverbs. People use thousands of popular proverbs in many of the situations that they encounter, and they express the situation through simple, short, and spontaneous phrases.
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الأمثال الشعبية منتشرة بكل دول العالم، واليوم رح احكيلكن عن الأمثال الشعبية اللبنانية، معنى المثل وأهميتو، سبب انتشارو واستمراريتو لهلأ، و كيف منقدر نفهم المثل. وبعدين رح ننتقل لنشرح قصة خمس أمثال. وآخر مثل منن قالتو إختي لإبنا بموقف صار بيناتن.
Popular proverbs are spread in all countries of the world, and today I will tell you about Lebanese popular proverbs, the meaning of a proverb and its importance, the reason for which it is spread and for its longevity, and how we can understand the proverb. Afterwards, we will move to explaining the story of five proverbs, the last of which my sister had said to her son in a situation that took place between them.