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Old 01-23-2006, 11:40 PM
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Default Dominican sayings
commonly used phrases

Abul Abul

Ta to'

El ojo del amo engorda el caballo

Date brillo cadenita que tu mojo llega

Lo que no mata engorda

A caballo grati no se le miran lo' diente

E' palante que vamo

E' pa' fuera que va

Tanto le da la gota a la piedra que al tiempo le hace un hoyo

La codicia rompe el saco

Tu ta como un aji pipi

Ojos que no ven corazon que no siente

El que mucho abarca poco aprieta

No deje camino real por vereda

Probando e que se guisa

Ma' vale un pajaro en mano que cien volando

Ma' vale malo conocido que bueno por conocer

El que anda con perro a ladrar aprende

Dime con quien andas y te dire quien eres
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Old 01-24-2006, 03:21 AM
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Default Didn't AZB coin this one?
"Dime con quien andas y te dire quien eres"


Didn't AZB coin this one?


It is, nevertheless, quite telling when it comes to how folks stick to their click in the RD.

Thank you!

I also have a book of Spanish Modismos, or common idioms - I can add some asked, and perhaps Lesle might indulge us with which are popular in the RD. It would also be good to kno which are not used at all in the RD and which have other meanings or bad alternative meanings in the RD.

Thanks so much and Lesly - sorry for volunteering you. See what happens when you get such a GOOD reputation?
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Old 01-24-2006, 05:25 PM
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Donde mea la gallina, in reference to El Cibao ..........has to be the funniest one I've heard in the past few years
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Old 01-24-2006, 05:32 PM
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Originally Posted by indiana16
commonly used phrases

Abul Abul

Ta to'

El ojo del amo engorda el caballo

Date brillo cadenita que tu mojo llega

Lo que no mata engorda

A caballo grati no se le miran lo' diente

E' palante que vamo

E' pa' fuera que va

Tanto le da la gota a la piedra que al tiempo le hace un hoyo

La codicia rompe el saco

Tu ta como un aji pipi

Ojos que no ven corazon que no siente

El que mucho abarca poco aprieta

No deje camino real por vereda

Probando e que se guisa

Ma' vale un pajaro en mano que cien volando

Ma' vale malo conocido que bueno por conocer

El que anda con perro a ladrar aprende

Dime con quien andas y te dire quien eres
Could you translate some of these, for those of us that are linguistically challenged?
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Old 01-24-2006, 05:46 PM
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can't quite get the words to sound right in my head (in Spanish) so here it is in English: Better to go alone than to keep bad company ... anybody got the Spanish version?

Stay well,
Amy
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Old 01-24-2006, 05:49 PM
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Es mejor andar solo que mal acompañado
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Old 01-24-2006, 05:50 PM
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There ya go! Thanks

Stay well,
Amy
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Old 01-24-2006, 05:55 PM
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I'll give it a shot

mejor sola que en mala compañía
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Old 01-24-2006, 05:56 PM
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Thank Lina I almost had it right
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Old 01-24-2006, 05:58 PM
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I've heard different versions of it - just none of them sounded quite right at the time

Thanks Lina and Anna

Stay well,
Amy
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