I will be doing a presentation on Italian culture for my advanced Italian language course. the presentation will specifically be dealing with food and how it brings people together and that occurence seems to be more prevalent in Italian culture. I will also be presenting a few easy recipes. I would like to tie in some Italian proverbs or sayings that specifically deal with food and family. Since I am not Italian, I don’t know many of these expressions and I would like a native speaker to assist me with this. I need these expressions to be written in Italian and an English translation/interpretation would be appreciated. I understand that proverbs do not always translate properly into English, but I am good at figuring things out. I will be presenting recipes for a meal from start to finish including gnocchi and biscotti. If there are any proverbs that mention those particular food items, I’d like to know those, too. I appreciate any help anyone can offer. Grazie mille.
“Chi mangia solo crepa solo.”
Translation: “He who eats alone dies alone.”
“Tempo, marito e figli vengono come li pigli.”
Translation: “Weather, husbands, and sons come as you take them.”
Una buona mamma vale cento maestre.
Translation: A good mother is worth a hundred teachers.
http://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Italian_pro…
http://www.deproverbio.com/DPbooks/GIUST…
Family
http://www.deproverbio.com/DPbooks/GIUST…
i am 100% Italian and there is 1 really famous “proverb” you missed:
when there are lot of things to eat before you begin you usually say “pancia mia fatti capanna” (you ask to tour stomach to become an hut to host all the food).
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