 What's up guys evil deer here and today I want to speak to you about Esperanto proverbs now proverbs is something That's always fascinated me especially in Esperanto because Esperanto when Zamenhof created it He had this idea of trying to keep it as logical as possible as clear-cut as possible While also allowing a lot of precision So that's why it does have some forms of complexities here and there But proverbs is something that's always kind of in my mind gone against that because proverbs by their very nature Are not clear-cut you have to have an understanding of what they actually mean in full before you can actually even Understand the proverb now there is some proverbs which are very clear-cut and it's just like oh, yeah, that's crystal clear I know exactly what that means But then there's others which make no sense at all unless you've originally like I said learnt them previously now for me as an English Speaker these have always been quite difficult for me because I'm not very cultured as it is And I don't know any of the European languages and the Esperanto proverbs are naturally very European in their origin the ones that Zamenhof use Now I guess that's why a lot of them have just died off you got to remember when Zamenhof created Like he published the first book on proverbs in Esperanto There was like over 2,000 proverbs and hardly any of them are used nowadays except for a few like a very select few And I use a couple of them here and there But it's always been difficult because I can't I've never found like a good translation of them So I was never 100% sure about what they actually meant. I've asked other Esperanists in the past and some of them gone I don't know what that means while others are gone. What isn't that obvious to you? It means blah blah blah and I'm like well I guess that's because you're German or yours You know you're Italian or whatever and that makes sense to you but for me that still does not make sense But if that's what it means cool I'll go with that and I've also kind of stayed clear of some proverbs because they're just Ambiguity and I don't want to make it too hard for you guys out there to understand me But I've always wanted to in some way at least utilize them because they are and they this is one of the fascinating things when Zamenhof created a month a fair few people actually said we don't need proverbs in Esperanto And he actually stood up and said no the reason we have proverbs is because they provide a cultural base To the language so that there is proof again that Zamenhof didn't just create a tool He wanted to create a community and he knew that proverbs is something which allows It gives like a kind of like a a glue to the language It gives like a kind of a a little bit of a culture to it You know I mean like it's not just this highly logical tool with nothing to it It's got like a little bit of history So he kind of embedded that into it and like I said most of them died out But I finally friggin finally found a list of proverbs Not a big list but I found a good translation of them And I wanted to share a few with you today because maybe this is something that you're interested in I don't know but recently well not recently actually about six months ago. See I'm one of these people I just love to buy books. Okay I love to buy books because I just like holding them and having them and I feel cultured by putting them in a book cupboard But book cupboard bookshelf But I don't get around to reading them all that too often, but I've been reading this one I brought ages back and it's called Star in the Night Sky Now basically this book here is just a translation of bits and pieces of like some of the most famous Esperanto literature or not necessarily the most famous but some of them the best written I guess And it goes all the way from Zamenhof and stuff right up to modern times And I found it fascinating. I've been slowly reading through it And like some of the writing styles in here it's just like it's absolutely beautiful the way they write And I'm like damn man. I wish I could talk like that not like some dirty street Esperantist But anyway, there was this one page that caught my attention and it's page 46 So get this book and jump to page 46 star in the night sky And this is what I want to share with you because it's actually a extract from what's it called. It's called the La Prove Baro Esperanta Which was written by Zamenhof and it's got a list of probably the most well-known Proverbs to an English speaker, but they're Esperanto translations now. They're not always obvious about what they mean Okay, so I'm just gonna go through a couple of them here, which I think would be really awesome For us to use because it just simplifies things now One you guys may have heard of now This is what it means in English is other countries other customs now. I've heard that one a fair bit I don't know about you guys, but in Esperanto. It actually directly translates as other homes other people So Ali a Domway Ali a homway. That's other countries other customs now. There's a This one here this I hear this a fair bit in Australia. I don't know about you guys It is playing as a pike staff now in Esperanto that translates as as certain as twice Two is four and the actual wording is let me just jump to it Do do do do so that's a key a little bit of work. Okay, so I thought that was pretty cool Let's have a look. Oh Yes, now there's this one which in English kind of goes in two different ways There's there are two sides to every question or every coin has two faces Okay, and in Esperanto a triton in sight says Chil medalo do flanco in posedas and also like the way they're kind of written It's kind of like just flowing as well. So I like that now. Let's have a look at this this one Oh god, this one we use all the time There's no point crying over spilt milk in Esperanto that translates as there's no taking pain for Trouble or tears now that makes like totally different to the English one But let's hear what that sounds like in Esperanto The plendo kaploto ne for you just do lardo how cool is that the plendo kaploto ne for you just do lardo I like that. I've got to practice it though because it doesn't sound anything like the English one This one here, you'll see this a lot in movies where they go no sooner said than done and in Esperanto This one translates beautifully. Okay, did he tell Farid the how cool is that? It's just two words Did he tell Farid it's so much cooler than the English one. Let's have a look at some others We got here. Oh this one here to make a mountain out of a mole hill now in Esperanto This one actually translates as to make a fly out of an elephant. How cool is that? Fadi el musho elephant on Yeah, I can dig that I can dig that now. This is one I always use and The volipuke speakers here You guys have probably heard this one too if you've um if you're learning volipuke, and you know Esperanto In English you say that's all Greek to me. Okay in Esperanto. You say that's all volipuke to me Now for those who don't know what volipuke is It's a created language that was actually around before Esperanto and it was growing massive and then Esperanto came out And then the volipuke movement had internal issues and then it just kind of collapsed and all the volipuke speakers actually came And started learning Esperanto, and this was back in like 1880 1890s or something like that so our version in Esperanto when you want to say it's all Greek to me You say it's all volipuke to me and the way you say that is you go Let me just find it. I've got my way of saying it, but there's actual way that zamhoffs said it Giestos por mi volipukajo Okay, cool now. Oh this one here when in Rome do as the Romans do okay, but in Esperanto It's among wolves howl as a wolf that kind of makes sense into the loop boy. Could you loop it? Okay, cool I think I've got that one down pat Yeah, let's have a look what else we got. Oh, yes as you make your bed So too must you lie in it and in Esperanto that translates as as the act so the payment I guess that kind of makes more logical sense than the English one here are go to your cargo. Yep. I like it I can dig that Of course this one united we stand divided we fall and in Esperanto its consensus constructs Disagreement destroys and that translates as consento constuluas malpats on David us Yeah, that's that that sounds pretty Zamenhof in the Zamenhof in I don't know if I just created a new word Or if that's actually like a real word or if it can be a real word Oh, yeah, a man is known by the company. He keeps and that is with whom you party. That's who you are Yeah, that makes sense. Can kill me festus Tia Viestas Okay, let's have a look Hey, this one's interesting don't teach a fish to swim. I've never heard that one in English Apparently it means literally in Esperanto teaching a professor is a task in vain I guess it means don't try to teach someone who already knows about a certain skill set So let's see on my Alpero fessor. Oh, it's that's vana labora. Yeah, I don't know if I'd ever use that Just because I don't use it in English. Oh, this one's awesome. I say this to my mates all the time He has a screw loose. Okay, that's the English one, but Ness Branto and I was looking at this one early And I'll start using it already. He's missing a valve in his head Sounds like some type of steampunk type of stuff, but here it is Mankas Colapo and Lea Carpo. How cool is that? I love that one Yeah, this one here two heads are better than one more eyes more certainty 21 Plea da oculli plea does sort of tets all now for me that one seems a little bit strange I don't think I would use that one like not not the actual proverb itself But I would actually say you plea da oculli desk plea that sort of tets all but I guess for some reasons I'm off just wanted to use double plea which is kind of weird because when you had to please you kind of go You plea blah blah blah desk plea type of thing. I don't know Maybe there's a reason he went like that. Maybe there's a nuance on missing there But I'll have a look into that one later. What else we got here. Oh This one here Lea's last two are good ones blood is thicker than water in Esperanto It is same race same feeling so that is summer Gento summer center I guess that's what it's talking about but for me when you say blood is thicker than water It's talking about family family. So I'd say Summer familiar summer center, but I guess that's what Gento is it's just family on a bigger scale You're talking about like culturally wise, you know, you're people of your country or whatever But I guess that's what the house doesn't offer thinking back then he's thinking more on the like country size rather than like individual family But this last one here say it all the time in English birds of a feather flock together And that is this is pretty cool. A monkey likes a monkey better than anything Simeo Al Simeo Pluchas Pleo Chio. Yep, that is one I'm gonna use against Kaia next time I see him Anyway, I just wanted to share these random little proverbs with you Definitely check this book out star in the night sky. It's freaking awesome I've barely gotten through it, but I'm loving what I've found so far It's really good because there's like a lot of good Esperanto literature out there and you'll read it And you read it with like the way that you've learned the language But then you look at this guy's translation These translations are really good and you're going through it and you're like, hey, yeah, man That's a cool way of what that actually means like I thought of something else same thing But I can see how we can use these words now within like a sentence type of thing. It's it's really quite good I like it, but yeah, I just wanted to share that with you today. Also, I've got some highly traumatic news I should have put this at the beginning because it's a very important probably more important than this a Button blew off of this shirt today when I put it on I don't know if that means this shirt's been worn too much or if I'm just getting fat or bloody both But anyway, I have to get down to sewing to get this baby back together And I'm actually starting to fear that eventually this thing is gonna start falling apart and I'm gonna lose my like power of Samson type of thing, but yeah, that's it If you've liked this video give it a like share it around with your friends and subscribe to my channel if you haven't already And I'll see you in the next video and if you want that I'll find you and I'll use random proverbs against you