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Mini-contest 2012: "Yogi Berra Quotes" » English to Friulian

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- "I'd give my right arm to be ambidextrous."

- "When you come to a fork in the road, take it."

- "You can observe a lot just by watchin'."

- "Nobody goes there anymore. It's too crowded."

- "I can't concentrate when I'm thinking."

- "The future ain't what it used to be."

- "I'm not going to buy my kids an encyclopedia. Let them walk to school like I did."

- "We're lost, but we're making good time."

- "Half the lies they tell about me aren't true."

- "A nickel ain't worth a dime anymore."

- "It's like deja-vu, all over again."

- "It ain't over till it's over."

- Mrs. Lindsay: "You certainly look cool." Yogi Berra: "Thanks, you don't look so hot yourself."

- "If the world were perfect, it wouldn't be."

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- "Daressi al me bràs destri para pode essi ambidestri"

- "Chel ch'al fâs un pas viàrs l'infiâr al à 'za fate miege strade"

- "Ogni mês si fâs la lune, ogni dì s'impare une"

- "Là no gi va nisùn, a lè mase int"

- "No podi concentrami cuant che stai pensant"

- "No le plui il futur di une volte"

- "No gi comprarai une enciclopedie ai me frus, a laràn a scuela a pit propri cemut fasevi io"

- "Si sin piardùs, però lo avin fat cul cjaf"

- "La miege de lis bausìis che disin su di me no son veris"

- "In chist mont di auè un franc no val plui un franc"

- "Se il Signôr al mande il frut al mande ancje il pagnut"

- "No tu finisis fin cuant che no tu finisis"

- Dos fradis: "Ce fatu?" "Nuje!" "Finisila di fâ simpri chel che fasi io!"



Entry #11839
- “I darés la man drete par sei ambidestri”.

- “Cuant che tu viodis dôs strades, tire vie dret”.

- “Si pô oservâ un grum... baste cjalâ”.

- “Lí nol va pui nisun, al e simpri plen di int”.

- “Cuant chi pensi, no cumbini di concentrâmi”.

- “El futûr nol e pui chel di une volte”.

- “Non i compri ecliclopiedies ai miei fîs. Ca si rangjin a lâ a scuele a pît, come me”.

- “Si sin pierdûs, ma al mancul i sin adore”.

- “Metât da las bausies ch’a contin di me a son bales”.

- “Un santesim nol vâl pui nancje un carantan”.

- “Al somee un deja-vu un’atre volte ancjmò”.

- “No n’d’e vonde fin che si a avonde”.

- Mrs. Lindsay: "Lui al’e un cal fâs colp". Yogi Berra: "Grasie, ancje je a fâs avonde impresion".

- “Se el mont al fos perfet, nol sarés”.

Entry #12080
O darês el me braç dret par scrivi con ducj e dôs les mans

Quanche tu sês devant di une beorcje, cjiapile

Tu puedis osserva’ tant dome cjialant

Nol e’ plui nissun ch’al va la’. E je za trope int

No pues concentrami quanche o soi daûr a pensa’

Il futûr nol e’ ce ch’al iere il passât

No voi a compra’ une enciclopedie par mei fîs. Lasse che lêdin a scuele a pît come ch’o ai fât jo.

o sin pierdûs, ma o sin adore.

Metât de baunsiis ch’e disin di me no son veris.

cinc centesims no valin plui dîs come une volte.

Al e’ come ‘deja-vu’, un’altre volte simpri che storie.

No sara’ finide pardabon finche’ e je finide

Siore Lindsay: “Tu samêis propit un pipin.” Yogi Berra: “Gracie, tu âs une buine muse di pipine ancje tu.”

Se il mont al fos perfet, nol sarês.

Entry #12383