"Sayings of the Ilocanos"

Ilocano: Ti nasadot a baro kas karne a nadangro.

English: A lazy young man is like a foul-smelling meat.

Ilocano: Ti saan a matimtemek, nauyong no makaunget.

English: A quiet person is slow to anger but terrible when aroused.

Ilocano: Awan ti basol nga haan nga masinger.

English: No debt remains unpaid.

Ilocano: Dika agkapkapoy no bassit ti inapoy; dika agnengnengneng no bassit ti diningdeng.

English: Dont be too slow if theres only a little rice, dont be too shy if theres only a little viand.

Ilocano: Nasayaat man ti banag isu saan uray inton kaano met maladaw.

English: A good thing is never too late.

Ilocano: Nasayaat a babai isu gatad ad-ado ngem ti kagat ti aso.

English: A good woman is worth more than rubies.

Ilocano: Kalpasan a gumatang agpaay a maysa atid-dug a panawen isu a murdong iti panaggatang.

English: After shopping for a long time, he ended up with a poor purchase.

Ilocano: Ti panang-ipateg ken nataengan ti tao isu nga kayat iti maysa a birurukong dayta agkaradap.

English: The love of an old man is like a snail that crawls.

Ilocano: Rag-o isu agnanayan iti guardia asideg iti ladingit.

English: Joy is always guarded by sorrow.

Ilocano: Aramiden iti awan ti ikabel iti ruar nga maipang-gep inton bigat ania dakayo mabalin.

English: Do not put off for tomorrow what you can do today.

Ilocano: Ania ti kinapudno nga maipanggep iti maysa nga tao, kaano nu isu na ket dakes a panangal-lukoy met amin tayo.

English: What is truth about a man, when he is a bad influence to all of us.

Ilocano: Imnas ti kunan isu nga pagrukbaben iti pangnga-eddeng.

English: Beauty they say is a subjective judgement.

Ilocano: Sumagmamano iti libro ag tilmonen, ket man-mano tapno agngal-ngal ken natakneng.

English: Some books are to be tasted, others to be swallowed, and few are to be chewed and digested.

Ilocano: Agbasa iti aramid iti napunno nga tao makisango ket sagana dyay tao nga agsurat ken awan  kurang na nga tao.

English: Reading makes a full man, confering a ready man and writing an exact man.

Ilocano: Ti mangipangulo auyoaoyen ti membros, tumakder iti ngato maipang-gep kukuayo iti pudno.

English: The chairman urged the members, stand up for your rights.

Ilocano: Iti pangulo ti asemblea saritaen, bassit nga ayop panagparang ti marka biag nga inampon ti kubong kasasaad.

English: The speaker says, insects show a remarkable life adaption to earth conditions.

Ilocano: Iti masanguanan ken iti environmento panaginana iti uneg iti klase ken pan-nakaisuro ken iti ipakaammo kaputotan.

English: The future of the environment rests in the kind of discipline of the present generation.

Ilocano: Iti naganak balakadan iti ubbing, agadal kukuayo lekkion kinanayon.

English: Parents advice your children, study your lessons everyday.

Ilocano: Iti maestra inbaga na kanya tayo, madiyo luklukatan kukuayo libro inggana ibagak nga aramiden gapuna.

English: The teacher told us, dont open your books until i tell you to do so.

Ilocano: Saan uray inton kaano ibaga dayta kukuayo natan-ok, no dakayo aramiden awan pagraemen ken iti luma nga tattao.

English: Never sa that your a genius if you do not have respect to your older people.

Ilocano: Tunggal maysa awan iti uneg iti takking italek ket matay.

English: Everyone not in the arms will die.

Ilocano: maysa a tao ket nagmana agparong idiay dakayo ken isu nga kas iti dakkel nga ti nangatuan iti uneg iti, kuatayo iti balay.

English: Someone was walking towards you and he was as tall as the ceiling in your house.

Ilocano: Ti immuna nga panagparsua iti ruar ti diyos, datayo adalen ket naalimbatag a tao .-kasia kanunongan dyay bagi na.

English: The first creations of God we learn were spirit persons somewhat like himself.

Ilocano: Saan maysa agsao a balikas, amin tapno mabalin nga agturong isu iti tugtug iti sara ken iti agmarcha iti saka.

English: No one speaks a word, all you can hear is the sound of the horns and the marching feet.

Ilocano: Amin nga kellaat nga danum ket nagrugi nga matinnag.

English: All of a sudden, water began to fall.

Ilocano: Iti tao no dinno nga mabuteng, suda umululi ti nangato a daga.

English: People who aren't afraid are the ones who climbs up to higher ground.

Ilocano: Maysa a bullalayaw isu masansan, imaetangan iti langit kaano iti init aglawag kalpasan dayta no adda iti tudo.

English: A rainbow is often seen when the sun shines just after it has rained.

Ilocano: Suda ikeddeng met aramiden no kitaen cas iti suda agbiag maysa a disso pudno unay adayo.

English: They decide to make it look as if they've lived somewhere very far away.

Ilocano: Adda dakayo agnanayon naaramid a maysa nga agpangako ken madamdama nasapulan na ket narigat tapno agidulin?

English: Have you ever made a promise and later found it hard to keep?

Ilocano: Isuna ket ar-aramiden na nga makaturturog ken nabilis isuna nga kas iti lumagto.

English: This makes him sleepy, and soon he is fast as-leap.

Sources: 
Susan P. Domingo
Jocelyn D. Ragual
Rosita C. Nool
Jerome A. Pagatpatan