Postproverbials
Postproverbial: Kanku akeji, Obasonjo ya yaga katin PDP
Translation: None of my business/not a problem to me, Obasonjo has torn his PDP membership registration card.
Proverb: Kanku akeji, mahaukaci ya fada rijiya, yace wanka na keyi
Translation: None of my business/not a problem to me said the lunatic who has fallen into a well; am having my bath
Language - Region: Hausa (Nigeria)
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Translation: None of my business/not a problem to me, Obasonjo has torn his PDP membership registration card.
Proverb: Kanku akeji, mahaukaci ya fada rijiya, yace wanka na keyi
Translation: None of my business/not a problem to me said the lunatic who has fallen into a well; am having my bath
Language - Region: Hausa (Nigeria)
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Postproverbial: Abinda ka shuka shi zaka girba, an ba Shekarau white paper
Translation: What you sow is what you reap; Shekarau has been given a white paper
Proverb: Abinda ka shuka shi zaka girba, abinda kayi shi za’ayi maka
Translation: What you sow is what you reap
Language - Region: Hausa (Nigeria)
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Translation: What you sow is what you reap; Shekarau has been given a white paper
Proverb: Abinda ka shuka shi zaka girba, abinda kayi shi za’ayi maka
Translation: What you sow is what you reap
Language - Region: Hausa (Nigeria)
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Postproverbial: Abin da kamar wuya, shiga dajin Sambisa
Translation: The task or situation is going to be difficult, just like going to Sambisa forest
Proverb: Abin da kamar wuya, gurguwa da auren nesa
Translation: It is going to be difficult, a lame woman being married off far from home
Language - Region: Hausa (Nigeria)
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Translation: The task or situation is going to be difficult, just like going to Sambisa forest
Proverb: Abin da kamar wuya, gurguwa da auren nesa
Translation: It is going to be difficult, a lame woman being married off far from home
Language - Region: Hausa (Nigeria)
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Postproverbial: Badani ba, tare da Buratai a Zaria
Translation: I am not going to get involved, Buratai in Zaria
Proverb: Badani ba, sata a lahira akawo duniya
Translation: I am not going to get involved, to steal from the hereafter and bring it to the world
Language - Region: Hausa (Nigeria)
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Translation: I am not going to get involved, Buratai in Zaria
Proverb: Badani ba, sata a lahira akawo duniya
Translation: I am not going to get involved, to steal from the hereafter and bring it to the world
Language - Region: Hausa (Nigeria)
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Postproverbial: A rashin kira ‘yan matan Chibok suka bata
Translation: It is for lack of calling that Chibok girls got missing
Proverb: A rashin kira karen kurma ya bata
Translation: It is for lack of calling that the dumb man’s dog got lost
Language - Region: Hausa (Nigeria)
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Translation: It is for lack of calling that Chibok girls got missing
Proverb: A rashin kira karen kurma ya bata
Translation: It is for lack of calling that the dumb man’s dog got lost
Language - Region: Hausa (Nigeria)
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Postproverbial: Jarrabar duniya, baturiya da bilicin
Translation: Wonders shall never end, a white woman bleaching her skin.
Proverb: Jarrabar duniya, bature da gwado
Translation: Wonders shall never end, a white man wearing a loincloth
Language - Region: Hausa (Nigeria)
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Translation: Wonders shall never end, a white woman bleaching her skin.
Proverb: Jarrabar duniya, bature da gwado
Translation: Wonders shall never end, a white man wearing a loincloth
Language - Region: Hausa (Nigeria)
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Postproverbial: Ba’a bari akwashe duka, sai dai idan ba doya bane
Translation: What you spill, you cannot gather all, unless it is yam
Proverb: Ba’a bari akwashe duka
Translation: What you spill, you cannot gather all
Language - Region: Hausa (Nigeria)
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Translation: What you spill, you cannot gather all, unless it is yam
Proverb: Ba’a bari akwashe duka
Translation: What you spill, you cannot gather all
Language - Region: Hausa (Nigeria)
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Postproverbial: Hannunka baya rubewa kayanke kayar, sai dai idan bai isheka da wari ba
Translation: You cannot cut off your rotten hands, unless its putrid smell does not disturb you
Proverb: Hannunka baya rubewa kayanke kayar
Translation: You cannot cut off your rotten hands
Language - Region: Hausa (Nigeria)
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Translation: You cannot cut off your rotten hands, unless its putrid smell does not disturb you
Proverb: Hannunka baya rubewa kayanke kayar
Translation: You cannot cut off your rotten hands
Language - Region: Hausa (Nigeria)
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Postproverbial: Wahala, dan jami’a da budurwa.
Translation: It is very tasking, a university undergraduate having a girlfriend
Proverb: Wahala, noma ba taki
Translation: It is very tasking, farming without fertilizer
Language - Region: Hausa (Nigeria)
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Translation: It is very tasking, a university undergraduate having a girlfriend
Proverb: Wahala, noma ba taki
Translation: It is very tasking, farming without fertilizer
Language - Region: Hausa (Nigeria)
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Postproverbial: Alhamdulillah, inji Muslim brother ya fadi jarrabawa
Translation: Thank you Allah, said the Muslim brother, even when he had failed his exams
Proverb: Alhamdulillah, ko a bakin kura ne
Translation: Always thank Allah even if the hyena is about to eat you
Language - Region: Hausa (Nigeria)
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Translation: Thank you Allah, said the Muslim brother, even when he had failed his exams
Proverb: Alhamdulillah, ko a bakin kura ne
Translation: Always thank Allah even if the hyena is about to eat you
Language - Region: Hausa (Nigeria)
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