Proverbs
Proverb: Akili nyingi huondoa maarifa
Translation: Too much intelligence diminishes strategy/knowledge
Language - Region: kiswahili-east africa
Translation: Too much intelligence diminishes strategy/knowledge
Language - Region: kiswahili-east africa
Proverb: Akili ni nywele kila mtu ana zake
Translation: Intelligence is like hair every person has his/her own
Language - Region: kiswahili-east africa
Translation: Intelligence is like hair every person has his/her own
Language - Region: kiswahili-east africa
Proverb: Yɛde akyire gya wo a, ɛnka wo nko.
Translation: If we leave you as caretaker you are not regarded as being alone.
Language - Region: akan-ghana
Translation: If we leave you as caretaker you are not regarded as being alone.
Language - Region: akan-ghana
Proverb: ɔpanin fɛre ne ba, na ɔnsuro no.
Translation: An elder respects his child but does not fear the child.
Language - Region: akan-ghana
Translation: An elder respects his child but does not fear the child.
Language - Region: akan-ghana
Proverb: ɔbaa ne ne kunu asɛm, obi nnim mu.
Translation: [As for] a woman and her husband’s affairs, one does not know.
Language - Region: akan-ghana
Translation: [As for] a woman and her husband’s affairs, one does not know.
Language - Region: akan-ghana
Proverb: Mmaa dodoo kunu wu a, na ɛkɔm na aku no.
Translation: When a man with numerous wives dies, it is hunger that has killed him.
Language - Region: akan-ghana
Translation: When a man with numerous wives dies, it is hunger that has killed him.
Language - Region: akan-ghana
Proverb: Aban bɛgu a, ɛfiri yam.
Translation: If the state is going to be destroyed, it is from the inside (the stomach).
Language - Region: akan-ghana
Translation: If the state is going to be destroyed, it is from the inside (the stomach).
Language - Region: akan-ghana
Proverb: Anoma nini antu a, ne yire ne ne mma buada.
Translation: If a male bird does not fly/stays at one place, its wife and children starve.
Language - Region: akan-ghana
Translation: If a male bird does not fly/stays at one place, its wife and children starve.
Language - Region: akan-ghana
Proverb: Aboa a ɔnni dua, Nyame na ɔpra ne ho.
Translation: The animal that has no tail, it is God who brushes its body.
Language - Region: akan-ghana
Translation: The animal that has no tail, it is God who brushes its body.
Language - Region: akan-ghana
Proverb: Baabi aburopata wɔ no, ɛhɔ na akokɔ bɔ mprɛ korɔ
Translation: Wherever the cornshed stands, there the chicken moves around.
Language - Region: akan-ghana
Translation: Wherever the cornshed stands, there the chicken moves around.
Language - Region: akan-ghana