RANDOM POSTPROVERBIALS

Postproverbial: Ẹni tó gbépo lájà fẹ́ sebẹ̀ ni.
Translation: He who steals the palm oil from the rafters (certainly) desires to cook.
Proverb: Ẹni tó gbépo lájà kò jalè bí eni tí ó gbà á síle.
Translation: He who steals the palm oil from the rafters is no less a thief than his accomplice.
Language-Region: Yoruba (Nigeria)
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Postproverbial: An yanka ta tashi, sai dai idan ba’a gigara wukan ba
Translation: It has been slaughtered but it got up, because the knife was not sharp
Proverb: An yanka ta tashi
Translation: It has been slaughtered but it got up
Language-Region: Hausa (Nigeria)
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Postproverbial: Ọbẹ̀ kìí mì ní ikùn àgbà, àmọ́, ó ń mì tí àgbà bá sáré.
Translation: The soup does not shake in the belly of the elder; it does shake when the elder runs.
Proverb: Ọbẹ̀ kìí mì ní ikùn àgbà.
Translation: The soup does not shake in the belly of the elder.
Language-Region: Yoruba (Nigeria)
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Postproverbial: Bí olóko bá jágbọ́n ẹsẹ̀ bíbù, olè a sì wọ bàtà.
Translation: If the farmer learns how to find the footprints of the thief, the thief thus goes by footwear.
Proverb: Bí olóko bá jágbọ́n ẹsẹ̀ bíbù, olè a sì bá inú omi lọ.
Translation: If the farmer learns how to find the footprints of the thief, the thief makes escape through the swamp.
Language-Region: Yoruba (Nigeria)
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