RANDOM POSTPROVERBIALS
Postproverbial: Baka da tacewa an kama dan bokoharam a Dapchi
Translation: You have nothing to say, a Boko Haram insurgent caught in Dapchi
Proverb: Baka da tacewa barawo a hannun mata
Translation: You have nothing to say, a thief caught by women
Language-Region: Hausa (Nigeria)
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Translation: You have nothing to say, a Boko Haram insurgent caught in Dapchi
Proverb: Baka da tacewa barawo a hannun mata
Translation: You have nothing to say, a thief caught by women
Language-Region: Hausa (Nigeria)
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Postproverbial: Daga haka muka fara, Laurnt Gbago yaga Jonathan
Translation: We started like that, Laurent Gbagbo has seen Jonathan
Proverb: Daga haka muka fara, kuturu yaga mai kyasfi
Translation: We started like that; the leper has seen a person with eczema
Language-Region: Hausa (Nigeria)
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Translation: We started like that, Laurent Gbagbo has seen Jonathan
Proverb: Daga haka muka fara, kuturu yaga mai kyasfi
Translation: We started like that; the leper has seen a person with eczema
Language-Region: Hausa (Nigeria)
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Postproverbial: Agbójú l’ógún, ó fẹ́ jẹ ń’bẹ̀ ni.
Translation: He who depends on the inheritance, surely wants a share of the property.
Proverb: Agbójú l’ógún, fi ara rẹ̀ f’ósì ta.
Translation: He who depends on the inheritance, leaves himself as pawn to poverty.
Language-Region: Yoruba (Nigeria)
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Translation: He who depends on the inheritance, surely wants a share of the property.
Proverb: Agbójú l’ógún, fi ara rẹ̀ f’ósì ta.
Translation: He who depends on the inheritance, leaves himself as pawn to poverty.
Language-Region: Yoruba (Nigeria)
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Postproverbial: Bọmọdé bá ṣubú, a sunkún; bí àgbà bá ṣubú, a dìde.
Translation: When a child stumbles, s/he burst into tears; when the elder falls, s/he gets up.
Proverb: Bọmọdé bá ṣubú a wo iwájú, bí àgbà bá ṣubú, a wẹ̀ yìn wò.
Translation: When a child stumbles, s/he sets his/her eyes on the destination; when an elder falls, s/he takes a backward glance.
Language-Region: Yoruba (Nigeria)
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Translation: When a child stumbles, s/he burst into tears; when the elder falls, s/he gets up.
Proverb: Bọmọdé bá ṣubú a wo iwájú, bí àgbà bá ṣubú, a wẹ̀ yìn wò.
Translation: When a child stumbles, s/he sets his/her eyes on the destination; when an elder falls, s/he takes a backward glance.
Language-Region: Yoruba (Nigeria)
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