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What then is a postproverbial, or to address the form in the plural sense, what are postproverbials? Postproverbials are radicalized proverbial utterances which subvert the logic and the pattern of conventional proverbs...

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SOME RANDOM PROVERBS & THEIR POSTPROVERBIALS

Proverb:  Akwana a tashi, watarana sai labara.
Translation: Day in day out, all shall be history.

Postproverbial: Akwana atashi, dan primary dan NYSC ne.
Translation: Day in day out, a primary pupil shall be a corper.
Postproverbial: Akwana a tashi, watarana yaro amgo ne.
Translation: Day in day out, a child shall be a groom.
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Proverb:  Òkèlè àkọ́bù, kìí r’áùn ọbẹ̀.
Translation: The first bolus of a meal, does not lack the full recompense of stew.

Postproverbial: Òkèlè àkọ́bù,ní í sọ̀gangan ilé ìmí. The first bolus of a meal goes straight to the anus.
Translation: Òkèlè àkọ́bù,ní í sọ̀gangan ilé ìmí. The first bolus of a meal goes straight to the anus.
Postproverbial: Òkèlè àkọ́bù, ń máa ń gbóná gan an.
Translation: The first bolus of a meal, is usually steamy hot.
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Proverb:  Kò sí ẹni tí kìí rẹ̀.
Translation: There is no one who is never exhausted.

Postproverbial: Kò sí ẹni tí kìí rẹ̀, àyàfi Ọlọ́run.
Translation: There is no one who is never exhausted, except God.
Postproverbial: Kò sí ẹni tí kìí rẹ̀, ó rẹ mọ́sálásí, ó di ilé epo. Ó rẹ wọ́dà, ó kó owó ìjọba jẹ.
Translation: There is no one who is never exhausted, the mosque tires, it becomes a gas station; the warder tires, he embezzles the state fund.
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Proverb:  Penye miti hapana wajenzi.
Translation: Where there are trees, there are no builders.

Postproverbial: Penye miti mingi, wanatunza sana mazingira.
Translation: Where there are many trees, they seriously protect environment.
Postproverbial: Penye miti mingi, hakuna wa kuikata.
Translation: Where there are many trees, there is no one to cut them.
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Proverb:  Gya m’wɛ n’tu, se m’yage lam.
Translation: Come down with good fortune rather than beauty.

Postproverbial: Gya m’wɛ n’tu, ko gara mo na gyege nɔɔna.
Translation: Come down with good fortune, it is better than having people.
Postproverbial: Gya m’wɛ n’tu, n’gya wɛ n’lei.
Translation: Come down with good fortune “and tie up time” (so that you can enjoy your good fortune).
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Proverb:  Àìtètè m’ólè, olè ń m’ólóko.
Translation: In the hesitation to catch the thief, the thief arrests the farmer.

Postproverbial: Àìtètè m’ólè, olè gbọ́n sí i.
Translation: In the hesitation to catch the thief, the thief proves wiser.
Postproverbial: Àìtètè m’ólè, olè ń sálọ.
Translation: In the hesitation to catch the thief, the thief scampers away.
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