Postproverbials in Hausa (Nigeria)
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Prof. E. E. Sule & Rabiatu Lawal
Postproverbial: A deyi mugani in shi’a zata kare
Translation: Make it happen, if practising Shiite will ever stop
Proverb: A deyi mugani, in tusa zata hura wuta
Translation: Make it happen, if the air from farting can make fire
Language - Region: Hausa (Nigeria)
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Translation: Make it happen, if practising Shiite will ever stop
Proverb: A deyi mugani, in tusa zata hura wuta
Translation: Make it happen, if the air from farting can make fire
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: Kowa yaga matan Chibok, yaji durum
Translation: Anyone who sees Chibok girls, has heard gunshots
Proverb: Kowa yasha kida, kudinsa ya biya
Translation: Anyone who enjoys music, he paid for it
Language - Region: Hausa (Nigeria)
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Translation: Anyone who sees Chibok girls, has heard gunshots
Proverb: Kowa yasha kida, kudinsa ya biya
Translation: Anyone who enjoys music, he paid for it
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: Ko buhari ya muta, yafi Jonathan
Translation: Even if Buhari dies, he is better than Jonathan
Proverb: Ko goma ta zube, tafi biyar albarka
Translation: Even if ten will fall, it’s better than five
Language - Region: Hausa (Nigeria)
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Translation: Even if Buhari dies, he is better than Jonathan
Proverb: Ko goma ta zube, tafi biyar albarka
Translation: Even if ten will fall, it’s better than five
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: 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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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: Abin daga Allah ne, Buhari ya zama shugaban qasa
Translation: It’s from Allah, Buhari has become the president
Proverb: Abin daga Allah ne, maqwabcinka ya biyawa matarka Makka
Translation: It’s from Allah; your neighbor has paid for your wife to go to Mecca for pilgrimage
Language - Region: Hausa (Nigeria)
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Translation: It’s from Allah, Buhari has become the president
Proverb: Abin daga Allah ne, maqwabcinka ya biyawa matarka Makka
Translation: It’s from Allah; your neighbor has paid for your wife to go to Mecca for pilgrimage
Language - Region: Hausa (Nigeria)
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Postproverbial: To gamunan folis yaji harbin bokoharam
Translation: Here we are, the police has shot a Boko Haram insurgent
Proverb: To gamunan barewa taji kukan zaki
Translation: Here we are, the gazelle has heard the hyena
Language - Region: Hausa (Nigeria)
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Translation: Here we are, the police has shot a Boko Haram insurgent
Proverb: To gamunan barewa taji kukan zaki
Translation: Here we are, the gazelle has heard the hyena
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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