Translation:
If you have a thousand wives, you have a thousand troubles.
Postproverbial:
Wo yire apem a, w’ase apem
Translation:
If you have a thousand wives, you’ll have a thousand in-laws
Postproverbial:
Wo yire apem a, wobua da
Translation:
If you have a thousand wives, you starve
Postproverbial:
Wo yire apem a, asɛm nkoaa
Translation:
A thousand wives, only problems
Postproverbial:
Wo yire apem a, wondi ne ma
Translation:
If you have a thousand wives, you won’t benefit from their children
Postproverbial:
Wo yire apem a, wo busa apem
Translation:
If you have a thousand wives, you have a thousand questions to answer
Comments:
“A thousand” is used as a hyperbole to denote an unmanageably large number. There is a gender perspective: wives/women are depicted as a source of problems.
Language - Region:
akan-ghana