Proverb: Biaanu so (dua) a, ɛnmia.
Translation: If two people carry (wood), it does not weigh them down.
Proverb: Baabi aburopata wɔ no, ɛhɔ na akokɔ bɔ mprɛ korɔ.
Translation: Wherever the cornshed stands, there the chicken moves around.
Proverb: Aboa a ɔnni dua, Nyame na ɔpra ne ho.
Translation: The animal that has no tail, it is God who brushes its body.
Proverb: Anoma nini antu a, ne yire ne ne mma buada.
Translation: If a male bird does not fly/stays at one place, its wife and children starve.
Proverb: Aban bɛgu a, ɛfiri yam.
Translation: If the state is going to be destroyed, it is from the inside (the stomach).
Proverb: Mmaa dodoo kunu wu a, na ɛkɔm na aku no.
Translation: When a man with numerous wives dies, it is hunger that has killed him.
Proverb: ɔbaa ne ne kunu asɛm, obi nnim mu.
Translation: [As for] a woman and her husband’s affairs, one does not know.
Proverb: ɔpanin fɛre ne ba, na ɔnsuro no.
Translation: An elder respects his child but does not fear the child.
Proverb: Yɛde akyire gya wo a, ɛnka wo nko.
Translation: If we leave you as caretaker you are not regarded as being alone.
Proverb: Wo yire apem a, w’asem apem.
Translation: If you have a thousand wives, you have a thousand troubles.
Proverb: Deɛ anyɛ yie, yɛmfa nka asɛm.
Translation: When something does not turn out well, we don’t use it to talk about other things.
Proverb: Deɛ ɔso twene kɛseɛ nni biribi a, ɔwɔ awerɛkyekyerɛ.
Translation: If he who carries the big drum has nothing else, he has condolences.
Proverb: Abofra yɛ deɛ yenyɛ a, ɔhunu deɛ yɛnhunu.
Translation: If a child does what is not done, then he sees what should not be seen.
Proverb: ɔbaa brefoɔ kɔ aware a, ɔde ade pa ba fie.
Translation: If a hardworking woman marries, she brings good things home.
Proverb: Adasamma ani kyiri sɛbeɛ, nso obiara wɔ bi gu ne yam.
Translation: Human beings hate the sight of excreta, but everyone has it in their stomach.
Proverb: Aboa bi reka wo a, ɔfire wo ntoma mu.
Translation: The animal that is biting you is hiding in your cloth.
Proverb: Agoro bɛ sɔ a, [ɛfire anopa].
Translation: If a play is going to turn out well, it will be obvious from the morning.
Proverb: W’adaka si aburokyire a, deɛ ɛwɔ mu nyinaa wonim.
Translation: If your possessions are abroad, you know what is yours (wherever it may be).