“Ka mtaver u ahumbe beba jõndo ave sha tembe ye.”
It is because of the strength of the wind that the discarded calabash finds its
“Nyonbua i teen bua ga, ka Orfelani a teen bua ye.”
Cattle egrets do not sell cows; the Fulani man does.
“Nor ngu ken toho kpa a yange mbahyev zende ga.”
The elephant may be in the bush, yet it does not stop the rats from roaming.
“Ivyekpekpe lan amar ga, ka er nomkwegh atil yô.”
A cockroach is not a poor dancer; it simply cannot dances in the presence of a c
“U ngu a ayem angahar je u ker Agômik ya ivaan ye.”
Only the man who trusts the speed of his legs shoots an arrow at a patas monkey.
“Wanivongo u amende akor a yem sha Aonde war war yongu a…”
A sheep with long horns must surely have a neck strong enough to carry them.
“Organden u nan ver ishima er nan a va bee iyol nan a te…”
An elder who hopes to rest under the shade of a tree in his old age does not cut
“Ka we a dughun iginogyo u kera kor llyó ga. Mba hembe d…”
When performing acrobatics, you no longer worry about your buttocks.
“Ka we a yesen Anyam wan uye atuul ga.”
When nursing a lion's cub, you do not eat okra.
“Organden nana tema hen ityõatee, ivyo ia mar hen kor ga…”
An elder does not sit under a hut and allow a goat to give birth with a rope aro
“Mba kaan a igyanden or er "kar sha mnyi kera" ga.”
You do not tell an elder to move away from the smoke.
“Tar doo je nomkyegh kpa tôngo hen zwa u anyamkyegh”
The world is at peace, even a cock can crow in the presence of a fox.