450 Yoruba Proverbs Sayings And Translations - Yoruba Project - 421 - 430 - Adebanji Osanyingbemi - Olayinka Carew - Jack Lookman


 

450 Yoruba Proverbs Sayings And Translations



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 421. Ẹ́ní ẹ́rán ba gbe niyọ́ kó ni fẹ́ kíí ẹ́lomi máá jẹ́ àtẹ̀, ẹ́ní ti àye ẹ́ o dun ko ni fẹ́ kì tí ẹ̀ní ba fẹ́ dun dun



He that the goat has taken his salt, will always want others to eat tasteless food; and he that has lost the sweetness of life will always want others to live  worthless lives


Misery and worthlessness are always looking for company



422. Ẹ̀ní tí tìẹ́ tí jónà kó ní kò ínà mọ́ tíwà



He whose own is burnt will not stoke our own


People who have nothing to lose will not be our companions



423. A kii kánjú tú òlú ọ́ràn, nítórìpé ìgbá ẹ kó tó se lọ́bẹ́



We don't pluck the tiny mushrooms in a hurry because 200 of it is not enough to make a soup


We should not approach delicate issues in a hurry


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424. Ẹ̀ní bà tíjú fùn ní lá n tíjú fùn



Whoever is respectful of us, will find us respectful of them


Respect is reciprocal



425. Ká fì ọ̀tún wẹ́ osi, osi wẹ́ ọ̀tún ni ọ̀wọ́ fi n mọ.



Using each hand to wash the other gets both hands clean.


Cooperation is necessary to make headway in anything



426. Ọ̀rọ́ pó nínu íwè kọ̀bọ́



There are so many words in a book costing a hundredth of a naira


A cheap book contains lots of words.


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427. Ílé ọ̀bá to jó ẹ̀wà ló bu sí



The burnt down palace is rebuilt beautifully


In the face of adversity, we come out stronger



428. Kádàrá Tàíwó yàtọ́ sí tì Kẹ́hìndé. 



The destiny of the firstborn twin is different from the one of the second 


No matter how we are alike, our journey in life is different



429. Joke in Yoruba


Ádé: Alàgbá, họ́wu; kí ló dé tí ẹ̀ n kó sugá jẹ́! 


Ade: Why do you consume loads of sugar?


Alàgbá: Hà! Ṣé ẹ̀nyín ko mọ̀ pé sugá to dun à mu ínu mi dún ni


Alàgbá: This is because its sweetness makes my mood sweet.



430. Bí éwè bá pẹ́ lárà ọ̀ṣẹ́ á di ósẹ̀



When the leaf is long attached to the soap it inevitably becomes the soap.


Whatever we are attached to, becomes part of us


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