African Proverbs in Pidgin

[Fivestar4everMVP]

Sea Wey Smooth No Dey Make Skillful Sailors
meaning: things that are too easy to accomplish doesn't make a man great.

Ashes Wey Person Throw Dey Always Fly Back To Him
meaning: what ever you do, be it good or bad, will always come back to you ...law of karma

When God Dey Cook, We No Dey See Smoke
meaning: when God is planning to do something, we don't see or know it until he does it

And some funny ones i know

Pikin Fit Play With Him Mama Breast, But No Fit Play With Him Papa Testicles
meaning: there's a limit to everyone's patience

No Matter How Far A Man Send Him Piss(urine) Go, The Last Drop Go Always End Up In Between His Legs
meaning: just saying that no matter how far a man tries to run away from he's bad deeds, they will always come back to him

No Matter How Your temper Hot Reach, E No Fit Cook yam
meaning: no matter hot your temper is, there are still some things you cant do

happy to discover my fellow African brothers here

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[Mpamaegbu]

Fivestar4everMVP, all these your proverbs ehn dem enter head wella. E show sey you be son of the soil. Wellu come to owa fold, wey bread 🤗. I suppose merit dat post whenever I get one as I don run dry now. But e go happen. We Naija peeps we plenty for here oh and some don even identify demselves for owa kparokpo joint sef. You go like check the rest of the gang for African Bitcointalk Community Hangout

[Fivestar4everMVP]

Fivestar4everMVP, all these your proverbs ehn dem enter head wella. E show sey you be son of the soil. Wellu come to owa fold, wey bread 🤗. I suppose merit dat post whenever I get one as I don run dry now. But e go happen. We Naija peeps we plenty for here oh and some don even identify demselves for owa kparokpo joint sef. You go like check the rest of the gang for African Bitcointalk Community Hangout

Thank you my man, and thank you for that Informate, I go show for that area and indroduce myself fast fast, no time ⌚ to check time, na where my fellow Africans dey me dey like to dey, I don tire to read oyibo people gospel, their music no dey make sense for my eye again, na Africa be the way to go ooo.
Make I give you 1 na, na the Last one wey I get left

Stay blessed my oga

[Mpamaegbu]

Head wey nor wan think go carry load.
Meaning: Anyone who refuses to go through the process of acquiring education on how to execute a thing will exalt much strength in doing that same thing.

Na run wey nor serious, na im woman dey hold breast.
Meaning: Anything which isn't life threatening is often treated with levity.

[MacHenry]

Moi moi and Akara get the same parent, na wetin dem. pass through make dem different

Translation: How you start doesn’t matter, what matters is how you finish.

[MacHenry]

Pikin wey use agbada take start guy go talk wetin he go wear when he old.

Translation: Slow and steady wins the race.

[Mpamaegbu]

Jollof rice wey dey for bottom of pot 2day go dey for top of cooler 2moro.
Meaning: No condition is permanent in life. Time and chance happen to all life's issues.

Pastor wey dey pray for mad person nor dey close eyes.
Meaning: Being precautions is necessary when faced with danger regardless of one's status.

[Fivestar4everMVP]

Jollof rice wey dey for bottom of pot 2day go dey for top of cooler 2moro.
Meaning: No condition is permanent in life. Time and chance happen to all life's issues.

Pastor wey dey pray for mad person nor dey close eyes.
Meaning: Being precautions is necessary when faced with danger regardless of one's status.

Very true mate, most especially this Last one wey talk about pastor wey dey pray for mad person, laugh won kill me oooh, cus the proverb dey very funny, come still make better sense join, just sey my well don run totally dry, if not, I suppose pour you even though na 1 drop 💧 of water to take say thank you for making my day, but not to worry, I go do am immediately water enter my well.

[abdulodoi]

Sometin wey elder go see while sitting, a child no sabi see am from a tree
meaning : Learn and respect elders, experience is the best teacher

Penis wey dem hold wey no hard, no go get hole to fuck
Laziness won't give you good opportunity

[Mpamaegbu]

Hand wey tey for pocket know sey nothing dey that pocket.
Meaning: When something lingers without progressive action taken, there is financial inhibition somewhere.

Fish wey scatter for soup still dey inside the soup.
Meaning: Whatever one does for oneself is still to one's advantage.

[Mpamaegbu]

Sey cat sabi swim nor make am catfish.
Meaning: The nomenclature of a thing doesn't necessarily confer on it real characteristics. There are things one can do by chance but it doesn't prove one is endowed with it and can sustain it.

[Onuohakk]

Make I throw own pidgin proverbs

Okro no d grow pass em owner
Meaning: A child can't be wiser or older than his or her parents

Soup wey sweet na your money kill am
Meaning: you do justice to a beautiful thing with your money

Inye gabu gabu
Meaning: what will be will be

Onyema ihe echi gabu
Meaning: nobody knows tomorrow

[Charles-Tim]

I dey greet you na all, I dey like your proverbs which dey bring me joy all the time. Well done to Mpamaegbu and others wey dey make this thread dey active, and I na greet you na all again.

I just dey reason say make the OP change the title of this topic as 'Africa' no fit ham, people wey dey here na Nigerians (Naija), make we no hide the name of Naija, make the OP change the topic to 'Nigerian Proverbs in Pidgin'.

Please, no be offended o, just my suggestion.

[Mpamaegbu]

Hia! Vex for wetin kwanu, Charles-Tim. I reason your matta well and I go like to implement am anytime wey I go write new thread on local, I go just put Naija on top am kwamkpe! Make I throw you cool water for body sef for dat observation wey you make. One luv my people. I hope una don begin buy rice small small for mudu dey keep for this December sha.

[Evasdiamond]

Sense no be by Date of birth.
  meaning: Maturity is not by Age!


Cow wey no get tail, na God dey help am pursue fly
meaning: He who have no one but God is with the majority!

[Evasdiamond]

pikin wey say im mama no go sleep self no go sleep
Meaning:
A child who refuses to let Mom sleep will not sleep as well.

[Mpamaegbu]

Sense no be by Date of birth.
  meaning: Maturity is not by Age!


Cow wey no get tail, na God dey help am pursue fowl
meaning: He who have no one but God is with the majority!

That your first proverb enter wella. My people for village get another one wey still resemble that your own — my pikin tall nor be sey my pikin don grow. You go see small pikin wey get better height but nothing dey the brain to make am get better sense.

But your second proverb get k-leg some how because you miss something for the end. E supposed be, "Cow wey no get tail, na God dey help am pursue fly.

[Evasdiamond]

Sense no be by Date of birth.
  meaning: Maturity is not by Age!


Cow wey no get tail, na God dey help am pursue fowl
meaning: He who have no one but God is with the majority!

That your first proverb enter wella. My people for village get another one wey still resemble that your own — my pikin tall nor be sey my pikin don grow. You go see small pikin wey get better height but nothing dey the brain to make am get better sense.

But your second proverb get k-leg some how because you miss something for the end. E supposed be, "Cow wey no get tail, na God dey help am pursue fly.

Lols na mistake or e go be say na autocorrect, I don correct am Sha. Thank you jor

[Pokapoka124]

Hahahaha love this thread

Pikin way him mama carry for back say him kick stone. Wetin him mama go come talk
Meaning: Don't be ungrateful to the people that helped you grow

Who sleep for ground nor dey fall from bed
Meaning: You can't give what you do not have

Na when you enter native doctor house you go know say juju get body odour
Meaning: You can't judge a book by it's cover

Who naked nor dey shook hand for pocket
Meaning: You can't give what you don't have

Na milk make soaking garri turn corn flakes
Meaning: Branding is very important

Na who wear tear tear cloth nai mad man dey call him brother
Meaning: You have to be in someone's shoes to feel his pain

[Mpamaegbu]

Na when you enter native doctor house you go know say juju get body odour

Kai! That one enter brain wella! Na true my broda. And e bi like sey you don fall in there well well 🤡but I hope you don stop by now sha?

"Who sleep for ground nor dey fall from bed", that one also totori me well. And this one too - "Na milk make soaking garri turn corn flakes"