African Proverbs in Pidgin

[Okwara]

Proverb: When bird dey alive, the bird go dey chop ant 🐜, but when the bird die, ant go chop am.

Meaning: life and circumstances can change at any time either in your favor or against you.

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[GiftedMAN]

Proverb: When bird dey alive, the bird go dey chop ant 🐜, but when the bird die, ant go chop am.

Meaning: life and circumstances can change at any time either in your favor or against you.

Dis one go well and I dey see say you just dey join us for dis we corner I salute you my elder and I go like to dey see your face here.

Na ogbonge word na em you give us here but any how e be no ever allow any situation be against you because e no go easy even though some people dey name dia pikin Ezekiel 😂😂😂 welcome once again.

[Samlucky O]

Our people say foul wey en leg break, Dem no dey sell am give neighbor.
Meaning: what you really know will cause a conflict dont even try it.

Dem say no matter how the jungle be, lion no ft chop grass.
Meaning: there is a limit to one's downfall.

Dem say cameleon no dey change colors, say na environment dey change em color.
Meaning: people don't change carracter environment influences them.

Dem say de day man want to marry, na mad women dey full everywhere.
Meaning: when it's time for your breakthrough, there is always trials that comes your way.

The antilope wey grow hurn overnight no dey last long
Meaning: life is a gradual process, if you want to achieve everything in one day you end your life.

[Majestic-milf]

Proverb: When bird dey alive, the bird go dey chop ant 🐜, but when the bird die, ant go chop am.

Meaning: life and circumstances can change at any time either in your favor or against you.

This your proverb dey well seasoned with salt and nah true mata you bring. Anoda understanding I take attach to wetin you talk nah say make we no go dey raise shoulder come dey look down on others wen small rabas dey our side. E sure for us now mean say e no go stew for the person and since no man knows tomorrow, e fit red. I kuku join my elder statesman @GiftedMan welcome you to the forum and hope to dey see more of your meaningful contribution for this our cabal.

[GiftedMAN]

The antilope wey grow hurn overnight no dey last long
Meaning: life is a gradual process, if you want to achieve everything in one day you end your life.

You try well well my elder dis your proverb enter body as e be say wetin you talk na exactly wetin dey happen for we society nowadays, you go just see small small boys dey rush to get things fast fast wey Dem never even know how the end go be so baba I salute you because you bring better word of wisdom come.

I go also encourage and iladvice you to take am easy especially as you dey learn make you really understand the way things dey go for here and forum entirely. I see say you don make one mistake because only you write two times when another person never write Dem dey call that one spamming for we forum here so take correction and make you dey always wait when you drop one write up make another person drop before you add another one.

[Timmzzy]

Oboy you wan activate that african proverb's inside of us like this i still dey remember some wey my mother been dey tell me wey go like this
 
1. PIKIN WEY NO DEY LET HIM MAMA SLEEP HIM NO GO SLEEP
meaning: If you spend all your time denying people's comfort,  you ultimately deny yourself same comfort.

2. WEYTIN ELDER SEADOWN SEE, PIKIN WEY TALL LIKE IROKO TREE NO GO SEE AM
meaning: what an elderly person has an experience of in life, a child that they gave birth to will not have any experience.

[Makus]

Proverb: person wey dey baf for river nor dey complain say soap dey en eye.
Meaning: you shouldn't be complaining when you have the solution by your side.

Proverb: pikin wey dey shoot karterpot for market, one dey the stone go touch em mama.
Meaning: evil practices will surely torment you back.

[Majestic-milf]

 My pipo I salute una. I don dey see many hands for here and I commend the effort at trying to keep the forum lively. E don try wey I drop something wey my elders tok so make I drop one here.

Proverbs: insect wey dey eat kola, nah for the leaf e dey.
Meaning : Most times, your enemy is within

[CryptoHeadlineNews]

1. African proverb: Sugarcane na for eh joint eh dey always sweet pass
Meaning: That good things of life may appear difficult, but at the end it's always worth it.

2. African proverb: No enter road for night, hoping to drive using another car front light
Meaning: Don't ever put all your hope on someone else in life, hoping to be there for you at all times

[Okwara]

Proverb: Road wey you don pass the first time, no dey hard to pass the second time.

Meaning: It's easier for you to do something if you have done it before or have been doing in the past.

[Mpamaegbu]

Dem sey persin wey know sey im pikin fit from sleep die go nor suppose let am sleep.
Meaning: It's better to nib a problem in the bud before it escalates.

[GiftedMAN]

Dem sey persin wey know sey im pikin fit from sleep die go nor suppose let am sleep.
Meaning: It's better to nib a problem in the bud before it escalates.

My Chief dis one enter well you no need to loud am too much again because with dis small explanation even person wey no get akonuche go know say true true the best thing to do to stop fire before e burn down house na to stop am before e enter every where.

Elder you do well as you dey continue dey keep dis we corner active for us with your wise proverbs God don bless you more already but I get one important question to ask even though say e no relate to wetin we dey talk here, abeg na how we fit take make we oga dem ontop see reasons to legalize bitcoin for we country Naija since dem no dey create any employment opportunities for we youth.

[Mpamaegbu]

I get one important question to ask even though say e no relate to wetin we dey talk here, abeg na how we fit take make we oga dem ontop see reasons to legalize bitcoin for we country Naija since dem no dey create any employment opportunities for we youth.

Yes, true true ur question nor relate to dis threat at all but I go talk put make e for nor be like sey I jaw am. As d matter be now, e nor get anything wey we fit do bc d man wey eyeneck select put for us as presido and his cabinet know next to nothing about cryptos. Dem be traditional old men wey nor even know jack about using d internet. I go stop here. You fit start a thread on dat, we go chook mouth there. For now, make we just keep here pure with owa proverbs. Thank you.

[Agbamoni]

Mehn this thread na one of the thread wey i like pass for this forum ah done read many make i share my own too as e they hot

Craze no hard to form, na the trekking be wahala.
Meaning: It means that it's easy to act crazy or pretend to be insane, but the real trouble comes when you have to deal with the consequences or challenges that arise from your actions.

[Okwara]

Proverb: The frowning of a he goat no go stop the owner from taking it to the market.

Meaning: There are things or situation you can't change by what ever means.

[GiftedMAN]

Proverb: The frowning of a he goat no go stop the owner from taking it to the market.

Meaning: There are things or situation you can't change by what ever means.

The only situation wey I fit say person no fit change right now na death but even as e be now people still dey use money dey change some kind death situation but e no dey work always.

For some oda situations, baba I fit say na only person wey no get money wey no go no wetin to do in any situation but if money dey ground na to just put calls connect with the right person or people wey fit help sort the situation out no matter how hard e be. No forget the oyibo wey Dem say money answerth all things I believe say any situation wey you no no wetin to do na situation wey never come your way because right now people don see shege tire and e don make dem zero mind to accept any situation wey come their way.

[Obari]

Proverb: The frowning of a he goat no go stop the owner from taking it to the market.

Meaning: There are things or situation you can't change by what ever means.

The only situation wey I fit say person no fit change right now na death but even as e be now people still dey use money dey change some kind death situation but e no dey work always.

For some oda situations, baba I fit say na only person wey no get money wey no go no wetin to do in any situation but if money dey ground na to just put calls connect with the right person or people wey fit help sort the situation out no matter how hard e be. No forget the oyibo wey Dem say money answerth all things I believe say any situation wey you no no wetin to do na situation wey never come your way because right now people don see shege tire and e don make dem zero mind to accept any situation wey come their way.

Baba no vex but at some point I no think say money fit solve everything because I know people wey get all t money wey fit buy their lives but at the end them still die and remember say bible talk say my people perish for lack of knowledge not money and the truth be say me I agree with Okwara say e get some situations wey we no go fit change except God come down come intervene and I don also see people wey get money yet ten Dey under one serious spiritual attack or the other.

E don tay wey I drop parable for here so make I drop small

Proverb: my people talk say woman wey Dey run for her life no Dey hold breast

Meaning: when there is trouble, there is no dignity in shame.

Even me no believe say na me drop that grammar but no worry I try.

[Okwara]

Proverb: If you no want your friend to become a king, you no go become friend to a king.

Meaning: If you're not wishing your friend well, indirectly you're not wishing yourself well.

[Okwara]

Proverb: The frowning of a he goat no go stop the owner from taking it to the market.

Meaning: There are things or situation you can't change by what ever means.

The only situation wey I fit say person no fit change right now na death but even as e be now people still dey use money dey change some kind death situation but e no dey work always.

For some oda situations, baba I fit say na only person wey no get money wey no go no wetin to do in any situation but if money dey ground na to just put calls connect with the right person or people wey fit help sort the situation out no matter how hard e be. No forget the oyibo wey Dem say money answerth all things I believe say any situation wey you no no wetin to do na situation wey never come your way because right now people don see shege tire and e don make dem zero mind to accept any situation wey come their way.

I'm sorry to use him as an example, do you remember Senator Ike Ekwere mmadu, the former Deputy Senate President?

He's in prison now. Do you think he wants to be in prison?

[Mpamaegbu]

Man wey get faulty gun, na from far wey im dey take shoot.
Meaning: A man who is incapacitated financially (or in other ways) always plans ahead of time.