African Proverbs in Pidgin

[Onuohakk]

Pikin wey dey chop akara dey chop him money.
Meaning: If one lives a careless life or spends Money extravagantly,he will still be the one that will suffer it.

No mata how nyash make yanga reach, leg must still first am enter house grin.
Meaning: You cannot outshine someone with more importance than you in an organization

[Pokapoka124]

Proverb: Person way dem give goat chop say e nor bellefull nai cor fowl go bellefull am?
Meaning: A greedy person can never be satisfied

[Smartvirus]

My people, we dey together. E dey give me joy when I dey see say una dey put effort to make sure say, we no comot for our position for this other languages board and that position na for first and second at all times. Una dey try. I get some new naija wisdom talk for una shah. Make una hear as we dey talk am.

Naija wisdom talk (Proverbs):
4 Pigin: No dey for bitter kola tree then, you go dey stretch to pluck pea from pea tree
In English: Don't be on a bitter kola tree and then you stretch to pluck pea from a pea tree
Meaning: Don't jump from a pressing and inconclusive issue to another issue.

4 Pigin: My people say, make you use big man eyes look big man pocket
In English: A saying goes that, you should use a wealthy man's eyes in looking at a wealthy man's pockets
Meaning: When you want to request something from a rich or wealthy person, do so according to his capacity. Don't go asking for peanuts less he or she considers it as an insult.

I dey with una for the struggle. Make una faji.

[Mr.right85]

I greet una my people. I dey see una working and from here eh, I fit just breeze in, carry any proverb throwaway parson and I sure say, e go dey strange to the person. Una try and as e be, I wan join mouth.

Proverb
1. Them say, old man way dey for dark room go seat down for chair con dey direct pikin say, go hear, look hear and check here and that thing way you dey fine you go see am.
Meaning: Being used to a thing is wisdom and it give you an extra knowledge of that thing than others.

2. Pikin way dey seat down for where elders gather, one day that pikin go be leader.
Meaning: You are often bound to be the caliber of people you share consolation with.

[Mpamaegbu]

All these my peeps una dey try wella. I supposed to sama all of una coolele water but my freezer dry as e dey na. I go still pour una d eater anything wey e show. Una sabi wetin I mean na. D way wey una dey take drop these yarns ehn come make me even begin think sey na popsy dem me and dem dey yarn 😜. Who train una, train una wella. Una weldone!

[Onuohakk]

All these my peeps una dey try wella. I supposed to sama all of una coolele water but my freezer dry as e dey na. I go still pour una d eater anything wey e show. Una sabi wetin I mean na. D way wey una dey take drop these yarns ehn come make me even begin think sey na popsy dem me and dem dey yarn 😜. Who train una, train una wella. Una weldone!

We African get proverbs wella nah. I hail my Africa brothers una too much for all this proverbs. At least I don grab some proverbs put my head in case if person yarn for proverbs I go grab the meaning asap than looking like ode. As the saying goes "person wey the explain proverbs give, the money wey dey take marry he or her mama lost road"

[Smartvirus]

As the saying goes "person wey the explain proverbs give, the money wey dey take marry he or her mama lost road"

Na one you kwa just drop so o, e just lack arrangement and interpretation shah. No be say, we no grab watin the African wise abi make I say Nigerian wise quote dey talk o but, na as we dey do am here I dey try refer to. Say, if you bin just take style, arrange like proverbs for the Pigin, translation for normal English then, you drop meaning so that, the Oyibo way dey carry eye dey spy us for here go dey grab the knowledge way our papa them keep for us. E for sure shah. Anyhow, e go well say, you kwa don fine your way reach here. You no miss road, na we get am for here and once once, you fit dey come drop something here too. Make we dey show them capacity, e full our belle.

[Smartvirus]

E get some Nigerian wise quote way I hear from people fir my area lately. I feel say make I drop am here kwa as na watin here be and na to keep here updated and busy join. Make una hear am as them take talk am.

Proverbs
In Pigin: Them say, you no go fit carry your beads go sell for India
In English: Its said that, you can't export your local beads for sales in India
Meaning: You can't hope to sell a thing back to the originators or producers

In Pigin: The monkey way dey lead for group of monkey them no dey always be the biggest
In English: The monkey that leads in a park of monkeys isn't often the big once.
Meaning: The measure of a person's worth and capacity isn't by its size, its a matter of your content.

Na so I take hear am and na so i dan drop am. Make our wise quote make us grow wise.

[Mpamaegbu]

At least I don grab some proverbs put my head in case if person yarn for proverbs I go grab the meaning asap than looking like ode.

Yes oh, especially wen persin dey go im in-law place to marry. Nothing wey fit disgrace a guyman pass dat proverb thing oh for in-law place. Those old people sabi how to fall young guys hand to show sey dem too sabi something pass people wey go school. But if your head full, dem throw one you throw dem two, dem go chill. I dey tell you!

As the saying goes "person wey the explain proverbs give, the money wey dey take marry he or her mama lost road"

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Na true you yarn there unto the arrangement thing.

Proverbs
In Pigin: Them say, you no go fit carry your beads go sell for India
In English: Its said that, you can't export your local beads for sales in India
Meaning: You can't hope to sell a thing back to the originators or producers

Another proverb wey resemble dis one for my area na — Dem nor dey carry tombo (palmie/palmwine) go Obowo.

Obowo na famous town for Mbaise, Imo State, wey people sabi sey dem get betta palmwine. So, it's pointless taking palmwine to that place.

[Smartvirus]

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My guy way sabi cool not only our tongue but our body too, e be like your tank dry these days o, as e be so eh, me I don say make I poor you water too. Make your brain for cool so that, you fit dey throw us the naija wisdom talk make the pikin them way dey the forum for dey from there learn how e dey be.

I go like thank una kwa way dey make this corner dey survive, my vision for this place eh, una dey actualize am and e dey sweet my belle. This place never go down below where I expect am to be and na una effort dey cause am so, I acknowledge all of una way dey put hand and shock mouth for the matter. The struggle dey on, make we niaja dey jam dem for eye anytime them show here. My hand dey up for una.

[Smartvirus]

Who dey with me for hear na, I no fit cry this cry alone o. Who and me follow dey make una throwaway something for here make I see. I don tire to dey see myself and if we make water flow well for here, e go help too. Just that, I no dey too get that thing these days but, we need dey make things happen for here, e go sure. Anyhow shah, make we dey try dey checkmate ourcef, na the matter be that.

Proverb
In Pigin: My people say, Alegator pepper seed no dey ever finish for juju man pocket
In English: A saying goes, there is always the seed of an Alegator pepper in the pockets of a chief priest
Meaning: As a professional, you ought to be ready at all times on your field, you shouldn't be found lacking or unprepared at any point.

Make una take this one motivate. Na our corner be this, make we get am.

[Mpamaegbu]

Smartvirus, na the koko you yarn so. And unto the proverb, na so e bi. Those wey dey consult ojukokoro go sabi sey na true you yarn. E get any babalawo wey nor dey ever add kolanuts and alligator pepper to their demand 🤔. E get? Nah! E nor get, except na the wan wey carry im own enta church level unto different stylee. Every babalawo na anya nzu.

Na where dem for dey advise pikin we get papa, na for there orphan dey learn
Meaning: A word is enough for a wise.

[Stevcummings]

Omo na my first time for this place be this o. I just dey take time read all ona proverbs them, them goes well. I for like make we check out for ourselves wella, life no easy as we see am. The kind proverbs ona Dey drop here mean say plenty ethical men full here o.  Me sef go loud my own

In pidgin: Nobody go gree buy cow if him fit get the milk free.
In English: Nobody buys the cow if they can get the milk for free.
Meaning: it  refers to a man who will not marry or commit to a woman because she is already giving him what he wants from her.

[Smartvirus]

Omo na my first time for this place be this o. I just dey take time read all ona proverbs them, them goes well. I for like make we check out for ourselves wella, life no easy as we see am. The kind proverbs ona Dey drop here mean say plenty ethical men full here o.  Me sef go loud my own

Na only you waka come,,, you dey very welcome to share this our corner with us and as you don become your corner too. Watin just remain now be say, you go just dey lap here once once make you dey follow us tidy we corner make e for dey go well everytime and as you dey do am so eh, na so your name go dey smell for the area and when coolele water go dey, we go pour am for your body make you for feel am. You know as e dey be.

Your proverb come board too, e show say, e dey your body and we go dey expect more. Faji

[Cryptomarxx]

Proverb: De bird wey dey for hand na de bird be that, nothing dey for bush.

Meaning: A bird at hand is worth more than nine in the bush.

[Mpamaegbu]

Omo na my first time for this place be this o. I just dey take time read all ona proverbs them, them goes well. I for like make we check out for ourselves wella, life no easy as we see am. The kind proverbs ona Dey drop here mean say plenty ethical men full here o.  Me sef go loud my own

In pidgin: Nobody go gree buy cow if him fit get the milk free.
In English: Nobody buys the cow if they can get the milk for free.
Meaning: it  refers to a man who will not marry or commit to a woman because she is already giving him what he wants from her.

Wellu come, wey breadi. As you nack enta here, na so you sharpally throwey one give us. E show sey d thing sure for yousef. Na your papa born you truetrue. Anyway, sey anoda joint wey other naija peeps too dey gather eat peppersoup and nkwobi https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=5121680.0

Cryptomarxx, your proverb make me laugh. Nice one from a new dimension.

[Smartvirus]

Cryptomarxx, your proverb make me laugh. Nice one from a new dimension.

Abeg, where the proverb dey and who be this cef, the user no dey family though, my big man, you fir show me that proverb make me cef fit get the wisdom and laff kwa. Mehn, una do well say una fit remember this corner. E wayh me small this time around but, I no fit forget say, here na where I suppose day dey denge. Imagine when we never been get corner na, both here and the hangout. Na so so English for nose way no dey sweet me for belle we dey drop. Very exhausting, lol.

My people way no dey come here, how yna dey carry survive the steam na, e be like una skul no be chaise o, the fee na cut throat so, una no fit follow us do the jaguda we dey do here! Una for try with us small shah.

[Mpamaegbu]

Abeg, where the proverb dey and who be this cef, the user no dey family though, my big man, you fir show me that proverb make me cef fit get the wisdom and laff kwa.

Na the part wey funny me be that below...

Proverb: De bird wey dey for hand na de bird be that, nothing dey for bush.

I believe im go don go check owa local joint out by now as I give am link to the place. So, very soon you too go sabi who im be kwa.

[CryptocurencyKing]

Anytime way e happen say this our corner no dey that side way I dey like am to dey, e no dey soft for my body. I belive say una understand watin i dey talk. E pain me for eye say, I see watin I no fit understand for where my corner dey day. Na fk. So, as e dey be make I throwaway una dis 9ne make una use am soft.

Proverb: Shit get up say, na em be 'them no fit cause or praise'

Feces got up to say, 'he isn't caused or parise'

The problem goes to imply that an evil person is neither criticised directly nor is the person praised.
No go do strongman you con see the one evil man for your village then, you say na you wan fuck am up o. If you no strong, better dey your corner and hold your side.

[Cryptomarxx]

Thank you my ogas at the topmost top Smartvirus and Mpamaegbu. I trowey salute to all of una wey dey this forum, wey dey work hard to make sure say de forum dey go well. I dey happy to dey among una midst and together we go join body to make this our local joint stand gidigbam.