African Proverbs in Pidgin

[GiftedMAN]

Proverb: The tin wey you think say you hold the pikin I hold the mama

Abeg, I go like make you rephrase dat yarn as e nor too complete for my brain. Abi na typographic error dey there in?

Oga Mpamaegbu, this my yarning no complete as you talk unto say I been dey go through some dirty things for my mind but I go try to explain am here small because that proverb get deep meaning and e need person wey dom stay wia elders dey to understand well.

No, nor be d explanation to d proverb I dey talk. Na d way wey you take write am I dey refer to. Just read am out to yourself, e bi like sey e get line or spelling wey nor enta well.

Abeg oh, nor let owa cowtry matta drive you crazy. All man sabi sey Naija don cast, na real dead man walking be dis cowtry now. Sober up my guy.

Chia my brother everything just tire me, abeg I dom amend am and na the correct yarning be dis, my head full I no feet even understand myself like dis, area too rough you no go understand. You do well as you take dey always reason my matta.

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[Rruchi man]

E dun tey i enter this corner, I been dey yan with elder yesterday unto some kind discussion, e get wisdom wey e drop wey i go like share with una...

PROVERB: Person wey say e like get big teeth dun already reason how e go take close am, that is nor go dey tell am how to close am

MEANING: People already know that there are consequences to any decision the choose to take, sometimes it is unnecessary to worry about a person's choice.

[Mpamaegbu]

E good to wake persin wey dey sleep mess so dat im too go follow smell am.
Meaning: Always make sure those who ferment trouble won't run away from the scene once the trouble escalates.

[GiftedMAN]

E good to wake persin wey dey sleep mess so dat im too go follow smell am.
Meaning: Always make sure those who ferment trouble won't run away from the scene once the trouble escalates.

Dis one enter my body I no go lie and I believe say if we dey hold anybody wey cause trouble when the matter don rise e go make sense well well and e go help us reduce crime and gbegerity for our obodo naija too. I remember dat time when I dey grow up my grandmama go use our native dialect talk to me when she sense say I wam make trouble and she go say okota oburu, person wey cause wahala go use em head carry am. Wetin you talk na correct word.

[Oluwa-btc]

This our corner weh we dey come chop wisdom upon wisdom done dey grow green grass as we no dey active! Yeah everyone dey try to rank up see front e no sexy but make we still dey touch down this ends. Make I knack 1 drop for the day as I dey watch match this one hit me hard I say I must drop am!

Proverbs : No be who sheet dey know how e smell, na who park the sheet go remember the smell and know how e be!

Meaning: Truthfully, What you do to others or someone would be easily forgotten by you, but not the person who got hurt!

[GiftedMAN]

Proverbs : No be who sheet dey know how e smell, na who park the sheet go remember the smell and know how e be!

Meaning: Truthfully, What you do to others or someone would be easily forgotten by you, but not the person who got hurt!

@Oluwa- btc, dis your proverb go well and de meaning come sweet me for body as e be say na tins wey I dey see for my face wey dey happen dis days. Dis one show say you dom sit down with elders small and you dom hear some beta word from dem.
I hope say no bodi dom sheet say make you park am because dis days sheet dey over smell and e feet make person do tins wey em no plan to do.

[Mpamaegbu]

This our corner weh we dey come chop wisdom upon wisdom done dey grow green grass as we no dey active! Yeah everyone dey try to rank up see front e no sexy but make we still dey touch down this ends.

Na true you talk sey dis place come be like wetin persin japa leave. No worries I dey kampe. Make I congratulate you for your senior man rank. Na small time e remain make e become official. You be correct my broda.

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Edit your post. Your comment dey inside person post wey you quote and e nor set like dat.

[Oluwa-btc]

@Oluwa- btc, dis your proverb go well and de meaning come sweet me for body as e be say na tins wey I dey see for my face wey dey happen dis days. Dis one show say you dom sit down with elders small and you dom hear some beta word from dem.
I hope say no bodi dom sheet say make you park am because dis days sheet dey over smell and e feet make person do tins wey em no plan to do.

I sit down with elders true true nah so I come hear am I come they reminise wetin person do me for that kind 2020 I don forgive ohh but I no go fit forget the pain and everything, the sweet part be say I don learn, I dey grow and when another thing like that wan sup I go surely know how to prevent am! Payback nah less, but I no wan payback.

Na true you talk sey dis place come be like wetin persin japa leave. No worries I dey kampe. Make I congratulate you for your senior man rank. Na small time e remain make e become official. You be correct my broda.
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[Mpamaegbu]

Persin wey wan make dog trust am and be im friend nor dey raise stick where dat dog dey.
Meaning: For one to earn the trust of another, one ought to exemplify it both in words and deeds.

[GiftedMAN]

Persin wey wan make dog trust am and be im friend nor dey raise stick where dat dog dey.
Meaning: For one to earn the trust of another, one ought to exemplify it both in words and deeds.

Abeg you go permit me to call you elder because na wetin things wey dey come out from your brain show say you be.
On a norm,person wey wam make you trust am no suppose do tins wey go hurt you no matter anything because no matter how the person  go take beg, once em dom show bad sign before you no go fit trust am again even if you dey relate weller with am. Secondly, e no good for anybody to dey claim Jesus while em be judas because na wetin dey our society today and e dom make tins spoil well well so like dis anybody wey dey closer to me wey dey do anyhow I no feet trust the person at all.

[Mpamaegbu]

@GiftedMAN, you sef na sabi man you be. 🤗

[Agbe]

I never come here b4 afta di 1st proverb wey I dropped nd I no fit remember di time, 2day as I dey pass I come say make I hold break nd I sa hold di break I come see say d toris wey dey here dey sweet me 4 bele. Nai come say me I go dey tori 4 here dis 4ront. Bcoz even dis place 2 dem dey use am dey join 4 di work we dey do 4 we company. African sayings we dey here just dey like fun 4 we tok tok place.

Di Lion wey bi di leader 4 di jungle e no strong pass Tiger if Dem dey 1 by 1. Lion dey kill Tiger wen Dem (Lion) e dey plenty well well nd di Tiger na onli 1.

Meaning: Di Leader we e no dey carry oda pipo dey Join body dey waka e no fit make am. Nd if attacked come he go sufferam.

If you mess inside the water, the smell must come later and everyone go perceive am.

Meaning: Wen u do something secretly, everyone go still hear am later.

[Mpamaegbu]

If you allow pregnant woman take vex rush enta house born, she go born mad person.
Meaning: Critical decisions aren't supposed to be taken in anger, the resultant effects are often regrettable.

[Rruchi man]

Person wey know say e go chop okra soup for party, nor dey wear white go.
Meaning: Plan ahead, make preparations.

Plate dey turn dirty plate once food finish for inside.
Meaning: Don't allow yourself be in a position where you no longer have any value to give.

[Adbitco]

Omo no be joke like dis me never near here before I just dey scroll down i come touch this corner and e sweet me to see say this part of our proverbs dey, although if you check our local thread I dey mostly use proverbs dey post but nevertheless as I see here now I go begin make use of this place wella. But anyhow e be make I drop one before I tuama.


Mango 🥭 tree wey dem swipe for morning time no mean say the leaves no go fall again before the next morning.

Meaning: No matter how you try help no mean say de pesin go keep body for you to help am again.


No matter how you try to clean the anus it can never stops smelling

Meaning: A prostitute is always a prostitutes no matter any kind  life you gave to her, she still remains the same.

Make I leave this one here, I dey come make I go market.

[Mpamaegbu]

Meaning: A prostitute is always a prostitutes no matter any kind  life you gave to her, she still remains the same.

I don see where people repent and turned new leaf oh. E fit still happen with prostitutes too.

[Adbitco]

Meaning: A prostitute is always a prostitutes no matter any kind  life you gave to her, she still remains the same.

I don see where people repent and turned new leaf oh. E fit still happen with prostitutes too.

Hehe @MP my brother is not easy sha, such life is demonic and it takes only the grace of God for them to get total free from such life and even as that ones once they still have the feeling. I have witness a fully dedicated one at then who gave her life and surrendered her life even relocated to another state but still feels the same, since there wasn't her place or where i was well known she decided do and maintain her life forgotten that she can't hide from God instead only hiding from man. So you see, which is why i said they remains the same.

[GiftedMAN]

I don see where people repent and turned new leaf oh. E fit still happen with prostitutes too.

@Oga Mpa, this one  dey me hard to believe oo because dose olosho people get one spirit wey dey inside dem and the spirit dey very hard to comot no matter the new paint wey dem take paint dia body (repentance). I still dey remember the mistake wey one of my guy do last two years wey em go marry one olosho wey em jam for club, padi man go offshore em wife go carry anoda man come house come run show after em swear for my guy say she dom repent and na jesus be her middle name now. Olosho go always be olosho.

[Asiska02]

Hello my people. Na my first time for here b dis, I no know say dis kind thread dey for here again aside our naija local board. So as I don burst here, I say make I follow add for we proverbs for Africa with pidgin.

Hand wey dey shake, still dey together with him body.

Meaning: For every good and bad you do, it will still follow you everywhere.

This proverb dey emphasize say anything wey we wan do for dis life make we always think of the repercussions later, wether good or bad.

[Mpamaegbu]

Ok oh Adbitco and GiftedMAN, I don hear wetin una talk. Sense dey am wella. Owa people sey wetin person nor know pass am. I nor know dis wan.

Asiska02, your yarn enta my skull. Correct. I suppose pour you colele wata so on top dat one but my fridge just dey empty. Again, I welcome you. Make yourself a home here.