Kiswahili Proverb of the Day - Abibitumi Kasa Afrikan Language and Liberation Institutes and Community Networks

alvasakima · #1 (**permalink**) 08-20-2007, 12:19 PM

Mstahimilivu hula mbivu.

translates to:

A patient man will eat ripe fruits. Patience will be rewarded.

Olùkọ́ Ọbádélé · #2 (**permalink**) 08-20-2007, 04:00 PM

Dua la kuku halimpati mwewe.

The curse of the fowl does not bother the kite.

alvasakima · #3 (**permalink**) 08-21-2007, 12:26 PM

Hakuna masika yasiyokuwa na mbu.

translates to: There is no season of heavy rains without mosquitoes.

Another way to put that is to say that, the troubles of one person are usually the pleasure of another.

alvasakima · #4 (**permalink**) 08-22-2007, 10:08 AM

MTAJI WA MASKINI NI NGUVU ZAKE

translates to: A poor man's capital is his body strength

alvasakima · #5 (**permalink**) 08-23-2007, 03:36 PM

Usipoziba ufa, utajenga ukuta.

translates to:

If you do not fill up a crack, you will have to build a wall.

Olùkọ́ Ọbádélé · #6 (**permalink**) 08-24-2007, 01:27 AM

Ukitaka vyoo vizuri, lazima uchimbe shimo refu mwenyewe.

If you want nice bathrooms, you need to dig a deep hole yourself

alvasakima · #7 (**permalink**) 08-27-2007, 01:01 PM

Dawa ya moto ni moto.

translates to: The remedy to fire is fire. (Tit for tat or an eye for an eye, a tooth for a tooth.)

alvasakima · #8 (**permalink**) 08-28-2007, 08:13 PM

Hapana siri ya watu wawili.

translates to: A secret is no secret when it is shared by two people. (Three can keep a secret if two are dead.)

alvasakima · #9 (**permalink**) 08-29-2007, 01:38 PM

Penye nia pana njia.

translates to: Where there is a will there is a way.

alvasakima · #10 (**permalink**) 08-31-2007, 12:50 PM

Akiba haiozi

translates to: Put something away for a rainy day!

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