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Title: Sesotho Proverbs-gctid48276
Post by: Akua Ma'at on Dec 30, 2011, 11:19 PM

Ho tsamaea ke ho bona

Literal: to travel is to see.

It means the more one travels the more they become open-minded and learned.

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Title: Sesotho Proverbs-gctid48277
Post by: Akua Ma'at on Dec 30, 2011, 11:23 PM

Thupa e kojoa esale metsi

Literal: A stick is bent while it's soft (otherwise it breaks)

Children are disciplined while they're still young.

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Title: Sesotho Proverbs-gctid48278
Post by: Akua Ma'at on Dec 30, 2011, 11:25 PM

Lesholu ke le ts'oeroeng

Meaning: The guitly is the one who is caught

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Title: Sesotho Proverbs-gctid48279
Post by: Akua Ma'at on Dec 30, 2011, 11:39 PM

Ditabana di tswala ditaba.

Mighty things rise from trivial ones.

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Title: Sesotho Proverbs-gctid48280
Post by: Akua Ma'at on Dec 30, 2011, 11:41 PM

Mejo ha e rutanwe, ho rutanwa ditlhare.

Every man is the architect of his own fortune.

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Title: Sesotho Proverbs-gctid48281
Post by: Akua Ma'at on Dec 30, 2011, 11:41 PM

Mohana ho jwetswa o tshohela leomeng.

A word is enough to the wise.

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Title: Sesotho Proverbs-gctid48282
Post by: Akua Ma'at on Dec 30, 2011, 11:42 PM

Moiketsi ha a llelwe.

He who rejects advice deserves no sympathy.

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Title: Sesotho Proverbs-gctid48283
Post by: Akua Ma'at on Dec 30, 2011, 11:46 PM

Moloi ha a mela boya.

An evil doer has no distinguishing mark.

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Title: Sesotho Proverbs-gctid48284
Post by: Akua Ma'at on Dec 30, 2011, 11:47 PM

Ntja e tsokela ya e fang.

A dog follows the one who feeds it.

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Title: Sesotho Proverbs-gctid48285
Post by: Akua Ma'at on Dec 30, 2011, 11:48 PM

Sejo-senyane ha se fete molomo.

Half a loaf is better than no bread.

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Title: Sesotho Proverbs-gctid48286
Post by: Akua Ma'at on Dec 30, 2011, 11:49 PM

Tshwene ha e ipone lekopo.

One is blind to one's faults.

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