Akan (Twi) Proverbs-gctid23824

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Alva Sakima wrote:

kyeame Kwame link=1156521918/100#106 date=1187479657]Sika fr¢ bogya.

Money calls blood (kinship relations)

Ding ding ding, we have a winner. This is the best proverb of all time. Hands down.

It is quite true indeed. I see you can relate as well.

/me

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Obi sene wo adidie a, wo nso wosene no nna.

If someone surpasses you in eating, you surpass him/her in getting sleep (uninterrupted by having to go to the bathroom).

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Woredware w¡ adware¢ na ¡b¡damfo¡ bi fa wo ntoma a, fa foforo bi ansa na wotaa no. Any¢
saa a, na obiara b¢ka s¢ mo baanu nyinaa y¢ ab¡damfo¡.

If you are bathing at the bathing place and a crazy person takes your cloth, get another one before you chase him. If not, then everyone will say that the both of you are crazy people.

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Onipa na ¡ma Tan¡ sa.

It is a human being who causes Tan¡ to dance.

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¡sansa se "Ade a Onyame ay¢ nyinaa y¢".

The kite says all that Onyame has created is good.

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Y¢gye wo y¡kor¡ a, wogye wo ho y¡sane.

If they entice you to go astray, you entice yourself to return.

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'Mereba, merey¢ ansa' na ¢maa ¡kwakuo dua kaa h¡.

"I'm coming, I'll do before' is what made the Monkey's tail remain there.

[Agbede]

Nkakrankakra, akok¡ b¢nom nsuo

Little by little, the chicken drinks water

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Akhu718 wrote: Nkakrankakra, akok[ch596] b[ch603]nom nsuo
Little by little, the chicken drinks water

Mo ne y[ch596]! Asa, wote Twi?

/me

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[ch390 wrote: kyeame Kwame]

Mo ne y[ch596]! Asa, wote Twi?

/me

Meda ase. Aane, mete Twi kakra.

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Yoo, wosuaa Twi wO Ghana anaa?

Obadele

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[ch390 wrote: kyeame Kwame]Yoo, wosuaa Twi wO Ghana anaa?

Obadele

Mepa wo kwew, daabi. Mesua Twi wO Atlanta wO Adiama.
Nanso, mEyE wO Ghana mu Kitawonsa. Na wo nso E? Wosuaa
Twi wO Ghana anaa?

-Akhu

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Afotuo nsakra nnipa, gye ns¡hw¢ nko ara

Advising does not change a person, except testing only.
(Sometimes, experiencing something for oneself is the best teacher)

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Aho¡f¢ ntua ka: suban pa na ¢hia

Beauty does not pay debts: good character is what is necessary

W'aho¡f¢ de wo b¢k¡ na wo suban de wo b¢ba

Your beauty takes you there but your character is what brings you back

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Woannya adagye amfa pono anto wo dan ano da koro a, wode mfeɛ mmiɛnsa hwehwɛ w'agyapadeɛ

If you don't ever find the time to use one day make a door for your doorway, you will take three years to search for your possessions.