Akan (Twi) Proverbs-gctid23824

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Akhu;23946 wrote: 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

Mepa wo kyEw, dabi. Mesuaa Twi wO Atlanta wO Adiama hO.
Nanso, mEkO Ghana wO Kitawonsa mu. Na wo nso E? Wosuaa
Twi wO Ghana anaa?

 Mo!

 Aane, mab¢sua Twi w¡ Ghana.

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Obi nhyira ne busuy¢fo¡

One does not bless one's ill-wisher.

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Obi nhyira y¢ obi duab¡

One person's blessing is another's curse.

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 Dagyawe¢ nse kwaterekwa s¢ "B¡ me bosea".
   
   Naked doesn't say to nearly-naked "Give me a loan"

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Aware¢b¡ne de¢, fanyinam sugya.

A bad marriage, bachelorhood is better.

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Y¢mfa nsafi nsi ntade¢

We don't use a filthy hand to hand-wash clothes

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Wosum bor¡de¢ a, sum kwadu bi; na obi nnim de¢ ¢b¢gu k¡m.

If you prop up the plantain, prop up the bananas some; for no one knows where famine will strike.

(Both plantain and banana trees may be destroyed by winds and need to be propped up by stakes. Because plantain is a staple, while banana is just a snack, one's inclination may be to just prop up the plantain trees, but one never knows which will save one during the time of famine. A warning to parents to give equal treatment.)

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Biribi ans¢e a, biribi any¢ yie.
  If one thing doesn't spoil then something (else) does not prosper.

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¡panin ntena fie mma asadua mf¡w.
  An elder does not sit in the house and let the loom become drenched.

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¡panin w¡ fie ber¢ a nkwadaa wee nanka no a, y¢kan no fra anankawefo¡

  If there was an elder at home when the children ate the poisonous puff adder, we count him amongst the puff-adder eaters.

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Banyansafo¡, y¢bu no b¢, na y¢nka no as¢m.

A wise child is spoken to in proverbs, not in plain words.

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Wosum nkontompo fidie a, woyi kasabr¢.

When you set up a trap to catch lies, you remove (from it) ceaseless talking.

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F¢de¢ ne wuo, fanyinam wuo.
Shame and death. Death is preferable.

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"Gyae-saa-y¡" annyae saa y¡ a, "Gyae-akyiredie," nso nnyae akyire die.
  "Stop acting in that way" doesn't not stop acting, then "Stop reacting" also does not stop reacting.

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Abirekyie se: "Obi nnante nk¡wu."
  The goat says: "Nobody (willingly) walks to his (place of) death"