Akan (Twi) Proverbs-gctid23824

[Ɔbenfo Ọbádélé]

Abahyɛ bɔne nti na kɔkɔsakyi dii sɛbeɛ.

It is because of bad upbringing that the vulture acquired the habit of eating faeces.

[Ɔbenfo Ọbádélé]

Kosua se: mete sɛ tumi, wosɔ me mu yie a, memmɔ, woansɔ me mu yie a, mɛbɔ fam.

The egg says: I am like power, if you hold me too tightly I should break, if you don't hold me tightly enough, I'll fall on the ground.

[Ɔbenfo Ọbádélé]

Nkoma a Onyame de atoa mu no, nnipa ntumi nte mu.

Hearts that Onyame has joined together, human beings cannot tear apart.

[Ɔbenfo Ọbádélé]

[ch390]h[ch596]ho[ch596] ani ak[ch949]sek[ch949]se[ch949], nanso [ch596]mfa nhu hwee.

Though the strangers eyes may be big, he/she doesn't use them to see anything.

[Ɔbenfo Ọbádélé]

Akwadaa hu ne nsa hor[ch596] a, [ch596]ne mpaninfo[ch596] didi.

A child who sees his hands and washes them, he/she and elders eat.

[Ɔbenfo Ọbádélé]

¢se ka t¢kr¢ma, nanso w¡te bom.

The teeth bite the tongue, but they live together.

[Ɔbenfo Ọbádélé]

Asɛm kyɛ a, nyansa ba ho.
  If an issue lasts for a long time, wisdom comes to it.

[Ɔbenfo Ọbádélé]

Onipa wu a, ne t¢kr¢ma mpor¡.

When a person dies, her/his tongue does not rot.

[Ɔbenfo Ọbádélé]

Onipa wu na ne t¢kr¢ma mpor¡ a, na ¢firi ¡teasefo¡.
 
When a person dies and her/his tongue does not rot, it it because of a living person (who keep their words and memory alive).

[Ɔbenfo Ọbádélé]

Y¢nyi mmusuo mfa mmusuo

We don't remove evil to go and take more evil.

[Ɔbenfo Ọbádélé]

Ab¢dwaa p¢ nkwa a, na ¢bata odum.

If the dwarf palm tree wants to stay alive (lit. likes life), it stays close to the (mighty) odum tree.

[Ɔbenfo Ọbádélé]

Obi ap¢de¢ ne odompo nsono.

Someone's favorite food is wild dog intestines.

[Ɔbenfo Ọbádélé]

Wodidi fiduasa mu a, na w'ano ny¢ den.

When you eat in thirty houses, your mouth is not hard.
[When you live on the hospitality of others, you compromise your stand by not speaking out]

[Ɔbenfo Ọbádélé]

Kwaterekwa se [ch596]b[ch949]ma wo ntoma a, tie ne din.

If "Nakedman" says he will give you a cloth, listen to his name.

[Ɔbenfo Ọbádélé]

Wok¡sr¢ obi ntwoma a, hw¢ ne bamma ho.

If you are going to ask someone for red clay [to use to repair your wall], look at his/her wall [first].