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jambo
3300 Posts |
 Posted - 01 Sep 2006 : 18:55:39
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| Keep up the words guys its great. |
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Galo Sowe
Sweden
116 Posts |
Posted - 01 Sep 2006 : 18:57:30
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| Search for a friend with no faults and you will remain with no friends - Malawi |
"Soldiers are experts at camouflage but that is on the battle field not the political one, were transparency is the watch word" Kaaniba |
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Galo Sowe
Sweden
116 Posts |
Posted - 01 Sep 2006 : 18:59:54
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| Wars are created by people too old to fight for those too young to die - Gambia |
"Soldiers are experts at camouflage but that is on the battle field not the political one, were transparency is the watch word" Kaaniba |
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Galo Sowe
Sweden
116 Posts |
Posted - 01 Sep 2006 : 19:03:45
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| Dispise not a snail for its slow and struggling movement; it has a destination and with time it shall arrive - Senegal |
"Soldiers are experts at camouflage but that is on the battle field not the political one, were transparency is the watch word" Kaaniba |
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kondorong
Gambia
4380 Posts |
Posted - 01 Sep 2006 : 19:09:17
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Mr. Sowe
Any fulani proverbs or sayings. How about the one that starts with: JETU KO FAAL DA ....... As a Sarahule man, i am entitled to tease them |
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Galo Sowe
Sweden
116 Posts |
Posted - 01 Sep 2006 : 19:19:53
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| You may be disappointed if you fail, but you are doomed if you don't try - Gambia |
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Galo Sowe
Sweden
116 Posts |
Posted - 01 Sep 2006 : 19:22:27
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| If you are digging a pit for your enemy, don't make it too deep, for you may fall into it - Gambia |
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Galo Sowe
Sweden
116 Posts |
Posted - 01 Sep 2006 : 19:26:37
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| People who drink to drown heir sorrows, should be told that sorrow knows how to swim - Sierra Leone |
"Soldiers are experts at camouflage but that is on the battle field not the political one, were transparency is the watch word" Kaaniba |
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Sister Omega
United Kingdom
2085 Posts |
Posted - 01 Sep 2006 : 20:15:47
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| A wise man who knows proverbs, reconciles difficulties. (Yoruba) |
Peace
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kondorong
Gambia
4380 Posts |
Posted - 01 Sep 2006 : 21:04:54
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| That na true deh sister |
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kondorong
Gambia
4380 Posts |
Posted - 01 Sep 2006 : 22:49:01
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| The bell rings loudest in your own home (Yoruba) |
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kondorong
Gambia
4380 Posts |
Posted - 01 Sep 2006 : 22:50:36
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| An elephnat's task are never too heavy for it(Zimbabawe). It means with the right person doing the right job, only leads to success. No square pegs in round holes |
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sankahjang
USA
78 Posts |
Posted - 04 Sep 2006 : 19:53:44
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Do not quarell with a corocodile while your foot is still in the water.(african)
He who pelts others with pebbles ask for rocks in return.(Nigeria)
To go faster, go alone, but to go farther, go together.(african)
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Momodou
Denmark
11804 Posts |
Posted - 14 Oct 2006 : 02:58:43
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Here are a few directly translated Mandinka proverbs into English:
- "YE RI DO NING FAN TO MU LI YA TA, BARI E DO MO NY AL FATTATA" (fan to is a tree)
meaning fruits of some trees may look alike, but eaten differently.
- "N'TENG N'LA LA N'AA KO MA, WOTO ATA TA KO LONG LEH TO" meaning I can't go to sleep without my mom, then she is just gone to the well to fetch water. In other words, mom is not gone far and she will be back, but not if she dies.
- "MO KUWOH TEH DUNIA LA, MO KENDEH KUWOH LAY BAY DUNIA LA" ( by Lalo Kebba Drammeh) meaning there is no scarcity of people in the world, but there is scarcity of really good people in the world.
- "SENO KAH BANG NEH, BARI KUNKU NA NEUW BUKA BANG" meaning farming ends, but the demarcation between farms never disappears.
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kiwi
Sweden
662 Posts |
Posted - 14 Oct 2006 : 11:29:33
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Originally posted by kondorong
To love the king is not bad, but a king who loves you is better (Wollof, Senegambia)
Could you write this in wolof, please! |
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