Abibitumi Yorùbá Language Resources
Abibitumi Yorùbá Language Resources
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Omisola Omowale posted an update in the group
Abibitumi Yorùbá Language Resources 4 years ago[Person 1]
Akìífioríwéoríi Mo kúṣiré; bí Mokú kú láàár a jí lál .
-One does not liken one’s fortune to Mokú-ṣiré’s; if Mokú dies in the morning, he resurrects at night.
(Never emulate people who
know tricks you don’t.)[Person 2]
A di gàárì síl ewúr ńyọjú; ẹrù ìran r ni?
-We prepare the saddle, and the goat presents itself;…1 Comment-
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A ní k’á wá ẹni t’ó l’ẹ́hìn k’á fọmọ fún, abuké ní òun rèé; ti gànnàkù ẹ̀hìn-in rẹ̀ là ń wí?
One seeks a person with a prominent back as suitor for one’s daughter, and the hunchback presents himself; who spoke of a protruding back? (Since the expression that translates as ‘‘prominent back’’ is an idiom
meaning a proud pedigree. the…
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Ewuradjoa Naa Norley Newman posted an update in the group
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Khepra Osagyefo posted an update in the group
Abibitumi Yorùbá Language Resources 4 years agoA kì í yàgò fún ‘‘Mo gun ẹṣin rí o!’’
One does not get out of the way for ‘‘I used
to ride a horse!’’ (People should not expect
to live on past glory.)-
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A kìí yàgò fún ẹlẹ́ṣin àná. One doesn’t get out of the way of the owner of yesterday’s horse.
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Khepra Osagyefo posted an update in the group
Abibitumi Yorùbá Language Resources 4 years agoA kì í peni lákọ ẹran ká ṣorí bòró.
One does not enjoy the designation ‘‘He
Goat’’ and yet sport a smooth [hornless]
head. (A person should live up to his or her
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Ibi a bá pè lórí ní ń hurun.
It is the place named the head that grows hair. (People and objects should live up to expectations.)
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