Ki ne nadeng k a ye ye. [KiMoore]

Le pied de mil semé et le pied de mil non semé ne sont pas identiques.

(Proverbe disant: il y a une grande différence entre le vrai et le faux. Une photocopie n’équivaut pas à l’original.)

The sown millet plant and the wild millet plant are not identical.

(A proverb saying: there is a big difference between…

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Lampalga pa yiisd a to bugmẽ ye. [KiMoore] (Burkina Faso)

Du coton ne sort pas du coton du feu.
Un pauvre ne peut pas sortir un autre d’une difficulté financière.

Cotton can not save other cotton that caught fire. A poor person can not help another poor person to get out of financial problems.

Ra sak tɩ bendr wẽ a bal tɩ f sao a bal ye. [KiMoore] (Burkina Faso)

Proverbe : N’accepte pas qu’un tam-tam joue n’importe comment pour que tu danses n’importe comment.

Proverb: Don’t accept that a drum is plied no matter how and then you dance no matter how.

(Meaning: You have to know the difference and act accordingly)

“A man so full of himself, eager to spread his knowledge, bringing everything to him, can not be properly tuned to person. He wants to get to listen patiently to hear that it exposes something. Even when he is silent, he already is pondering his answer, and ultimately deprives himself of the benefit of exchange and any chance to learn more.…

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