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Yoruba Proverbs by queensmith: 9:37am On Jun 13, 2012 |
I've been watching too many yoruba movies again . I need to learn them, I always want to use them but either can't remember or can't say it properly. Help me out and post the ones you know here. Happy teaching! Thank youuuu |
Re: Yoruba Proverbs by VOfficialR(m): 10:55am On Jun 13, 2012 |
hmm... you cant remember by cramming... it will be useless if you dunno have any avenue of usage |
Re: Yoruba Proverbs by queensmith: 11:40am On Jun 13, 2012 |
not for cramming, more for referencing. There is always a use for proverbs. |
Re: Yoruba Proverbs by VOfficialR(m): 11:48am On Jun 13, 2012 |
do you understand yoruba?? ilè tó tojú eni sú, kìn se àlejó eni translate dat in english and yoruba proverb 101 shall begin |
Re: Yoruba Proverbs by queensmith: 11:55am On Jun 13, 2012 |
I understand yoruba but i don't get that one- lemme try sha is it something to do with night and day not being a visitor? |
Re: Yoruba Proverbs by VOfficialR(m): 12:03pm On Jun 13, 2012 |
Oh Oh... guess u need a prep lesson, you're right.... it means... "the sun that sets in your presence is no more a visitor" connotatively, you can link it to this fact... "at the age of 20, you can't be a visitor in the house you were born into" y do u wanna learn, i'm sure there'll be materials on it on the net... NAIRALAND SHOULD HAVE A CHATROOM FOR STUFFS LIKE THIS |
Re: Yoruba Proverbs by queensmith: 12:09pm On Jun 13, 2012 |
i get it, the language that cannot be taken literally. lol I just like the proverbs, esp when i'm watching yoruba movies (except for the misogynistic ones) Theres one I heard, something along the lines of suffering and eating stew that has no oil and no salt (to explain that there's a limit to endurance) do you know that one? |
Re: Yoruba Proverbs by VOfficialR(m): 12:18pm On Jun 13, 2012 |
queensmith:how i wish, thats sounds interesting but it's unfortunate that i dunno, until i give my grandpa a call.... i'm thousands of miles away from home |
Re: Yoruba Proverbs by kennite1(m): 7:38pm On Sep 28, 2012 |
You can always learn Yoruba proverbs and meaning from here; https://www.facebook.com/OweYoruba1 or www.oweyoruba.com Ájú wa se ooo. |
Re: Yoruba Proverbs by queensmith: 11:18pm On Oct 01, 2012 |
thank you, looks good! |
Re: Yoruba Proverbs by Nobody: 1:51am On Oct 02, 2012 |
U can check out Òwe Yorùbá on Facebook, they hv pretty cool ones |
Re: Yoruba Proverbs by debankss(m): 8:46am On Oct 09, 2012 |
Go to http://www.facebook.com/OweEdeYoruba. Almost 70,000 likes already. |
Re: Yoruba Proverbs by debankss(m): 8:50am On Oct 09, 2012 |
also try facebook.com/afonjaolaniyi. He's a comedian but do proverbs once in a while. |
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