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#1 User is offline   Genesis

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Posted 22 October 2004 - 03:09 PM

Do not call the forest that shelters you a jungle.
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Posted 22 October 2004 - 03:10 PM

When the cock is drunk, he forgets about the hawk.
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Posted 22 October 2004 - 03:12 PM

Two small antelopes can beat a big one.
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Posted 22 October 2004 - 03:37 PM

can you please type in the Ghanaian language it's originally in? i find translated proverds sometimes dont mean much.

here's one:

Hu m'ani so ma mi 'nti na 'ntwi mienu 'nam.
("Blow on my eye" that's why antelopes walk in two's) -- see what i'm talking abt?
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Posted 22 October 2004 - 03:40 PM

that was a good one. Next time I will write mine in the original tongue

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Posted 23 October 2004 - 04:36 AM

Kotoku tew a, na mmati adwo.
When the bag tears, the shoulders get a rest.
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Posted 23 October 2004 - 06:14 AM

Unless the penis dies young it will surely eat bearded meat
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Posted 23 October 2004 - 08:58 AM

NO MATTER HOW FAR A MAN URINATES,THE LAST DROP ALWAYS FALLS AT HIS FEET
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Posted 23 October 2004 - 12:28 PM

:rolleyes: i hve forgotten my twi writing.

Do unto others wht u want others to do unto u.....hehehe from the bible.... :lol:
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Posted 24 October 2004 - 12:06 PM

language...GA
proverb......"ke shuo e talo kraa, e sompo da fe adowa"
translation...if elephant say it grow lean at all, its clitoris still make bigger than antelope"

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Posted 25 October 2004 - 12:12 AM

fucking ace.... now i know he's not bula.. cos bula cant come up with something like that!
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Posted 25 October 2004 - 08:03 AM

If things are getting easier, maybe you're headed downhill.
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Posted 25 October 2004 - 02:32 PM

It's amazing...but all these 'Ghanaian' proverbs sound really new to me

and i've heard quite a few proverbs.
"little things worry little minds"
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Posted 25 October 2004 - 02:47 PM

which are..... ?
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Posted 25 October 2004 - 02:50 PM

Don't put me on the spot sweet thing!
"little things worry little minds"
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Posted 25 October 2004 - 02:54 PM

Ok I shall leave it.

Have you not got any proverbs at all to mind?

C'mon then :cool2: :cool2:
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Posted 25 October 2004 - 03:27 PM

When a man is coming toward you, you need not say, "Come here."
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Posted 25 October 2004 - 03:35 PM

Gen,..... thats a funny one
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Posted 25 October 2004 - 07:39 PM

I'm not sure if this is a proverb..... or a song.. but i got one

aboa konkontibaa ..... obenyini aye kese.... na wadani aponkyerenii

"A tadpole grows big and turns into a frog" not sure about the translation...."dont get on me about it ppppplleeeeaaase
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Posted 26 October 2004 - 10:13 AM

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Posted 26 October 2004 - 10:18 AM

"etswe wo ho na wu wen di E praoo"

Can anyone help me out with the translation
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Posted 26 October 2004 - 10:33 AM

One camel does not make fun of another camel's hump. on the site is a wrong translation...

itsh be translated as "a hunchback doesnt make fun of another's hunch"
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Posted 26 October 2004 - 11:08 AM

ókótó 'nwo anoma
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Posted 26 October 2004 - 12:41 PM

babygirl, on Oct 26 2004, 10:18 AM, said:

"etswe wo ho na wu wen di E praoo"

Can anyone help me out with the translation

hmmmmm babygirl..are you sure that there should be that "s" in "etswe"?...if not then i might be able to help...otherwise.....naaaa..... :xba:

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Posted 18 December 2008 - 03:40 PM

Brosow (papaya) a oye de no, nna abaa da ase.

(The papaya that is sweet always has a pole under it)

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Life is like an onion
You peel it off layer by layer
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