April 2, 2008
Nalung’wa naba. (Sukuma) Nimeumwa na mbung’o. (Swahili) I have been bitten by a tsetse fly. (English) Sukuma (Tanzania) Proverb Background, Explanation, Meaning and Everyday Use This […]
March 6, 2008
Obusisi bubili tibulemwa nsenene emoi. (Haya) Sisimizi wawili hawashindwi kuvuta panzi mmoja. (Swahili) Two ants do not fail to pull one grasshopper. (English) Haya (Tanzania) Proverb […]
March 2, 2008
Maji ya moto hayachomi nyumba. (Swahili) Hot water does not burn down the house. (English) Swahili (Eastern and Central Africa) Proverb Also Sukuma and Ngoreme (Tanzania), […]
March 2, 2008
Ngoko ya ng’wana itamilaga igino.(Sukuma) Kuku mwenye vifaranga hamezi funza (nyungunyungu). (Swahili) The hen with baby chicks doesn’t swallow the worm. (English) Sukuma ( Tanzania) Proverb […]
March 1, 2008
African Proverb of the Month July, 2000 Utizunduka chimba limi litinagwa. (Sukuma) Usimtukane kiongozi wa uwindaji jua halijatua. (Swahili) Do not insult the hunting guide before […]
February 17, 2007
African Proverb of the Month June 1998 Nalukolekejaga sonda (ng’weli) walola lwala. (Sukuma) Nilikuonyesha nyota (mwezi) na uliangalia kidole tu. (Swahili) I pointed out to you […]