July 31, 2022
Ng’hwi ninghi jigangaluchaga. (Sukuma). Kuni nyingi hukesha. (Swahili). De nombreux morceaux de bois éclairent toute la nuit.(French). Many pieces of firewood light the whole night. (English). […]
February 3, 2014
| | Magembe abili gatakitaga kwikumya. (Sukuma) Majembe ya watu wawili wanaofanya kazi kwa pamoja katika shamba moja wakati mwingine hayakosi kamwe kugongana. (Swahili) Les houes de deux personnes qui font le meme métier dans la même champ ne manquent pas de s’ecraser. (French) The hoes of two people cultivating together in a field sometimes clash (hit) against each other. (English)
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| Sukuma (Tanzania) Proverb |
September 2, 2013
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| Waleba mengi komenzi genyanza. (Longo). Maji ya bahari ni kwa ajili ya kutazama. (Swahili). L’eau de la mer, c’est pour regarder. (French). The water of the sea is only to be contemplated.(English).
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Longo (Tanzania) Proverb
March 1, 2008
Omoonto umwi nkirunguuri, ababere nitoonge rebukima One person is thin porridge or gruel; two or three people are a lump (handful) of ugali (stiff cooked meal/flour […]
February 27, 2008
Atannayita: y’atenda nnyina obufumbi (=okufumba) The person who has not traveled widely thinks his or her mother is the only cook (the best cook). Ganda […]