Ututu oma ndi nkem
Good morning my people,as it is said by our ancestors that proverbs are palm oil with which an Igbo man uses to eat his yam: Meaning that no true Igbo man wether from the indomie or palm kernel age, will not use proverbs when talking..


So this morning,I bring to you'all some of those indigenous Igbo proverbs



* Ehi na enwero odu,obu chi ya na'churu ya ijiji = It is the gods that chases flies for the cow that has no tail.


* Úkú n'aga wara wara,anya n'ahu wara wara n'ahu ya = The wandering leg is seen by a wandering eyes.


* Onye si nwata jide nkapi nwuru anwu,nyekwa nwa'hu mmiri og'eji we kwor aka = He who sends a child to touch a dead rabbit should also provide water with which the child would wash his/her hands.


* Onye loro aki beke nwere okwukwe na ike ya = He who swallows a whole coconut has faith in his buttocks.


* Agya akaraka adighi eri nguro = To be forewarned is to be fore armed



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Among the igbos, the ____ of communication is regarded very highly and proverbs are the palm oil with which words are eaten!

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author=MarthaK post=27185962]Among the igbos, the ____ of
communication is regarded very highly and proverbs are the palm oil with
which words are eaten! [/quote] hv been askn to chat wif u off d camera nd u'v nt been replyn me.... therez God oh;(

Amu n ' aga warawara, otu' n aga warawara n 'afu ya!

A) Njiji na - enweghi onye ndumodu na - eso ozu ala n'ili
b) Ukpana okpoko gburu nti chiri ya
c) onye bu igu ka ewu na - eso
d) Adighi agwa ochinti na agha esola
e) ogologo okwu adighi na uka mgbede
f) ana - ekwu na oku gbara fada, I na - aju ma ogbara agho onu ya
g) Nwata rie awo, o ju anu

lynpetra:
Amu n ' aga warawara, otu' n aga warawara n 'afu ya!

excuse me ma, are you Igbo?

adeitoro:
A) Njiji na - enweghi onye ndumodu na - eso ozu ala n'ili
b) Ukpana okpoko gburu nti chiri ya
c) onye bu igu ka ewu na - eso
d) Adighi agwa ochinti na agha esola
e) ogologo okwu adighi na uka mgbede
f) ana - ekwu na oku gbara fada, I na - aju ma ogbara agho onu ya
g) Nwata rie awo, o ju anu

Onye ya na ekwensu so eri nri n'eji ogologo ngaji-- he who eats with the devil uses long spoon.

Ikuku kuee ahu ike okuku

Odilafta:

Onye ya na ekwensu so eri nri n'eji ogologo ngaji-- he who eats with the devil uses long spoon.

Please can anyone help me with the following proverbs translation from English to Igbo

1. “When the music stops, a deaf person continues to dance.”
2. “Look for the lizard when he is on open ground before he enters the tall grass.”
3. No one gets a mouthful of food by picking between another person's teeth
4. A bad habit that lasts more than a year may turn into a custom.”
5. “A servant serves a king, he serves the king well; a servant serves two kings, he is true to one.”
6. “All you can tell about a big belly is that the owner has had a lot to eat, not what he had to eat.”
7. “Bump-thump-scratch. It's all on a big man's skin.”
8. “A man who shoots his arrows as he makes them does not realize when he has shot a whole sheaf.”
9. “Man must always be happy in order to perform well.”
10. “The knife can be worn down, but it will not be blunt.”
11. “If you ask a woman for a favour and you ask and ask again she may say yes and grant you your request.”
12. “The eyes that see a spirit will die.”
13. “A slave boy is blamed no matter what he does: If he does not wash his hands, he is accused of being dirty. If he washes his hands, he is accused of wasting water.”
14. “A person who uses the world as his carrying pad will find himself carrying his load on his bare head.”
15. “Criticism of the brave is behind their back.”
16. “The lizard says that he knows the condition of his underbelly. This is the reason he has it pressed against the ground.”
17. “When a poor man gets a little money, his thoughts go off in ten different directions.”
18. “The wealth of a child causes him to become a respected person."
19. “At whatever age a child gets a problem, at the same age she has to shoulder the responsibility.”
20. “A person who arrives at a feast when the cooked meat is being pulled out of the pot does not know what was endured by others to catch and cook it.
21. “The rabbit bores its hole in the night but in the morning the hole will be seen.
22. “If a deceitful person buries himself, one of his arms will stick out.”
23. “You may be clever but you can never lose your shadow.”
24. “A person can never run so fast as to run away from his backside.”
25. “You cannot bury smoke in the ground.”
26. “Stream said that it is because it has nobody to direct it that... it goes in a zigzag way.”
27. “The rainy season does not please the sky.”
28. One does not hide a corpse from the land.”
29. “The thing that the hawk ate returns to the vulture's stomach.
30. “Ignorance is a sickness.”
31. “The chicken pecks a thing to death before eating.”[/color]

Thanks