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What Is The Meaning Of This Yoruba Sentence? Any Yoruba Expert In The House? by EreluY(f): 12:07am On Jul 01, 2013
[size=16pt]Eniti igba ndaamu ko gbon.


Thanks.


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Re: What Is The Meaning Of This Yoruba Sentence? Any Yoruba Expert In The House? by Nobody: 10:25am On Jul 03, 2013
hi erelu,

What this Yoruba proverb mean is simple and supple, it means

"one hit by bad times loses touch with presence of mind"
"one who is experiencing tough-time is at wit-end"
"one who fall to a bad time becomes a fool"
"one troubled by the time is a fool"
"one that time troubles is not wise"

thanks.
Re: What Is The Meaning Of This Yoruba Sentence? Any Yoruba Expert In The House? by EreluY(f): 12:58am On Jul 07, 2013
prexios: hi erelu,

What this Yoruba proverb mean is simple and supple, it means

"one hit by bad times loses touch with presence of mind"
"one who is experiencing tough-time is at wit-end"
"one who fall to a bad time becomes a fool"
"one troubled by the time is a fool"
"one that time troubles is not wise"

thanks.

[size=18pt]Thanks ever so much! Agba o ni tan ni'le kaaro oojiree ooo. Ase.[/size]

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