#  If the fish had learnt to shut its mouth, the hook would never have caught it.

#   He, who sees a rough river and tries to cross with a small canoe, should not blame God.

#   A man who thinks everything around him is sweet should remember that bitter leaf grow in the bush with oranges.

#   The fish that dwells in the waterside of a village never lives to its old age unless it is cunning.

#    It is the foolish woman who goes under the rain when she is tying only one wrapper.

# No body asks from where a married woman gets her pregnancy.


#    The crab may try to walk, but it will never walk straight

#    It is a fool who does not recognize the strength of the enemy.

#     The fish that dwells in the waterside of a village never lives to its old age unless it is cunning.


#      No matter how big the salt-water palm is, U can;t cave a canoe out of it.

#      If the singer is a fool, the listener is also a fool.

#      The hen says, the duck is too dirty to touch her. it is when the wind blows that we see her anus.

# A wise fish knows that a beautiful worm that looks so easy to swallow has a sharp hook attached to it.

# Money is a stranger; it only stays with those who take good care of it.

# No body asks from where a married woman gets her pregnancy.

# The tongue is a good thing as far as it doesn’t belong to a woman.

# Wisdom is like grey hairs that money cannot buy.

# He who points a finger at a person has three fingers pointing in his own direction.

# If the singer is a fool, the listener is also a fool

# The tongue is only 3 inches, but it can kill a man that is 6ft tall.

# You do not tell a little child to swear not to play with girls.

# If you praise a child today for not killing a grass-cutter, when next he goes out hunting he will kill an antelope.

Don't you want to write these in Ijaw?

[color=#770077][/color] please help me translate In Ijaw