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KO owe meta ki o si tunmo re ni Ede geesi

ile la ti n keso rode...... charity begins at home

KO omo re KO me fun e ni isimi.... train up your child in the way he should go

maalu ti KO ni iru... olorun oba ni n ba me esinsin.... God takes care of the poor

demiladegold:
KO owe marun ki o si tunmo re ni Ede geesi

Iwo koko bere

A kin so fun afoju pe ojo n ro--no one tells the blind dts rain is falling

Ati kekere lati n peka iroko = Train your child when he's young
Abo oro la n so fun omoluabi = A word is enough for the wise

I will try

Inko ti agbalaga man ree lati ijoko omode ole ree (while standing* but I don't know how to write it).

Basically what I was trying to say was- what an elderly person sees while sitting, a child cannot see it while standing.

I know I just murdered the Yoruba language.

Correction is allowed

Contact17:
I will try

Inko ti agbalaga man ree lati joko omode ole ree (while standing* but I don't know how to write it).

Basically what I was trying to say was- what an elderly person sees while sitting, a child cannot see it while standing.

nkan ti agbalagba mon ri lati ijoko omode oolee ri to ba na ro, note: i am only correcting your writing, because i dont think ive heard yorubas saying this.

I know I just murdered the Yoruba language.

yeah, RIP yoruba, sun ree o[i.e sleep well(yoruba)]

lexiconkabir:
nkan ti agbalagba mon ri lati ijoko omode oolee ri to ba na ro, note: i am only correcting your writing, because i dont think ive heard yorubas saying this.

What does the bolded mean?
I wanted to add that anyone can correct me so correction is allowed
Lol I will be honest the one I heard was - what elderly sees while sitting, a child won't see it even when standing on an Iroko tree but because this is a lot more complicated so I shortened it.

yeah, RIP yoruba, sun ree o[i.e sleep well(yoruba)]

Contact17:
What does the bolded mean?
I wanted to add that anyone can correct me so correction is allowed

ti mo ba na ro, it means, i was sitting initially so that process of standing up is called "na ro"{read as nor row}

Lol I will be honest the one I heard was - what elderly sees while sitting, a child won't see it even when standing on an Iroko tree but because this is a lot more complicated so I shortened it.

Iroko tree is igi iroko, iroko is already yoruba, all you need to is translate the word tree.

try to translate this(my late grandma used to say this);

ile ni oota n joko de idi.

lexiconkabir:
ti mo ba na ro, it means, i was sitting initially so that process of standing up is called "na ro"{read as nor row}



Iroko tree is igi iroko, iroko is already yoruba, all you need to is translate the word tree.

try to translate this(my late grandma used to say this);

ile ni oota n joko[b] de idi[/b].

The house is where the enemy waits ....I don't get the bolded

Contact17:
The house is where the enemy waits ....I don't get the bolded

i knew you'll translate oota as enemy, well see this;

ile = house

oota = stool(that the buttocks sits on)

joko = sit

idi = buttocks

let me give you the interpretation then you'll try translating again, what the proverb is saying is, for instance no matter how long you live, inevitably there is a grave destined for you, so one day you must enter that grave, basically the grave has always been waiting for you.

so try again....

lexiconkabir:
i knew you'll translate oota as enemy, well see this;

ile = house

oota = stool(that the buttocks sits on)

joko = sit

idi = buttocks

let me give you the interpretation then you'll try translating again, what the proverb is saying is, for instance no matter how long you live, inevitably there is a grave destined for you, so one day you must enter that grave, basically the grave has always been waiting for you.

so try again....

I think I understand now.

Contact17:
I think I understand now.

alright....

ibi ti lekeleke ti fo so, ko si eye to le mo be....

1. B'a oku, ise o tan
When there is life, there is hope

2. Oju eni ma la, a rire
Nothing ventures, nothing gains

TheSociopath:
Ati kekere lati n peka iroko = Train your child when he's young

Abo oro la n so fun omoluabi = A word is enough for the wise

That first one is not complete

Abo oro lan so fun omoluwabi- a word is enough for d wise
Gba loni gba lola toju naa o ba fo bai bai ni wo- beating today, beating tomorrow, if d eyes don't go blind it will end up damaged
Eni ti o ni iya kin degbo eyin- he who doesn't have a mother shouldn't get a wound at d back