Proverb Monday
Proverb: Adeε hia ɔdεnkyεm a, ɔdidi nsuo mu na ɔnnidi kwaeε mu.
Translation: When the crocodile is hard-pressed, it eats in the water and not in the forest.
Usage: However difficult the conditions are you don't act beyond your domain.
Translation: When the crocodile is hard-pressed, it eats in the water and not in the forest.
Usage: However difficult the conditions are you don't act beyond your domain.
No. 1734 in Bu me Bε by Peggy Appiah et al.
Another great proverb, thanks!
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ReplyDelete@Amy... thanks
ReplyDeleteI missed this proverb b'cus of the holiday. A great sense in this proverb.
ReplyDelete@Geosi. the things we miss if we get not to work...lol
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ReplyDeleteMe nso meda w'ase.
ReplyDeleteI like this one. I'll find a way to use it in conversation with a friend of mine. He will crack up hearing me say it.
ReplyDeletelet me know if you make your friend laugh. Lol
ReplyDeleteworked just as I expected. It took him off-guard when I released the proverb. He said "Huh? what did you say? say it again say it again". He couldn't stop laughing.
ReplyDeleteHe hadn't heard this one before but he knows several others very well, including "Funtumfunafu ne Dεnkyεmfunafu .....". He says that one is also an Adinkra symbol. There is so much wealth in our Ghanaian culture.
lol. That would be fun. Yes that one is an adinkra symbol made up of two crocodiles crossing each other like the plus symbol. We have a lot of richness in our culture but we hardly ever regard them. It's all about imitation. Thanks for getting back to me.
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