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Re: African Sayings and Proverbs
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description: "Moira de Swardt" wrote "Geld > wat stom is mag reg wat krom is" Geld wat stom is MAAK reg wat krom is
creator: bouer
date: 2007-09-18T11:09:08-00:00

Re: African Sayings and Proverbs
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description: "Hessie" wrote in message > "Moira de Swardt" wrote > "Geld >> wat stom is mag reg wat krom is" > Geld wat stom is MAAK reg wat krom is Oops!
creator: Moira de Swardt
date: 2007-09-18T19:11:36-00:00

Re: African Sayings and Proverbs
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description: Dankie Moira. Ek hou van die heel laaste een - issiefuckafuck klink vir my na 'n goeie woord om te kan sê:)) "Moira de Swardt" skryf in boodskap news:1190053199.36745@vasbyt.isdsl.net... > From a booklet entitled "South Africa 2014 - The Story of our Future": > > Every languange has a richness in sayings and proverbs. Many of us are > familiar with sayings like "To kill two birds with one stone" or "Six of > one and half a dozen of the other", or "Hy's so slim soos 'n jakkals" or > "Geld wat stom is mag reg wat krom is", but few of us know how they > originated. Below are a number of African sayings taken from different > languages. Enjoy, geniet, zithokozise! > > Usana olungakhaliyo lufel'embelekweni. (Xhosa) > A baby that does not cry out, dies on its mother's back. (If you don't > complain, nothing willhappen and the problem will persist). > > Akukho nkwali iphandel'enye. (Xhosa) > No partridge scratches the ground in search of food for another. > (Do not expect others to do for you what you should do for yourself.) > > Inkqayi ingena negenlontio. (Xhosa) > The baldness of a head begins at the temples. > (A big thing may result from a seemingly small matter. This is said in > defence of small beginnings. Equivalent to, "The journey of a thousand > miles begins with a single step"). > > Isandla sigez'esinye. (Zulu) > One hand washes the other. > (Help is reciprocal). > > Uphembel'emoyeni. (Zulu) > He lights the fire in the wind. > (He is foolish). > > Isiphukuphuk' esadi' amahulul' amakhaza. (Zulu) > The fool who ate the clotted blood of a tick. > (Said of one who is extremely foolish.) >
creator: Annette
date: 2007-09-19T08:22:24-00:00

Re: African Sayings and Proverbs
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description: "Annette" skryf in boodskap news:1190190126.696800@vasbyt.isdsl.net... > Dankie Moira. > > Ek hou van die heel laaste een - issiefuckafuck klink vir my na 'n goeie > woord om te kan sê:)) :-) Ek het dit as "issiepoekoepoek" gelees maar nou dat ek daaraan dink verkies ek "issiefuckufuck" vir sekere mense. > > "Moira de Swardt" wrote in message > news:1190053199.36745@vasbyt.isdsl.net... >> From a booklet entitled "South Africa 2014 - The Story of our Future": >> Every languange has a richness in sayings and proverbs. Many of us are >> familiar with sayings like "To kill two birds with one stone" or "Six of >> one and half a dozen of the other", or "Hy's so slim soos 'n jakkals" or >> "Geld wat stom is mag reg wat krom is", but few of us know how they >> originated. Below are a number of African sayings taken from different >> languages. Enjoy, geniet, zithokozise! >> Usana olungakhaliyo lufel'embelekweni. (Xhosa) >> A baby that does not cry out, dies on its mother's back. (If you don't >> complain, nothing willhappen and the problem will persist). >> Akukho nkwali iphandel'enye. (Xhosa) >> No partridge scratches the ground in search of food for another. >> (Do not expect others to do for you what you should do for yourself.) >> Inkqayi ingena negenlontio. (Xhosa) >> The baldness of a head begins at the temples. >> (A big thing may result from a seemingly small matter. This is said in >> defence of small beginnings. Equivalent to, "The journey of a thousand >> miles begins with a single step"). >> Isandla sigez'esinye. (Zulu) >> One hand washes the other. >> (Help is reciprocal). >> Uphembel'emoyeni. (Zulu) >> He lights the fire in the wind. >> (He is foolish). >> Isiphukuphuk' esadi' amahulul' amakhaza. (Zulu) >> The fool who ate the clotted blood of a tick. >> (Said of one who is extremely foolish.) >
creator: Moira de Swardt
date: 2007-09-19T14:01:17-00:00