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Running is not getting there. Shona Tribe Proverb |
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The heart is like a tree, it grows where it wishes. Shona Tribe Proverb |
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The only place that is far for a hyena, is the place that has no food. Shona Tribe Proverb |
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He who has skin has meat, it’s better than having bone Shona Tribe Proverb |
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He who weeps sheds tears Shona Tribe Proverb |
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He who warns you is your friend Shona Tribe Proverb |
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A hill is steep for those who live far off, those who leave near, play running uphill and downhill Shona Tribe Proverb |
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You have no power over what does not belong to you. Shona Tribe Proverb |
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Only what you have eaten is surely yours, what you haven’t is owed to the king. Shona Tribe Proverb |
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What grows withers away, an old baboon’s head is deformed into the shape of a spoon. Shona Tribe Proverb |
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You would only know your grandmother after being told. Shona Tribe Proverb |
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“If I had known” cannot guide you. Shona Tribe Proverb |
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The boss is always the boss. A big bird can’t perch on grass leaves. Shona Tribe Proverb |
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A goat will only give birth in front of people to be protected from dogs. Shona Tribe Proverb |
Shona Proverbs
Shona the language of Zimbabwe is full of colorful and fun proverbs, sayings and quotes.
Kuchengeta imbwa yomweni kuda mwene wayo.
To look after the dog of a stranger is to love its owner.
…Love me, love my dog.
uKpedza nyota kuenda padziva.
To quench thirst is to go to the pool.
…If help or information is wanted, one should go to an expert or an eyewitness.
Manenji kuona kamba ichitamba nembudzi.
It’s a marvel to see a leopard playing with a goat.
…A suspicious comment on something which appears unnatural.
Charovedzera charovedzera; gudo rakakwira mawere kwasviba.
One who is used to something is one who is used to something; the baboon climbed the precipice in the dark.
…We do easily that to which we are accustomed.
Hukwana inodya ndeiri pana mai.
The chick that feeds is the one that is close to its mother.
…Humility is more profitable than pride.
Mapudzi anowira kusina hari.
Squashes fall where there are no pots.
…Fortune favours fools.
Hove dzinokwira dzine muronga.
Fish go upstream having a channel.
…Progress depends on tried paths.
Kandiro kanoenda kunobva kamwe.
A small dish goes whence comes another small one.
…One good turn deserves another.
Usapedzera tsvimbo kuna vanamakuwe idzo hanga dzichauya.
Do not use up sticks on go-away birds while the guineafowl have yet to come.
…. Do not waste your time or substance on trifles.
Rina manyanga hariputirwi mumushunje.
That which has horns is not concealed in a bundle of grass.
….Nothing can be hidden forever.
Rega kuyera nyoka ncgavi iyo iripo.
Do not measure a snake with string while it is present itself.
…Do not substitute false imitations for the real thing.
Kuramba dzvuku kuona jena.
To reject a red one means seeing a white one.
…Do not refuse or reject anything unless you have something better.
Dzvinyu kuzamba zuva huona bako.
For a lizard to bask in the sun is to have a cave in view.
…If you venture into danger, be sure you have a means of escape
N’ai kwadzo ndedzomucheche. Dzomukuru dzinoreva kudya.
Genuine yawns belong to the child; those of an adult betoken food.
… Children are ingenuous, adults devious. They convey their meanings, for example when complaining, in an indirect way.
Kandiro enda; kandiro dzoka.
Little dish go; little dish come back.
…One good turn deserves another.
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