YU FεN FכL, I BכN FAIV PIKIN, Nכ GRכMBUL SE DI FכL Nכ BכN BεTε (Kono) When they say a person burned to death, don't ask if his beard burnt. WE DεN SE MAN LεF NA FAYA, Nכ AKS IF IN BIABIA ROS (Kono) That truth that can ruin a marriage, leave it unsaid. If you do, people will think that both of you are crazy. If a madman takes your clothes you shouldn't run after him naked. IF YU DU AM, DεN GO TEK UNA TU AS KRESMAN DεN. IF KRESMAN TEK YU KLOS, YU Nכ Fכ RכN AFTA-RAM YU NEKεD WAN. If you beat (the drum) for a madman, you are crazy too. Leaves never fall into a boat that is always moving.Ī person who isn't steady in one place will not benefit. The madman sees something funny about you (since madmen supposedly don't laugh).ĭon't use my hand to remove palm kernels from the fire.īOT WE DE WAKA-WAKA Nכ DE εVA GεT LIF INSAI. When you hear a madman laugh, (it's because) he's seen something funny. WE YU YεRI KRESMAN LAF, I DכN SI SכMTIN FכNI. WE YU OL DI SNEK IN HED, DI כDA WAN NA ROP. If you hear a child say 'Mama is cooking okra,' it's because Papa said it. WE YU YεRI PIKIN SE 'MAMA DE KUK כKRכ', PAPA BIN DכN TכK AM. If you say you are going to fence the river, a lot of water will have got through.īIFO BכD FLAI, AH DכN KכNT DI EG NA IN BεLε.īefore a bird flies off, I've counted the eggs in its belly.īy the time you think, I’ve already read your mind. WE YU SE YU GO PUT FENCH PAN DI RIVA, BכKU WATA GO DכN PAS. The teeth a dog uses to play with are the same he uses to bite with.ĭI MAMI IN εN IN GIAL PIKIN DE TAI DI SEM εHKICHA. You can't blow your nose and whistle at the same time.ĭI TIT WE DכG DE TEK Fכ PLE, NA-IN I DE TEK Fכ BεT. No matter how you fix a chimpanzee's nose, it's still ugly.Ī fish has nothing to do with a raincoat.ĭAT ROP WE BכSIN HεNG PAN, NA-IN NO DI WET. WE YU PAPA NA CHIF, NA Fכ SO GAWN WE YU PAPA DAI, CHENJ DI GAWN TU RAPεL. Something is not someone's business (i.e., snails have no blood).ĭAT PIKIN WE WεR IN PAPA IN TRכSIS, NA ROP GO DכN IN WES. Snails are not involved with anything concerning blood. When you raise a leopard, you shouldn't be upset when it eats your goat. WE YU MεN LεPεT, YU Nכ Fכ VεKS WE I DE IT YU GOT. Said when you meet someone in a situation you don't expect, as when you are admiring someone or the person is showing off.

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