Pulaar Proverbs (My Favorites)

• Baasal warataa kono na tampina
• Poverty does not kill but makes one tired
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• Si bahe cumɗi gooto fof ñifata ko waare mum
• If the beards are all on fire, each person must put out his own beard
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• ɓe nengasa ɓe ne nguuba yaajay kono luggidtaa
• If some are digging and some are burying it will be wide but never deep
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• Mawɗo ina jooɗoo yi'ii cukalel ɗaroo roŋku yi'ude
• A seated elder sees what a standing child misses