Le léopard est tâcheté, sa queue doit aussi l’être (Proverbe Bamoun – Cameroun).
The leopard’s is spotted, its tail must also be spotted (Bamun proverb – Cameroon).
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On ne peut servir 2 maîtres (Matthieu 6:24) / No one can serve 2 masters (Matthew 6:24)
Nul ne peut mener deux pirogues à la fois (Proverbe Douala – Cameroun). – On ne sert pas deux maîtres ; un seul homme, une seule femme.
No one can lead two canoes at the same time (Duala proverb – Cameroon). – One cannot serve two masters; one man, one woman.
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Le coeur du mechant / The Wicked’s Heart
Le cœur du méchant n’est jamais pur (proverbe Bamiléké – Cameroun)
The heart of the wicked is never pure (Bamileke proverb – Cameroon).
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Dicton Populaire Camerounais / Popular Say in Cameroon
L’ampoule grillée n’a pas peur du court-circuit (Dicton populaire Camerounais).
A dead bulb is not afraid of a short circuit (Cameroonian Popular quote).
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Proverbe Camerounais sur la Descendance / Cameroonian Proverb on Offsprings
Le léopard est tâcheté, sa queue doit aussi l’être (Proverbe Bamoun – Cameroun).
The leopard is spotted, its tail must be spotted too (Bamun proverb – Cameroon)
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Proverbe Africain sur l’obésité / African Proverb on Obesity
Le seul gros ventre qu’on félicite est celui de la femme enceinte (Proverbe Bamiléké – Cameroun).
The only big belly that is congratulated is that of the pregnant woman (Bamileke proverb – Cameroon).
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Proverbe sur la Prudence / Proverb on Caution
Ne jetez pas le bâton avant d’avoir traversé le marais (Proverbe Douala – Cameroun).
Do not throw the stick until you have crossed the swamp (Duala proverb – Cameroon).
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Proverbe Douala sur la prudence / Duala Proverb on Prudence
Quand l’oiseau ne connait pas l’arbre, il ne va pas s’y reposer (proverbe Douala – Cameroun). – Ne visitez que les bons voisins.
When the bird does not know the tree, it does not rest there (Duala proverb – Cameroon). – Only visit good neighbors.
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Proverbe Camerounais sur les habitudes / Cameroonian Proverb on Habits
Le petit du scolopendre s’enroule comme sa maman le lui a appris (Proverbe Bassa – Cameroun).
The little of the centipede curls like its mother taught him (Bassa proverb – Cameroon).
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Proverb on Being Able to Judge Oneself
Un singe ne voit pas sa chevelure (Proverbe pygmées – Afrique Centrale). – Nul n’est juge en sa propre cause.
A monkey does not see its hair (Pygmy proverb – Central Africa). No one is judge in its own case.
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