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).
Proverbe sur la Prudence / Proverb on Caution
Tag: Cameroonian proverb
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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Proverbe Bamiléké champignons et plus …/ Bamileke Proverb Mushrooms and all …
Celui qui a trouvé un champignon ne manque pas de regarder tout autour pour decouvrir d’autres (Bamiléké). – Qui a bu, boira.
Whoever has found a mushroom does not fail to look around to find others (Bamileke proverb – Cameroon). Who drank, will drink.
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Proverbe Bamiléké sur les choses impossibles / Bamileke Proverb about Impossible Things
Il se chauffe au soleil couchant (Proverbe Bamiléké – Cameroun). – Se dit de quelqu’un qui veut arranger une chose impossible.
He warms himself at sunset (Bamileke proverb – Cameroon). – Said of someone who tries to arrange something impossible.
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Proverbe Camerounais sur l’Adaptation / Proverb on Adapting to Various Circumstances
Quand on change le tam-tam de place, il a un autre ton (Proverbe Kossi – Cameroun). – Hurler avec les loups; s’adapter aux diverses circonstances de la vie.
When you change the position of the drum, it has another tone (Kossi proverb – Cameroon). – Howling with wolves; Adapt to various circumstances of life.
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Proverbe pour les Mères / A Proverb for Mothers
On ne peut séparer l’ongle du doigt (Proverbe Kossi, Bakossi – Cameroun). – On ne peut pas séparer l’enfant de sa mère.
The nail cannot be separated from the finger (Bakossi proverb – Cameroon). – You cannot separate the child from his mother.
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Proverbe Douala sur Soi-Même / Duala Proverb on Oneself
Le crapaud ignore que sa peau est lisse (Proverbe Douala – Cameroun). – Quand on est laid, on ne se moque pas des autres.
The frog does not know that its skin is not smooth (Duala proverb – Cameroon). – When you are ugly, do not laugh at others.
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Personne ne peut prendre votre place … / No One can Take Your Place …
Quand une poule couve ses oeufs, une autre ne peut se mettre à sa place (Proverbe Bassa – Cameroun). – Si vous êtes dans la détresse, votre frère ne peut se mettre à votre place.
When a hen sits on its eggs, another one cannot take its place (Bassa proverb – Cameroon). – If you are in distress, your brother cannot put himself in your place.
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